Part VI; Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

Link to Part V

Good morning DLers! Even though I've been confident the last couple of weeks, I slept terribly and am up at 5 AM (west coast). I really wish this was over, but I still say she's got this.

What are Kamama and Tim up to today? Where are they waiting for the counts? What's the plan?

R4 on another thread another poster said Kamala is doing continuous interviews in swing states today.

All six residents of the first in the nation district to report are registered Republicans

Drown it💙

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833-VOTE-FLA/833-868-3352

[bold] Judges deny requests to block DOJ from monitoring polls [/bold]

[quote] Both Missouri and Texas asked federal courts to keep DOJ lawyers away from their polls. Missouri’s attorney general and secretary of state said any monitoring would “displace state election authorities,” and Texas’s attorney general contended that “Texas law alone determines who can monitor voting in Texas.”

[…]

[quote] U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk found that Missouri did not reach its burden of showing that the state would face irreparable harm if the Justice Department’s monitors watched over the city’s polls.

[…]

[quote] In Texas, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk early Tuesday ordered the DOJ to verify that the agency would not send “observers” to poll locations in Texas while also denying issuing the restraining order.

[quote] Judge Sarah Pitlyk

Pit lick. Heh-heh.

Jimmy Carter is still alive!

Oh no! Anyway...

Bernie Marcus dead! It's already a good day!

I just read Nate Silver’s final prediction, stating that this could result in a tie that goes to the House where Trump would be declared the winner. What a nightmare for this country. Now that Dixville Notch even split is nightmare fuel. 🤦‍♂️

Nate Silver is a cunt who thinks he's a "normal gay". I hope he's just as wrong as he was in 2016.

Nate Silver is not trustworthy.

Nate Siver is Peter Theil's bitch bottom now. Everything he says is suspect.

[quote] Now that Dixville Notch even split is nightmare fuel.

R15, all six of those Dixville Notch voters went for Haley in the Republican primary. So if their split vote today means anything at all, it's that Haley Republicans are splitting.

My notch is also evenly split!

I've been Team Kamala since 2016 but it is Tim Walz who will make me blubber like a baby at the inauguration. Totally normal guy, teacher, no big money behind him, no fancy education, no family money, could have gone R and made millions spouting hate on Fox. I wish we had more like him.

Walz 2032!

R22 And seeing Gus Walz cheering on his dad when he wins--I will also be a blubbering MARY.

The Czech Republic is the dividing line:

same here.

If the Harris/Walz ticket wins, I’m going to be living in close proximity to a lot of extremely unhappy white guys in great big trucks.

It’ll be worth it but it’s gonna be a little scary at first.

r25 Gross that we fall just below Czechia. But I also doubt these results, our pollsters are utter shit. Was probably an online survey or something.

r29 Oh my goodness, how adorable!

Hopefully GAGA voted from her house in PA as well.

[quote] but it is Tim Walz who will make me blubber like a baby at the inauguration. Totally normal guy, teacher, no big money behind him, no fancy education, no family money, could have gone R and made millions spouting hate on Fox. I wish we had more like him.

One of my wishes if Harris/Walz wins is the DNC starts to give some focus to lesser known Dems in Congress and the Senate. I'm tired of smug Dems like AOC and Gavin Newsom getting constant national media attention. It has irked me for years that a very intelligent, but down to earth Dem like Elissa Slotkin is mostly ignored in the media while smug dumb fucks like AOC and Newsom are all over the media.

115K voters in Philly in hour one. If this continues, 100% of rurals could turnout, all vote R and they still wouldn't close the gap.

AOC has been indispensable to the Democrats this election. She has worked her ass off to get progressives to vote for Harris. Her outreach to the Puerto Rican community has also been incredible. She was at a Puerto Rican bakery in PA with Harris last night. Whatever the *it* quality is - AOC has it in spades and she can WORK.

Election 2024 Media Winners & Losers: How Joe Rogan & Jeff Bezos Blew It & Charlamagne Truly Became A God:

Good news r33! please keep us updated today. DL is a great aggregator of news bytes and bits, which are crucial on Election Day.

Pic in R29's post is THE dollface picture of the year.

Trump getting mad at 'Susan Wiles' on stage last night and calling her out in a creepy, aggressive tone confirmed that Tim Alberta's article is 100% true or 107% as Trump would say.

You can only bury your head in the sand and go with what extremely online MAGAts are trying to convince you for so long. Those people don't live in the real world.

So we're saying that Lara Trump didn't do a good job running the RNC?

She did exactly what Dump wanted r41. She grifted every dollar she good and funneled it to Dump.

R33 Philly outnumbers the rural vote 3 to 1

115K voters in Philly in hour one.

^this didn’t actually happen.

IG post from Kerstin Emhoff. Very classy lady.

The Horse is in the hospital….John M.’s riff on Trump. Enjoy!

R46 r48

I love that guy, r50.

Sweet

White guys who care about their daughters' rights might be one of the key factors in Harris/Waz winning this race.

R50, to me, that was indicative of the biggest mistake of the Dem campaign - ignoring men. They could have easily and effectively played on the bond between men and their daughters, wives, and mothers. Showing a man and his daughter and asking," Men, what would you do to protect her?" Or, they said they had a problem with the black male vote. Well, what gets black men more riled up than anything? Threatening their mothers or grandmothers. Play on that. By gearing the entire campaign around women, when they could have also appealed to men was a missed opportunity. Hopefully, it isn't the reason for the loss. It's a pretty good example of sexism at work.

Pro-pal or MAGAt? Which idiot at the end of the horseshoe will it be?

"FLASH: From US Capitol Police:

“Our officers just arrested a man who was stopped during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). The man smelled like fuel, had a torch & a flare gun. The CVC is closed for tours for the day, while we investigate. We will provide more information when we can”"

^^^.

^ If the whole protection idea offends some people, then play on the "What would you do to see she has a better future?" Vote Harris.

[quote]Well, what gets black men more riled up than anything? Threatening their mothers or grandmothers.

I'm going to get blowback here, with this, but this isn't correct. You know what gets black men riled up more than anything? 'Uppity' educated black women who are more successful than them (not ALL black men, but a large number). This is the primary reason IMO for the small defection of black males over to Trump this cycle. It isn't about foreign policy or tariffs - they certainly voted for white male Joe Biden in large numbers last time.

Of course, in fairness, many stupid white men are also riled up by educated women, black or white. This is how Hilary lost in 2016.

Mind your own country, Russian scum.

"JUST IN: Bomb threats at 2 polling stations in Georgia came from Russia, state says"

R58 I would drill down further. They quite like the idea of Donald Trump because they are the type of man who would live exactly like him if they inherited 400 million!! gaudy houses, gold toilets, cheat on the wives, pay for sex with porn stars, cheat on taxes, cheat workers, hire their unqualified kids, sell junk. They ignore his racism because they believe that maaaybe some day their side hustle will take off and they can live like him.

The woman who went to law school and spent 40 years working her way up is somewhat intimidating and not relatable. They want a million dollars yesterday, not $70,000 next year and $100,000 in 2028 etc eventually retiring with a million. I also stress this is a small number and most are young, working class and uneducated. At a certain point you have to let them go and learn the hard way and win votes elsewhere - which she has done.

[quote] Elon Musk plans to spend election night with Donald Trump, giving the former president direct access to the person controlling X, a key information platform, on what could be a chaotic evening.

Filthy Russian scum

Once the results show that it was wishful thinking that the whole "Black men switching to Trump in significant numbers" is crap, I'll be one happy Black man.

[quote] Harris] had to walk the highest, narrowest tight-rope

...in heels...

Russia will try to ruin the entire world

That’s their feature, not their bug.

Taylor puts her money where her mouth is, so good

[quote]Russia will try to ruin the entire world

Here's hoping Putin's 25th year anniversary gift as president in 2025 will be a silver clad window for him to mysteriously "fall out" of.

Nailed it.

"Your college friend who did every MLM and is now a real estate agent is going to post "no matter who wins Jesus is King" today and then tomorrow say the absolute worst shit about Harris voters lol.

Can't wait."

What is an MLM?

Does anyone else remember Rob Reiner propositioning Jon King during the 2020 election coverage?

BTW, R58 and R60, you really should have qualified your statement and not just said "Black Men." I am still amazed how we are all Kamala voters, yet how removed a lot of white men on DL are from having any real relationships, friendships, even acquaintances with black men. Being a black male myself, and the black men I know have NEVER had a problem with an educated black woman, ever. Ever. Ever. And I think you will find out that that whole narrative about black men defecting to Trump was manufactured.

The obstacles I have run into being black and educated come from both sides of the spectrum. First the rednecks and racists who don't want you there in the first place and call you uppity. And second, the liberal left who are quietly shocked when you prove yourself to be smarter, more adept at handling yourself in certain situations than them. They are the ones who pat themselves on the back, thinking they had a hand in getting you where you are. But get a better grade, better reviews and an overall better response professionally than them, and you get the "uppity" behind your back.

Anyway enough said. I just found what especially R60 had to say very offensive. But this is a night of coming together and not infighting.

R71 Multi-level marketing, or in other words a Ponzi scheme dressed up to look respectable.

Multi-Level Marketing, R71.

I meant pyramid scheme, not Ponzi.

Don't be too hard on yourself, I'll go to my grave not knowing the difference between the two, r76.

Ugh.

Is this _the_ thread where we all gather?

r73 point taken, but re-read my post at r58 ,2nd paragraph. I actually consider white men far worse than black men, but I was responding to a specific post by someone else.

I certainly don't believe that it applies to all black men - and stated so. I also don't like what r60 posted and am sorry if my post engendered it.

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R80

Republican dentist in Houston, TX who says he voted for Harris. Listen to what he says. I hope there are going to be many Republicans like him who have had enough of Trump.

I see what you’re referencing r58. I’m just saying your statement is incorrect. An educated black woman does not rile up a large number of black men. It’s just not true, is all. I don’t take offense to it like I did r60. And I will add to the quote you are referencing as well is that any man would get riled up if you came for their mother or grandmother, regardless of race.

I must say in my 50 years, Kamala’s campaign has been one of the best, most efficient one I have ever seen. They’ve left nothing on the table.

Gen Z morons still staying away, whining about Palestine.

^^^Dr. Phil should just go ahead and vote for Trump. They're both petty, bitchy old men with childish grievances.

r88 The ego on him, my god.

Who?

R86 agreed. Impressive.

Paul Rudd handing out water bottles to a voting line in Philly.

I can’t believe they booked Fake Melania for Election Day!!

They really think we’re stupid.

r94 They really thought no one would notice because she's so rarely seen in public.

Why did they bother? It’s not like the two of them are ever in the same place as it is.

R93, for the record, we are experiencing record breaking heat

It’s really quite nice for a November day, r98.

I've been singing this song all day long

Garbage people make threats.

"NEW: Law enforcement officials estimate about 30 bomb threats hoaxes have targeted election-related locations nationwide, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Around 17 fake bomb threats have targeted the state of Georgia alone, two people familiar with the investigation told CBS News."

Ha, R100. I’ve been singing “California Love” in Kamala’s honor.

r100 r102 I'm on [italic]Luck Be a Lady[/italic]!

[quote] NEWS: Donald Trump has been served.

[quote] Trump was served a summons at Mar-A-Lago in the lawsuit brought by the Central Park Five for defamation.

Lock them up.

"MAGA extremists are terrorizing poll workers in Shasta County

One worker who quit put it bluntly: 'I don't need to be here when someone drops a bomb or starts a mass shooting'"

I learn something new about the country with every election. Can someone please tell me why they are calling some states "Common Wealths" and other states just plain "States?" They seem very specific about the language they are using.

There are 4 Commonwealths,

Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.

The way they are organized

There are four states in the Union that use Commonwealth as part of their formal name—derived from their colonial predecessors. Under the U.S. Constitution, the only legal term applicable is “State.” The End.

Actually just read up on it. There is no real difference between a commonwealth and state. Pennsylvania calls itself a commonwealth AND a state.

[quote]The term "commonwealth" may have been adopted by these states to emphasize that their governments were based on the common good and the sovereignty of the people. For example, Virginia adopted the term in 1776 to emphasize that its new government was based on the common good. Pennsylvania's first state constitution in 1776 referred to the state as both a commonwealth and a state, and this usage continued in subsequent constitutions.

I just thought it was odd that this was the first time I had heard commentators correcting themselves from saying State instead of Commonwealth. Now I know why. Thanks DL.

R110 read ^ please.

Under the Constitution they are “States,” and that is all that matters—and that they guarantee a republican form of government.

Where DID you people go to school?!

And remember the 2026 Midterms begin tomorrow.

"Five more polling places in DeKalb County have received bomb threats. Voting has been suspended at those precincts. This is a deliberate attempt to prevent Americans from casting ballots. FBI has linked today’s previous threats to Russians. Official release below .@ATLNewsFirst"

I adore Tim Walz and think he'll make a fabulous president once President Harris retires in eight years.

Calm down R112. I understand you are excited to make your point. I understand the difference. It was just the first time I ever heard commentators making a point of acknowledging the difference. I understand they are States under the constitutions. That was not what I was talking about. And there is absolutely no need to be insulting. You might have aced civics in the 6th grade but you need to brush up civility.

Walz said he has no eyes on the Presidency. In his interview he said VP would an unbelievable honor and pinnacle of his career. Some say it helped him because they thought he’d be a better VP than someone like Shapiro who would be looking to run. Now maybe he’ll change his mind when bet gets his butt on AF2! But I think he’s a man of his word.

He should take over Special Olympics from the Shrivers.

Please Gods and Goddesses he’ll be there in LA in 2028

"BREAKING: Unsubstantiated bomb threats were made to four Navajo Nation voting sites in Navajo County today, believed to be from a foreign entity ("namely, Russia"), according to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes.

Navajo Nation is a longtime Democratic stronghold."

These areas where bomb threats are being called in will never, ever go for Republican candidates. Ever.

They are ruining it for their party for generations.

Congratulations, scumbags.

R116 why so stupid? He has said he would never run. He was chosen because he has no ambition to run. Where do you get your bs from? He is her Biden—he has no further goal than to serve her.

Brian Tyler Cohen just reported on his live stream that the GA polling places that had bomb threats will stay open later.

Miss Lindsey has been having a hissy fit about Oprah’s support for Harris.

Doubt Oprah gives a shit about Miss Lindsey’s criticism over who she supports.

All --Florida looks REALLY bad, so we can officially give up on that SWAMP forever!!! Biden did much better thahn Kamala did--- So let's just give up on Florida-forever-

Yeah, I view Florida as a lost cause.

Wait! What, R127?

This was 12 minutes ago

In advance to the Russia stans who pop up on here to try and shame us into not calling them out for their various perfidious actions: go fuck yourselves. Russia hates America. Wake the fuck up.

All the deplorable moved to Florida in the last 4 years. It should be way higher for Trump.

I think Biden did better last election also because it was the year of establishment disgust with the establishment in light of the relatively recent George Floyd incident, the way many felt that Trump and his Covid Team were fucking up with the pandemic’s response efforts, etc.

PS: Please get this annoying exit-poll fat fuck off CNN. He mentions no context to these so-called opinions. Eg, people disappointed with US Democracy might be that way because of feeling that the woke Progressives are mandating how everybody should think and act, etc.

Also outside of academia and elite coastal big cities, lots of everyday Americans in the real world don’t like that Harris drilling on women’s rights to abortion hasn’t ever seemed to be promoted through a lens that could include mindfulness of a need to support also options for women such as adoption or personal-accountability parenthood planning (aside of course from situations such as rape or threat to the mother’s health/life, and so on). Those Middle America voters alternately think: “Oh, she’s just pushing for an express-lane approach so any woman who doesn’t want their baby can just end up being able to get rid of it and not worry about it being unable to defend its own life…”

Just making the point that there are more voters out there than left Media discuss—and those voters will be voting Red, because the Dems never get it when it has to do with their prioritizing messages or messaging.

Everyone, from the looks of things so far this is very underwhelming-- VA is particularly alarming... Biden did much better (so far) in 2020--- There will be no blowout. This is going to be close as fuck. I am ashamed of this country and truly pray we win this. This is some scary shit.

GA is looking bad too... I give up already. But I felt this way in 2020. But she is NOT doing remotely as well as Biden did.

[quote] To put things in perspective, in 2020, women outvoted men by 4%. Now they’re up by 10%.

You aren't fooling anybody, r134.

Years ago, when I lived in Michigan I couldn't stand how people in Detroit celebrated The Russian Five. The Russian Five were five hockey players that Detroit Red Wings owner Mike Illitch got to play on the Red Wings back in late 80s/early 90s. He used shady practices with the help of people in Russia to get the Russian Five to defect to the US. One guy with help of a doctor faked cancer and another claimed that he was disabled due to an accident. I can't recall all of the things they did, but none of it was good.

The Red Wings won the Stanley cup in '97 and '98 and for many years after Red Wings fans basically ass lick the Russian Five. Some years back, a sports journalist Keith Gave wrote a book about the Russian Five and a documentary was made about it Again people in Detroit were all over the book and documentary and basically acting the Russian Five were heroes. During the time, I live in Michigan I knew a Chinese American woman whose parents immigrated from China in the late 70s. Both were research scientists. She grew up one of the Detroit suburbs in Oakland County. I can't remember which town it was. It drove her nuts how when she was a pre-teen and teenager in the late 90s, she and her family had to deal with racial slurs from neighbors and others. But, yet those same people were fans of the Russian Five. She said it pissed her off that people could celebrate pro hockey players who used shady as fuck methods to get into the US with help from the Ilitch family, but people like her parents who came to the US with advanced degrees and valuable job skills were treated like garbage because they were Asian and the hockey players were white.

[quote] Also outside of academia and elite coastal big cities, lots of everyday Americans in the real world don’t like that Harris drilling on women’s rights to abortion hasn’t ever seemed to be promoted through a lens that could include mindfulness of a need to support also options for women such as adoption or personal-accountability parenthood planning (aside of course from situations such as rape or threat to the mother’s health/life, and so on).

Behold this sentence.

^^^ I tried but gave up.

How much do I need to snort to write like that? Asking so I don't.

Hope dude gets extra credit in his literature class for living Lysistrata

These posters on every thread, glooming and dooming about this or that state—are they the same upstanding comrades who called in the bomb threats to DeKalb County, or do the troll farms divvy up the labor?

R142, they are like a fucking hydra. Block one and another pops up but they all have the same voice.

Yes, and dizzy, intoxicated queens.

Yeah the thread was really enjoyable earlier in the day but now it’s full of trolls, hysterics and missing posts from the (3) account I’ve blocked in the last few months. Checking out for a few hours.

It's not looking good. But, they tried.

r146, go take a dirt nap.

R146, do try harder.

Can’t these Putin trolls find their way to the rimming threads?

I legit thought this was Cole Emhoff

Looks like paul rudd

I'm sixty years old and admit I just haven't the stomach for this after 2016.

I'm doing what I did in 2020, not looking at any coverage (I just peeked now) and going to bed. I'm saddened that Sherrod Brown was defeated and that louse Ted Cruz was re-elected. What a world. Florida, you suck too.

Kamala, we need you!

So sad

I am appalled.

Anyone thought about what Kamala may do next? I assume Doug will go back to his law firm.

What about Pete? He was a shoo-in for a cabinet pick. Any seat he may have his eyes on in 2026.

She is cold. Dem candidates usually fade but like Hillary she may be in a future Dem Cabinet if we have any more elections.

Or Governor of California.

American women re-elect degraded rapist!

Next time one screams about "bleeding out in the parking lot", remember to tell her, "That's Democracy, hon!"

Women once more abandon a first-rate female candidate to support an actual rapist.

Well done, bitches. Well done.

Agreed, OP.

Those white women who voted for this need to suffer the consequences for it. Or their daughters and granddaughters do. It's the only way for them to wake the fuck up

I say this as a white woman. I'm so fucking disgusted, I can't even come up with the words to relay the depths of my disgust and revulsion for these dumb cunts

I live in New Mexico and a part of me hates that New Mexico is now seen as haven for abortion care. Yet, many of the women from Texas who have come into New Mexico have never given a fucking "thank you" to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for everything she has done to keep abortion access in New Mexico. Also, some of the reproductive freedom advocates like that annoying Olivia Juliana have never acknowledged Grisham either. It pisses me off that a Hispanic woman like Grisham is constantly cast off to the side.

These white women who continue to vote GQP won't get it (regarding abortion rights) until they or their daughters die in a parking lot from being prevented from getting care.

Same with gay marriage/rights, these people don't get it until their kid comes out as gay or trans. People generally don't have empathy towards others until it personally affects them. It makes me weep for humanity.

Yes, r162, but at least there will be fewer stupid cunts!

I weep for MYSELF.

My very first comment posted in July was that running Kamala would result in a Dukakis-level blowout.

Then she ran an absolutely stellar campaign, imo.

Then my first guess turned out to be right. What a shithole country this is.