The Election Result Meltdown Thread

[Green Monstah]

Which is ironic coming from TJ in that politics is what destroyed his friendship with John Adams (though they later reconciled).

And died on the same day, correct?

[hostile]

And died on the same day, correct?

July 4, 1826

[Uncle Ted]

Woman runs over her husband for not voting...

Sgt. Jesse Sanger of the Gilbert Police Department said it started with an argument between Holly Solomon, 28, and her husband, Daniel. The reason for the argument reportedly was Daniel's failure to vote in the Nov. 6 president election.

"According to Daniel, Holly believed her family was going to face hardship as a result of President Obama’s re-election," Sanger said in an e-mail to media outlets Monday morning.

Witnesses told investigators they heard quite a bit of yelling before seeing Holly get into a Jeep SUV and start chasing her 36-year-old husband through the parking lot.

"Daniel took refuge behind a light pole," Sanger said. "Witnesses reported that Holly drove around the pole numerous times while continuing to yell at him.'

Daniel then made a run for Gilbert Road with Holly right behind him.

"Holly eventually struck Daniel with the vehicle and he was pinned beneath the underside of the vehicle and a curb," Sanger said.

Daniel was taken to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center. At last check, he was critical condition.

Holly has been booked on charges of domestic violence and aggravated assault. Those charges could change if Daniel does not survive.

Yet another reason to vote early and often.

Edit: Just saw GM that posted this above.

[Moliere]

Apparently citizens from 20 states have posted petitions on the White House website asking for secession. Obviously one is from Texas.

[Uncle Ted]

Apparently citizens from 20 states have posted petitions on the White House website asking for secession. Obviously one is from Texas.

The petition already has enough signatures.

[Eddie]

At work today an Obama supporter was lamenting the fact that Obama only got 50% of the vote...which is evidence that half of our country is still racist.

[venkman]

Apparently citizens from 20 states have posted petitions on the White House website asking for secession. Obviously one is from Texas.

Supposing you want to secede from an oppressive, socialistic big-brother government, why in the hell would you come out and announce that intention/desire to said oppressive, socialistic, big-brother government? Helloooo!! You're on the list now, people!! Idiots.

[Soccermom]

Supposing you want to secede from an oppressive, socialistic big-brother government, why in the hell would you come out and announce that intention/desire to said oppressive, socialistic, big-brother government? Helloooo!! You're on the list now, people!! Idiots.

There is now a petition to strip those asking for secession of their U.S. citizenship and exile them. Last I checked, it had 2,200 signatures.

[pellegrino]

At work today an Obama supporter was lamenting the fact that Obama only got 50% of the vote...which is evidence that half of our country is still racist.

I guess idiots are born every day. Does anyone even remember when the last president got 60% or more of the popular vote? I mean seriously, most presidents get below 55%.

edit: wikipedia says the following about landslide elections in the U.S.

The highest percentage for a winner is James Madison with 64.7% in 1808.

After that it is:
Lyndon Johnson's 61.1% to Barry Goldwater's 38.5% in the 1964 presidential election
Franklin D. Roosevelt's 60.8% to Alf Landon's 36.5% in the 1936 presidential election
Richard Nixon's 60.7% to George McGovern's 37.5% in the 1972 presidential election
Warren Harding's 60.3% to James M. Cox's 34.1% in the 1920 presidential election
Ronald Reagan's 58.8% to Walter Mondale's 40.6% in the 1984 presidential election
Theodore Roosevelt's 56.4% to Alton B. Parker's 37.6% in the 1904 presidential election

[YOhio]

At work today an Obama supporter was lamenting the fact that Obama only got 50% of the vote...which is evidence that half of our country is still racist.

I'm equally distressed that over half our country is still anti-Mormon. :sad:

[Lost Student]

Some pg-13 rated words in Romney's songified concession speech.

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[TripletDaddy]

Mitt still banging the 47% drum

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/11/15/mitt-romney-says-obama-won-by-giving-gifts-to-immigrant-voters/

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is telling top campaign donors that President Barack Obama won re-election because of the "gifts" he had already given to specific voting groups, particularly Latinos, and because of the president's effort to paint Romney as anti-immigrant.
"The president's campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a big gift," Romney said in a call to donors on Wednesday. "He made a big effort on small things."

And in an unsurprising and probably more and more common response, a well-known GOPer distances himself from Romney's stance and the 47% comment

Asked about Romney's remarks, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential contender for the GOP nomination in 2016, strongly condemned those in the GOP who classify voters based on income, race or age and said the party cannot concede wide swaths of voters and expect to win elections.
"We have got to stop dividing the American voters," Jindal told reporters in Las Vegas, where the Republican Governors Association was meeting. "We need to go after 100 percent of the vote, not 53 percent. We need to go after every single vote."

At this point, why is Romney still talking about this? Seems like the only thing it can do is cause controversy for the GOP. What does it help?

[Goatnapper'96]

Mitt still banging the 47% drum

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/11/15/mitt-romney-says-obama-won-by-giving-gifts-to-immigrant-voters/

And in an unsurprising and probably more and more common response, a well-known GOPer distances himself from Romney's stance and the 47% comment



At this point, why is Romney still talking about this? Seems like the only thing it can do is cause controversy for the GOP. What does it help?

It is unquestionably stupid. He needs to just go away and ride into the sunset. Saying that I think the why he is doing it is because these donors gave him lots of money and he lost. He is doing the best he can to ensure they donate again and right now the 47% angle reinforces their perception that they are still locked in the most important election of their lives! It is balm of gilead to their wounded, and much less rich, souls.

[byu71]

Mitt still banging the 47% drum

Even if he had been accurate with the percentage, say 25-30%, he still would have gotten hammered for the comment.

Now more than ever the President needs to feel what "you" need. It doesn't matter that he can't fulfill his promises to satisfies your needs, just that he understands them.

I wish my Dad would have been more like Obama. He didn't understand my need for a Triumph Spitfire upon my return from France.

[TripletDaddy]

Even if he had been accurate with the percentage, say 25-30%, he still would have gotten hammered for the comment.

Now more than ever the President needs to feel what "you" need. It doesn't matter that he can't fulfill his promises to satisfies your needs, just that he understands them.

I wish my Dad would have been more like Obama. He didn't understand my need for a Triumph Spitfire upon my return from France.

The President doesn't have to feel what you need. He has to avoid be filmed saying that his job is to not worry about 47% of America.

Here is another article about Romney's latest and curious commentary

http://www.thenation.com/blog/171282/its-time-responsible-republicans-rebuke-romney-ryan

The Republican Party has too rich and honorable a history to allow its future to be defined by fools like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.

But it will have a future only if responsible Republicans distance themselves—rapidly—not just from the debacle that was the Romney-Ryan run but from the crude “47 percent” politics that have underpinned the party’s recent appeals.

Romney made the need of distancing more urgent Wednesday, at a point when defeated presidential contenders are supposed to be gracious or quiet—but certainly not bitter and bizarre.

I read an article in the LAT that indicated that both of Paul Ryan's neighbors voted for Obama. Does Ryan live in an urban neighborhood or are his neighbors are on welfare?