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PoliGAF Election Day 2008 Thread of A New Dawn in America (OBAMA ELECT)
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So, I've got a story about being Barack Obama for Halloween.
To start, I got off work, went home, then got ready to go out as Obama. Kids were Trick or Treating and I was in my business suit, but didn't have the mask on.
A little girl and her father were walking up to my door, I'm loading stuff into my car on the driveway, and the little girl asks her dad, "Daddy, what's his costume?"
I reply, "My Barack Obama mask is in the trunk."
The father laughs, and continues to tell his little girl, "Oh, that means he's going to spread all the candy around to all the lazy people."
He said this, on my driveway, and I have a clear obama sticker on my car. I held myself from berating him. I laughed it off, knowing that I'll have the last laugh come tuesday.
As Obama, though, I got a great response in the costume. People everywhere were screaming "BARACK IM VOTING FOR YOU WOOOOOOOOOO." I did get a couple "SOCIALIST" yells, but whatever.
besada said:
I keep saying this. But we still have all these people who "hate both parties" and are so proud of themselves for being in the middle as if it proves them to be independent thinkers. The center is defined by the parties they claim to hate!
Ugh.
To me, this sliding of the "center" to the right is the Repugs biggest achievement. Well, that and getting away with things that literally seem like they're out of a really good political comedy.
bob_arctor
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besada said:
I'm already not happy with his stance on Afghanistan since I feel it's another no-win, endless slog but if we can get out of Iraq I'll take that and call it even.
As for the bolded portion--I think that may be changing (excuse the pun).
ToxicAdam said:
Well, as long as he takes away all the guns, institutes a program of public food dispensal, nationalizes the oil industry, enforces vaccinations, and whips the top ten earners of Wall Street through the borough of Brooklyn, I guess I'll be satisfied.
I've been trying to come up with derogatory names for rich people. Do like "Moneygrub" or "Cashwhore" better? We should get started now, before we set up the re-education camps.
Xisiqomelir
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glistenm said:
Please mods, don't ban this one. I want at least one of them around to drink of their bitter tears tomorrow.
The Librarian
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John McCain makes baby liberals cry.
EmCeeGramr
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WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDRENtyphonsentra said:
DeathbyVolcano
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Because I'm too scared to venture over there...
How does Hilaryis44 look right now? :lol
How does Hilaryis44 look right now? :lol
The 2008 early vote has surpassed the 2004 early vote, a day before all of the absentee votes are tabulated in states that don't do in-person early voting. Good job early voters!
http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html
http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2008.html
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Shard said:
I'm just not sure yet. Yeah, Obama's written two books, campaigned for 2 years, been in 20+ debates, and has held numerous interviews, but I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT HIM.
That Sarah Palin sure does seem like my type of gal though!
gobama
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WHY IS AMERICAN BIG MEDIA NOT WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT BHO AND HIS TERRORIST ILLEGAL AUNT LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSINGBrandNew said:
I hate the "it's not mean spirited or negative campaigning to call someone out on their record", cut the crap, just because you give a pre-emptive excuse doesn't mean you can say whatever the hell you want. When you call the man a socialist, you are not just negaitvely campaigning, you are LYING and no amount of that BS is going to undermine that.
When did Obama say that you will get a tax increase if you make 125 thousand dollars a year?
When did Obama say that you will get a tax increase if you make 125 thousand dollars a year?
I always get saddened by the desperation of the "losing side" as the election draws near. These people get so wrapped up in the election that they convince themselves there will be this monumental shift on Nov 4th, if they lose.
The more hysterical Kerry voters were claiming that there was going to be a draft, we were invading Iran and Roe v Wade was all but overturned once Bush was re-elected.
Now, it's the time for the mommypundits to wring their hands about socialism, losing their guns and the further "destruction of the family".
The more hysterical Kerry voters were claiming that there was going to be a draft, we were invading Iran and Roe v Wade was all but overturned once Bush was re-elected.
Now, it's the time for the mommypundits to wring their hands about socialism, losing their guns and the further "destruction of the family".
Freedom = $1.05
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Shard said:
The care about ALL taxes, it seems. Even the ones that don't affect them in the slightest. Why else would McCain keep pimping a lie like "He's going to raise taxes!111!!!11!" w/o specifying to whom he's doing it too? Because he knows that by just saying that he'll make some folks poop all over themselves. smh.
RiskyChris
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Jon_Danger said:
Me too. I'm really starting to freak out about the election. Are you going to be in the ticketed area?
I've not been this nervous in years. Holy crap.
The Librarian
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So hawtLemonz said:
Steve Youngblood
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Probably not. But the base understands the philosophical threat it poses on a theoretical level. IF you did invest and make some real money in the market, guess what? The liberals are going to take it and redistribute it just like Karl Marx would have. My comrades, that's not the change you can believe in. That's communism.Shard said:
Turnip Truck
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besada said:
That's not necessarily a bad thing. There are those of us who have an equal disdain for the far right and the far left. We're called moderates. When McCain took the Republican primary, I was hugely relieved because he's always been more of a moderate republican on many issues. Even though I tend to lean democratic, I figured that whichever side won we'd be better off than we have been in the last 8 years. But when McCain buckled to the neoconservatives and brought Palin on to his ticket, that pretty much shoved me fully into the Democratic camp. The hateful ideological bilge he's been spewing around "socialism" has made me lose a tremendous amount of respect for someone whom I'd formerly admired as a senator.
Obama strikes me as being an extremely intelligent fellow who knows how to bring in the right advisors, speaks a positive message of hope, and weighs issues carefully before making decisions. I'm hoping he proves to be a solid moderate who considers the best interests of the nation, not his party, as he takes on the role of President.
Plinko
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http://www.drudgereport.com/
OK, Drudge has lost it. Check out the headline and picture:
"Obama congratulates McCain"
No story, nothing. Treating it as if Obama actually did it on purpose. What a colossal douchebag.
OK, Drudge has lost it. Check out the headline and picture:
"Obama congratulates McCain"
No story, nothing. Treating it as if Obama actually did it on purpose. What a colossal douchebag.
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