Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

The willow is too close to the house.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Republicans in disarray!

John Fetterman: Too Manly for Pennsylvania.  Paid for by the Oz for Senator campaign.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Eh, that’s media spin. biden’s health is fine and he’s doing a good job.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

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  2. 2.

    bbleh

    And just because it doesn’t seem to have got as much notice as it might have, that sanctimonious weasel Mike “Dense” Pence is going to be replaced by Senator and former AG Kamala Devi Harris, tyvm, and that also is a cause for joy.

  4. 4.

    Kent

    Everything is going well.  Georgia numbers are also creeping up. Latest drop has the GA lead up to 9160.   He’s winning GA going away.

  8. 8.

    patroclus

    C-SPAN fed is just amazing!  Great music!  Cheering people!  Lotsa kids!  Magnificent diversity!  Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful!  Oh Happy Day!  Dancing in the Street!!

  13. 13.

    jl

    We will be thinking about McConnell soon enough if Dems can’t take the 2 Georgia seats. And even if we do, will have to worry about a GOP which has same agenda as Trump, but much smarter about imposing it on the country.

    But, hey, that’s life. We need to enjoy some time off from the battle. I’m going to forget everything politically unpleasant for a few weeks. Assuming Trumpsters don’t reveal any tricks up their sleeves.

  14. 14.

    bbleh

    @TaMara (HFG): Lol so you did!  I was (perhaps inappropriately) riffing off the Fuckboy theme and focusing on the Pence part rather than the Harris part.  I just can’t stand that guy …

  17. 17.

    PsiFighter37

    The day Clinton conceded, it was a cold, rainy miserable day in NYC. Today, it was 70 degrees and completely clear skies. Definitely a sign of some kind.

  21. 21.

    Splitting Image

    I went out for a ride on the streetcar today confident that some asshole wasn’t going to regale me with some conspiracy theory he heard on Twitter.

    Felt good.

    I also saw a lot of pumpkins lying around from Halloween and noted that many of them had a good solid orange colour. And it didn’t remind me of anything else.

  22. 22.

    Kent

    @jl: 6 of Obama’s 8 years were with a GOP Congress. And every moment of it was still better than the best day of the Trump presidency. Yes, there won’t be lots of big things getting done.  But it will still be so much better with Biden and Harris and endless things that can be done with executive power.  Thank Bill Barr for expanding executive power.

  23. 23.

    patroclus

    @zhena gogolia: And no talking heads!  Other than Kornacki, I am SO sick of talking heads!  Joyous music turned up way loud is much better!  I wish they’d do Ray Charles again – my eyes were tearing up with that one.

  27. 27.

    cain

    It feels surreal that we crossed the finish line and we got this man out. I’m so proud of all of us who came together and voted him out.

    ETA: This is a big fuckin deal

  29. 29.

    Yarrow

    I didn’t think about him either. Well, I did when I heard he was on the golf course when the race was called and then I laughed. And then I saw a picture of his face when he had to look at the crowds who weren’t cheering for him. Outside of that, nope.

  30. 30.

    Splitting Image

    I think we’re all starting out on the road back to normal, but we won’t be there until you can rant about someone called Fuckboy and it isn’t immediately obvious who you meant.

  31. 31.

    patroclus

    It’s really great how well Motown hits have stood the test of time!  I wonder who the DJ is – they’re doing a fantastic job!

  33. 33.

    laura

    Just the joy of it! The neighbors called a champagne toast this morning in the street – distanced. And then the family and the friends and the out of country family and friends- and the strangers. To share this day is a memory I’ll carry.

    I wish everyone the fulsome joy that this day has delivered. Tomorrow we build the trumbrels.

  36. 36.

    different-church-lady

    You know what’s really cool? We never have to hear any Bernie dead-enders say Biden can’t beat Trump ever again.

  37. 37.

    cmorenc

    We are down for the weekend at the NC coast in a red-leaning count (Brunswick, 61-39 Trump) – and all day long I have been casually encountering/overhearing conversations between MAGA-types bitterly expressing their disappointment, anger, and outrage over Biden’s win over Trump.  Am I bad person for perversely enjoying their state of shock and suffering?

  40. 40.

    bbleh

    @cmorenc: No, as long as you don’t dwell on it.  And you shouldn’t; it poisons the mind. Smile to yourself, let it pass, enjoy the weather, have another sip of wine.

  41. 41.

    Leto

    @laura: the fact that so many other people, in so many other countries, are celebrating with us… nice reminder of who our friends really are.

  42. 42.

    p.a.

    Getting a massage Tuesday; she’ll have a lot less work to do on the shoulder/neck area than if I scheduled the past week(s).

  48. 48.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    Guys, we did it. We actually fucking did it, it seems. I had to check out for a few days to keep my sanity. Such an emotional roller coaster

  49. 49.

    Mai Naem mobile

    Kamala!!!. Madam Vice President!!!  In white!!! Is she dog whistling to white supremacists?  Seriously she looks good.

  51. 51.

    Ken

    @Alison Rose: Yeah, my one thought of that man was wondering who told him while he was golfing. Oh, and whether he cut the round short – meaning he thought it was more important than when his brother died.

  52. 52.

    LeftCoastYankee

    Watching Kamala… camera cuts away to young woman crying.

    I’m totally not crying myself.

  54. 54.

    Punchy

    @cain: It’s just unfortunate that over 70 million of those around me thought the pandemic response was sweeterballs, and this chucklehead deserved 4 more years.  That this fucker wasnt bounced by 40+ million votes is an incredible testimony to the upfuckedness of large parts of Middle America….

  57. 57.

    The Dangerman

    Nothing gonna happen for at least two years. Which is fine. At least a functioning adult is in charge.

    I’m curious what happens if the USSC tosses the ACA. McConnell andBiden will have to figure something out.

  58. 58.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Leto: Even better is knowing the Boris Johnson’s ass is in an even tighter crack now that Biden will be president. He get’s no trade deal with the US if he hard Brexits and screws up the Good Friday Accords. If he then capitulates to the EU to not screw up the Good Friday Accords he’s no longer useful to Banks, Farage, and the people really running Banks and Farage.

    You love to see it!

  59. 59.

    LeftCoastYankee

    For folks thinking the margin wasn’t big enough California is totally f-ing around and have only counted 60 something percent.

    This is a slow motion landslide.

  62. 62.

    Ken

    @Zzyzx: Yeah, I’m wishing that certain sites (*cough* electoral-vote *cough cough*) would get a move on and update their front-page maps, even if it means interrupting their usual schedule.

  68. 68.

    Kristine

    Others posted downstream about how they feel as though a weight has been lifted. I’m so there with you. Off my shoulders and off my mind. That never ending sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop is gone. I know we need to get through the next two months, but we will.

  75. 75.

    Adam L Silverman

    @The Dangerman: McConnell has not yet secured the Senate majority for two more years. Though he has definitely started counting his chickens before they’ve hatched.

  78. 78.

    Leto

    @Adam L Silverman: Seriously, I already voted! YOU DON’T HAVE TO KEEP SELLING ME! ;

    Edit: I’ve been thinking a lot about that, because 1) I’ve seen some Cultists say, “I’m going to the UK!” and thinking… lol, good luck! and 2) because I have a lot of friends over there still and I’m still worried about them.

  79. 79.

    arrieve

    Oh Joe! This has been such a godawful week, but just seeing Biden take the stage as President-elect does my heart and soul good.

  84. 84.

    Punchy

    @different-church-lady: I dont want to think about it all.  I’m sooooo done with my fellow Americans living in an alternate reality where they literally dont believe Trump lost.  For those that cannot live in the real world, I have no need to deal with you.  Go catch COVID and recover.  Or die.  I absolutely dont care any more.  Thats a horrible thing to say, but it applies to horrible people.

  92. 92.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Baud:

    You and me both.

    @Adam L Silverman:

    I didn’t see it. Can you link it? I was in total media blackout. I didn’t want to go through what I went through in 2016. There was a point on Wednesday and Thursday where I was oscillating between existential terror and cautious optimism. It was only on Friday night I began to feel Biden was going to win

  94. 94.

    Kay

    Jake Tapper
    @jaketapper
    ·11m
    ABC news reports that the Trump campaign “voter fraud” hotline “has turned into a nightmare…bombarded with prank calls from people laughing or mocking them over Biden’s win before hanging up…”

    Pranksters are so great. The effort they put in :)

  95. 95.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Leto: Apparently that’s a bot network sending out those “We’re leaving the US, maybe we move to Mexico” or “Hawaii” or “Texas” or “the UK”.

  97. 97.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Kay:

    ABC news reports that the Trump campaign “voter fraud” hotline “has turned into a nightmare…bombarded with prank calls from people laughing or mocking them over Biden’s win before hanging up…”

    Oh, I am so tempted to look up that number

  99. 99.

    cain

    Biden specifically talking about the African American community – that was AWESOME! I clapped so hard.

  100. 100.

    Adam L Silverman

    Black Hebrew Israelite Flat Earther. I’ve GOT BINGO!!!!

  104. 104.

    PsiFighter37

    Biden says something about losing elections, but when I think about it…he hasn’t lost a general election, ever. He has lost some presidential primaries, but when he’s made it to a general, he has a perfect record.

  107. 107.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Leto: Thread!

  111. 111.

    jl

    @Adam L Silverman: Wait until the rift over whether our hollow earth lizard overlords are descendants of the dinosaurs or replicant aliens who can shape shift into humans breaks open.
    I expect fisticuffs.

  118. 118.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    was expecting a nod to Reagan there, shining city or morning in America. Not un-glad it didn’t happen.

  123. 123.

    Adam L Silverman

    @The Dangerman: Gross isn’t out of it yet in Alaska. Though nothing will change that outcome, we just don’t know it yet as it’ll take ten days or so more to count Alaska’s ballots. But Georgia we can do something about.

  126. 126.

    Jerzy Russian

    @Baud:   I am pretty sure the Flat Earth Society was founded as a joke way back when.  These days, however, I am not sure about the current membership.

  128. 128.

    Sister Golden Bear

    Friends of mine (a trans woman and her wife), summed up my feelings:

    Her: it’s like we get to be part of…
    Me: part of the country. We get to be part of the country again.

    I’m not sure people even know — I’m not sure I’ve ever acknowledged, even to myself — just how excluded, ridiculed, afraid I’ve been for four years.

  129. 129.

    Suzanne

    I remember that I went entire days without being disgusted or terrified. That changed in 2016.

    Baby steps. It’ll change back. I know we’re all traumatized.

  132. 132.

    NotMax

    “lead not by the example of our power by the power of our example”

    That’s the ne plus ultra sound bite of the evening.

  133. 133.

    patroclus

    And he finishes and we get more Motown!  Most excellent!  And some Tom Petty!  And a little Coldplay and fireworks would be a nice touch too.

  143. 143.

    Adam L Silverman

    @The Dangerman: It means hello in Dine, which is pronounced diney and is the name that the Navajo use for themselves and their language. Dine means the people. Also, I’ve normally seen yatahe transliterated yatahe, but I’m not Dine, so…

  144. 144.

    Eljai

    @Sister Golden Bear: Your comment made me cry.  This country is a better place because of you.  You remind me of what is at stake and that gives me all the more reason to keep working for the inclusion, acceptance and equality that you deserve.

  146. 146.

    CaseyL

    Great song choices,  oldies but goodies.

    Like our new President :)  :)  :)

    @Sister Golden Bear: What Adam said.  You have family here.  And I am SO HAPPY that you don’t feel so afraid now.

  147. 147.

    Leto

    @Sister Golden Bear: I can’t imagine how that feels, but I absolutely hate that anyone does. I’m glad you’re here and hope we can keep working towards making the country a better place for all of us.

  153. 153.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Adam L Silverman: McConnell has not yet secured the Senate majority for two more years. Though he has definitely started counting his chickens before they’ve hatched.

    My understanding is that the Democrats have to win both Georgia runofffs to get to 50 Senators and control via VPOTUS’s tiebreakers. (Which probability I judge at 1 in 8 – and that’s being optimistic.)

    Am I missing something here? Please let me know. Because if I’m not, Yertle McTurtle can warm up both his middle fingers & practice in front of a portrait of Biden, sticking them in his face.

    Nothing that can’t be done by executive order will get done for the next two years – (ACA replacement? Fuck you in stereo, Yertle says to Uncle Joe). Anything that might be done by EO is odds-on to be overturned ASAP by the Extreme Court. Even if the 2022 Senate map turns out to be as favorable as it looks, the House is odds-on to flip, yielding two more years of gridlock.

    Don’t misunderstand, I am pleased to contemplate Orangecandyass being hauled out of the White House in handcuffs. But beyond that,

    THE 2020 ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN A TOTAL FUCKING DISASTER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!

    They weren’t much of a victory, let along a “famous” one – they were a stay of execution for American democracy. They pushed back the earliest date of the fascist takeover of the USA to January 20, 2025.**  But that’s all.

    And all you teary-with-joy types celebrating President Uncle Joe are imbeciles. Which. after you’ve exhausted every other possibility, you will all finally figure out, to your enormous distress and fulminating fury, in typical “progressive” fashion:  a few days or weeks or months after it’s too goddamned late to do anything about it.

     

    ** Maybe 2029 if the Democratic POTUS can win reelection. Good luck with that. Obama started out with a bigger victory and sizeable majorities in both houses of Congress & yet barely squeaked out a win in 2012.

  157. 157.

    Ken

    @lgerard: Hunter Biden’s laptop looted Republican ballots!

    Hunter’s laptop is going to enter Republican mythology like some twisted version of the Holy Grail.

  160. 160.

    Zzyzx

    @Uncle Cosmo: do you think readers of a political blog aren’t aware about the existence of the Senate?

    It’s just that for at least 24 if not 72 hours, there was a real chance that Trump was going to hold onto power in addition to that. The votes were falling in a way where maybe Biden would lose AZ and fall just short of PA/GA.

    That didn’t happen. We’re not going to usher in a utopia, but we dodged a bullet. I believe that deserves a few days of celebration.

  161. 161.

    Richard

    I am still thinking about “fuck boy ” i think i will be sad for the rest of my life. Don’t you think they are done, they have a lot more damage they can do. They probably will,  just because they are nasty coward bullies.

  163. 163.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Uncle Cosmo: There are four senate seats not yet decided for the next Congress: NC, Alaska, and the 2 Georgia seats. Right now Cal Cunningham is loosing in NC, but NC hasn’t finished their count/canvass and they won’t update numbers, due to a court order, until 12 NOV. So we have no actual idea what is going on there. Alaska, which takes about three weeks to count all of their ballots because a lot have to come in from remote location. They’ve counted around half of them so far and the Democratic candidate, Dr. Al Gross, has indicated that he thinks he will win when they’re all counted. And we’ve got the two GA seats going to a run off. As of right now their are 48 Democratic/Independents who caucus with the Democrats/Democratic Senators elect and 48 Republican/Republican Senators elect. This leaves the four open seats. If the Democrats can take any two of those four seats – NC, Alaska, or the 2 in Georgia – then it is a 50-50 Senate. In a 50-50 Senate the Vice President breaks all ties as the President of the Senate and the party of the Vice President therefore has the majority. If the Democrats can win any 2 of the 4 open seats, then Chuck Schumer will be majority leader not Mitch McConnell.

    ETA: And I guarantee you that Biden and Harris and Schumer will be offering Murkowski anything she wants to go independent and caucus with the Democrats. Try to recreate what they did with Arlen Spencer.

  164. 164.

    Kattails

    @cain: They know what they’re about. Also, being competent themselves, they are surrounded by competent people. The messaging has been really on-spot all election. Biden truly is connected to family, younger people, I’m less and less surprised that they are on top of media stuff.

  165. 165.

    Mary G

    I’ll take 74 days of hell over four more years of the fat baby in the schlumpy suits and long red tie.

    Just seeing the diverse crowd for Biden instead of a herd of pasty old white men felt so good.

  166. 166.

    OldDave

    @Uncle Cosmo:Obama started out with a bigger victory and sizeable majorities in both houses of Congress & yet barely squeaked out a win in 2012.

    What color is the sky in your universe?  Obama won over Romney by just under 5,000,000 in the popular vote and with an EC total of 332 to 206.

  169. 169.

    bbleh

    @cain: Yeah and the omission of Blacks from the list immediately preceding was VERY noticeable.  It was a total setup.  Brilliant.

  173. 173.

    dm

    @Adam L Silverman: Bummer about the state legislatures, though, especially with redistricting coming up.  Another decade of dealing with Republican Gerrymandering

    But, we’re learning how to do this now.  A lot more people seem to understand the need to work local, and not just think things begin and end with the Presidency.

  174. 174.

    Ken

    @dm: There was no redistricting after the 1920 census. Sounds like we should start a once-each-century tradition.

    Last time the reason was because rural states didn’t want to lose power to the rapidly-growing cities. This time we have a better reason – Trump touched the census and it died.

  178. 178.

    J R in WV

    @Mai Naem mobile: 

    Is she dog whistling to white supremacists? Seriously she looks good.

    She’s wearing white for the suffragettes who wore white back when they were working for the right to vote.

  180. 180.

    Adam L Silverman

    @dm: Congress can make gerrymandering illegal. I think it’s actually part of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act sitting on McConnell’s desk. Which will be brought back up and passed again in the House sometime in January.

  182. 182.

    Adam L Silverman

    @NotMax: I’m not holding my breath. I think Gross is still a possibility and Warnock is as well. Ossoff ran a much better campaign than I expected, but I’m not sure we’d be lucky enough to take both Georgia seats. Though I have no idea how someone votes for Warnock and Perdue.

  184. 184.

    Panurge

    @Punchy:    Job One for the right has always been STOP THE HIPPIES.  (Or whoever you like, but who it is is actually of secondary importance.)  If stopping the hippies means giving Trump a pass on his COVID response, well, they don’t like it, but, etc.  They really do live in an alternate reality, and as long as we keep holding them at arm’s length, that will continue.  They know our attitude towards them, and that’s precisely why they backed Trump.

  187. 187.

    Panurge

    @dm:  What happened with state legislatures?  Did the Dems lose some?  I would’ve thought we’d learned from 2010.  (I also thought that having the winning Presidential candidate would help the Dems.)

  189. 189.

    PJ

    @Uncle Cosmo: Go Fuck Yourself.

    I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have expressed my frustration at your stupidity, doomcasting, and adolescent contrariness that way.  What I should have said was:

    GO FUCK YOURSELF!

    We have just won a historic victory over the forces of darkness.  You may have an overwhelming desire to piss on someone’s joy, but please do not share it with us.

    We all know that, right now, the Democrats do not control the Senate.  We also know that there is a decent chance to get to 50 with Alaska and two seats in GA.  We also know that that may not happen, and that Mitch McConnell may do everything in his power to defeat Democratic legislation, in which case it may be two years before positive legislation can be enacted.  But a President is not powerless, and, from day one, Biden and Harris will, among other things, work to get Covid under control; work to restore our international alliances, treaties, and trade deals; work to reform and restore our civil service; and work to get the economy going again.  They don’t need Republican say so to do that.

    So, again, in case you missed my point: GO FUCK YOURSELF!

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