And the winner is...

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...

russadwan wrote: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.

Do you have 46 chromosomes?

Finally the campaign ads are over.

Now who's ready for all the bitching and moaning? : D

EDIT-@Masa: That picture is epic.

russadwan wrote: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.

How has your brain not jumped out of your skull, unraveled itself and strangled you to death yet?

*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.

ZTC wrote: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.

Amaster42 wrote:*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...

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.

russadwan wrote:Which is why I'm upset. Heck, right now I'm depressed nearly to the point of suicide. I just can't believe we elected Obama.

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?

AlexMax wrote:
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.

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.

russadwan wrote:Which is why I'm upset. Heck, right now I'm depressed nearly to the point of suicide. I just can't believe we elected Obama.

You. Are. Going. To. Be. Fine.

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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Trevelyan_06 wrote: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?

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.

Beldaran wrote: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.

AtmaWeapon wrote:Or perhaps we'll accept, after thousands of years of evidence to support it, that to a certain extent there will always be poverty?

No, didn't you get the memo? Obama is president. Candy will fall from the sky and trees will start growing money and health insurance vouchers.

We're saved!

but what about stopping the spread of AIDS?