Emotionally, I'm a goddamned trainwreck. Even as we at G:TB understood the animating forces behind the Trump phenomenon from early on, I never thought it'd get this far. And even if the short-fingered vulgarian loses badly, we have a reckoning coming as a nation.If he wins? I'm honestly not prepared to think about that.
So come in to the comments below and vent or cheer, depending on the news of the day. On the bright side, we might know pretty early on whether we need to drink heavily. If HRC wins Florida, it's all over. If that state turns out to be a clusterfuck (which would never happen, so why worry?), it'll be a long night.
Going to be a big Hilary win. It just is. And Trump ain't winning Florida.
ReplyDeleteGot my vote in this a.m. Our precinct was packed with a 30 min line at 7 a.m.
Tonight, as has been the case for many months, will be ridiculous and fraught with thoughts of doomsday, but certainly intriguing.
ReplyDeleteDanimal, you gotta learn how to spell her name if she's gonna be c-in-c.
Sorry. Hilery.
ReplyDeleteI think you were thinking of Hilary Swank. Or Swank magazine.
ReplyDeleteA mnemonic device is to think of Sir Edmund Hillary. The guy who mounted Everest. So think of mounting, and think of Hillary.
For a fascinating look at mountaineering and the finest team ever assembled, watch this tidbit on the group who scaled both peaks of Kilimanjaro.
Stop the pork. Vote Halalery
ReplyDeleteOn the topic of peaks, I recommend everyone mount Twin Peaks, mentioned last week here at GTB. Yesterday I was going through receipts to hand over to our gal here and noticed they don't use "Twin Peaks" on the printout, but something else that sounds more fine dining'y. Well played Twin Peaks, well played! Anything that avoids the raised eyebrow from our ever judging receipt reviewer is a feather in your cap, or cleavage rather.
ReplyDeleteMarls!!!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was Hilrey, like Britney.
ReplyDeleteOr Whitney?
ReplyDeleteHilary, Hillary or Hilleary is a given and family name, derived from the Latin hilarius meaning "cheerful", from hilaris, "cheerful, merry" which comes from the Greek ἱλαρός (hilaros), "cheerful, merry", which in turn comes from ἵλαος (hilaos), "propitious, gracious".
ReplyDeleteSomething of a misnomer, though maybe not tonight if all goes a certain way
I get the joy of flying into DCA first thing in the AM tomorrow. Should be fun after the election.
ReplyDeleteBoth Donny and the political fembot are here in NYC today. Yippee.
ReplyDeleteWhen I travel and want a safe sports bar, I usually turn to a Tilted Kilt or Twin Peaks. Food is always decent, TVs are all around, and breasts.
Out of curiosity, what channels do you all watch on political nights like this? Fox and MSNBC are both unwatchable. I want to like CNN b/c Anderson Cooper is solid, but the ever-growing panel is brutal.
ReplyDeleteI may stick w/ Lester on NBC or Pelley on CBS.
501 on Fios is insanely local and might be the most palatable option. Otherwise I think you have to go old school--NBC, CBS, ABC. They're biased but not as much as the newjack networks.
ReplyDeleteWill probably just turn the volume off and go with an old sonny and sam playback.
ReplyDeleteLots of channel flipping here. I can't stick to one, but if James Carville is on, his hosting show may get a little more eye time. I like that kooky old sumbitch! He crazy ya'll!
TR--if you want to avoid annoying pundits go to PBS. The News Hour team will be on tonight.
ReplyDeleteAnother alternative is Desus + Mero on Vice
So Trump filed a lawsuit to toss the votes of legitimate voters in Nevada claiming that they should of shut the doors to those on line? I know it's not news, but the idea that you should suppress legitimate voters on an actual voting day is just fucking crazy.
ReplyDeletekayleigh mcenany had the shoulders stolen off her dress.
ReplyDeleteShe went to Harvard Law and Georgetown and yet everything she says is basically absent of logic.
marls, did you see the video of the judge swatting that complaint away like dikembe mutombo? i'd like zman to start a recurring feature on her.
ReplyDelete12 years ago if I told you DJ Trump would win an electoral vote some day, you would've had me committed. Bringing things full circle, Arnold Schwarzeneggar will host the next season of The Apprentice.
ReplyDeleteI realize that the Pantsuit Nation FB group is not a place you guys would likely hang out, especially the right-leaning dudes and guys who tune out politics.
ReplyDeleteAs this crazy election season comes to a close, I strongly encourage you to wander through some of the posts in this group. It is incredibly inspiring and heart-warming and reminded me that there are a lot of people out there who aren't fueled by hate and anger.
come on, florida
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Little Marco.
ReplyDeleteJohn King's entire career now is being the guy who pushes the video map for CNN.
ReplyDeleteor, as Wolf calls it, the "Magic Wall"
ReplyDeleteHe's not even being featured. He's just in the background, sadly pushing buttons by himself.
ReplyDeleteWolf is giving my anxieties more anxieties
ReplyDeleteI may need to stick with CBS
Wolf thinks he's calling a horse race. He need to calm the Eff down.
ReplyDeleteThis national vote count is making me nervous.
ReplyDeleteMedical marijuana passes Florida in a landslide. Time to get my business license.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i'm getting nervous again. the fuck is wrong with you, florida? no offense.
ReplyDeletegot that part right, florida. don't fuck up the rest.
ReplyDeleteThere's no one screaming on PBS
ReplyDeleteAnd I've consumed half a bag of Ghirardelli chocolate in the last hour
First to 69 electoral votes will win.
ReplyDeleteFios1 is all NJ all the time. They're doing a deep dive into the NJ state senate race in various districts. Actually discussing the laws and reforms thereto.
ReplyDeleteWhat's going on VA? Get it together up there.
ReplyDeleteDid everyone miss Chris Matthews talking about porn as a distraction?
ReplyDeleteOr just me?
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/chris-matthews-john-f-kennedy-would-go-watch-porn-ins-1788727907?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Scratch that. It was the house race. Bunch of guys I never heard of.
ReplyDeleteNot sure why you'd ever count on Florida in an election. A state full of geriatrics, crazies and geriatric crazies.
ReplyDeleteIt's gonna come down to South Florida (Dade, Broward, Palm Beach counties), IMO.
i'm legit terrified at this point. trump could easily win now.
ReplyDeleteYep. Shit has shifted dramatically in the past hour.
ReplyDeleteTim Kaine proving himself to be kinda worthless right now.
ReplyDeleteWife and I are making "rural juror" jokes every time John King talks about rural areas. I miss 30 Rock.
David Brooks might swallow his tongue.
ReplyDeleteOn Fox News they said to keep and eye on Broward County as the minorities might show up late. Can't make that up.
ReplyDeleteHillary ain't winning Florida.
ReplyDeleteMinnesota WTF?
ReplyDeleteWe are doomed. Hopefully MA will vote to legalize marijuana. I might just have to start smoking my life away.
ReplyDeletei'm stunned, and about to puke.
ReplyDeleteFlorida, Ohio, North Carolina and Michigan will a eal the deal for Donnie. VA and NH won't matter.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, stock futures just started plunging. Sweet.
Third party candidates made a huge difference in a number of key states. Why vote third party?
ReplyDeleteThis is a really bad episode of Veep
ReplyDeleteremain calm. keep the faith. looks like Northern Virginia saved HRC
ReplyDeleteI saw dow futures were down 500. That's bad, right?
ReplyDeleteMany of us underestimated how many closet Trump voters were out there. A lot more sexist/racist/jingoistic folks out there than just those who advertise it. Ugh.
We still have CA OR and WA. But this is not helping my ulcer.
ReplyDeleteVirginia can't save the Dems. FL/NC/MI/OH represent 78 electoral votes and will carry the GOP.
ReplyDeleteJohn King is having a big night.
the Detroit Free Press oddly called MI for Hillary 15 mins ago. which seems...odd. and wrong.
ReplyDeleteOur next president's most recent experience could be as a game show host.
ReplyDeletejesus fucking christ.
ReplyDeleteUh...Pennsylvania to Trump? If so...Game. Blouses.
ReplyDeleteFutures down worse than first announced. S&P 500 futures down 3.5%
ReplyDeletethis is bad
ReplyDeleteThis feels over.
ReplyDeleteOh
ReplyDeleteMy
God
Just said futures down 600.
ReplyDeleteWe're kind of freaking out, too, but take a look at 538 election coverage right now. Still giving it to HRC -- 282 votes. Even if he wins FL, OH, NC, as long as she wins PA, and the Western states that she's expected....
ReplyDeleteIt's promising and calming. At least for a minute. Holy crap may they be right!!
He's up by 11 points in Ohio.
ReplyDeletefivethirtyeight has it 51% chance for Clinton, 48% Trump. We are so screwed.
ReplyDeleteyeah, it's done. we're fucked. can't wait to explain to my kids how this happened.
ReplyDeleteOk folks. There is still a path for Hil. VA and PA are essential but they should happen.
ReplyDeleteGonna be a long night.
ReplyDeleteNice Job VA.
ReplyDeleteBright side: four more years of Alex Baldwin as Trump.
ReplyDeletefivethirtyeight model now 55% Trump 45% Clinton.
ReplyDeleteI listened to a shit ton of political podcasts this fall, including 538 and Keeping it 1600. What those Dems always forgot and glossed over was just how horrendous a candidate Hillary was. No charisma, the ruthless Clinton machine, etc. America's collective disdain for her was the overlooked factor.
ReplyDeleteThis is Brexit all over again. All the smartypants pollsters had a 3-4 point lead. Nate Silver spit the bit badly.
Yep, as I typed that, it flipped. Son. Of. A. Bitch.
ReplyDeleteStuart Stevens and the rest of PBS talking like Trump won this already. Thanks to the Pence pick.
ReplyDeleteTrump will put his face on all the currency.
ReplyDeletedow futures now down 750??
ReplyDeleteDo they confirm Garland immediately or let Trump make a pick?
ReplyDeleteSo many levels of fuckitude.
ReplyDeleteso it's a coin flip? bar was packed, no trump supporters . . . probably anecdotal stats
ReplyDeleteSay goodbye to the Affordable Care Act if Republicans take over the Senate.
ReplyDeleteSorry Dave. NJ was called hours ago.
ReplyDeleteThe path to the presidency runs through PA & AZ.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans hold the senate for 2 years no doubt.
ReplyDeleteThe health care thing is real talk for me.
ReplyDeleteI work for myself and have a little pre-existing condition called cancer.
No Obamacare = bad news for me.
TGrec, Sara and I will adopt you.
ReplyDeleteTrump got FL. Christ on a cross.
ReplyDeleteand Florida goes to Trump
ReplyDeleteugh
Sad to say, Shlara's won't be the only story that gets told if the ACA is repealed. Every day the papers will be littered with unnecessary casualties. Can't wait.
ReplyDeleteThis is once again of people not thinking things through. TR is right, Brexit II: Electric Boogaloo. Good luck, people.
Thanks Marls!!!
ReplyDeletewhy aren't the pundits freaking out more about this? HE WILL THROW YOU ASSHOLES IN JAIL IF HE WINS
ReplyDeleteRemember right after the Billy Bush video, pundits were punditing whether HRC should try to run up the score on Election Day? How long ago was that? Four weeks?
ReplyDeleteStuart Stevens: "I remember when the Republican Party was against Putin and 35% to 40% trade barriers."
ReplyDeleteNC to Trump. Jeez.
ReplyDeleteHe needs 54 more.
ReplyDeleteAnd McCrory is winning. NC deserves what they get.
ReplyDeleteGoodnight to the republic.
ReplyDeleteThe First Lady is a former nude model. Ron and Nancy would not approve.
ReplyDeleteHome Depot is all out of pitchforks and torches. Damn it all.
ReplyDeleteThe silent majority really exists?
ReplyDeleteYou might want to remove that asswashing terlet ZMan. The trumpers think you are a soft man.
ReplyDeletefuuuuuuuuuuuck
ReplyDeletezson calls him Trumpet and he will be ripshit tomorrow. He's all in on HRC.
ReplyDeleteHe needs twenty-six more. Twenty. Six.
ReplyDeleteSmart people: the most significant impact on the lives of those that read and write on this blog from a Trump presidency is ___________.
ReplyDeleteThe Supreme Court for the next 8-10 years. Maybe more if one of the older leftIsts steps down and he gets two appointees.
ReplyDeleteAlso, God knows what he'll do the financial markets, foreign countries he doesn't like, free speech ... lots of stuff.
Ditto to Zman's comments
ReplyDeleteFinancial markets + any biz selling goods or in a supply chain selling stuff in this country.
If he makes any progress to limit trade, that is going to be a disaster for all of us, regardless of who you work for.
The most significant change will be the slow erosion of the bedrock elements of the republic. Comity and compromise will die a slow death. We are on a slow path to turning the reigns over of the country over to a autocratic leader because the institutions of democracy have failed. The American experiment did not die tonight, but it revealed its weakness. The eulogy will be written over the next few years as we slowly capitulate to the lowest common denominator after "leaders" like Trump do not deliver on their promises and blame the downtrodden for their failures.
ReplyDeleteI made the mistake a couple days ago of saying to my husband in front of children that we'd have to move out of country if Trump won...when things started looking bad tonight and our 13 year old headed to bed, he said to me that when he awakes, if T. In fact has won, we better be making our plans for Europe. He sees it as an opp for an adventure! Oops!! Maybe we shouldn't?!
ReplyDeleteI meant, should there. Should!!
ReplyDeleteYou know who'd better have some indigestion tonight? Joe Biden.
ReplyDeleteCan't take it out on Biden. Extenuating circumstances.
ReplyDeleteStuart Stevens is killing it. He's the only taking head to insinuate that Trump's showing tonight is due to "emotions that we've felt should not be legitimized" i.e. racism.
52 million Trump voters. I'm stunned.
ReplyDeleteSo where does that leave us, Z? Legitimized bigotry is an abomination. We need Lincoln II. Don't make me do this.
ReplyDeleteWhat happens if they both get 269? Aside from lots of clicking?
ReplyDeleteI think it's safe to say that Trump's platform has been abominable Whit. He openly proposes discriminating based on race, religion, county of origin, all the stuff we're supposed to be against.
ReplyDeleteNo question. But people like that are supposed to be vilified, mocked, and kicked to the curb. Not vilified, mocked, and voted into office.
ReplyDeleteLincoln II
Went to bed several hours ago hoping to wake up and find there have been a miraculous reversal. Alas, it was not to be. WTF?
ReplyDeleteWent to bed at 9 expecting as always predicted....landslide. this is bad. But you knew that.
ReplyDeleteLincoln MKZ
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was all an act and he will govern as an open minded and compassionate guy.
ReplyDeleteZman, bawhahaha.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see mr. president campaigning for schilling against Warren when her seat is up.
We've had vicious kings and we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot boy king!
ReplyDeleteFed gets put in a real bind here. Interest rates will spike simply b/c of the "risk off" trade. That will make folks ask if inflation is being priced in, which pressures the Fed to raise rates. But a mini-recession appears inevitable as all Americans w/ spending power stand around slack-jawed at what just happened. So the Fed could actually set recession into motion.
ReplyDeleteContrarian stock buying opportunity - wait for the market to roll today, and then buy Financials. Preferably a bank ETF. Widening yield spreads are good for them.
To Z's comment...we could only be so fortunate. Though I will say his speech at 3 am was the first ever where he showed some humility, grace, and sincerity. It was terrific. And amazing.
ReplyDeletewhew. just put a sentence up on SoD. that was a tough one to write, but i'm trying to look on the bright side.
ReplyDeleteDave, we may get another terrific Green Day album out of it as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm stunned stupid.
Clarence for President in 2020.
Just reading that Sarah Palin is being mentioned for possible Cabinet post, so there's that. But it's the Dept of the Interior so no harm can be done there right?
ReplyDeletenice, i predicted that in my sentence!
ReplyDeleteAmerica surprised me last night, in a sad and terrible way.
ReplyDeleteI woke up to catch the speech--still seems like a bad dream.
And I cannot wrap my head around what a Trump-led White House + R Congress will look like day-to-day over the next two years.
Are they are going to agree?
And TR's analysis of the markets is just frightening.
KBE is the Bank ETF.
ReplyDeleteMy boss, who is a seasoned Health Care analyst covering Hospitals, downgraded her entire industry this morning. Ballsy move, but sometimes you have to just grab life by the p*ssy.
uh, Megan Kelly is co-hosting with Kelly Ripa this morning...
ReplyDeletedark, rainy, bleak morning here in DC
ReplyDeleteseems about right
same here in florida, which is a bit ironic. don't ya think?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this means we need to revise our compliance training materials, at least with respect to sexual harassment.
ReplyDeletemy kids went to bed in tears last night. this morning, they were laughing when i left the house. the sun eventually came up.
ReplyDeletewe're a resilient country (a bit misguided, perhaps, at the moment). four years goes by quickly. last night's result sucks in ways that we can't even yet understand, but nothing is forever.
goddamn, we'll miss the obamas, though.
cory booker in 2020? thoughts?
ReplyDeleteelizabeth warren. let's go all the damn way.
ReplyDelete- C L A R E N C E -
ReplyDeleteHindsight and Clarence in 2020
someone post some dipshittery. the world needs it now more than ever.
ReplyDeletenow more than ever
ReplyDeletethe world needs love
Recreational weed is now legal in Nevada!?!? That state needed more vices to offer tourists.
ReplyDeletei'm taking my kids to get their flu shots today, before trump bans them.
ReplyDeletealso, i was thinking of a vacation ban on all the red states-- vote with my leisure dollars-- i was pleased that new mexico and colorado went blue, and make for a nice western outpost, and my family already frequents vermont quite often, but north carolina is a tough one-- we'd have to move the obft somewhere blue. or bring all our groceries and alcohol from virginia.
border station is in virginia, so that works. southland is in NC
ReplyDeleteI tweeted this yesterday b/c it was fascinating.
ReplyDeleteNow, it's making sense for the "why" question I keep asking today.
This election was city folk vs country folk b/c we have stopped talking to each other.
We need to fix that and engage in conversation.
I'm going to do that, after I wallow for a few days.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/08/a-new-theory-for-why-trump-voters-are-so-angry-that-actually-makes-sense/?wpisrc=nl_wonk&wpmm=1
I had some good filler but as I began to take a picture of the range rover with "Just Divorced" written on the back window, the female driver of the vehicle approached. So I retreated. It elicited a chuckle though.
ReplyDeleteYield on 10-Yr Treasuries up almost a quarter percent today. Hope you got that mortgage refi or home equity loan done in the summer...
ReplyDeletewhat's happenin with the bitcoin today? strong to very strong?
ReplyDeletelike everything else in my life, tr, i procrastinated on that.
ReplyDeletebitcoin to bitchin is just one letter change
ReplyDeletebitcoin camaro
* CLARENCE 2020 *
"No, mine's Clarence"
I did. 3.25% baby!
ReplyDeleteusmnt/mexico to start the hex on friday. maybe this nausea will have subsided by then.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh, Hexico
ReplyDeleteHad double-digits' worth of Modelo Especials last night in a show of "they're not rapists and murderers." Must've pissed off the Silver Bullet contingent.