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Author Topic: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked  (Read 10173 times)

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #45 on: November 24, 2020, 06:08:55 AM »
Sidney Powell is on the outs with Trump now? Let's see who's next!
Wow. You really can't be this stupid, can you? ::) She was never a Trump Attorney. She is Michael Flynn's attorney who had come into evidence and transferred it to the ACTUAL attorneys. Sigh. Stay away from the MSM FUD, dude.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1327811527123103746

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I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS! Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!

So she was a member of the team until she was never a member of the team.
Exactly the kind of 1984 thing that the conspiracy theorists here love to rant about...except this time it's their hero the Trumplander doing it.

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #46 on: November 24, 2020, 02:53:49 PM »
Exactly the kind of 1984 thing that the conspiracy theorists here love to rant about...except this time it's their hero the Trumplander doing it.

I know this is probably too long ago for you to remember but "You're Fired" is kind of Trumps thing.
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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #47 on: November 24, 2020, 06:49:17 PM »
As I posted in another thread, its not rocket science why Sidney isn't part of Trump's campaign legal team anymore.

Trump ran as a Republican. Thus his campaign is part of the Republican apparatus. Just like Biden's campaign is part of the Democrat apparatus. Even though campaigns have certain separations from the party apparatus, there's plenty of deep and fundamental ties between the campaign and the party.

Sidney claims she's got evidence against members of BOTH parties, and she claims she is going to tear new assholes into every guilty party. Lin Wood has been saying the same. Thus, she could NOT be part of Trump's team while she's aiming at Republicans.

But while everyone can guess at what her Kraken evidence might be, we will know nothing until she files her lawsuits.

My stance has been and continues to be that Sidney Powell has been a deadly serious litigator and prosecutor who throws down extremely hard. It makes no sense for her to go Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs now and destroy her hard won reputation. However, I do not have access to her evidence against Dominion so I can't vouch for her claims. But I also don't need her evidence to see the 2020 election is rampant with obvious fraud. The math doesn't lie. Basic statistics didn't magically become unproven theories on November 3rd.

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #48 on: November 24, 2020, 07:46:42 PM »
Exactly the kind of 1984 thing that the conspiracy theorists here love to rant about...except this time it's their hero the Trumplander doing it.

I know this is probably too long ago for you to remember but "You're Fired" is kind of Trumps thing.

As President, he's been fairly indirect about firing people. And even after someone leaves who might reflect badly on Trump, it's more often "I never met that person, or they were just a coffee boy, despite scads of photos and videos of me closely associating with that person, tweets endorsing them, and press releases describing them as one of my important team members."

The thing Orwell maybe got wrong? That there would be any need to actually change or hide the contradictory records. (In fairness to Orwell, Trump hasn't demonstrated that not doing so succeeds much, as he's a one-term impeached president who never won the popular vote. And we don't yet know how much shredding has gone on over the past few weeks.)

Sidney claims she's got evidence against members of BOTH parties, and she claims she is going to tear new assholes into every guilty party. Lin Wood has been saying the same. Thus, she could NOT be part of Trump's team while she's aiming at Republicans.

Trump has never aimed at Republicans? And would never tolerate that from his team? LOL.

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #49 on: November 24, 2020, 08:03:06 PM »
Exactly the kind of 1984 thing that the conspiracy theorists here love to rant about...except this time it's their hero the Trumplander doing it.

I know this is probably too long ago for you to remember but "You're Fired" is kind of Trumps thing.

As President, he's been fairly indirect about firing people. And even after someone leaves who might reflect badly on Trump, it's more often "I never met that person, or they were just a coffee boy, despite scads of photos and videos of me closely associating with that person, tweets endorsing them, and press releases describing them as one of my important team members."

It is really weird how, after having to fire someone and them showing their true colours by trying to cash in writing a "Tell all" book about how crazy you are, you have to disavow knowing them.

I can not figure out why anyone would do that?   :o
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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #50 on: November 24, 2020, 08:10:24 PM »
The thing Orwell maybe got wrong? That there would be any need to actually change or hide the contradictory records.

It's been amazing to see the Democrats and the media blatantly swing from being suspicious of the election in 2016, to supporting the results in 2020, when the results were more to their liking, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

https://twitter.com/mynbc15/status/801610035738673152

The dissoulution of my opinion of the Democrat party is complete. I have no love for the Republicans, but I can't call the Democrats the lesser of two evils now.



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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #51 on: November 24, 2020, 08:51:28 PM »
The thing Orwell maybe got wrong? That there would be any need to actually change or hide the contradictory records.

It's been amazing to see the Democrats and the media blatantly swing from being suspicious of the election in 2016, to supporting the results in 2020, when the results were more to their liking, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

https://twitter.com/mynbc15/status/801610035738673152

The dissoulution of my opinion of the Democrat party is complete. I have no love for the Republicans, but I can't call the Democrats the lesser of two evils now.
It's been amazing to see the Republicans and the right-wing media blatantly swing from being supportive of the election in 2016, when the results were more to their liking, to being suspicious of the results in 2020, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

The disoulution of my opinion of the Republican party is complete. I have no love for the Democrats, but I can't call the Republicans the lesser of two evils now.


See, not so different.

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #52 on: November 24, 2020, 09:38:10 PM »
See, not so different.

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #53 on: November 24, 2020, 10:00:59 PM »
Trump has never aimed at Republicans? And would never tolerate that from his team? LOL.

As President, has Trump ever initiated legal action against a Republican? He's fired plenty and should have fired many more, and never hired most of them.

It's not whether Trump "would tolerate that from his team", it's that campaigns and parties are intertwined with staff and loyalties and money. That goes for any campaign with either party.

Thus, if you are going to launch legal actions against fellow Republicans, it can't be done from under the campaign umbrellas because of staff + loyalties + money.

As Sidney Powell and Lin Wood are acting independently, they are free to choose their own staff without any party concerns and without any concerns about salaries and expenses being tied to the Republican party.

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #54 on: November 24, 2020, 10:03:10 PM »
When Trump launches his news channel, I demand a nightly segment by Randy Quaid! And he must use a Christmas strobe light to emphasize how sane his message is to the American people.



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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #55 on: November 24, 2020, 10:15:25 PM »
See, not so different.

That's EXACTLY why voter fraud and election rigging is such a major issue. There is NO reason it can't happen to your candidate next time. This is why election security should be a bipartisan issue.

Bernie packed auditoriums while Hillary and Biden couldn't fill a gym, yet Bernie somehow lost both primaries...and funnily, now we are hearing rumors that Dominion was operating during the primaries.

What happens when the Bernie Bros go from suspecting Bernie was fucked over to having proof their Dear Comrade was scammed by the DNC?

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #56 on: November 24, 2020, 10:40:52 PM »
See, not so different.

That's EXACTLY why voter fraud and election rigging is such a major issue. There is NO reason it can't happen to your candidate next time. This is why election security should be a bipartisan issue.

So you no longer believe it happened this time?

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #57 on: November 24, 2020, 10:56:06 PM »
The thing Orwell maybe got wrong? That there would be any need to actually change or hide the contradictory records.

It's been amazing to see the Democrats and the media blatantly swing from being suspicious of the election in 2016, to supporting the results in 2020, when the results were more to their liking, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

https://twitter.com/mynbc15/status/801610035738673152

The dissoulution of my opinion of the Democrat party is complete. I have no love for the Republicans, but I can't call the Democrats the lesser of two evils now.
It's been amazing to see the Republicans and the right-wing media blatantly swing from being supportive of the election in 2016, when the results were more to their liking, to being suspicious of the results in 2020, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

The disoulution of my opinion of the Republican party is complete. I have no love for the Democrats, but I can't call the Republicans the lesser of two evils now.


See, not so different.

The funny part is that you seem to think I hadn't considered the reverse position.

So, are we on the same page? Both parties, and the entire government edifice is rotten to the core. Biden is no better or worse than Trump. The physical conficts over partisan issues are going to inexorably escalate, because everyone thinks they're on the "Right side of history".
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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #58 on: November 24, 2020, 11:32:51 PM »
The thing Orwell maybe got wrong? That there would be any need to actually change or hide the contradictory records.

It's been amazing to see the Democrats and the media blatantly swing from being suspicious of the election in 2016, to supporting the results in 2020, when the results were more to their liking, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

https://twitter.com/mynbc15/status/801610035738673152

The dissoulution of my opinion of the Democrat party is complete. I have no love for the Republicans, but I can't call the Democrats the lesser of two evils now.
It's been amazing to see the Republicans and the right-wing media blatantly swing from being supportive of the election in 2016, when the results were more to their liking, to being suspicious of the results in 2020, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

The disoulution of my opinion of the Republican party is complete. I have no love for the Democrats, but I can't call the Republicans the lesser of two evils now.


See, not so different.

The funny part is that you seem to think I hadn't considered the reverse position.

So, are we on the same page? Both parties, and the entire government edifice is rotten to the core. Biden is no better or worse than Trump. The physical conficts over partisan issues are going to inexorably escalate, because everyone thinks they're on the "Right side of history".
I'll agree that both parties are shit and that the new boss is the same as the old boss. However, I still hold out hope that there might be an alternative to idiotic levels of escalations between the parties (unfortunately, this probably requires the "distraction" provided by a significant external threat).

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Re: GOP Mad About Election Because Their Voter Suppression Efforts Were Blocked
« Reply #59 on: November 24, 2020, 11:48:07 PM »
The thing Orwell maybe got wrong? That there would be any need to actually change or hide the contradictory records.

It's been amazing to see the Democrats and the media blatantly swing from being suspicious of the election in 2016, to supporting the results in 2020, when the results were more to their liking, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

https://twitter.com/mynbc15/status/801610035738673152

The dissoulution of my opinion of the Democrat party is complete. I have no love for the Republicans, but I can't call the Democrats the lesser of two evils now.
It's been amazing to see the Republicans and the right-wing media blatantly swing from being supportive of the election in 2016, when the results were more to their liking, to being suspicious of the results in 2020, and on the exact same topics, or very similar topics.

The disoulution of my opinion of the Republican party is complete. I have no love for the Democrats, but I can't call the Republicans the lesser of two evils now.


See, not so different.

The funny part is that you seem to think I hadn't considered the reverse position.

So, are we on the same page? Both parties, and the entire government edifice is rotten to the core. Biden is no better or worse than Trump. The physical conficts over partisan issues are going to inexorably escalate, because everyone thinks they're on the "Right side of history".

Greetings!

I certainly agree that there is plenty of corruption, greed, and cock-sucking to go around both parties--however, to insist that "Biden is no better or no worse than Trump"--I think is entirely wrong and misguided, if not even disingenuous.

Biden is in league with Communists. He is allied with, and beholden to the Communist scum that have filled the Democrat Party. AOC, Bernie Sanders, Buttigieg, Beto O'Roarke--all are in favour of Marxist tyranny.

That salient fact alone makes him infinitely worse than President Trump. There just is no comparison whatsoever. The mushy middle=of-the-roaders that like to just throw their hands up and claim, "Oh, all the politicians are just the same and equally terrible" is simply wrong and making gross moral equivalencies.

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