A lot of us Americans never doubted that America lives... — Bitter Crank
his re-election would have been the end of American democracy — Wayfarer
Democrats lie. Republicans lie. Thinking one does it more than another is just a reflection of your indoctrination. — Harry Hindu
Fox News have started to behave themselves and I think the majority of Trump voters are accepting this defeat gracefully. The positive side of the American spirit is winning through here. — Baden
It’s great to celebrate the end of Trump, but it’s wise to actually hold Biden’s feet to the fire and let him know that merely not being Trump is not good enough, he needs to get on with actually fixing things and fast — plus, as Crank says, there’s a lot of things that simply aren’t in his direct power to fix. — Pfhorrest
The duopoly has found the perfect formula:
1) Nominate Presidential candidates "Bad" and "Even Worse"
2) A third party on the ballot will automatically mean that the "Even Worse" will win, and hence Americans won't dare to vote the third party or will be accused to be the reason why candidate "Even Worse" won.
3) Depict the House of Representatives and the Senate being meaningless and focus on the Presidency.
4) And of course, portray the "primary elections" as the way how people can influence the "democratic process" of choosing the President and not by creating new political parties, which would then battle the duopoly.
5) Discourage grass roots movements that would start competing at the municipal / city / state level with the duopoly.
Duopoly rules the US. — ssu
Fox News have started to behave themselves and I think the majority of Trump voters are accepting this defeat gracefully. The positive side of the American spirit is winning through here. — Baden
Not convinced everyone should be this happy about a republican winning. — StreetlightX
The Trump speech about having the election stolen from him was truly disgusting. It was a reckless attempt to incite his base to interfere with a fair election. It was a complete disregard for everything that makes America great, most fundamentally, that it is a democracy, subject to the rule of law.
The Biden victory speech was inspirational. I've got to think the contrast has caused many to reconsider. — Hanover
The amount of harm, chaos, destruction, etc that they cause is subjective, as is all moral and political truths.You may be right, but the issue isn’t necessarily the quantity of lies, but rather the harm, chaos, destruction, etc. that they cause. I think there is at least an argument to be made regarding whose lies have been worse. Also, doesn’t all thought reflect whatever system (political, philosophical, religious, cultural, etc.) the agent has bought into? — Pinprick
Do vague platitudes count as lies or truths? Vague platitudes is the language of politicians and lawyers. When you learn how to twist words to mean almost anything, then you can always assert plausible deniability later.No, really, some people lie more than others. There is actually such a thing as counting a person's lies. And Trump has pushed the volume meter to levels which we couldn't imagine, even from the most dishonest politicians. — Metaphysician Undercover
I expect that unless the Democrats actually do win control of the Senate - and it's still a possibiilty, athough slight - the GOP will continue as they did under Obama, to block, obstruct, frustrate, divide, undermine and deny. — Wayfarer
The lesson the GOP is going to take from this election is that Trumpite politics can garner support from a near-majority of the electorate. — StreetlightX
Someone else can come along and mimic his policies, but its his personal appeal that makes people abandon sense and follow the rubbish he talks. I think his will be a hard act to follow. — Tim3003
Get busy building. Movement activists who supported Biden emphasized that his presidency would give the movement breathing room. Okay. We have maybe two years, tops, to prepare for an even more vicious, popular wave of reaction. The next backlash is going to make the Tea Party look like a teddy bear’s picnic. — StreetlightX
I imagine that some will capitalize on the momentum of a ‘stolen election’ and therefore never concede that it was fair. — praxis
And I'm more than aware of the decent core of Americans — Wayfarer
The popularity of Trump was down to his being a political outsider - ie not the Republican party. — Tim3003
His personal charisma - as witnessed by a successful TV career - is considerable, whatever we think of his politics he is great at communicating with the uneducated and fearful conservatives of rural USA. — Tim3003
The next backlash is going to make the Tea Party look like a teddy bear’s picnic. — StreetlightX
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