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The bottom line is that ambrosie has been a pretty poor commissioner and the lack of plans surrounding this are a sign of poor management. Yes this pandemic has made everything difficult, but the organizations that handle it well have multiple plans for multiple situations. The cfl barely had a plan for one certain scenario.

I am sure the war room will get right on that.

That's just it. They are ok with the shitty policy, but don't like the guy saying it out loud.

It was the biggest softball possible and trump not only whiffed, he hit himself in the face doing it. All you had to do was listen to the experts and be a strong calming figure and people would praise your efforts. But no, trump is just weak in every way.

Which is the problem... Moscow Mitch and the Republican controlled senate are sitting on their hands while people are faced with no jobs and an out of control pandemic. They are actively hurting the country through their unwillingness to do anything that isn't for the benefit of the 1%. Those assholes in that party need to be dealt with right away because as long as they exist in their current form you will never unite that country.

Republicans are the problem, trump is just a symptom. You can't unite the country when one side is responsible for the tribalism. It can't wait, the cancer that is the republican party needs to be fixed.

This is the biggest drawback to Joe Biden. He is a middle ground, reach across the aisle type and the Republicans simply don't reach back. The USA needs someone who will play the same games the Republicans do and string em up for all their ****. Because next time the wannabe dictator they pick won't be as inept as Trump.

The GOP would never allow paper ballots only. Too much to lose without easily hacked voting machines.

This is what happens when you don't pay your lawyers.

GOP Gaslight - Obstruct - Project

The only way Trump could crush Fox News is if he were to own it and run it like he has all his other businesses.

But it was Clinton who would have been too emotional to be president.

Oh I have no doubts that they will find fraud if they look hard enough for it.... but not on the Democrats part.

It sure does, but Moscow Mitch doesn't compromise. They expect everything from the Democrats and give nothing. They broke that system by refusing to compromise so Democrats need to reply in kind.

If that were the extent of peoples reactions then fine, but you and I both know there were people who shat all over Glenn.

Nah Glenn was always being shat on for being ok but not great.

Yeah this is why the polls don't always show what happens. Republicans are very good at keeping people from voting.

Oh yeah like lawyers work in big skyscrapers and have secretaries. Look at him! He's wearing a belt! That's Hollywood for you.

FYI, shale oil is not the only time that franking is used. There is a ton of fracking in other areas that is more profitable. The problem with shale oil is that the wells don't last. They die off quickly and the initial investment doesn't pay off.

Trump and Co. today as states continue to count votes:

Sure maybe some of it does, but there's lots of issues at play here, and honestly people expect a Biden win in PA and Michigan now that advance ballots are being counted... so what was your point? Honestly I don't think it's as big a deal as you make it out to be. Those oil and gas votes are the types that are likely to find other reasons to vote R rather than Democrat anyway. It's good policy to plan for a transition away from fossil fuels anyway. That doesn't mean you do it all at once and I don't think the Democrats are planning that anyway, but planning for the future is something every government needs to do. It's the big flaw in Alberta too. Kenney and his voters want to go all in on oil and gas, but the world is saying "yeah we need to plan to get away from that". Just tired of backwards assed thinkers trying to make the world see things their way.

But I think this year is an abnormal year. There were a lot of early ballots. Reasons for those likely are driven by the bullshit going on with the postal service, concerns about covid, feeling passionate about getting a vote in. All things a democratic voter is more likely to do than a republican voter. The electoral system in the states is an overly complicated antiquated system and it's not as simple as just watching things as they happen live. With Elections Canada at least everything is consistent, in the States you get each state having different rules. Things get close enough then it gets decided by a 2 man sack race on consecutive sundays.

Too many of the pundits on TV last night were treating this like a normal election and thinking it was a disaster for Biden. It really wasn't now that you are seeing the massive numbers of mail in ballots actually being counted. Still closer race than a lot of people wanted to see, but given how hard the republicans worked to suppress votes it's not unexpected.