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PoliGAF Election Day 2008 Thread of A New Dawn in America (OBAMA ELECT)

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BigJonsson

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Alaskans are pretty fucking stupid =/

Makes me wonder what Yukon-ers are like in Canada



Franken ahead? WHERE!??!?!


Oh I just saw it updated

C'MON FRANKEN!!!
 
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Diablos

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Shirokun said:
If they didn't vote, they probably didn't care all that much, which means that they probably didn't research candidates enough to make an educated decision.

I'm disappointed in my generation as well, but it would be more disappointing if young people came out en masse and voted on a whim.
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Yeahhh I dunno. I hate to say it, but a good chunk of voters in all age brackets are blindly voting, so I don't think young voters are any different in that regard.

Also, in my previous post about this, I meant to say why oh why can't my generation and the one after it get off their butts and vote.
 
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CharlieDigital

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Bagels said:
Do you think they can win without the super-devoted religious nutjob base? It's really interesting to me that Palin was such a double-edged sword for McCain. On the one hand, she fired up his base - Sean's discussion of the ground game on 538 constantly makes mention of the fact that McCain had zero volunteer support until Palin came along. However, the polls all showed that McCain kept bleeding other supporters (presumably more moderate Republicans. My mom, a moderate who perhaps leans slightly to the right, completely bailed on McCain after the Palin pick. She HATES Palin) as they learned what a joke Palin is.
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The people who voted Democrat this cycle aren't all on the same boat in terms of economic policy. There are many intellectual and fiscal conservatives who simply had no faith in John McCain. A more centrist approach with a guy like Mittens and a more qualified and less ideological running mate would be very competitive approach to winning back those intellectual conservatives who overwhelmingly swung in favor of Obama.

The problem is, how do you get moderate Republicans, quasi-Libertarians, and Evangelical Christians to all support the same guy? McCain picks a moderate veep, say Lieberman, and he loses the Evangelicals. Pick Sarah Palin and you lose the moderates and the quasi-Libertarians.
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Dump the Evangelical Christians; they can get their own party :p
 
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Star Power

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Yay Franken is up.




P.S. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OBAMA IS THE MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF MOTHERFUCKING AMERICA MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Bagels

You got Moxie, kid!
CharlieDigital said:
Dump the Evangelical Christians; they can get their own party :p
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I'd love to see it happen, but I don't see the Republican party deciding to ditch its biggest fans. You love us and are absolutely guaranteed to vote for us if we just say 'Jesus' a lot? WELL FUCK YOU! GET YOUR OWN PARTY!

I don't see it happening.
 
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Cloudy

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You gota love the landslide cos it killed the GOPs plan to sue in OH and VA over dumb shit. Also the ACORN crap looks ridiculous now :lol
 
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xsarien

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CharlieDigital said:
The people who voted Democrat this cycle aren't all on the same boat in terms of economic policy. There are many intellectual and fiscal conservatives who simply had no faith in John McCain. A more centrist approach with a guy like Mittens and a more qualified and less ideological running mate would be very competitive approach to winning back those intellectual conservatives who overwhelmingly swung in favor of Obama.



Dump the Evangelical Christians; they can get their own party :p
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I'm all for dumping all the crazy religious folks onto a boat, kicking it off the dock, and letting it land wherever it may.

Hey, worked the first time, right?
 
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Diablos

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Anyway, amazing night. After 2000 and 2004 and how AWFUL they were, this is just... wow, I haven't even fully digested it yet, GAF.

Say it with me, now: President Obama. Unreal. This is a guy who went up against the most formidable aspects of modern American politics and ended up pushing them all aside.

This is not only a historic election, but a huge celebration that's basically happening across the world. A defining moment. It's almost scary, how much everyone else cares about this, coupled with our nation's enthusiasm as well.

Who knew that the man who would end up being President after George W. Bush would be someone like Barack Obama. Just remarkable.

Good night, PoliGAF!
 
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BigJonsson

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Diablos said:
Anyway, amazing night. After 2000 and 2004 and how AWFUL they were, this is just... wow, I haven't even fully digested it yet, GAF.

Say it with me, now: President Obama. Unreal. This is a guy who went up against the most formidable aspects of modern American politics and ended up pushing them all aside.

This is not only a historic election, but a huge celebration that's basically happening across the world. A defining moment. It's almost scary, how much everyone else cares about this, coupled with our nation's enthusiasm as well.

Who knew that the man who would end up being President after George W. Bush would be someone like Barack Obama. Just remarkable.

Good night, PoliGAF!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvAAYjmqkE

This is what tonight reminds me of haha
 
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PartlyCloudlike

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Greenpanda said:
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You know, I'm also angry Prop 8 may pass. I also think the reported homophobia in the California black community is disgusting, and if the reports are correct, their endorsement of inequity to be hypocritical. But you've done a disservice to the gay community. You're pathetic. And i hope you're permabanned.
 
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Shirokun

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BakedPigeon said:
Were there any marijuana laws on any ballots this year? Anyone know some of the results from those, just curious.
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Decriminalization of possession of less than an ounce in Mass. It passed, I believe.
 
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Son of Godzilla

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BakedPigeon said:
Were there any marijuana laws on any ballots this year? Anyone know some of the results from those, just curious.
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Michigan and Massachusettess both passed minor possession allowances I think. I think some other state passed a medicinal law too.
 
Freshmaker

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I am Korean.
Bagels said:
Do you think they can win without the super-devoted religious nutjob base?
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Isn't pretty much guaranteed that the wing nut vote's already in hand? (Same folks that live in constant fear of living in a socialist state while being attacked by terrorist missionaries if a 'demmiecrat' gets elected.) It's the fence sitters that needed to be swayed.

They really need to pretend that that element of the base doesn't exist, and never mention them ever again if they want to get traction.
 
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