I read all 78 posts across both pages. One caveat up front: I didn't fact-check anything here. That includes the polling numbers, the "fabricated pollsters" story and the Nate Silver/NYT claims. If you want those verified like I did with the fraud thread, say so.
The thread
It's a midterm-eve trash-talk thread. The pattern is the same one from the other threads: about 10 posts of actual predictions, then it turns into Scrubby vs. dpic73 and the old bet-welching grudge. A smaller side fight about "Democrats are communists" starts around post 44. Warlock opens and closes it with blood jokes ("I'm going to drink all the blood").
Best
baltimorened (9 posts): the only adult in the room.
He talks about real things: misleading campaign ads, and Frank Luntz saying the polling industry needs fixing. He also posts the 27/27/46 R/D/independent split. When dpic73 called him a "partisan hack" and made old-age jabs ("Have you had your jell-o?"), he stayed calm, refused to get into the name-calling, and gave the best reply in the thread: how can he be "both sides ned" and a hack at the same time? He's the reason this isn't a 2.
PAWrocka and LafayetteBear: one good post each.
PAWrocka, a non-MAGA Republican from Maryland, explained his actual ballot: he's voting against Andy Harris and gave his reasons. LafayetteBear gave a firsthand account of the ad blitz in NJ/PA. Both were real content with no fighting.
Jfcarter3: one good question.
He asked whether polls would still be "fake" if they showed a Republican wave. It's the best point anyone made against Scrubby's argument, and nobody answered it.
firegiver (2 posts): reasonably substantive.
He pushed back on the "communist" label and brought up the open Musk investigations. He opened by calling someone a group-think cultist, though.
In between
ClemsonInAtlanta (4 posts): rough language, mostly right targets.
He called Scrubby, fatpiggy and TigerGrowls "the threesome of retardation," and called fatpiggy "Unamerican trash." The slur is a cheap shot and he could've made the point without it. But two of the three earned it: Scrubby spent the thread calling people liars and idiots and waving off every poll as fake, and fatpiggy just kept repeating "Democrats are communists." "You have never been correct about anything" aimed at Scrubby is about as fair as it gets in this thread. TigerGrowls is the stretch, since his only post here was a straight prediction. "Unamerican trash" was a counterpunch to fatpiggy calling Democrats communists, not something Clemson started. He also made one of the few substantive points in the thread: the Trump administration is the one taking government stakes in private companies.
Worst
JohnHughsPartner (3 posts): zero content, and the worst post in the thread.
His three posts are "Holy shitte," a flip-phone dig, and calling dpic73's GIF a "phaggot gif." It's the same pattern as the lib-cult thread.
Scrubby (17 posts): the engine of the thread.
He has some real points. Selzer's Iowa poll really did miss badly, and his "rarely" comeback landed on dpic73. But most of his posts are:
- Rehashing the welch for the hundredth time, plus "cult life" and "bless your heart."
- Insinuating that dpic73 was the one in photos "passed out in a puddle of his own puke, high on drugs (and naked)." That's the lowest personal hit in the thread.
- Calling dpic73 a "flailing liar," calling another poster an idiot, and repeating the "transgender comic books in Peru" line.
- Stating "Republicans win in Michigan, Texas, Ohio" as fact, with "mostly fake polls" as the only support.
fatpiggy (8 posts): pure talking points.
He calls Democrats communists over and over, and when challenged he just restates it louder. His "Kamla up by 12 in Iowa" opener was a decent jab, though.
PedMaller3 and PapaGanoush: drive-bys.
Both showed up only to say "welcher." Given his record in other threads, this is PedMaller3 on his best behavior.
dpic73 (21 posts, the most): he deserves blame too.
He brought the most data: Polymarket, NYT/Siena, the WaPo column, and the right distinction that Polymarket shows odds, not margins. "ONE pollster ≠ ALL pollsters" is a fair point. But:
- He keeps saying he's done with the trolls and then answers every one of them, 21 times.
- He made the "soil your diaper" jab.
- His worst moment was turning on baltimorened, the one person not attacking him. He made ageist cracks, called him a "partisan hack," and accused PapaGanoush of running three handles and acting "like a stroke victim."
He's being ganged up on, and that's real. He also makes it worse every time.
Overall: 3.5/10
It's a 3.5/10. There are maybe five posts of actual election discussion, and the rest is the welch grudge plus the communist argument. The best thing about it is that it has an expiration date: by tomorrow night one side will be eating crow. The thread will probably be worse then.
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