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The Democrats May Not Be Able to Concede (therefore, Republicans should vote for Biden to keep Democrats from rioting)
The Atlantic ^ | 09/14/2020 | Shadi Hamad

Posted on 09/14/2020 7:46:32 AM PDT by Drew68

This is the era of expecting the worst while hoping for the merely tolerable. Some might say that the worst is already happening—economic disaster and 190,000 dead from a pandemic—while the president and his surrogates insist, in a feat of self-delusion, that the “best is yet to come.” As someone who has argued against catastrophism—I don’t believe Donald Trump is a fascist or a dictator in the making, and I don’t believe America is a failed state—I find myself truly worried about only one scenario: that Trump will win reelection and Democrats and others on the left will be unwilling, even unable, to accept the result.

A loss by Joe Biden under these circumstances is the worst case not because Trump will destroy America (he can’t), but because it is the outcome most likely to undermine faith in democracy, resulting in more of the social unrest and street battles that cities including Portland, Oregon, and Seattle have seen in recent months. For this reason, strictly law-and-order Republicans who have responded in dismay to scenes of rioting and looting have an interest in Biden winning—even if they could never bring themselves to vote for him.

In presidential elections, once is a fluke; twice is a pattern. I struggle to imagine how, beyond utter shock, millions of Democrats will process a Trump victory. A loss for Biden, after having been the clear favorite all summer, would provoke mass disillusion with electoral politics as a means of change—at a time when disillusion is already dangerously high. If Democrats can’t beat a candidate as unpopular as Trump during a devastating pandemic and a massive economic contraction, then are they even capable of winning presidential elections anymore? Democracy, after all, is supposed to self-correct after mistakes, particularly mistakes as egregious as electing Donald Trump...

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To: Drew68

Well, we put down rabid animals, so they should keep aware of that.


41 posted on 09/14/2020 8:14:08 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Drew68

Hillary was the “clear favorite” all summer long in 2016 and was 14 points up in a Time Magazine poll on October 26th. Dukakis was way ahead of Bush Sr. Then there was Dewey/Truman and Carter/Reagan.

And on and on. Biden the clear favorite. LOL.


42 posted on 09/14/2020 8:14:39 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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A Nov loss for Biden.....the clear favorite all summer (this is a joke, right?)......would provoke mass disillusion with electoral politics as a means of change—at a time when disillusion is already dangerously high. If Democraps cant beat somebody as unpopular as Trump is with lefty mobs, during a devastating pandemic and a "massive economic contraction (/s)", are they even capable of winning presidential elections anymore? Democracy is supposed to self-correct after mistakes, particularly mistakes as egregious as electing Donald Trump.

Desperate Democrats couldnt even elect 2016 Hillary with Obama's fix....intel agencies at her disposal, MSM slobbering over her,
voter fraud up the kazoo, millions of dollars outspent Trump .....and so on and so forth ad infinitum, ad nauseaum......

Democraps cant beat a dead horse.

43 posted on 09/14/2020 8:16:54 AM PDT by Liz
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To: ClearCase_guy
' because we are the party of the Rule of Law, not men.'

That simply isn't true. There is zero accountability in government from any party.

44 posted on 09/14/2020 8:17:50 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: scottiemom
Reminds me of the way a teenager will work a situation to their advantage when they believe you don’t have a brain.

Well the average Democrat is emotionally arrested at age 13, so...


45 posted on 09/14/2020 8:19:40 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Drew68

More twisted, lib pretzel logic.


46 posted on 09/14/2020 8:20:51 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Deo volente

They persist in this fallacy that Biden is a “clear favorite” when he can’t finish his sentences, forgets where he is, can’t do Q&A without answers fed by teleprompter, rarely takes his mask off and has more Lid Days than the cast of Lidsville.

It’s beyond delusional.


47 posted on 09/14/2020 8:22:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt; poinq; Liz; metmom

Maybe these pipe dream articles, from the looney left Atlantic, will backfire and actually produce a good result....of people studying REAL history.

If even a quarter of them become curious to actual history, it would be a miracle.


48 posted on 09/14/2020 8:23:40 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Drew68

What drugs are these guys on?

Back to reloading, and off to the gun shop later.


49 posted on 09/14/2020 8:26:33 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: Jane Long

Hamad bio:
Past Positions
Director of Research, Brookings Doha Center
Director of Research, Project on Middle East Democracy
Hewlett Fellow, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
Resident Fellow, American Center for Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan
Program Specialist, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State
Legislative Fellow, Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein


50 posted on 09/14/2020 8:26:58 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Bookshelf

Tells us all we need to know about this tool.


51 posted on 09/14/2020 8:28:30 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Drew68

The left is insane. Conceding does not give the victory to Trump. Trump wins with the electoral votes. Biden can never concede and he will still have lost. Conceding is an acknowledgement by the loser that they accept the loss. The left must think that by not conceding that they hold special powers.


52 posted on 09/14/2020 8:31:09 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Drew68

In case there was amy doubt that Democrat party IS THE COMMUNIST PARTY, article confirms it.


53 posted on 09/14/2020 8:31:44 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it] today.[)
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To: Drew68

54 posted on 09/14/2020 8:31:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Drew68

It’s weird how things stick with you.

For God knows how many years, the line “Time has no meaning and a narrow purple beak” has not been forgotten.

I think it was O’Rourke listing the side effects of illicit drugs.

Never been a druggie but that was an hysterical chart.


55 posted on 09/14/2020 8:32:33 AM PDT by Salamander (The left screams out in pain as they stab you.)
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To: fwdude
Why are Outlandish articles allowed on FR? They are lying propagandists. They shouldn’t be posted here.

Because, unlike the left, we believe in truth, and understanding our opponents. Knowing the enemy is a key to victory.

56 posted on 09/14/2020 8:34:47 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: BenLurkin

Stupid Democrats think nobody's paying attention....
but that is exactly the image they are projecting.

57 posted on 09/14/2020 8:36:03 AM PDT by Liz
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To: BenLurkin

Stupid Democrats think nobody's paying attention....
but that is exactly the image they are projecting.

58 posted on 09/14/2020 8:36:03 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz

59 posted on 09/14/2020 8:37:02 AM PDT by C210N
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To: Drew68

If they don’t stop rioting then they will just have to be arrested, convicted, and put in prison.


60 posted on 09/14/2020 8:38:33 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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