{"id":24551,"date":"2016-11-08T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T00:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24551"},"modified":"2016-11-08T23:58:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T07:58:59","slug":"election-day-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/election-day-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1108toilet-paper\" border=\"0\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1108toilet-paper.jpg\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" title=\"1108toilet-paper\" width=\"700\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#39;s that day.&nbsp; Isn&#39;t it a shame that polling booths aren&#39;t equipped with toilets, so you can flush Republicans while moving them to the unemployment line?&nbsp; Today, I&#39;ll be returning to this article on occasion, when I run across new information to share, so please return to Politics Plus to check it out from time to time.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Squatch, Nameless, JD and Lona.&nbsp; You all have edit capability.&nbsp; Please feel free to join in.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Let&#39;s start with an election day message from Keith Olbermann at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wW_SIWdq_x4\" target=\"_blank\">Democracy is More Fragile Than We Think<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wW_SIWdq_x4?rel=0\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen Keith! It&#39;s life or death for the US!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As of Noon Pacific, Hillary Clinton appear to be leading in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.&nbsp; However, these indications are based entirely on early voting, which tends to favor Democrats.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rump Dump Trump was <a href=\"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2016\/11\/08\/donald-trump-booed-by-voters-election-day-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">booed<\/a> when he vast his ballot.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Z7cG0E-Du_c?rel=0\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Love it!&nbsp; Note that the inconsiderate SOB used a booth reserved for handicapped people.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:36px;\"><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">Electoral Votes<\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:36px;\"><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">209 <\/font><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&#8211;<\/span><font color=\"#0000ff\"> <\/font><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">244<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Stay tuned!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As of 11:00 AM Pacific, Hillary Clinton also appears to be leading in Colorado.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Update 12:45 PM Pacific:&nbsp; There have been reports of voter intimidation for Trump.&nbsp; In minority areas in Florida, harassers with megaphones have been screaming at voters and approaching their cars.&nbsp; In Pennsylvania, Republican poll workers\/observers have been demanding to know foe whom voters intend to vote and demanding forms of voter ID not required by law.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Stay tuned!&nbsp; (going to nap for a bit)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Update 4:50 PM:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Clinton wins VT.&nbsp; IN, KY, WV, SC&nbsp; betray US for Trump.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In East lansing Michigan, a Republican pulled two women wearing Hijabs out of line.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Back after supper.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Update 5:30 PM<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Clinton wins DC, DE, IL, MA, NJ.&nbsp; AL, OK TN betray US for Trump<\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Democrats +1 in Senate.thanks to Tammy Duckworth Beating Mark Kirk in IL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Update 6:00 PM PST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Clinton wins NY, but&nbsp; ND, SD, TX, KS, NE, MS, WY betray America for Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">I&#39;m getting worried here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Update 7:00 PM PST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Clinton wins NM, but MO and MT betray America for Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">I expected to have declared for Clinton and gone to bed by now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">OH betrayed America for Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Clinton won VA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Clinton won CO.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Update 8:00 PST<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Clinton won CA, HA, OR and WA, but ID and NC goose stepped behing Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Trump got FL, IO, and UT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Squatch here. &#8212; <\/font><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-tanks-markets_us_58228da2e4b0e80b02cdc60f\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Huffington Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>&#8212; A<\/strong><\/font><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">fter trading markets are taking a big hit courtesy of the prospect of a Trump win.. &nbsp;&quot;The Dow Jones, S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Futures Indexes all declined precipitously.&quot; &nbsp;I heard on the radio as I drove home this evening that the Dow dropped 600 points. &nbsp;Wednesday morning Asian markets are taking a hit. &nbsp;If I heard correctly, oil dropped by $24 to about $24 a barrel and gold has climbed. &nbsp;USD, CDN dollar and Mexican pesos are all down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Back to TC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Trump goy GA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Ditch time almost 6 AM and I&#39;m still watching. All TV stations I can get, Dutch,German, Belgian and British are now expecting Drumpf to win. Everyone is terribly depressed and fearful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">That was Lona.&nbsp; TC back.&nbsp; I&#39;m afraid I have to go to bed.&nbsp; It appears to be a long night, before the final results are in, and I&#39;ve been going since 5:00 AM.&nbsp; It&#39;s looking very bleak, as Trump is leading in WI and catching up fast in PA.&nbsp; I fedar for our country.&nbsp; Signing off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Squatch here. &#8212; Sweet dreams TC! &nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/joe-arpaio-loses_us_5817abcee4b0990edc32fcd9\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"><strong>Huffington Post<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\"> and others report that Sherriff Joe Arpaio has been defeated after more than 2 decades as the Maricopa County Sheriff. &nbsp;Hallelujah!!! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Lona here: hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it&#39;s offically over now:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:24px;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">218<\/span> &#8211; <span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">276 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">and Clinton has just called Drumpf to concede her loss.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Good luck, America. You&#39;re going to need it. And so are the rest of us.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s that day.&nbsp; Isn&#39;t it a shame that polling booths aren&#39;t equipped with toilets, so you can flush Republicans while moving them to the unemployment line?&nbsp; Today, I&#39;ll be returning to this article on occasion, when I run across new information to share, so please return to Politics Plus to check it out from time <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/election-day-coverage\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}