watch me fall Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Goodbye Sarah Palin, and rest in peace as a footnote of American history. Thank you jeebus! Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Caliber and Wookies are at a conference (military communications) function (i stayed behind because I was tired) and you can imagine that the mood there is very glum. I am hoping they bring the dessert home. Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 This is the gracious John McCain I wish I had seen in the last few months.See, I don't have the teevee on, so I missed the concession speech. Great, now my last impression of him from this campaign is going to be the "Double Maverick" routine. Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 See, I don't have the teevee on, so I missed the concession speech. Great, now my last impression of him from this campaign is going to be the "Double Maverick" routine. you should try to find it. It was the most uplifting concession speech I've ever heard. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 oh hey, me too! we had better move down to South Carolina, or Georgia or something next. Please do! I need some help down here, although 45% was more than I thought he'd get. Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 RI, CT, OR and VA--all blue. Hey, what happened with NC? did they ever call that? Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 you should try to find it. It was the most uplifting concession speech I've ever heard.I'm pretty sure it will be on YouTube within minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 From Salon.com's live-blogging: David Talbot (11:15 p.m. EST): The Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco has erupted with wild cheers' date=' blasting car horns, firecrackers. A racially mixed crowd has poured into the streets, including my teenage sons, Joe and Nat, and their white and black friends. Someone is blaring Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come" out the window of their house. A change HAS come, America. It's all of our country again. Over and out. I'm joining the crowds.[/quote']I wish I could be in S.F. tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Indiana and North Carolina are killing me. I think they've started counting slower, just to fuck with us. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Don't think they've called NC yet but Elizabeth Dole got trounced! Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Gamblers for Obama!!! Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Indiana and North Carolina are killing me. I think they've started counting slower, just to fuck with us.Yahoo is showing Obama with slim leads in both states, with 96% counted in Indiana and 95% counted in N.C. Link to post Share on other sites
austrya Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 That was the Senator McCain I would have given a second thought about voting for. I was thinking the same thing. I really think that's where he went wrong, well, and picking Sarah Palin... Link to post Share on other sites
Griddles Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Cynical bastard that I am, I hope Obama realizes I'll set to work bitching about him pretty quickly once he's in office--but for tonight I'm a big, big fan. Wow.I do not think you will be the only one. Good bye to the old boss. Hello to the new boss. Hey is that the old boss, but just in a photo negative? Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 From Salon.com's live-blogging: I wish I could be in S.F. tonight. What happened with that terrible same sex marriage thing in California? Was that defeated, I hope? Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I was thinking the same thing. I really think that's where he went wrong, well, and picking Sarah Palin...I wonder if McCain will ever admit that she was a major weakness. Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Don't think they've called NC yet but Elizabeth Dole got trounced! He's ahead in BOTH, though they are too close still. MO is still not called either. Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Wow, looking at the CNN map is killing me. I can't believe he has turned parts of the center of the country. It's just staggering. Did CNN just call Florida or did I miss it before? Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I wonder if McCain will ever admit that she was a major weakness.I thought that if he was set on picking a woman, he should have picked Elizabeth Dole, although if she's being tuned up in NC, maybe she wasn't such a good choice either, but I always liked her more than her wackjob husband. Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I do not think you will be the only one. Good bye to the old boss. Hello to the new boss. Hey is that the old boss, but just in a photo negative?Eh, maybe. In any case, yeah, he's in for a barrage of criticism from all sides once he starts to actually govern, but that's the job he applied for. I think you'd have to be at least a little bit insane to want it, but he's shown great poise under fire so far. I think he'll do ok. Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 What happened with that terrible same sex marriage thing in California? Was that defeated, I hope?Thats what I've been trying to figure out... anyone in CA with state returns on Prop 8 (and Prop 2, while you're at it)? Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 We need Miss Chris to break down MO CNN MO map Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Thats what I've been trying to figure out... anyone in CA with state returns on Prop 8 (and Prop 2, while you're at it)? http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#CA Still not many precincts reporting. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I thought that if he was set on picking a woman, he should have picked Elizabeth Dole, although if she's being tuned up in NC, maybe she wasn't such a good choice either, but I always liked her more than her wackjob husband.From what I hear, the major problem with her was that she just didn't do her job. I heard on CNN that she was something like 93rd in constituent approval out of all senators. I got really pissed at a friend of mine the other day. When he found out I wasn't voting for McCain he says "i thought you of all people would love having a woman VP." grrrrrrr..... Link to post Share on other sites
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