Barack Obama.
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Barack Obama.
We just got Barack Rolled. PWNED.
I was half expecting it. America has just elected a radical socialist President. I'm almost at a loss for words. Mark my words, it won't be long before the gears of socialism start turning in America.
I'm watching FOX News right now... it looks like Juan Williams is about to burst into tears of joy.
I'm just wondering how the networks were able to call California for Obama not even 30 seconds after the polls closed out there.
I've never been one of those forecasting the apocalypse if Obama won. So I'm willing to give him a fair shot.
Hopefully, for their own sake, the Democrats learned something from 1992 and won't get obliterated in 2010 like they did in 1994.
$200 Billion in capital gains leaving for accounts in neutral banks in 3...2...1...
Finally the campaign ads are over.
Now who's ready for all the bitching and moaning? : D
EDIT-@Masa: That picture is epic.
*sigh* I wish McCain was a jerk. I'm listening to his speech, and I just feel bad for the guy. For years now he's been trying, and he came so close...
Obama all the way though. Woot!
Sadly, this country is already steeped into socialism, russ. It's just going to get worse now.
I'm upset, too, but that doesn't mean you should kill yourself.
If you've been listening to the beeb coverage of the election, they mentioned that the McCain on stage at that moment was the 'old' McCain, the moderate McCain who was actually liked by both sides. And I totally, 100% agreed with their assessment, the McCain on that stage had class that I haven't seen from the man in years.
It's a shame that instead of trying to out-appeal Obama, he resorted to trying to sling as much mud as possible to try and make some of it stick, even devolving into fear mongering.
And Palin was simply an awful choice. It was a blatant attempt to appeal to disenfranchised Hilary supporters, but once she actually opened her ignorant mouth it was over.
One really has to wonder, did McCain's campaign prove that he's simply two-faced, or did he simply trust the wrong people and get bad campaign advice.
This shows you have a very poor outlook on things. What evidence do you have that Obama will turn this country into this vast socialist machine that you seem to think he's going to?
Picking someone who is not Pro-choice in an attempt to capture the vote from disenfranchised women and feminist is a bit like saying, "Hey I have the next Pope all picked out.....but he's Jewish. Is that going to be a problem?"
AlexMax, I couldn't agree with you more. Once McCain picked the mother from Bobby's World as his running mate, I knew it was to simply appeal to Hillary voters. There were so many better options the Republican party could have chosen for VP, but they didn't. I think it really lost some Republican voters.
I'm a little bummed, but life goes on.
Hey, at least the Phillies are still World Phuckin' Champions!
Palin in 2012!
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Yay.
Now for some substance.
I'm very happy with the outcome. I'm also happy that McCain was not a dick in his speech. I hope he makes an effort to try to get everyone to work together and move us in the right direction like he said. It's a good night. Hopefully things will get done now. Also I'm all for wealth redistribution in the opposite direction it has been. See I'm one of the middle class people the wealth has been leaving for the rich. I'm all for the wealth moving from the rich to the middle class and the poor.
I'll be honest, for quite a bit of the election, I was divided between the two of them. McCain felt more stable, Obama felt more innovative. But then McCain just started stopping lower and lower to attract votes, and I kinda lost interest...
Yeah, say that to a Cubs fan, Alphadawg. /boos
Looks like the Republicans can still fillibuster stuff. Eh...
Let me revise and extend my comments from above...
If Al Franken somehow manages to win a Senate seat, all bets are off. Electing Obama is one thing, but electing a nutjob like Franken is another thing entirely! Then again, Minnesotans did elect Jesse Ventura...*
Also, Palin-Jindal 2012!
* I actually agree with Ventura on a lot of things, but he's definitely a little on the loony side.
This song is the best song right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6IQoOvvc1g
So in 4 years when poverty rates haven't gone down, we can put to bed the rumor that democrats know anything about the economy.
but what about stopping the spread of AIDS?
I'm glad you found someone you don't like even more than Obama. Infact that's a good strategy. Well I don't like person A, but atleast it's not that god awful person B.
Ultimately, it was great all around, in my opinion. Frankly, I was especially impressed with McCain's speech - it was so wonderful to see the McCain I remembered from back before he started his campaign.
Regarding socialism - it really is absurd when even McCain himself has stated that Obama isn't a socialist that we even have this argument. That's all I really have to say on the matter.
At the end of the day - truly a historic event, however you personally feel about the candidates. And I'll admit, I'm fairly optimistic about Obama - though we'll just have to wait and see on that.
god damn it obama won... im pissed M.C. Cain all the way...
Hooray for Obama-sama! I'm happy/excited.
See I'm one of the upper-middle class people the wealth has been leaving for you. The only way the rich get your money (unless their corporations are being bailed out because of feel-good loan policies forced upon them by the Clinton administration) is when you trade it to them for goods and services.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/galle...DE_graphic.gif
So, how is it your money is being redistributed to the rich if you're not giving it to them? What bass-ackwards world are you living in where this is happening? The top 12% pay 74% of the taxes for all sorts of the 'free' services that you take for granted, but you've convinced yourself that somehow you're getting the short end of the stick with regard to tax burden. Surely it must be fair to take more money from these people because everyone is equal and deserves the money just as much regardless of effort and ability.
Most small businesses are even making enough that their endless wealth is going to be redistributed down the social ladder. That's definitely some good incentive to take risks to start up a business, and to go to school and work hard to learn the things one needs to know to succeed in life. We can't all be handed money like apparently you and this wonderful citizen.
The world isn't equal. Our government doesn't exist to make it equal. Our government exists to ensure our safety, our rights, our basic freedoms. It exists to ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not wealth nor the pursuit thereof. For all the care we put into attempting to interpret the meaning of the constitution and the true intent of our founding fathers, we forget this very key fact. It's time we as a country remember it.
But yes, this election did turn out well; I'm certainly happy with the results. I can't wait to see the Civilian National Security Force (as large, powerful, and well-funded ($500 billion!) as the military) patrolling our streets. I'm looking forward to socialized health care, as it'll be nice to have to wait 6 months for a vital MRI like in Canada instead of getting even a non-vital MRI within hours. I'm thrilled about more of my money being taken from me and given to those who deserve it less. I really want my right to bear arms and protect myself to be further limited or even taken away so I'm unable to defend myself when someone who has a firearm illegally is pointing it in my direction. Most of all, though, I'm excited to see the lasting effect that B.O. will have on our lives. He will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.
I'll definitely feel safer then.
The "Long" post I could've made focused on McCain's positive sides over Obama's.
The short post consisted of this:
"As long as nobody chokes on any pretzels again."
I really hate to go a bit off-topic and pick points, but I need to throw in my 2 cents here.
Now, I'm all for the right to bear arms, but this argument always annoyed me. Do you honestly think that when a guy is pointing a gun at you, you'll have enough time to reach in your coat pocket, grab your weapon, and shoot him before he shoots you? It'd work in action movies and video games, but not in real life. :|
I really wanted to have shirts made out to sell that would say, "NIGGA BE PRESIDENT!!!" Unfortunately I was to lazy and too broke to fulfill myself in such a way.
Other than the fact that I FUCKING HATE Palin I really didn't care about the election. Had I voted it would have been for Obama but not because I like him or his whatever. All I really care about is that he is black. I wish I were black.
Oh well... At least I got a ghetto bootay!
http://www.armageddongames.net/forum...ine=1223025235
I'm done now, really, I am...