quote:

Originally posted by lbj:

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
This is the damnedest thread that's ever been in this forum.

Legs- this thread has them.

It's great because it chronicles in real time how Trump ascended to the Presidency.

I think it should be saved in the national archives!

https://www.washingtonpost.com..._story.html#comments

That dream started to unravel about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, when roughly half the states had voted and results showed a Trump lead that Clinton’s confident, data-driven campaign had not foreseen.

Clinton’s second unsuccessful run for the White House relied heavily on a complex computer algorithm that the campaign was prepared to publicly unveil after the election.

by 9 p.m., the early warning signs had become dire. Virginia, a state that they thought would be an easy win, was looking like a squeaker. Florida had begun to appear out of reach. And Trump’s victories in Iowa and Ohio, which were expected, became the leading edge of a Trump wave that swamped Clinton.

One by one, Clinton aides began disappearing from the main hall and not answering their phones. They retreated to a nearby war room, which was cordoned off and guarded, and never returned. The mood outside the room turned from confusion to disbelief, anger and dejection.

Eventually it was only Clinton, her family and the closest advisers, including Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, making the decision first to put off a concession speech and then to concede by phone.

Clinton did not dwell Wednesday on what other friends said was an agonizing reckoning in that hotel room, but the mood was akin to the funeral for a sudden death — shocking, mystifying and starkly real. It was clear that no one — not Clinton, not her husband, not her supporters, not the core team of her campaign — had seen it coming.

Among nonwhite voters, Clinton led Trump by 54 points — a whopping advantage but less than Obama’s 61-point lead four years ago.

While her reliance on analytics became well known, the particulars were kept hush-hush, including the existence of a powerful computer algorithm nicknamed “Ada” after a 19th-century female mathematician. According to aides, the algorithm operated on a separate server than the rest of the Clinton operation as a security precaution , and only a few senior aides had access

Ada ran 400,000 simulations a day of what the race against Trump might look like. It spat out a report giving campaign manager Robby Mook and others a detailed picture of which battleground states were most likely to tip the race in one direction or another — and guiding decisions about where to spend time and deploy resources.

But was it the right guidance? It appears that the importance of some states Clinton would lose — including Michigan and Wisconsin — never became fully apparent or that it was too late once it did.

Clinton made several visits to Michigan during the general election, but it wasn’t until the final days that she, Obama and her husband made a concerted effort.

As for Wisconsin, Clinton didn’t make any general-election appearances there at all.

Clinton herself went into a shell and avoided the public as much as possible

quote:

Originally posted by FishOn:

I think it should be saved in the national archives!

Yes, the Smithsonian.

quote:

Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:

Also struggling with the new reality are the many employees at the State Department, the Pentagon and other agencies that deal with foreign policy and national security.

At Foggy Bottom, people have been breaking down in tears since the election, a State Department official told POLITICO

Glorious.

Shit if they're breaking into tears now, imagine their reaction when congress modifies the ROEs allowing easier firing of the incompetent and activist lefties sucking the government tit in so many agencies. Speaking of which I want to see a list of the agencies who are not going to exist in a couple years!

quote:

Originally posted by bald1:
Now if this doesn't have you laughing....

Link to original video: https://youtu.be/xNbF9PI9Gjo

Here's another one ... Joe "Rambo" Biggs

in case any would be interested,



https://store.breitbart.com/products/history

Obama at the DNC ( July 2016 )

"I think it’s fair to say, this is not your typical election. It’s not just a choice between parties or policies; the usual debates between left and right. This is a more fundamental choice — about who we are as a people, and whether we stay true to this great American experiment in self-government."


Jen Psaki (White House communications director) now :

"An election is a comparison between two people and two candidates on the ballot. It’s not an evaluation of who we are as a society."


http://www.powerlineblog.com/a...efining-election.php

I'm pretty sure we are staying true

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:
Obama at the DNC ( July 2016 )

Just one of countless examples: I want to scream at someone!

quote:

Originally posted by lbj:

quote:

Originally posted by parabellum:
This is the damnedest thread that's ever been in this forum.

Legs- this thread has them.

It's great because it chronicles in real time what the membership was thinking and doing leading to Trump ascending to the Presidency.

It's really amazing what everyone has done here.

A couple of weeks ago, I went back and skimmed through the first 20-25 pages of this thread. It was damned fascinating. The transformation of this forum in regards to Trump over the last 16 months really shows how amazing of a thing he pulled off.

Reading about Team Clinton going into shock and not knowing what hit them was an awesome read! Of course all the rest of us know what hit them like a freight train: WE THE PEOPLE!

Huzzah Gentlemen!

I couldn't stay up Tuesday to watch. I just couldn't. I went to bed early. I woke a little after 3am Wednesday and struggled for about 30 seconds before succumbing to my phone to get an update. I shook my wife and told her the news. I then came here to watch this thread. Congrats fellow Deplorables.


Many of you have shared your feelings of relief. The past eight years have been hard on a lot of people, my family included. I'd like to share with you something I wrote sometime after 5am Wednesday that sums my feelings well.


"This morning I go to wake my son. My son who has innate abilities in math and science. My son who in a few years will be able to write his own ticket to any University he wishes. My son who aspires instead to become a Welder by trade, to enable him to build for the needy, the poor, the destitute. Today I wake him to a brighter future."


Thanks everyone for fighting the good fight. Thanks to Para for providing this place.
We celebrate now. And then we roll up our sleeves and get to work. The changes we are going to insist upon will make the current nightmare the libs are going through look like babytown frolicks. THIS is going to be fundamental change.

I wonder if Macy's regrets dropping the Trump Clothing Line.

quote:

agonizing reckoning

one can only hope, and further hope that it's just the beginning... may Hillary Clinton's future be chocked full of agony, misery, and a great many reckonings, for the rest of her days.

quote:

Originally posted by BBMW:
So do we keep it going through his entire presidency? It'll get so big it would blow up Para's server.

We're gonna need a bigger server.

quote:

the algorithm operated on a separate server than the rest of the Clinton operation as a security precaution , and only a few senior aides had access

Oh really? Because a voting algorithm is more important than national security?
Stupid B.

And they continue to eat their own. Apparently the tingle is completely gone. Enjoy!

Hopefully not a repeat, tried digging through all 1054 pages and didn't see it, but well worth watching. Gotta love Uncle Ted! No question as to how much he loves this country!

https://youtu.be/Qvf2i1mEVg0

https://youtu.be/Qvf2i1mEVg0

quote:

Originally posted by sdy:
article by Rush Limbaugh

worth a read.

He says the DEMs are very damaged organizationally from the last 8 years, and we shouldn't fall for their tricks about compromising w them.

He is saying they are actually very weak and we need to wield our superior political power.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/da...nify_with_the_losers

So Obama did fundamentally change America - by destroying the Democratic Party! Ryan and McConnell better not drop the ball, not once.

There's lies, damn lies, and computer simulations...

"Clinton’s second unsuccessful run for the White House relied heavily on a complex computer algorithm that the campaign was prepared to publicly unveil after the election."

The scariest new horror film, out now only a few days late from the Halloween season... (NSFW)

Ladies and Gents, I give you..... "The Triggering. Part 1"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNi1hKi9Z5c

and it's sequel... "The Triggering II"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkPsMlNqpJ8