I LOOOOOVE this country. We've won. Act like it

[Baltimike]

I love the Democratic Party, democrats, liberals, progressives and any other moniker that one would want to call it...even the dirty, bad and profane ones. In fact, ESPECIALLY the dirty, bad and profane ones.

But Biden eeking out even a slight victory shows a mandate in light of all of the tactics they engaged in to quash us.

Stop letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

If you expected we would sweep every election, you set yourself up for disappointment.

You *KNOW* they used Russian active measures, disinformation campaigns from both foreign soil and here at home, went to court, used the threat of violence to shut down campaign events, intimidated voters at the polls, and that still didn't work.

A Biden win is a defeat of Trumpism. In light of what all they did.

Biden's winning. Act like it.

And know that I love you...each and every one. We are the Democrats. Love is what we DO.

Oh, and Biden's winning. Act like it.

Don't let the conservative press continue you that since we didn't sweep every vote 100% that it means we are in disarray. We are not. We've won.

Head up. We made history.

[Blue Owl]

1. K&R

[DownriverDem]

28. Then there's

trump's call for a recount of Wisconsin.

[usaf-vet]

62. I shouldn't have to say this but watch for the magical appearing missed ballots that ARE JUST.....

...... ENOUGH to put Trump over the top.

The repugs have pulled this stunt multiple times.

Wait Until you KNOW how many ballots you NEED then BINGO! hey, look what we found.


I feel Biden's legal team in Wisconsin will not let that just happen.

[COL Mustard]

79. Remember That Trump Gained 131 Votes In WI in 2016

He's not likely to find/manufacture 20k votes this time. I'm still nervous, though.

[budkin]

2. Amen to this

We're gonna win this thing!

[Statistical]

3. Well we won but I don't love this country not after the last 20 years.

[Baltimike]

7. It's been a long 20 years, but we have shown them we know their tricks

and this time they spent the whole cycle saying the quiet part out loud.

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. This. We are responsible for the deaths of too many humans to be happy or in love with

a country.

[oldsoftie]

66. Well thats a sad existence.

[hlthe2b]

4. Well, I love my dog. I love Biden-Harris. I love DU. I'm working on the rest of the country.

[Miigwech]

9. LOL

[AlexSFCA]

5. totally, as of now, Biden wins the election

republicans I know look very sad today, I would not dare talk to them. That tells me they already accepted that trump lost.

[redstatebluegirl]

6. K&R

[MakeTXBlue2020]

10. Could you please tell me what K&R means?

I'm pretty new to this site and I see that all the time. Tried googling it but no luck. Thanks in advance!

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. Kicking for views and recommended

[cry baby]

14. Kick & recommend

[MakeTXBlue2020]

18. Oh, I see. Now I feel old!

[Niagara]

30. Welcome to DU, MakeTXBlue2020!

[MakeTXBlue2020]

32. Thanks, good to be here!

[treestar]

25. kick and recommend

you're allowed to post in a thread just to kick it to the top on DU

And in the lower left there is a recommend button for OPs you like!

[SunnyATT]

48. Thanks for asking!

Don't feel bad. I went to DU community help and googled it too, lol! It took me a while but I finally figured it out.

[MakeTXBlue2020]

57. I thought maybe it was some kind of Democratic rallying cry. Really had no idea! So I asked.

[DSandra]

8. I'll wait on it, hubris has gotten the best of us twice

[Mike 03]

11. Well, I love your post. But I also agree with Don Winslow's tweet:

Link to tweet

[Chemisse]

33. THAT! That is what really stunned me last night.

And I will happily take a win, of course. But a win without the thorough rejection of a tsunami is disturbing. What has our nation become?

[spooky3]

67. We saw this happen in 2016 too. So it is not news to some of us. nt

[BannonsLiver]

15. I used to love cigarettes but that doesn't mean they're good for me.

We will win but the country’s moral rot is deep.

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. And btw, I will act any way I wish

Not how you want me to act.

[whopis01]

52. There has been a lot of that going on here recently.

[Sogo]

17. Thank you for saying.

I hate seeing "that other" post topic!

[mshasta]

19. we have stubborn conservatives Racist Americans all over the country

and their are dragging the rest of us, making progress and equality so bloody hard to achieve

[meadowlander]

20. We really needed the Senate.

Mostly what we've accomplished is to get Trump appointees out of the cabinet so that the executive branch can start doing its job again. But McConnell will still hold up everything in the Senate and then blame democrats for nothing getting done and then the GOP will take more house and senate seats in the midterms.

It's just four more years of gridlock and "Biden is a socialist" - just with Trump ranting from his penthouse instead of the Rose Garden.

[Baltimike]

22. and it sucks that they stole it there...but Trump has lost.

Moscow Mitch might just show his ass too much.

But democrats are too eager to allow them to marginalize our successes. If this situation were reversed, the kGOPb would be screaming they have a mandate.

[treestar]

24. But the executive branch will be run properly

without drama and bullshit like it has been for 4 years. And being used for personal gain.

[Turin_C3PO]

43. It's better than Trump for four more years.

And I’m not convinced at all that 2022 and 2024 will go like that. We really have no idea. Things can change a lot.

[SunnyATT]

54. I hate that it looks like Moscow Mitch might still run the Senate

but there's still hope for 2022 when 22 republican seats will be up for re-election (including Little Marco's in Fla.).

[oldsoftie]

68. Think Mitch has another 6 years in him??

[Baltimike]

73. me too...but we're woke now...many more than before.

Moscow mitch will have his day.

The bigger they are...the harder they fall

[crickets]

21. Yes! Heads held high.

There is so much work to do, but with Biden and Harris in office, we have the opportunity to do it. That's a huge victory.

[treestar]

23. Yes

you know Rs are not doing this. I hate all the panic posts and gloom and doom. At least wait until the worst happens.

[Baltimike]

80. or if we didn't sweep everything, we are in disarray. nt

[ffr]

26. I'm wearing my Biden/Harris shirt underneath another dress shirt.

Nobody's the wiser. (We cannot wear campaign attire to work).

[Tommymac]

27. I still Love My Country too.

I just don't care for more than a few of it's denizens.

WE DEMOCRATS ROCK!!!!!

WooHoo!

[Bigredhunk]

29. :-)

K&R

[1plus1equals1]

31. It's a single step forward.

It's a single step forward in a series of steps that needs to be taken. The problem is that with each gain we take steps backwards. What needs to happen, IF we come out ahead, is to address broken laws while holding people accountable for their actions against the American people.

[SunSeeker]

34. K & R

[AngryOldDem]

35. No mandate, and (possibly) no Senate

Bills will continue to rot on Mitch’s desk. Partisanship/class divide will continue.

Getting rid of Trump is a huge first step. Now the party has to figure out what went so wrong that it even got to the point that people were willing to give this assclown another four years. The mishandling of COVID alone should have been enough to decisively beat Trump — but, obviously not.

Flame away, folks. I’m glad it’s looking like a Biden win but there is a lot of work that needs to be done if we want to avoid situations like this going forward. Treat it as a huge wake-up call, as if 2016 were not enough.

[iluvtennis]

36. Yes, we are winning!! And we may even take PA and Georgia! Woohoo

[Politicub]

37. Defeating an incumbent is very difficult

And it looks like we did it!

Imagine all of the power the executive branch has for setting policy priorities.

[yaesu]

38. I hate to pop any bubbles but not taking the Senate means its pretty much guaranteed we will

not get a replacement for ACA when the fascist court voids it. Biden can undo dumpfs executive orders & hopefully have plenty of executive orders himself, improve foreign relations, be a true leader for covid response among other things but fascism will still be banging at the door, ready for another opportunity to finish this country off.

[PopsMouth]

40. And dropping 10 seats in the House is alarming

Many of the more conservative Democrats lost their re-election bids despite the $300 million spent by the DCCC.

[misanthrope]

49. That, in combination with the closeness of the presidential election

makes me wonder if a Biden victory is the rasping, faltering breath of a democracy on its deathbed. That Trump pulled in the amount of votes he did after his display of the last five years is a damning indictment of American character. This country is in serious, serious peril.

[TeamPooka]

39. without the Senate it's a half victory at best.

[NurseJackie]

41. Agreed. McConnell will block everything. Ev-ree-thing.

No supreme court reform, no filibuster reform, no ACA improvements, no judges. Their abuse of the system will have a crippling effect, unless there's something else we can do that I haven't heard about yet.

[uponit7771]

44. +1, need money to fight the alien bugs eating babies ?!!? NOPE !!! "Biden Supports Bugs" will

... be the kGOP montra after 250,000 babies are eatin too.

[2Legit]

45. 2022, Baby!

This means that lots of hard work will need to be done to get the senate flipped in two years and continue to hold the House. Also, the Occupant has set the precedent for using Executive Orders for every g-d thing that he knew the House wouldn't pass. Payback can be a mutha. Now, Joe is someone who respects the office and believes in the process, so that may be a no go for him, but I would and wouldn't look back.

[BobTheSubgenius]

47. When has payback NOT been a bitch?

Since forever.... and will be forever, looking forward.

[whopis01]

51. In 2022 there are 34 Senate seats up. 22 of them are Republican.

The fight for those seats should being immediately after Biden takes office.

This is one step. That is the next step.


(Those numbers may change by one or two depending on race outcomes this election. I think two of the seats this term are filling the final 2 years of terms that are up in 2022. But either way there are still more than twice as many Republicans up for reelection as Democrats.)

[TeamPooka]

53. I was just looking all that info up with the exact same thought. The midterm fight starts today!

[onetexan]

42. "A Biden win is a defeat of Trumpism." YES!!!

Let's be happy & celebrate folks. A win is a win, whether it's a blowout or by 1 Electoral vote.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

81. It's a defeat, if in fact it's a defeat at all (this isn't over yet), of Trump.

Trumpism lives on in the citizenry, as well as in the House, Senate, & SCOTUS.

[BobTheSubgenius]

46. Hear, hear!!!

If anything, it's the GOP that's in disarray. To hear them tell it, they have every situation and subject that Americans care about completely covered and under control, and have and are doing a superlative job.

If that's the case - even remotely - how is their party, the election and especially the state of the country such a massive cluseterfuck?

[Zeus69]

50. Jesus...

Not a doomer, but this is not over…

With Nevada, Pennsylvania and now even Arizona projecting out to razor thin margins, anything can happen.

[lark]

55. Yes Biden is winning, but the counting is ongoing and SCOTUS hasn't fucked it up - yet.

I had the exact opposite reaction last night - I HATE America and the tens of millions of fascists that live here. I feel like a Scandinavian person born in Nazi Germany - just don't fit. Half of America are Nazis and the other half are sane. Biden won the presidency, but will SCOTUS let him keep it or will they steal the country for the right wingers (Nazi-esque asses) AGAIN?

I felt a lot better when I woke up this am and Biden is ahead in WI! They could still steal this, and that is quite likely, but America didn't vote for drumpf, and that is at least a little comfort. We didn't take the Senate, so good things won't happen, McTurtle will stop them just like he did with Obama. But at least drumpf can't steal SS, healthcare & Medicare from us if he isn't president. That may be the best thing we can win this time around if we can keep the orange Nazi from infesting us for 4 more years.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

56. the balancing act of weighing "winning vs can he steal it?"

It's a tricky balancing act. But I'm taking the advice to heart.

We shall overcome whatever he throws down. The Democrat won. Democracy lives to fight another day. That fight isn't close to over.

[yuiyoshida]

58. When all the votes are counted...

and they announce the Biden Harris ticket as a winner, then! And Only Then will I be relieved.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

59. We didn't win the Senate and if Biden won't bully Mitch

were kinda screwed.


don't get me wrong, were better off minus Drumpf, but not a ton. Want this a vote for transformational change? we didn't get it

[peggysue2]

60. Amen to that, Baltimike

Again, we had every electoral game/trick thrown at us and we prevailed. Not in the way we expected, but a win is a win and Biden has the inside track to ultimately hit the magic number, 270.

The Trumpers know this, too. That's why the howl, the appalling Trump speech last night because they will do anything to grab the win and not look back. I'm guessing that the wall around the WH was in preparation for the steal they knew was coming, one they'd carefully planned and were well prepared for the blowback. Think Belarus, the citizen pushback to an illegitimate election.

We need to get Biden's ultimate win certified and the inauguration behind us. We need to focus on that special Senate election in January, and then prepare ourselves for a full assault in 2022.

But for the moment, we claim the win of the WH, our continued though reduced majority in the House and go forward.

We're on the right side of history and we get to fight another day.

It ain't over until the last dog dies!

[bdamomma]

61. We have a Political Party

they have a cult.

[Skittles]

63. it feels like cake without icing

but what the heck, I DO like cake

[PoliticAverse]

74. The icing is the Senate. Without that the cake won't be complete. n/t

[Baltimike]

78. hot milk cake is better without icing...

and both are better than the shit sandwich they're being served right now

[TNNurse]

64. I love the idea of this country,

but am horrified about half of the people in it. It is probably good I do not interact with many people. I would be hard pressed to not speak my mind. I do not think I could control the disgust I feel for anyone who supports Trump.

[dixiechiken1]

65. "Stop letting the perfect be the enemy of the good."

Don't think I've heard that before but THAT. IS. PERFECT.

Great post, Baltimike!

[Baltimike]

72. Thank you!!!

My mother says it all the time.

[LEW]

69. Thank you!

please continue to keep us tethered to reality

[gordianot]

70. This is the best post of the last two days.

You do not need some media outlet to tell you who won.

[jayschool2013]

71. Twitler is worried

Link to tweet

[Demovictory9]

75. Yes. A.four year reprieve from shenanigans at the WH level

S

[Jon King]

76. This is the most important win in history...

Even without the Senate Biden can reverse so many damaging orders concerning the environment and so much else. And keep Trump from really destroying the country even further. Trump would have let loose all kinds of terror his next term. Anything he does in the next 2.5 months can be fixed.

We just went to Publix down here in Florida. You could see the pick up truck Trumpers walking with their shoulders ducked. Most importantly, I just feel safer now, especially for my daughter. The world is a little less chaotic today.

[calimary]

77. YEP! STOP letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

That. Is. IT.

TEN words.

They say enough.

They tell it ALL.

[Baltimike]

82. sharing is caring. We've overcome some formidable odds...nt

[Mike Niendorff]

83. 100% THIS.

Enjoy the victory.

We earned it.

Every damned one of us.

And tomorrow, the fight for 2022 begins.


MDN

[intheflow]

84. You can win the battle and lose the war.

It's looking good for Joe to get in, and God knows I'm happy about getting rid of 45, but am I happy that half the voting adults in the country this Trump and his racist xenophobic agenda are wonderful? Nope.

[Baltimike]

85. We won the war though. We lost the battle for the Senate and won the war. nt

[intheflow]

88. Well, I don't know what war you're talking about.

I'm talking about how fucked up our country is that this election wasn't a blow out. So, yeah, we won the presidency but the soul of the nation is still in peril and needs to be fought for in earnest. To wit: love is love, Black lives matter, science is real, women's rights are human rights, no person is illegal. So, yeah, we won the battle but the war is just beginning as about 50% of the populous is obviously a-okay with living under fascism.

[albacore]

86. Biden will win...

But trump won...

"The real winner in all this is clear. It’s Donald Trump, and everyone who thinks like him. Even if he loses the election, even if he goes to jail, he won. He figured out what America really wants. He delivers it on demand, 24–7.
Donald Trump Remade America in His Image.
Trump will lose when all the mail-in ballots are counted. It still doesn’t matter. A simple victory wasn’t enough this time. We needed a landslide over Trump, in order to reject everything he and his party stand for. We needed to send a message loud and clear that his cruelty and lack of compassion had no place in twenty-first-century America. We missed that shot by a mile. Instead we’re getting a cage fight that legitimizes Trump’s first four years in office, and how he got there. Turns out, a lot of Americans were like Trump on the inside. They were selfish and arrogant. They were lazy and judgmental. They were racist and homophobic. They were loud and aggressive. They were waiting for someone to give them permission to show it. Trump did just that. He’s shown everyone that you can get away with just about anything, as long as you don’t have a conscience."
"Half of Americans are just like Trump. They want what’s best for themselves, at everyone else’s expense. They grow up thinking they can be anything. They believe they can do anything. They insist that they deserve everything, right now. They’ll go to great lengths to preserve this illusion.
If they don’t get what they want, they demand to speak to the manager. It goes downhill pretty fast after that."
"We thought 2016 was a fluke, a glitch.
We thought 2020 would set things right again. Now we’re really starting to see what’s going on, if we didn’t before.
Trumpism isn’t a bug.
It’s a feature that we’ve been ignoring for a long time. This feature allows a white, self-proclaimed billionaire to steal an election and then spend four entire years squandering our future. It lets him inject fascism deep into our culture while taking away our rights, our jobs, and our healthcare. Millions of Americans will sigh and give him a second term. They’ll throw their hands up like there’s no better option out there.
Half of Americans are willing to completely screw over the other half, including their own kids, because they think they’ve got a shot at making it into the 1 percent. They would rather destroy everyone’s future than let one woman have an abortion. If it’s not any of those reasons, they just can’t pass up a chance to stick it to liberals."


https://medium.com/the-apeiron-blog/donald-trump-won-no-matter-what-happens-next-203f7c3a55c7

[Jakes Progress]

87. Here is the reason people aren't dancing in the streets.

Read this post:

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214456164|