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I’m glad this is just about over. And I must say that McCain’s speech was stirring, and reassuring. McCain was gracious in defeat. If Obama lost, we were promised riots. Soooo… I guess that’s good.
God, there were good moments of both speeches. See ya in two years for the next go-round.
I was driving down 240 and a group of black teens were standing out in front of their house, pumping their fists in the air and holding an Obama sign. It was cute and I honked at them and they cheered.
i fell asleep watching the thing. Was this another election like Gore/Bush where one of them got the popular vote and the other the electoral college numbers?, or was it all Sen. Obama for both? Also–one of the news stations mentioned a court challenge to something or another by McCain–anyone know what that’s all about?–i assume it’s been dropped, out of concession-dignity?
I decided to risk driving home before Va was officially declared blue… you know, cause it’s all about the moment it happens and all. So all down the corner, people were spilling out of bars and hi-fiving each other. LOTS of hi-fiving. Which of course could only mean one thing, and it’s that I totally missed the cool part.
@2 was today not yesterday.
Obama’s speeches are already being remixed into house music. I’m gonna play a couple of my favorites tonight. Funny how Bush’s speeches were remixed for lulz, and Barry’s for inspiration.
Thought JMac’s was gracious, and for the first time in a while I got the feeling he was actually believing the words coming out of his mouth. That McCain would have faired better, methinks. His audience’s boos though… shameful.
Obama’s speech. Well hell, I thought it was bad ass personally. The man can orate.
After 8 long years of “catapulting the propaganda”, alcoholic mumbling would seem impressive.
@3 - No dramz this year. Just straightforward good ol’ fashioned votin’ and winnin’.
@7
a tender mercy.
Anyone know if the Obamas have a cute dog with a funny name or anything like that?
/can we keep Dr.Condoleeza Rice in the new administration, somewhere?
@8: Obama had promised his daughters a puppy if they put up with his campaign over the summer. So they’ll be getting one soon. No hints as to the name or type yet.
Although, I think I read somewhere that Obama had a poodle as a child.
@3:He got way more electoral votes than McCain and many more popular too.
@10
too lazy to Google, thank you.
@9
that’s awesome; i like that he’s swet to his kids. please let us know the name when you hear it,
and PLEASE GAWD don’t let it be a fucking poodle. Perhaps two corgis; i know where he can get some.
/or some other twinkie lap-dog, like maybe George Stephanopolous.
Fox News Forums and Freeperland are in full meltdown mode:
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/11/04/youdecide_11042/
From the comments:
It’s not assassination when it is GOD’s WILL!
God is in control! And he gave us guns and made us free for a reason!
LEAD US, SARAH!
To the final battle between SATAN and the Legions of Jesus!
To Rapture!
God is speaking to you, deceived one, if you would only listen! WHY DO YOU HATE JESUS?
Comment by Linda
November 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Comment by How about a parade
November 4th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Lets have a huge parade…how about on Nov 22…In Dallas….Barack can ride in the back of a convertable with his wife…they could drive by the School Book Depository…yes thats the ticket…
Hope the secret service doesn’t mind overtime.
@12 Oh dear god. Can we just crop-spray them with tranquilizer?
I watched Obama’s speech and thought it was great, I got kinda teary…last night was one of those nights where you’ll always remember where you were.
/Was in Belmont–how appropriate
Speaking of zealots, my sprogs came back from Trick-or Treating and had several religious flyers amongst their candy mountains….. seriously that is fucking wrong. One was taped to a fucking Tootsie-Pop.
@12: So basically a mirror image of all the “kill Bush” retards of the last 8 years? These people are all stupid.
@15: well it *is* the great pagan holiday where we all do crazy devil-worshipy things like, uh, binge-snack on Twix until we fall into a coma. They would have done better to tape some Tums to those Tootsie-pops.
@17 That’s a very sensible attitude. Next time my little shits misbehave I will threaten them with you- I’m thinking something along the lines of ” Do as you are told you little bastards or 26 world is going to come and babysit… lectures to include ‘Efficient Flossing’ and ‘Why baby carrots are yummier that Reeses’. Oh yeah.
@ 16 Agree about the stupid, but no one would kill bush.
President Cheney? ***shudder***
@16, 19 i remember those discussions re bush 1 in my elementary school. pretty smart of republicans to have running mates that are scarier than they are. but even at 9, we figured out that obviously, you’d kill quayle first. (who was bush 1’s secretary of state?)
the secret service called.
@21 isn’t there a statute of limitations on treason?
@19: Heh… I think I would have actually liked a President Cheney. Can articulate a message in a way our current president just can’t seem to do. Plus, Dude’s a badass.
He shot a lawyer in the face.
Cool bumper sticker… ‘I’d rather go hunting with Cheney than get a ride with Ted Kennedy’
@24 or have laura bush have a crush on me.
um, like that guy she killed in a car accident. i can only assume it was unrequited.
Mr. Cheney, and his merry band of PNAC thugs, are the personification of everything President Eisenhower tried to warn us about in his farewell address. The world will be better off without them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrGKwkmxAU&feature=related
From the documentary “Why We Fight”, which I highly recommend.
Did the secret service really call you Thor? Testy-poo:
I’M GOING TO KILL THE SCOWLY. [edited by an abusive admin]
@27: Ummmm… you can’t really say that.
I’d get an admin to get rid of that Shen….seriously.
oh god damnit shenanigans.
Let me be the fourth to say that is a bad idea at 27. Intarwebs are trolled by cobra (or whatever that program is called) looking for certain phrases etc. I am pretty sure that is one of them.
You might get v&.
Sorry, I thought the not being able to say that thing was a myth. Does anyone remember that The State sketch?
“you can’t say ‘bomb’ on an airplane, sir.”
“bomb bomb bomb, bombombbabomb!! what if i was in the army and i was a bombadier?”
focker.
I think Shen said it in the hope of a thorough body cavity search….
Hey secret service, while I’ve got your attention, that leprechaun over there smokes pot.
And Flooze is an illegal alien!
@36 That is true…. here is my High School Yearbook…which one is me?
In Massachutes is legal to have an ounce or less. Where is that lepprechaun?
i’m in massachusetts.
@37: FAIL
Why FAIL? The link works… what more do you want ?
@34: I do believe that since the outcome of last night, you legally should have written: “I think Shen said it in the HOPE of a thorough body cavity search….”
Did you not read the handbook?
@41: No it don’t.
@42: Ew.
u.va. psych prof explains why people vote republican:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt08/haidt08_index.html
@42 Lulu I had the handbook and traded it with parlie for some crack that turned out to be watermelon Poppin’ Rocks. Lesson learned.
@43 Well it works for me so your IT people must have a block on that site so FAIL back at you.
Here….http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/5500/Roswell-High–5597.jpg
@47 ca marche pas
Are you really from Area 51?
@48 Lots of us on here are…. there really is no other rational explanation is there?
@47 is FAIL too.
@12: okay everyone, look out for Linda at Rapture…
@15: that’s the candy that is “saved”
@26: one of my favorites
@27: who’s the Veep? we should always consider that.
Click the picture link, then if you see the text error, click reload. It’s a refer(r)er check for image bandwidth appropriation. Using reload clears the refer(r)er. For extra nerd points, explain the parentheses.
i liked this post better the first time i read it on NEW YORK TIMES at 6AM.
does anyone know if Senator/President-Elect Obama is african-american or not? or if he is, if he will then be the first black president of america? I’ve been reading the papers and watching various news programs all day/evening and i’m still not quite clear on this.
/could the media be proud and happy but not so patronizingly repetitive?
the media is not supposed to be proud and happy. The media is supposed to be objective. /cough. That’s what they taught us back in the day when I was in journalism school. Quaint I suppose. It is always patronizingly repetitive. That was why I left. Or right. Whichever.
cough indeed. i guess now we just sit back and wait for skeletons.
after asking, in an incredibly embarrassed way, what obama’s heritage is, i was told 3/4 black.. According to my sources, which are not all that reliable, his dad is black/african, his mom is half black,half indian… I could be wrong - if i am, let me know, ok???
“u.va. psych prof explains why people vote republican:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt08/haidt08_index.html”
Actually, I think it’s attitudes like that which make people vote Republican!
interesting. i had heard something about Kenya, and i think he mentioned his white grandmother in the debates. i was just joking in @54 though.
i’m worried he may be patronized to death before he even gets inaugurated. i flipped through about seven news programs and without fail, within two minutes someone was going on and on about what a triumph it is that, etc etc etc. i certainly agree that it is a major landmark, but somehow i wonder if the news isn’t being a bit coy with all that, and whether he himself wouldn’t rather have more said in the media about his policies, his achievements, his vision, etc., and less about his racial identity. i won’t continue with this, though—best let it drop.
Yes, Obama’s mother was named Stanley, then had a career as the fabulous singer Cher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham
44/58
is he a uva psych prof or on staff at the onion?
@60: Whoa. Obama is related to Dick Cheney. Weird.
@58 i always thought it was low IQs.
@63: Good one!
speaking of low iq’s…
I know we all have election fatigue, but I would just like to illustrate the fact that America dodged a serious bullet on Tuesday.
Mrs Palin apparently did not know that africa was not a country, but a continent. She did not know the countries involved in NAFTA… And it just goes on and on…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/05/palin-didnt-know-africa-i_n_141653.html
She is being thrown under a bus by her former staff… and its just getting started.
@65: Not her former staff, McCain’s former staff. Big difference.
Belmont…. never mind her geography, how about her grasp of basic scientific proteomic/genomic research
Making fun of Palin nver gets old. Nice link B-yo.
second try
And you were making fun of Dieter for crap HTML skillz. Haha.
I know Shen… I was laughing at your shite spelling in 68 and was binding my aching ribs whilst trying to type. My bad.
@66 No. McCain’s staff AND her staff.
@67 Like flagging fungible molecules?
@71: Shit. I can spell. I just can’t type.
Haaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha…..
@72: Nope. Nicole Wallace (the supposed leaker) was a McCain person. She only became part of “Palin’s” staff later.
became part of “Palin’s” staff later
Not to pick nits (as i think it distracts from the comedy goldmine that was the palin candidacy), but I dont understand your argument. If she became part of Palin’s staff, then wasn’t she, well, part of her staff?
@76: Sorry, what I meant is that there were people that Palin brought into the campaign. Then there were people that McCain already had in his campign. So when Palin was picked she had certain members of McCain’s staff forced on her (by the nature of the postion, natch). The internal campaign was split over Palin, and the people promoting these “dirty laundry” stories are those people (like Nicole Wallace) who were against her from the start and were only “part of her staff” because they were sort-of “made to be”.
Doesn’t mean these stories aren’t true (or have some kernal of truth to them), but it’s the infighting that I was trying to get at. (to end a sentence in a preposition)