Get that respite bullshit out of here I’m in a full fledged fucking panic.
I haven’t been able to eat since 11 am and I am a fatty.
by John Cole| 59 Comments
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Get that respite bullshit out of here I’m in a full fledged fucking panic.
I haven’t been able to eat since 11 am and I am a fatty.
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wmd
For the past month you’ve known that we won’t know results tonight.
Be like Steve.
RedDirtGirl
I’m still not looking at any news. But not getting a great vibe from the quick peeks I’m taking at BJ. Gonna try to sleep and check in in the morning. Fingers fucking crossed!
R-Jud
Just woke up over here in the U.K. and BOY am I glad to see AZ was just called in Biden’s favour.
I can’t believe my home state of PA is causing this much drama.
Yarrow
@R-Jud: Not yet called by the AP.
Suzanne
My gastrointestinal tract is not happy about the election.
Jerzy Russian
@R-Jud:
Good news about AZ. Also too, I see you have adopted British spelling. When in Rome, etc.
guachi
Anyone have a good read on the Senate?
Democrats are at a net 1 seat so far. I can’t really figure out if IA is a possible flip at this point. And Collins is way outperforming Trump in ME but, who knows?
NC is looking more to Tillis at this point. Daines is likely to win in MT. One GA race to a runoff. The other… who knows?
Yarrow
I’m with you, John. Fuck those fucking respite threads. They are stressful.
MazeDancer
Fox News called AZ for Biden?
How can that be. Would mean Biden wins.
Jerzy Russian
@Yarrow: Speaking of the AP, it seems Biden is ahead now in their popular vote total, for what that’s worth.
SWMBO
@Suzanne: My stomach hurts. This is getting a 2016 vibe all over again. I’m reduced to Cheetos and tomato juice. And the worst part is knowing that my republican relatives are going to celebrate like crazy.
Suzanne
God DAMN am I feeling better about Arizona. I canvassed, phone banked, etc etc etc every election cycle since 2006. Sean Bowie, who was my State Senator in LD18, won his seat two cycles ago by the narrowest of margins. He won tonight by over twenty points.
Gin & Tonic
@MazeDancer: Neither AP nor NYTimes have called AZ.
LongHairedWeirdo
I feel for you, my friend. I was watching the 538 results and screamed “I KNOW JAY INSLEE WON!!! WHO THE FUCK CARES? PUT UP SOME BIGGER NUMBERS ON BIDEN!”
(And there was a little piece of “they *can’t* call California yet, I wanted there to be a massive chunk of uncounted electoral votes sitting in our corner!” )
And it annoys me because they, unlike the Republican Party, care about the truth, and data, and all that stuff. So it’s really not fair to be screaming at their website (not *technically* at them, but it feels that way).
Still, remember what the earlier “chill the feck out” post said – last week, we *all* knew there was a chance there’d be an illusory Trump win, and we’d learn tomorrow, or Thursday, that, thank god, sanity prevailed.
Got any ginger in your house? That can really help a tender tummy (though I think I lose macho points just for using the word “tummy”. Oh well, I guess folks might think I’m weird).
Hilfy
John, since you aren’t eating as you undergo such stress, taking some antacid might help your stomach. Also hot tea, of any kind, can be soothing. I turned the TV off, as it is unbearable. With I could read a book, but nothing I’ve tried holds my interest.
Adam L Silverman
@guachi: Last I saw Greenfield was up about 6.5. Kelly is also way up in AZ.
Jeffro
I just want to say, this fucking bottle of champagne I bought when trumpov went into the hospital with Covid won’t keep forever…let’s get the count right and kick this orange moron out, and soon!
Jesus.
This fucking country, I swear. It’s like we do everything backward here. We give all the money to the already-rich, elect the dumbest among us, and can’t even get our data right on the most basic of things. Up by 7-8% nationwide? Ooops I guess NOT
Where did all these Neanderthals crawl out from, anyway? I thought we had a decent Cro-Magnon “republic” going here.
mdblanche
@Jerzy Russian: Given what a weird night it is with so many early votes and states counting them in different orders, I doubt it’s worth much.
Adam L Silverman
@SWMBO: I think I see your problem right here:
Suzanne
Baby has a rash on her face. No fever, no other symptoms. Could it be a sign of COVID. FUCK FUCK FUCK.
So one of my friends, who lives in Omaha, tested positive for COVID today. She arranged for a friend to bring her a ballot, sealed it in a bag, and it was returned in time.
Please make the times less interesting.
Cacti
@Suzanne: Never thought I’d see the day that AZ might go blue AND send two Democrats to the US Senate.
The Enderville Phantom
John if it’s any consolation, my father spent most of the night screaming at the TV upstairs as election results came in. I suggested he watch a movie instead. Clue is on. Who killed Mr. Boddy?
Arclite
Waiting for the John Cole post titled “Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
This is gonna be a goddamn nailbiter. It’s 2016 all over again.
Aleta
West of the Cascades
@Aleta: Please god AZ and NE-2 make this superfluous.
West of the Cascades
@The Enderville Phantom: Donald in the Senate with a spoiled ballot.
cain
@Jerzy Russian:
lol – I noticed that too. Strangely my keyboard is set that way too so it always trying to correct my spelling.
R-Jud
@Jerzy Russian: Ha. Usually I code-switch depending on the predominant audience, but fuck it, I’ve been here 15 years.
Aleta
In Maine, plant managers and the postmasters of local post offices were driving their own cars all over the state tonight to make sure ballots were delivered in time. (Big state too.) Employees worked all day like crazy to get everything out despite all the obstacles meant by the T administration to prevent it.
frosty
@Yarrow: PA won’t be called until tomorrow. None of the mail ballots have been counted.
Aleta
@West of the Cascades: Is that all it would take? Not another one like MI or OH or NC?
frosty
@Suzanne: My GI tract is OK. Ab muscles not so much. Liver will be regretting this election in the morning.
PA mail-ins still to be counted. Per B-J comment below, advantage in registrations is 1 MM D. Hoping it’s true.
I sent Gov Wolf a message: “Count all the votes. Channel Andy Jackson: ‘John Roberts has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.’ ”
Hoping for the best in the AM.
Kelly
Well in Orygun we’ve passed Measure 109 legalizing magic mushrooms in a therapeutic setting and Measure 110 decriminalizing small quantities of most drugs. Could be comforting.
frosty
@SWMBO: 2016 vibe was bad. 2018 vibe was good. I left the election party dejected but a day later we had done well. Fingers crossed.
HumboldtBlue
@Kelly:
Great result.
frosty
@LongHairedWeirdo: Yes, you’re weird. We cracked the code when we spotted it in your nym, LOL. Maybe you should get an Enigma machine.
frosty
@Aleta: My fucking state. Arrgghh. At least my county is trying to do it right.
Cacti
I’m feeling very 2016 about all of this.
I wish I wasn’t, but everything seems to be breaking the Dotard’s way.
schrodingers_cat
@Yarrow: Agreed about those tone policing respite threads.
Kelly
@HumboldtBlue: Oregon Democrats won all the statewide offices. We also look to be in good shape to win super majorities in both chambers of the legislature.
NotMax
R
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A
X
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No one expected this to be definitive today.
mdblanche
@frosty: I’m not getting a 2016 or a 2018 vibe now. It’s a 2020 vibe. All sorts of weirdness in the results due to all the early voting, clearly not getting a call before sunrise, not looking like a catastrophe, not looking like a triumph.
Cacti
Does anyone know what Nevada’s problem is with reporting returns?
cain
@Kelly:
oh thank god!
Cacti
AP calls Minnesota for Biden.
NYT calls Ohio for Trump.
Mj_Oregon
I’ll never believe another f*cking poll in what’s left of my life. I should have never looked before I went to bed.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodingers_cat: Then ignore them.
StringOnAStick
@Kelly: Hey, thanks for the welcome to OR yesterday; we love it here! I’d love for redistricting to fold us into a blue zone.
I’ve heard microdosing treats depression but I haven’t started Michael Polland’s latest book yet to dig into the details.
NotMax
@Cacti
Waiting for the last of the polling places still serving those in line to close.
FlyingToaster
@Cacti: A number of polling places closed an hour late, due to problems during the day; there were still people in line 2 hours after the original closing times.
Chances are we will see ME and NV results tomorrow AM, PA results tomorrow PM, WI and GA Thursday AM, and Michigan on Friday. These per the announcements from each state elections personnel.
Plus there are a bunch of missing ballots (300k) in FL, that the Postal Service is ignoring the court order concerning.
I’m done; have a nice evening, y’all.
Kelly
@StringOnAStick: Result aren’t final but it looks like Bend will turf an R Senator and an R Rep from the Leg. If we get another seat from the census perhaps a new Congressional district that runs from Bend north to Hood River and the Columbia Gorge could be reliably Dem.
Geminid
@guachi: Daines is not likely to win Montana. Bullock runs ahead of trump there, and well ahead of Daines.
Benw
@NotMax: thanks Aaron Rodgers!
I’d like to cast my vote firmly for “Keep that Serene Bullshit on the Front Page”
SectionH
@R-Jud: God Bless the Zonies!
The Enderville Phantom
@Geminid: I disagree. Montana is trending deep red. Fucking Greg Gianforte declared the winner in the governor’s race. Montana used to be like it’s neighbouring states the Dakotas where they might send a Dorgan, Heitkamp, or Johnson to Senate. Not anymore.
If you saw the ratio of signs around Flathead County, 9 to 1, you’d think it would be a blowout for Daines. The amount of spent shells on the side of the highway and the white power advertisements online telling everybody to come join Freedom Country is everything you need to know about the New Montana.
SectionH
@Suzanne: Oh yeah it is So Good to see AZ going Blue. Thank you for all the work you did. I may call our besties tonight to congratulate them. Hang in there in PA – long way to go there.
Ruckus
There is nothing any of us can do about any of this.
Watch something else, listen to some nice music. Read a fucking book. Knit something. Anything else.
Why is it that humans seemingly have to throw themselves into the fire and then complain about the heat? Why are any of you thinking that there will be results TONIGHT? Most states allow mail in ballots to be postmarked up to close of polling today. CA is giving 17 days for them to arrive after that. Many states do not count any ballots until polls close today. And they have millions of votes to count. It will take time to get it right.
Take a deep breath, light up or drink up if that is your pleasure or pain and settle in for a few days of who the hell knows. Sure it may be that results can be in in a day or 4 but if you want to be alive to enjoy seeing shitforbrains get his ass thrown out of the WH then you will have to be here and semi sane to enjoy that.
The old refrain is along the lines of “Work on the things you can change, and accept the things you can’t.” And we can’t change that it takes time to properly total up the votes of a nation of this size, with 50 different states and systems actually doing the counting.
I’m watching Netflix and waiting. Will we get everything we all want? NFW. We aren’t that lucky, nor is it possible. One day at a time…….
bluefish
@Ruckus: words of wisdom … thx
SWMBO
@Adam L Silverman: You will be relieved to learn that after I read about berry tarts and such on another thread, I have consumed a bowl of pound cake, strawberries, and whipped cream.