*** Official Midterm Elections Game Thread ***

[ElNono]

:lol blue team
:lol dirty harry
:lol lame duck prez
:lol boutons

[Spurminator]

:lol

We are fucked and unfuckable today.

[boutons_deux]

Congressional Seats Sell for Record Four Billion Dollars

Congressional seats are on pace to fetch a whopping four billion dollars on Tuesday night, a record-smashing sales figure that has exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic insiders.

The seats, which include four hundred and thirty-five in the House of Representatives and thirty-six in the Senate, have attracted buyers from a broad spectrum of industries, including investment banking, energy, pharmaceutical, and gun.

“With all of the uncertainty in the world today, the United States Congress is considered a very safe place for the rich to invest their money,” said Charles Michollot, of the auction house Sotheby’s.

“Congressional seats are like Manhattan real estate—they aren’t making any more of them.”

But Anton Pickardin, of the rival auction house Christie’s, sounds more skeptical. “I hate to be a wet blanket, but these sales figures lack rhyme and reason,” Pickardin said.

“When someone is willing to pay millions of dollars for a pre-owned Mitch McConnell, you know that people have lost their minds.”

But Sotheby’s Michollot remains confident that, even at these hefty prices, congressional seats are a wise investment. “When these seats go up for sale again, in 2016, four billion dollars is going to look like a bargain,” he said.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/congressional-seats-sell-record-four-billion-dollars?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=borowitz&mbid=nl_110414_Borowitz&CNDID=&spMailingID=7258545&spUserID=MjczNzc0Njk0NDAS1&spJobID=560365691&spReportId=NTYwMzY1NjkxS0

[baseline bum]

Time for Obama to go full nigga with the vetoes. And people thought congress was useless his first 6 years.

[baseline bum]

On the plus side we'll surely see Bizarro Boutons aka Yonivore back tonight.

[Oh, Gee!!]

lol electrical college

[Th'Pusher]

Time for Obama to go full nigga with the vetoes. And people thought congress was useless his first 6 years.

What kind o legislation can they get through the senate without a filibuster proof majority (i.e. Through reconciliation)?

[boutons_deux]

Heard a great idea, that mid terms should be abolished, all elections only every 4 years. mid terms are a horrible distraction, time wasting, but of course, the Repugs don't GAF, they don't want to govern anyway, haven't since criminal Nixon. Non-stop grovelling for corrupt $Ms, non-stop campaigning is obviously a lot more fun and exciting the governing.

The Pres campaign and starts tomorrow morning. Repugs will have the usual collection of clowns, jerks, assholes

[boutons_deux]

What kind o legislation can they get through the senate without a filibuster proof majority (i.e. Through reconciliation)?

reconciliation only applies to budgetary stuff, I think. Repugs in 2001 pushed through their tax cuts for the wealthy (themselves) in 2001 only through reconciliation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)

I don't think Repugs can push through slavery for the blacks with reconciliation, nor replace the Constitution with the Bible and 10 Commandments, but the Christian Taliban theocrats will try.

[boutons_deux]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdGXD9me8no

[ElNono]

^ did you vote?

[baseline bum]

^ did you vote?

I voted for Kodos

[DarrinS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdGXD9me8no

:lol

"Because...Fuck you"

[baseline bum]

^ did you vote?

Nono man, we're losing. How's Obama gonna pay our gas and our rent with a teabagger congress?

[spurraider21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdGXD9me8no
those guys are genocide-supporting faggots

i'm not really a fan of the GOP but :lol booboo

[Das Texan]

Ummmm....


I thought the Democrats were turning Texas purple by 2020?

They are getting worse and worse election results with each election.

What a fucking blood bath tonight.

[spurraider21]

this whole election is a bloodbath :wow

[vy65]

those guys are genocide-supporting faggots

i'm not really a fan of the GOP but :lol booboo

Yeghpire, c'mon, you and I both know you'd fuck Ana Kasparian given the chance

[vy65]

Also lol Wendy Davis, lol Abortion Barbie, and lol Buttons

[spurraider21]

Yeghpire, c'mon, you and I both know you'd fuck Ana Kasparian given the chance
:lol well she's an armo

i don't have a hatred towards all turks... but the name "the young turks" is what irks me. its like having a podcast called "the nazi germans"

[vy65]

They weren't the nigs who killed our peeps (young Turks tried to reform the ottomans) but I hear ya.

[vy65]

Also, I didn't realize ole horse face had such nice Mt. Arrarats

[Juggity]

Ummmm....
I thought the Democrats were turning Texas purple by 2020?
They are getting worse and worse election results with each election.
What a fucking blood bath tonight.

It probably won't happen by 2020, but I actually do see it happening down the line. It'd be a mistake to draw the conclusion from this midterm election that Texas can never swing in the other direction. Demographic shifts take time to percolate.

[spurraider21]

They weren't the nigs who killed our peeps (young Turks tried to reform the ottomans) but I hear ya.
breh...



The atrocities committed against the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire during WWI are defined as the Armenian Genocide. Those massacres were perpetrated throughout different regions of the Ottoman Empire by the Young Turkish Government which was in power at the time

[HI-FI]

Texas could still turn blue once Hussein rolls up the Constitution to snort a rail and signs amnesty. that would be the most likely way instead of trying to win Texans over with liberal beliefs.

[Cry Havoc]

Wooo! We're hop skip and jumping back to Reganomics! Party in the Yugo!

[vy65]

breh...



The atrocities committed against the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire during WWI are defined as the Armenian Genocide. Those massacres were perpetrated throughout different regions of the Ottoman Empire by the Young Turkish Government which was in power at the time



Crofl well there goes my Hye card

[Uriel]

G.O.P. obstructionism, here we come. :lol

[spurraider21]

Crofl well there goes my Hye card
just commit some medical fraud and we'll take you back :lol

[ElNono]

:lol gonna be hilarious to watch Harry Reid do the filibuster dog and pony show now

[spurraider21]

:lol gonna be hilarious to watch Harry Reid do the filibuster dog and pony show now
that would be funny, but no need to filibuster with oblamo vetoing everything that comes his way

http://www.esreality.com/files/placeimages/2012/91457-obama-lightsaber-01.jpg

[ElNono]

that would be funny, but no need to filibuster with oblamo vetoing everything that comes his way

http://www.esreality.com/files/placeimages/2012/91457-obama-lightsaber-01.jpg

it was obvious he was going to be a lame duck prez in the last couple of years... much like dubya jr... this just accelerates the process...

anyways, back to not getting shit done :lol

[spurraider21]

it was obvious he was going to be a lame duck prez in the last couple of years... much like dubya jr... this just accelerates the process...

anyways, back to not getting shit done :lol
who was dubya sr :lol... to be fair when Obama got re-elected in 2012 he inherited a big mess

[ElNono]

who was dubya sr :lol... to be fair when Obama got re-elected in 2012 he inherited a big mess

yeah, but he shouldn't have been re-elected other than for the fact the GOP can't pick candidates, tbh...

these midterms results were expected, tbh... i just don't think they mean a whole lot when it comes to presidential elections... we'll see who they pick this time

[spurraider21]

yeah, but he shouldn't have been re-elected other than for the fact the GOP can't pick candidates, tbh...
last 4 elections have basically been rock/hard palace

these midterms results were expected, tbh... i just don't think they mean a whole lot when it comes to presidential elections... we'll see who they pick this time
yeah its a common theme, the longer a prez is in office, the lower his approval tends to go (and his party in congress suffers). same reason why Dems won a lot of seats in 06. but today's been more of a bloodbath than i figured... crimson tide, red dawn, etc. etc...

[ElNono]

last 4 elections have basically been rock/hard palace

I thought they had it in their pocket, but somehow picked Romney + Ryan, a terrible duo... after a strong showing in 2010, they wasted it away...


yeah its a common theme, the longer a prez is in office, the lower his approval tends to go (and his party in congress suffers). same reason why Dems won a lot of seats in 06. but today's been more of a bloodbath than i figured... crimson tide, red dawn, etc. etc...

I think it's the combo of Dems not really getting out to vote for midterms (another common theme), and the ultra conservatives holding their noses and voting GOP (they didn't get all that in 2012)...

anyways, I don't expect much of anything to change

[angrydude]

Going to be funny watching Obama become the president of "no"

[angrydude]

Oh wait, I forgot nothing is going to change since we really only have a 1 party system anyway.

[spurraider21]

i think the biggest shock how minorities and women were represented in the election results.

the only black senator elected was Tim Scott (R), the only female senator (non-incumbent) elected was Joni Erst (R), and all 3 of the non-white governors elected were also on the Republican ticket Nicki Haley - SC, Suzana Martinez, and Brian Sandoval

[Winehole23]

the historical pattern held, the only surprise was that Republicans outperformed polling projections, or, to put it the other way around, that the projections were as far off as they were.

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/378800000188475595/9048bff5190578d8e2c558dca3606fbb_normal.png (https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=NateSilver538)
Nate Silver (https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=NateSilver538) @NateSilver538

One thing's become pretty darn clear: polls weren't skewed against Democrats.
10h ago (https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/529832544607666177)

[SupremeGuy]

Who would have thought America hates a bunch of race-baiting faggots?

[Winehole23]

in retrospect, it's remarkable this happened: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/04/brown-shaheen-await-results-tight-senate-race/TjMPWy4WxTrUflXNZhvoDJ/story.html

[SupremeGuy]

Is there anything that scares a modern rat more than a good looking Hispanic republican that's bilingual? Fuck. It's going to be interesting where "social" groups align.

[SupremeGuy]

in retrospect, it's remarkable this happened: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/04/brown-shaheen-await-results-tight-senate-race/TjMPWy4WxTrUflXNZhvoDJ/story.htmlI remember when Gore and Kerry were fucking sore losers and wouldn't concede. Classless shit, tbh.

[Winehole23]

actually, it was Bush who contested the electoral process in Florida in 2000. you can tell by the way the suit was styled: Bush v Gore.

[Winehole23]

might Gore and Kerry have conceded in a race too close to call? perhaps. we wouldn't have had a presidential election decided by the Supreme Court.

[Winehole23]

Is there anything that scares a modern rat more than a good looking Hispanic republican that's bilingual? Fuck. It's going to be interesting where "social" groups align.that's what they said about Marco Rubio. apparently a bit more is required than being bilingual, good looking, Hispanic and Republican.

[DarrinS]

Lol, GOP "war on women"

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elise-stefanik-youngest-woman-elected-congress/story?id=26694806
http://www.people.com/article/mia-love-first-black-female-republican-congress

[DarrinS]

Who would have thought America hates a bunch of race-baiting faggots?

I'll put money on left-leaning MSM saying these election results just prove that voters are racist.

[boutons_deux]

I'll put money on left-leaning MSM saying these election results just prove that voters are racist.

wealthy-right allied with the racist-right is a winning combo. Repugs ARE racist, it's fundamental to their electoral success and power.

[DarrinS]

wealthy-right allied with the racist-right is a winning combo. Repugs ARE racist, it's fundamental to their electoral success and power.

Meh, the more this caricature is repeated, the less effective it becomes.

[Axl Rose]

i think the biggest shock how minorities and women were represented in the election results.

the only black senator elected was Tim Scott (R), the only female senator (non-incumbent) elected was Joni Erst (R), and all 3 of the non-white governors elected were also on the Republican ticket Nicki Haley - SC, Suzana Martinez, and Brian Sandoval
Only a racist would notice or care, but what I did notice is that the few women and minorities were mostly republican

[Winehole23]

I'll put money on left-leaning MSM saying these election results just prove that voters are racist.link?

[Winehole23]

shouldn't be hard to find, if it's sure money like you say.

[DarrinS]

shouldn't be hard to find, if it's sure money like you say.


http://youtu.be/GWQQogH-0xU

[Winehole23]

that was beforehand. who's saying it today?

[Winehole23]

that wasn't about election results. Landrieu won.

[Spurminator]

LOL Darrin's team wins and he's still a bitter sourpuss. Somebody please give this dude a hug.

[DarrinS]

that was beforehand. who's saying it today?


Give it time. I said "I will" put money on it, as in "future tense". Be patient.

If they were already talking about it a couple of days ago, why would they suddenly be mute on the subject?

[DarrinS]

LOL Darrin's team wins and he's still a bitter sourpuss. Somebody please give this dude a hug.

If you want to see a group of bitter sourpusses, click the video I posted.

[DarrinS]

that wasn't about election results. Landrieu won.

Thought that was headed to a runoff.

[Winehole23]

you're quite right, Darrin. I scanned the result wrong.

[Winehole23]

If you want to see a group of bitter sourpusses, click the video I posted.it had nothing to do with the election results.

[SupremeGuy]

that was beforehand. who's saying it today?It's literally been a few hours. :lol This guy, give it time.