OT: Election/Politics thread, Part 6

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:11 am

RobVarak wrote:
Nevertheless, this is still a powerful and awesome moment in our political history.

Agreed & well said.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:11 am

greggsand wrote:Yeah!!!!!!!!! Bush's legacy is finally sealed. A president soooo bad, he got a black man elected!!!! Nice work GW!

edit:this is a great day for America. Amazing!!

Wow...what exactly does that mean?

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:13 am

RobVarak wrote: Nevertheless, this is still a powerful and awesome moment in our political history.

Yes...

Great moment in world history. Human history.

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:13 am

greggsand wrote:Yeah!!!!!!!!! Bush's legacy is finally sealed. A president soooo bad, he got a black man elected!!!! Nice work GW!

edit:this is a great day for America. Amazing!!

It was sealed no matter who won. What, did you expect McCain to unzip his face only to discover it was really GW all along?

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:15 am

XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote:Yeah!!!!!!!!! Bush's legacy is finally sealed. A president soooo bad, he got a black man elected!!!! Nice work GW!

edit:this is a great day for America. Amazing!!
Wow...what exactly does that mean?

It means Bush was such a train wreck, that people have looked beyond race, the "funny sounding name" & all the other BS - and did the right thing.

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:15 am

RobVarak wrote:
Inuyasha wrote:WE WIN MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No election, of any person for any office in any city, state or nation, can make a winner out of you.

Here I come to make a post about how this moment is overwhelming, even for a fervent Obama critic and doubter, and you serve up a beautiful reminder of the fact that no matter how we grow as a nation we'll always be limited by the least among us.

Nevertheless, this is still a powerful and awesome moment in our political history.

Well said. I was just going to tell him to f*ck himself San Francisco socialist-style

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:16 am

Inuyasha wrote:WE WIN MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Classy. But don't be too quick-you may be asking this question, shortly...to quote Frank from "Everybody Loves Raymond"...

"What contest in hell did I win?"

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:17 am

greggsand wrote:
XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote:Yeah!!!!!!!!! Bush's legacy is finally sealed. A president soooo bad, he got a black man elected!!!! Nice work GW!

edit:this is a great day for America. Amazing!!
Wow...what exactly does that mean?
It means Bush was such a train wreck, that people have looked beyond race, the "funny sounding name" & all the other BS - and did the right thing.

Maybe they looked beyond race on their own.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:19 am

XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote:Yeah!!!!!!!!! Bush's legacy is finally sealed. A president soooo bad, he got a black man elected!!!! Nice work GW!

edit:this is a great day for America. Amazing!!
Wow...what exactly does that mean?

Yeah...racist much? The color of his skin isn't the issue, to coin MLK Jr. The content of his character may very well be, though.

"You're so bad, they even elected a negro because of you." WTF, dude?

matthewk · Post by **matthewk** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:22 am

In a stroke of pure brilliance, the voters of Milwaukee county in WI actually voted themselves a 1% sales tax increase.

Oh, and they also decided to vote for an ordinance requiring employers within the city to provide paid sick leave to employees. This means that any business must provide paid sick leave, even to hourly and part time employees. I'm not sure of the number of days, but I believe it was something like 9 days for a fulltime employee.

And they are probably thinking they are suckering the system into giving them more free stuff.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:23 am

Biggest winner is John Paul Stevens, who can now exhale.

Classy speech by McCain. His eyes were glistening a bit. He is going far beyond the usual congratulatory and conciliatory tropes.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:24 am

Teal wrote:
XXXIV wrote:
greggsand wrote:Yeah!!!!!!!!! Bush's legacy is finally sealed. A president soooo bad, he got a black man elected!!!! Nice work GW!

edit:this is a great day for America. Amazing!!
Wow...what exactly does that mean?
Yeah...racist much? The color of his skin isn't the issue, to coin MLK Jr. The content of his character may very well be, though.

"You're so bad, they even elected a negro because of you." WTF, dude?

yeah, I'm rasict. busted!

edit: a very classy speech by mccain. I do like that guy.

bdunn13 · Post by **bdunn13** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:25 am

wco81 wrote:
bdunn13 wrote:
pk500 wrote: But he's our President for at least the next four years
and my boss....
So you're on the federal payroll?

yes

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:25 am

matthewk wrote: Oh, and they also decided to vote for an ordinance requiring employers within the city to provide paid sick leave to employees. This means that any business must provide paid sick leave, even to hourly and part time employees. I'm not sure of the number of days, but I believe it was something like 9 days for a fulltime employee.

What a San Francisco-style socialistic thing to do.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:26 am

wco81 wrote:Biggest winner is John Paul Stevens, who can now exhale.

Classy speech by McCain. His eyes were glistening a bit. He is going far beyond the usual congratulatory and conciliatory tropes.

Yeah, very noble in defeat. He's a good man. I didn't agree with his approach, but he's a good man and a dedicated servant of the country.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:28 am

Brando70 wrote:
Yeah, very noble in defeat. He's a good man. I didn't agree with his approach, but he's a good man and a dedicated servant of the country.

Yes...A man of respect.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:36 am

Just everyone start ducking now...the bombs will start falling. I sure hope he has some balls...cuz he's gonna need em.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:36 am

Another bonus: Now I can travel to Europe & not have to tell people I'm Canadian!

wakka wakka

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:37 am

JackB1 wrote:
matthewk wrote: I have a feeling the election will be a lot closer than most of the polls have been indicating. I don't think the high turnout will benefit either side exclusively, as there seems to be a lot of quiet republicans that don't care for polls, and will simply show up and vote. At least in my neck of woods that's the impression I'm getting.
I have a feeling it won't be close at all.

We shall see.

It's good that it's not close - we really don't need anymore controversies from hanging chads or phony terrorism lockdowns. I hope that in four, eight or twelve years when a Republican president gets in that it'll be a convincing win then, too.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:39 am

greggsand wrote:Another bonus: Now I can travel to Europe & not have to tell people I'm Canadian! wakka wakka

Whats wrong with being Canadian?

fanatic · Post by **fanatic** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:41 am

greggsand wrote:Another bonus: Now I can travel to Europe & not have to tell people I'm Canadian! wakka wakka

And I might tell people I'm American!

Great night guys...eyes have been swelling up over the past hour. Truly a moment to remember.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:42 am

wco81 wrote:Biggest winner is John Paul Stevens, who can now exhale.

Classy speech by McCain. His eyes were glistening a bit. He is going far beyond the usual congratulatory and conciliatory tropes.

Damn shame. He's a truly admirable man, something in short supply. He was similarly classy at the Al Smith dinner as well as with his congratulatory message on the night of Obama's nomination.

A nation can only really be measured by the people it produces, and any nation that can produce a man of McCain's quality, honor and dedication is truly a great one. Patriotism personified by a man who is not abashed to use the term.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:48 am

Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress
November 5, 2008 | Issue 44•45

WASHINGTON—After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering a racial barrier the United States is, at long last, shitty enough to overcome.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/na ... _rss_daily

Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job
November 5, 2008 | Issue 44•45

WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. As part of his duties, the black man will have to spend four to eight years cleaning up the messes other people left behind. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."

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JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:50 am

It's finally over and I couldn't be more pleased

It's unbelievable how geography plays a role in a blue or red state, when you look at the map

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

Obama winning so many states that Bush carried in '00 and '04 speaks volumes about the American people desiring something different from Washington. Let's hope Obama can bring some REAL change and not just all talk.

McCain gave a great concession speech and showed a lot more class than the idiots who kept booing. Hopefully Obama can unite this country and win over all his nay-sayers on the other side.

History was made tonight, folks and we all witnessed it. Let's all hope we can also all be witness to the turnaround of our great nation and once again have a leader that is respected around the world.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:51 am

Great speech by McCain tonight. I've found him to be very off-putting during much of the campaign, but not at all tonight.

Gracious, honorable, and moving speech. Thank you for you service, Senator McCain.