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2016 Postmortem

Schema Thing

(10,283 posts) Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:14 AM Oct 2016

Come Election Day, everyone is going to know Trump has zero chance.

My worry is; is this going to severely depress voting and affect our chances at getting Congress?

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Come Election Day, *everyone* is going to know Trump has zero chance. (Original Post) Schema Thing Oct 2016 OP

I beg to differ... Mme. Defarge Oct 2016 #1

I anticipate that people will want the bragging rights that they helped to bring Trump down Siwsan Oct 2016 #2

If you knew how Yorktown was going to end whatthehey Oct 2016 #3

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Mme. Defarge

(8,034 posts)

1. I beg to differ...

Reply to Schema Thing (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:18 AM

Oct 2016

I think reasonable people are mad as hell and will vote come hell or high water.

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)

2. I anticipate that people will want the bragging rights that they helped to bring Trump down

Reply to Schema Thing (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:23 AM

Oct 2016

And I think that would be a mighty fine button, too.

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)

3. If you knew how Yorktown was going to end

Reply to Schema Thing (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:24 AM

Oct 2016

Wouldn't you still have wanted to be part of the victory if you knew it was at no risk of life and limb?

"Yes little Sally, your grandad was voting when the first woman President was running against the greatest internal existential threat to the nation since Reconstruction, but we all knew she had it so I stayed home playing XBox and let other people do the actual voting."

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