Election Aftermath

[nathanm]

From this point forward, I don't think you'd see even a million more which are not currently tabulated.

You would be wrong. California alone has a couple of million mail-ins still to be counted. I'm not sure what Arizona is down to. Oregon and Washington are also waiting on mail-ins. Then there's the provisional ballots which many states have yet to even begin to examine. Is all this going to result in taking turnout up to what it was in '08? Probably not, it had particularly high turnout. We don't really know at this point, though.

Turnout was down in most red states, too, by the way...

[Hoss]

From this point forward, I don't think you'd see even a million more which are not currently tabulated.

I didn't say it was a turnout fail, I'm just saying the numbers suggest enthusiasm for Obama wasn't near the magnitude it was in '08.

I think quite a few of his former supporters realized Hope & Change was nothing more than Hype & Chump Change 

I guess many of them figured it was better than Etch-A-Sketch.

[Teatownclown]

From this point forward, I don't think you'd see even a million more which are not currently tabulated.

I didn't say it was a turnout fail, I'm just saying the numbers suggest enthusiasm for Obama wasn't near the magnitude it was in '08.

I think quite a few of his former supporters realized Hope & Change was nothing more than Hype & Chump Change 

Sneer..... cynical....dislike..... negativity... I see a pattern here.

[RecycleMichael]

I didn't say it was a turnout fail, I'm just saying the numbers suggest enthusiasm for Obama wasn't near the magnitude it was in '08.

Team A wins over Team B by a touchdown. They play again and this time Team A beats team B by a field goal.

According to Conan, Team A sucks.

[Hoss]

Oh, regarding Papa John's....

[Red Arrow]

You made the assertion that colleges indoctrinate people into politically liberal thought, not me. The burden is on you. I already provided data that backs up my claim that you had no evidence. Feel free to refute it. Unfortunately, there was limited exit polling this cycle, so you'll have to look at pre-election telephone polls or find some other source of data on the subject if you want to know specifically about California or other typically "liberal" states.

You provided some interesting but inconclusive voting "data", followed by the disclaimer about exit polling.  I am not going to take on the fool's task of trying to prove that something doesn't exist.

Show some evidence that there's a lack of conservative-leaning college graduates and I'll be more inclined to take your claim more seriously.

I sincerely doubt you would take my claim seriously regardless of any data I could find.  I went to college (undergraduate) "back East" a long time ago.  Most of the non-engineering students I knew were not conservative.  My sister went through a liberal arts program at OU in the late 70s.  When she came home for a weekend, she and dad usually ended up arguing, my sister presenting a liberal view that she learned at OU.  She ended up turning to the Dark Side, becoming the only registered Democrat in our family including Aunts, Uncles, and cousins that we regularly visited.

[Red Arrow]

Team A wins over Team B by a touchdown. They play again and this time Team A beats team B by a field goal.

According to Conan, Team A sucks.

Someone must be filtering my TNF.  I only see Conan's posts regarding the recent voter turnout as Team A isn't as good as it used to be.

[Red Arrow]

those who did not graduate high school,

I know it's common usage around Oklahoma but what the heck:

I don't know why so many people have taken to dropping the "from" and are going around saying they graduated college, but it really is wrong. Do your alma mater a favor and make your English instructors proud. Tell people you graduated from college or high school.

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/graduated-from.aspx

[Teatownclown]

Here's some aftermath! http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-considers-john-kerry-for-job-of-defense-secretary/2012/11/12/8a0e973a-2d02-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html?hpid=z1

Kerry and Rice...nice. Just wondering what the real end game is here since Rice must be a red herring.

[Hoss]

The aftermath for this couple wasn't pretty.  Wow.

http://gawker.com/5959933/woman-blames-husband-for-obamas-reelection-runs-him-over-with-her-jeep

Her mug shot says it all.

[Townsend]

Gingrich 'dumbfounded' by Obama win

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gingrich-dumbfounded-obama-win-163256034--election.html

Add Newt Gingrich to the list of Republicans coming to terms with the loss of the presidential election.

On Monday, the former speaker of the House sounded reflective on the "Today" show, saying, "We need to stop, take a deep breath and learn." He added, "The president won an extraordinary victory. And the fact is, we owe him the respect of trying to understand what they did and how they did it."

Gingrich said, "But if you had said to me three weeks ago Mitt Romney would get fewer votes than John McCain and it looks like he'll be 2 million fewer, I would have been dumbfounded."

The former GOP candidate had previously predicted that Romney would enjoy an easy victory. He said on Fox News, "My personal guess is you'll see a Romney landslide, 53 percent-plus ... in the popular vote, 300 electoral votes-plus."

But Gingrich sounded a different tone postelection, writing for Politico, "For the conservative movement and the Republican Party to succeed in the future (and while they are not identical the two are inextricably bound together) we will have to learn the lessons of 2012. An intellectually honest and courageous Republican Party has nothing to fear from the current situation."

Asked about the editorial on "Today," Gingrich admitted, "I was wrong last week, as was virtually every major Republican analyst. And so, you have to stop and say to yourself, 'If I was that far off, what do I need to learn to better understand America.'"
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"An intellectually honest and courageous Republican Party" - We can hope.

[Townsend]

Lawmaker asks to be paid in gold

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83767.html

A Montana state lawmaker is asking that he be paid in gold coins because of his lack of faith in the U.S. dollar amid a rising deficit.
Jerry O'Neil, a Republican just reelected in his northern Montana district, says his constituents told him he was not honoring his duty to uphold the U.S. Constitution, which O'Neil and Gold Standard supporters say requires the government to print money backed by gold.

"I believe that if you take a look at the Constitution, that's what it says," he told POLITICO. "I think we've gotten a tremendously long way from it."
So he wrote a letter to the state Legislature asking to be paid his public salary in gold and stating: "It is very likely the bottom will fall out from under the U.S. dollar. Only so many dollars can be printed before they have no value."

A former supporter for Rep. Ron Paul's (R-Texas) failed bid for president, O'Neil said he hasn't heard back from the Montana Legislature about his request.
"I believe that if you take a look at the Constitution, that's what it says. Actually, I think we've gotten a tremendously long way from it," O'Neil said. "If we don't start paying that debt down, we're going to lose the country."

O'Neil said that he collects about $7,000 annually from the Montana Legislature. Currently, the U.S. Mint is selling the 2012 American Eagle One Ounce Gold Proof Coin (at face value worth $50) for $1,985.00.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Team A wins over Team B by a touchdown. They play again and this time Team A beats team B by a field goal.

According to Conan, Team A sucks.

Is it OU, or OSU??  If OU, then yeah, it sucks... oh...OU sucks no matter what, so scores are irrelevant...


Geez, guys...I'm kidding!  But OSU RULZ!!!

[heironymouspasparagus]

Lawmaker asks to be paid in gold

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83767.html

Another classic case of either can't read....or chooses NOT to actually read the document that forms the basis of what he allegedly is representing in Congress.  And oh, by the way, is also sworn to protect.  Well, I guess that would just be coincidental in this case.

[Conan71]

Gingrich 'dumbfounded' by Obama win

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gingrich-dumbfounded-obama-win-163256034--election.html

"An intellectually honest and courageous Republican Party" - We can hope.

Of course, this is the same guy who thought he had a legit shot at the GOP nomination.  Shows his prognostication skills leave a little to be desired.