- When I went to bed last night, the red and the pink added up to 282 electoral votes for Donald Trump. This morning, as of this writing, they add to 267. That’s because Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin are now baby blue on the NY Post live map. Those are the only overnight changes.
- I just realized that in all the years that I’ve been eating Chinese chicken & broccoli (last night’s dinner), I have never put both of those in my mouth at the same time.
- In my congressional district in Pennsylvania (PA-7), Republican challenger Lisa Scheller leads Democrat incumbent Susan Wild, 53.5% to 46.5%. That’s still a dramatic turnaround from the early results last night, which had Wild up by about 70% to 30%, but close to what the numbers were when I turned in. Pennsylvania has neither Senate nor governor races this year.
- The two shots of Bourbon I nursed throughout last night represent about 40% of my average yearly alcohol intake.
- As Bill noted in the Stratosphere Lounge that he recorded starting at what would have been about 3 AM for me, nothing about ongoing vote counting is legitimate – the left is trying furiously to steal this election. That is no more true anywhere than here in Pennsylvania, which is legally mandated (per the state and federal Supreme Courts) to continue to count “mail-in” votes until Friday, whether or not they have a postmark or a signature that matches the voter registation records. This means that truckloads of votes could be created and delivered starting now and at any time over the next three days and they must be counted. Presently, some 700,000 PA votes are claimed to have not been counted yet. That’s enough, at the extreme, to change the current totals from 2,981,316 for Trump (55.1%) and 2,431,315 (44.9%) for Biden to 2,981,316 for Trump (48.8%) and 3,131,315 (51.9%) for Biden, flipping the state blue. Of those 700,000 uncounted, Biden would need 550,001 (78.6%) to tie the vote. If the current percentages hold for the uncounted “votes,” Trump will win. Democrat fraud is guaranteed here.
- Reese’s Pieces is not a good idea for breakfast.
- This election is going to end up in the Supreme Court. It’s a good thing that presidents are elected for a full four years and not just three years and eight months. Even so, the legal battle we’re about to see will make Bush v Gore look like a genteel garden party. Apart from courtroom struggles, we’re going to get violence in the streets and bizarre hybrids of Rachel Maddow and YOU’RE-THE-PEOPLE-THEY-WARNED-US-ABOUT girl. I hope you’ve been stocking up on food and ammo like I have.
Let’s fight like hell for this one – there may not be another.
11 replies on “Election Hangover Observations”
And it’s just so obvious, but they don’t care if we know; they think we’re stupid! Question becomes: Will we prove them right?
I like points 2, 4, and 6 and I love living in PA for the last 42 years!
My wife and I spent four hours waiting in line to vote Tuesday. I could not help but notice the cars in the parking lot with New Jersey license plates. I am sure they were there for a good reason. I am pretty sure everyone there was a Trump voter because the heads were not up their $%^#@!
Sure do admire the input I had to the last minute voting changes! LOL
Say, wouldn’t it be fun to have football rule changes an hour before each game? Sure make the games more interesting!
My point with 2, 4, and 6 is that life goes on no matter what happens in the election. The question is, what will the landscape be like?
If life is like it should be, the landscape will be like the rich world of video game Minecraft – you can go wherever you want and do whatever you like as long as you don’t try to interfere with anyone doing the same. Sure you occasionally run into monsters and you have to protect yourself against that eventuality, but those are the exception rather than the rule.[1]
On the other hand, if the left takes over, the landscape will be like the ash-covered, desert-like plains of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Mordor, your food and water running out, with a tyrannical government forever seeking to seize you and armies of drooling near-zombies threatening you at all times.[2]
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[1] Yes, the analogy breaks down, as all analogies do, in that you see many more monsters in Minecraft than you do in real life. But…analogy. So it is what it is.
[2] No, that analogy doesn’t break down – that’s exactly what it will be like. Nowadays, the real-life monsters even look like orcs.
It is my understanding that the SCOTUS decision hinges more on ripeness than correctness
Not sure what you mean by ripeness. I mean, ACB is hawt, but does that count? 😉
The doctrine of ripeness revolves around whether a case exists. Until such time as the complained about act actually has an impact, an argument can be made that it’s not ripe yet.
Now that the election has actually happened, the controversy is ripe.
I don’t agree that it wasn’t ripe, but that was the legal theory behind not addressing such an obvious problem
Thanks for explaining. Always happy to learn something new. 🙂
I’m across the Delaware in beautiful Warren County New Jersey. If you need back up, just shout. 😉
I live in west Morris Cty so right near you, what a joke this state has become, huh?
I am particularly annoyed at redistricting without a complete census…
A joke indeed. I remember when I had a tee shirt that said “New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten.”
Now we vote them into office
well said.