2020 US Presidential Election Thread

[qtrain23]

But how were they able to compete with the American Propaganda and manipulation through social media and on American TV, which all heavily favored Hillary Clinton, all american celebrities' were also behind her and endorsed her, and they were on Social and TV constantly.
Surely that must outweigh some Russians?

Depends. You can accomplish a lot with carefully targeted propaganda of certain messages to certain groups. You and I, and everyone else here isn’t immune to it either, no matter how smart you think you are.

 

[qtrain23]

Also, what exactly was that information these alleged Russians posted on social media.



And also, if the dems/ the left claimed back in 2016 and for 4 years straight that Russia interfered with the election and got Trump elected, why are Trump and his people not allowed to say this election is somehow tampered with?

One BS accusation deserves another BS accusation.

I think an important distinction here is, it wasn’t just “the left”. The government as a whole agrees that there was interference.

It’s not a BS accusation just because you don’t like it. There were investigations, research, results, proof, and report outs detailing it.

It happened then, it likely happened this last election, and is likely and is still happening, although I’m not sure any of us know go what degree.

 

[Wicked]

Dow hits 30K points today......don't get use to those numbers with 'ol Joe taking over.

 

[Atticus]

Dow hits 30K points today......don't get use to those numbers with 'ol Joe taking over.

I think the market tends to do better under a dem...I’m sure there’s a ton of holes in those stats, but it’s held true to the last few decades from what I’ve read and recall.

 

[Wicked]

I think the market tends to do better under a dem...I’m sure there’s a ton of holes in those stats, but it’s held true to the last few decades from what I’ve read and recall.

Is there holes in gas being under $2.00/gallon too?

 

[Atticus]

Is there holes in gas being under $2.00/gallon too?

Where’s that? It’s been hovering at $2.59 for awhile. We get hit with a lot of gas taxes in PA.
Gas prices aren’t indicative of the market though...well, maybe to some degree, but higher prices usually means a higher market.

Honestly, the past couple of Dems came into a market that would have gone up whether dem or rep.

Clinton got the dot com boom. And Obama got the market after the ‘07 crash...market had nowhere to go but up.

 

[Wicked]

Where’s that? It’s been hovering at $2.59 for awhile. We get hit with a lot of gas taxes in PA.
Gas prices aren’t indicative of the market though...well, maybe to some degree, but higher prices usually means a higher market.

Honestly, the past couple of Dems came into a market that would have gone up whether dem or rep.

Clinton got the dot com boom. And Obama got the market after the ‘07 crash...market had nowhere to go but up.

Under $2.00 in lots of places.

 

[Tom.]

I think an important distinction here is, it wasn’t just “the left”. The government as a whole agrees that there was interference.

It’s not a BS accusation just because you don’t like it. There were investigations, research, results, proof, and report outs detailing it.

It happened then, it likely happened this last election, and is likely and is still happening, although I’m not sure any of us know go what degree.

What exactly did these results show? And don't just say there was interference. How?

 

[Atticus]

What exactly did these results show? And don't just say there was interference. How?

A bunch of Russian operatives sat in a room making FB accounts claiming Hillary or Trump did (whatever they decided to make up).
Unfortunately, a lot of people believe anything on line, even on FB or Twitter. Heck, some people are burning down 5G sites thinking they cause the COVID virus...

 

[qtrain23]

A bunch of Russian operatives sat in a room making FB accounts claiming Hillary or Trump did (whatever they decided to make up).
Unfortunately, a lot of people believe anything on line, even on FB or Twitter. Heck, some people are burning down 5G sites thinking they cause the COVID virus...

Yup. Basically people are really stupid. You can tell them anything as long as it looks official or is presented in the right way, they’ll take it as gospel. Then you have Facebook groups or forums that are a total echo chamber and these people just eat it up and become totally twisted to reality.

As George Carlin said: think about how dumb the average person is. Half of them are dumber than that.