He still barely won, so perhaps the GOP will make some CONSTRUCTIVE changes that will draw the populace into a more conservative outlook.
Read an interesting article talking EC and comparing it to a sports championship series. The analogy being states were similar to each game of the series and there being a reset of the scoring per each game rather than only a cumulative total. All to protect the small guy from being overrun by the bigger one.
How about a compromise, stop posting for some period of time then come back, different screenname maybe? And honestly, the bet should expire after the presidency is over with although 4 years is a long time.
no difference is I wouldn’t have made a bet to paint myself in a corner like that. I like posting here.
Anyways if you’re leaving don’t let the door you hit on the way out!
Last night was like being visited by space aliens, I think all bets like this should be suspended.
I’ll be around, just not in PWI.
@sufiandy, a bets a bet. Those were the terms of the bet.
Trumpkins, known for their humility in victory. 
You are a man of your word and you have my respect. I wish you the best.
Damn.
I just saw this, usmcc.
This will be a great loss…but I understand that this is what people with a sense of honor do.
Semper Fi.
USMC I release both you and Sloth from your bets. I ask you both to stay and continue to post. You are both great posters and there would be a void around here without you guys.
All the best.
After a few more posts I will be leaving T Nation once again. I know I am not well liked because of previous mistakes. I earned those mistakes they are mine no one else’s fault.
And to tell you the truth I got a lot of work done over the past couple of months not posting. It’s difficult to realize how much time/thought one invests in PWI until they are no longer involved with it or even reading it.
Anyway, as I said the best to you.
Jesus Christ guys, this is the internet. Can we stop with the posturing please, keep your asses in here and continue posting.
Hey don’t leave. I’ve read a lot of your posts and think that you are one the best and and most personable posters here. Besides it’s just for fun and trading a few barbs.
Your Friend,
82kcim/1bez
Just busting on ya, Homie.
Don’t leave!
We need to bet on whether Trump will actually nominate a conservative judge now!
Thanks buddy you were always entertaining and informative.
Congratulations to all who foresaw this. It came down to a point or less in three states, and she will win the popular vote. It’s my opinion that my ballot should count the same as anybody else’s, even if they live in Ohio or Michigan.
But these are the rules and Trump is the winner. In the rawest and most stunning way, the feat is impressive – he did this with no field operation and not the slightest clue about governance or world affairs. It is astounding. My hat is off to him for the sheer enormity of what he’s done.
But forget about lower-class grievance and polling errors and the Clinton Foundation and racism. Forget about the middle finger to the establishment, as if this is something to be giddy about here in the real world, where establishments rise out of necessity in order to deal with complexity. Forget about Clinton. Forget that the stupidest president in American history will take the oath of office in two months. These things all matter, and they will get their due, but they do not matter now.
What matters is this: The next President of the United States stood on a debate stage and lied to the American people about Russian military intervention in the election to his benefit. Again, and let it sink in: The next President of the United States stood on a debate stage and lied to the American people about Russian military intervention in the election to his benefit. He openly regurgitates Kremlin propaganda, even when that propaganda is specific and false and therefore traceable directly back to Sputnik (yes, this happened; again, this happened). He surrounded himself with Putinites. He has never criticized Putin, even when offered the direct opportunity to do so – in fact, he lies in order to paint a rosy picture of the man, as when he said that the assault on Aleppo was aimed at ISIS. He derides NATO and, to the concrete peril of the entire world, Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty (by contrast, his predecessor said of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that their defense is as important as that of Paris and Berlin: under which of these presidents do you believe Putin is more likely to risk WWIII by invading the Baltics?). He refuses to disclose financial documents that would prove the Russian business ties his son has suggested he has. Not a word that I’ve written in this paragraph is arguable.
The danger we are in is real, and it has no historical precedent. At best we have surrendered global influence on a tectonic scale. At worst – you know.
Go ahead and dismiss this, as the electorate has. It won’t matter.
Incidentally, I – like @anon50325502 – entered into zeb’s bet. This will be my last post on TN. I leave without the slightest hint of bitterness: I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, and I am utterly certain that it has benefitted me immensely. You are good people and I appreciate all the time you spent sparring with me.
@MaximusB – to your point about this being the internet and quit posturing, I admit to some selfish motive here, too. I’ve been writing and thinking about politics daily for years, professionally and recreationally. I am very much looking forward to doing a lot less of that.
Edit: in closing, Anthony Weiner’s cock pics may well have pushed the deciding point in a presidential election in the three states whose electoral votes decided the election. one hell of a thought.
I enjoy shooting the shit about politics with the people here more than stroking my ego, because everyone here has been wrong at some point. If people left every time they were wrong, this forum would not exist.
I hope you stay as well, you are one of the people I learn the most from.
Hey magick I thank you. And I said to TB and others in very heated debates. We had a choice, we knew Hillary would pick left wing Judges who would threaten our 2nd amendment rights as well as 1st amendment rights… Believing in abortion up to the 9 month is hideous. So, to me it seemed that we at least had a chance that Trump would keep his word if for nothing else to endear himself to the conservatives. I was less certain of that than I am now.
I think now is the real test.
Now that Trump is President, and the big bad Clinton is out of the way, will Trump face repercussions for everything he has said and done?
We’ll see.
Something telling about this election, the people wanted no more of the Bush’s and the Clinton’s.
Without a doubt Smh and Usmcc leaving will bring the quality of posts on PWI down. I might need to find a different political forum as posters like that helped me learn a lot.