A quick google says it is Ed. Outstanding.
A quick google says it is Ed. Outstanding.
The get out the vote effort is really different when your state becomes a battleground state. Normally, we just get a snarky mailed pamphlet blaming us for not voting. If you just voted .... whine, whine, whine.
This year we get texts alerting us that mail in ballots should be arriving in a week. Daily mail ads, including information on finding all the down ballot candidates as we have non-party sections for all local races. A text telling us we should have gotten any early voting ballots and a call the following day. And some people are now getting texts asking for voting registration drive volunteers for the weekend and if they reply yes are getting same day follow up calls to organize.
In one Australian federal election, the electorate I lived in ended up being the most marginal seat in the country at the end of the count.
The next election cycle was utter torture. We disconnected our phone.
EDIT: Also, that's 100% Ed Milliband, right? Like, I could see him doing the job if it came to it, but I have to think his prospects are still not quite that grim.
How many of those texts came from Russia?
"Dearest vote, please regonise Director General Donald." And Ital, it is definitely Ed. Bill's chatting to Nick Clegg.
I would be pissed if I was getting texts.
Can your shitty phone even do texting?
I've been on a smartphone for about a year now mate.
(My mom got it for me and still pays for it.)
I'd love to know why a lad I know from school is so up in arms about Hillary threatening the second amendment. An amendment he can't exercise because he lives in Washington, Tyne and Wear.
You sold out, mate.Originally Posted by Pepe
I did.
Next stop: an iPad.
Are you on a Nokia still?
Obama doing the rounds on a load of talk shows to pave the way for a move into television presenting is indescribably lol, but his response to Trump saying he was shit on that 'Mean Tweets' thing was good.
Obama has the most positive approval ratings of anyone in politics at this point in time, and is going to finish his term with one of the highest Presidential approval ratings in memory. He doesn't need a TV job. It's a calculated move.
Obama's always done the rounds of talk-shows. He'll write some books when he retires, or maybe teach law school.
Inb4 Obama teaches at Georgetown Law
Wouldn't surprise me. He wants to stay in DC while his kids are at school, right?
Seems the obvious way to go. It's hard to imagine him going hard at the speaking circuit.
Meanwhile, Trump would make more out of a failed candidacy than a failed presidency.
I know he's doing it to be affable and funny in supporting Hillary and getting a few whacks in at Trump, but I flashed on the idea of him presenting some 'Capital Beat' style DC insider program and it made me laugh.
I honestly believe Trump is going to win now. I don't have any cool anecdotes to back this up, just my general feeling.
Even some of the girls at my job who are latina and were slamming Trump and all of his "build a wall" shit are starting to come around to the idea of... maybe not voting FOR Trump but rather not voting FOR Hillary.
Anyways.
I do think he'd be rather good at it. He has an easy charisma which a lot of politicians lack.
He should move to the UK and run for PM.
Americans really are dumb. Even Pepe the engineer is a bit retarded.
Yep, he can ruin the foreign policy of a second country.
Because we were obviously doing a sterling job previously.
Cameron indulged in a bit of useless interventionism as well - we've been doing it since Blair, and it's a waste of everybody's time.
You fucking what?
Also I am not American so joke's on you.
Yeah and How is Polish.
Shit.
Unbelievable
Barry will just busy himself laying the groundwork for his wife to be the president in a few years. Not that much needs doing. They'd probably vote her in now as a third party candidate, such is their insatiable desire for dynastic rule.
They interviewed some trump supporters about trumps policy.
The majority of them assume trump is being symbolic when he talks about building a wall.... Nope. He wants to build a physical wall.
If trump wins its a disaster for everyone and he'll either be assassinated or there will be a military coup. There's no way the rest of America will let him butcher the relationships they've rebuilt.
BHO's main legacy will be to inspire a range of wistful nostaglic retrospectives when the next Republican President, Jerry A. Wankenhauser III reverts to type and flattens various countries in a few years.
Massive move for Trump on betfair in the last few hours. Because of this perhaps?
3.9 in from 6.5 a couple of days ago
What is happening with the 11 women who have claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Trump? Have any of them actually pressed charges?
FBI investigation into HRC's emails re-opened. Robby Mook has also just deleted his entire Twitter timeline.
God wants Western Civilization to survive, Trump will win and Hillary will be in jail 18 months from now
Having somebody called 'Robby Mook' at the top of your campaign/movement ought to completely discredit it.
You have to laugh at reopening the investigation a full week and a half before the election.
Because they (we) don't want to vote for Hillary Clinton?
Allah. Trump isn't winning so there's no need to hide your faith.
Lol at that Chaffetz wanker's Twitter being 'jasoninthehouse'. I bet his email address was 'Jason_Is@Hotmail.com'.
In fairness - there was no way the Tories were getting a majority and there was no way Brexit was going to happen according to the polls. Who knows.
50% of Americans don't even vote. That's taken as standard. I expect a lower turnout unless there's some genuine fear factor around Trump. It's terrifying. I mean, these are your options:
1) A businessman tax dodger who is a complete dick to women. He also also never held any form of office and has spent the latter half of the campaign going on about Clinton's emails and how everything in America is fixed. He also has ties to Russia which may actually result in genuine electoral fraud.
2) A career politician who has held the second highest office in the country. She also has some shady instances of loose talk on an insecure email server, some question marks about where her campaign funding came from and her political links come courtesy of an unfaithful husband. She has also done some questionable things as a lawyer.
I could see how endorsing either is a no-go for some.
Allah (God in Turkish) = God (Allah in English)
In case you are actually this ignorant.
Even if Trump wins it's not a fucking autocracy. Every lunatic policy he has will be rejected.
I've been saying since the Trump tape that it would take a bombshell about Clinton for him to have a chance.
I told you wikileaks would destroy us all.
Fresh reminder during the week that plenty of Australian boomer blokes think Trump is the voice of reason.
The email thing is a mountain out of a mole hill, the only one in trouble is Weiner. The FBI had to tell Congress that Comey's evidence was potentially no longer final, that's all.
Good news day for Republicans who get to bloviate, and good for the media who get to hope the race tightens, but there's no substance in this.
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