2008 USGE RESULTS THREAD PS GOP U LOST DIXVILLE NOTCH LOL

this obama just won cause the economy tanked lookit what the polls did when lehman went under meme is stupid - havent any of u fuckrs heard of a convention bounce

holy shit

http://i38.tinypic.com/2hwg2o2.jpg

How long is it cool to leave yard signs up? I'm thinking inauguration day. Guy across the street took his down already. Maybe he just put it up in response to peer pressure.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California voters are green-lighting the nation's most ambitious high-speed rail system, approving a nearly $10 billion bond to put speeding bullet trains capable of topping 200 mph between the state's major metropolitan areas. The measure, which passed with 52 percent support Tuesday, will fund the first phase of what is projected to be a $45 billion, 800-mile project built with state, federal, local and private money.

sweet :)

Meanwhile, it begins:

Transition efforts are also underway in the other most pressing arenas -- national security and foreign policy -- that Obama will soon control. The Pentagon has begun a robust political transition effort, seeking to minimize disruptions during the first wartime presidential turnover in 40 years, senior Pentagon officials said.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with the senior Pentagon leadership and "charged everyone to make sure we don't drop the baton, and to be as collaborative and helpful as possible," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.

Pentagon officials have cleared office space with computers and phones for dozens of Obama transition team members, anticipating that as many as 50 aides will soon arrive and, in the words of one officer, "occupy the building."

Gates conducted an inventory of the roughly 250 political appointees at the Pentagon to see who would be willing to stay in their jobs if asked.

The Bush foreign policy team also moved quickly to try to ensure Obama a smooth transition. In a letter to CIA employees, Director Michael V. Hayden wrote that the agency has "two sets of consumers" -- the Bush administration and Obama.

"Through expanded access, greater than what he had in his briefings as a candidate or as a Senator, he will see the full range of capabilities we deploy for the United States," Hayden wrote to his staff. Those briefings will begin today when Obama receives a briefing from Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell.

McConnell said the president-elect's advisers probably will set up a temporary office at the DNI's headquarters. "We are prepared to brief the team on the [intelligence community's] capabilities as well as on significant intelligence issues," he said in a note sent late Tuesday to employees.

After eight years of having Republicans call me an un-American troop-hating fag-loving socialist, after months of John McCain embracing the hate to a level where his own supporters were calling out for Barack Obama to be assassinated, no one is going to be permitted to tell me with a straight face that "oh you know, both sides do it."

Your side was abominable. Your side was hateful. Your side race-baited. Your side gay-baited. Your side lied like we've never seen in recent presidential campaign history. Your side used a tax-cheat who would do better under Obama's tax proposal to be your everyman on the issue of taxes. Your side, in a veiled effort at race-baiting, said Obama doesn't put his country first. Your side had the audacity to call Obama a socialist. Your side suggested he was a Muslim. Your side suggested he was a terrorist. Your side suggested he was Osama bin Laden.

Spare me the crap about how both sides do it. You people are a disgrace, you've been a disgrace for eight long years, and all your hate and lying and venom and vitriol finally bit you in your collective fat ass.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/magnanimity-is-nice-but-lets-not-forget.html

http://i38.tinypic.com/2e6fr7c.jpg

I'm reading through the so-far-pretty-awesome Newsweek "How He Did It" thing, now up to Chapter 3, which begins with this:

In the days after his wife's back- from-the-brink victory in New Hampshire, Bill Clinton was full of righteous indignation. The former president had amassed an 81-page list of all the unfair and nasty things the Obama campaign had said, or was alleged to have said, about Hillary Clinton.

OMG Bill got OCD with his new heart valve surgery/personality shift!

Sen. Edward Kennedy had a difficult phone conversation with Bill Clinton about his divisive campaigning. "Well, they started it," Clinton told Kennedy. "I don't think that's true," said Kennedy.

omg they started it r u serious bill clinton!

friend of mine used to live in kenya, and received this email from a friend

Hello,

Congratulations to you all for electing President Obama. It was nice to see that the state of Minnesota went to Obama.
Great Works of God Right there.
I love to hear this again and again. Republicans (MacCain) cenceded defeat vey fast.

Already President of Kenya (Kibaki) has declared 6th November a public holiday to join in the celebrations. I wish Kenyan leaders would learn from MacCain to concede defeat quickly and thus avoid any future post election violence in Kenya.

May God bless America. Thanks

Regards,
Ondigo

really guys, you could freely admit that Clinton is a huge asshole if O didn't look ready to hire half his administration.

many of us actually recognize that people are individuals and that it's wholly possible for assholes to be good at their jobs

clinton just feels more than the rest of us

xp: yes. When they're assholes who pursue "neoliberal" goals, I don't WANT them to be good at their jobs.

Morbs is good at trolling, after all.

http://i38.tinypic.com/35d6clt.jpg

http://hillarynme.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/the-obamas-first-faux-pas-behold-americas-new-first-family/

Lest anyone think that campaigns and politicians don’t understand the importance and symbolism of the use of color in their campaigns, has anyone forgotten Hillary’s orange pantsuit the night of her speech at the Democratic Convention in August?

At the time, I thought that was an odd choice too, until I realized that orange is a color of protest. HRC was so cool, protesting her unfair treatment by the DNC’s selection of Obama in her orange suit, and it went over most people’s heads. Way, to go, girl! It’s just one of the reasons we loved you!

no u fukkin retard orange is the color of the broncos

Michelle's dress was truly horrible.

really guys, you could freely admit that Clinton is a huge asshole if O didn't look ready to hire half his administration.

BAM

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/11/05/edward-nortons-obama-documentary-gets-a-hollywood-ending/

Edward Norton is often a dude.

http://3.music.bigpond-images.com/images/AlbumCoverArt/344/XXL/Re-Ac-Tor.jpg

You may want to remember that the last time the world had to deal with a charismatic leader capable of keeping millions of people mesmerized with his rhetoric, his iconic symbol, also in red and black, looked like this . . .

loooooooooool

Been reading some articles about the transition...I hope hope HOPE that Michelle's mother moves to the White House with them.

http://hillarynme.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/think-obama-has-ever-read-atlas-shrugged/

dude missed the memo that alan greenspan killed ayn rand in her grave a few weeks ago

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Palin_sorry_if_she_cost_McCain_1105.html

I would really love to read Bill's 81(!) page letter.

You could probably cut and paste from an incoherent emo blog and get about the same effect.

omg that hillary 'n' me blog is a satire, right?

omg rawstory.com is such an anarchist website do you see that color scheme, gabbneb go to hell you anarchist

1/2 whines about Obama, 1/2 My Chemical Romance lyrics

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nb8DOoLyFwk/SQ-WVf07F6I/AAAAAAAAIdg/tYOp4EbvbzQ/s1600-h/oabam.jpg

http://artthreat.net/wp-content/uploads/2999587261_dc1091cf6f_o-224x300.jpg

we could really use more Screaming Lobster of Hope pics.

im struggling to recall why we call him the screaming lobster of hope

The Beltway wonders how an Obama administration will set the tone:

So Washington is left to imagine what cultural tone the Obamas will set. Will Bruce Springsteen perform at the inaugural — or maybe Yo-Yo Ma? Will Mr. Obama make frequent use of the presidential box at the Kennedy Center? (Laura Bush often went, accompanied by friends, while her husband stayed home.) Or will the Obamas, whose idea of fun is playing board games with their daughters, be the type to stay in at night, helping the kids with their homework? Will Hollywood stars take up residence in the Lincoln Bedroom, the way they did during the Clinton years?

“He’s a cool cat,” said Christopher Buckley, the political humorist, “and I think he’s going to bring cool catness back, if it ever existed at the White House.”

im struggling to recall why we call him the screaming lobster of hope

I take credit for that moniker.

cuz he screamed a lot, looked like a lobster, and was the Man From Hope.

oh ok that makes sense

Democratic Candidate Percentages in the last 4 elections:

National: Obama 52, Clinton 49, Gore 48, Kerry 48
Arizona: Clinton 47, Obama 45, Gore 45, Kerry 45
Colorado: Obama 53, Kerry 47, Clinton 44, Gore 42
Connecticut: Obama 60, Gore 56, Kerry 54, Clinton 53
Florida: Obama 51, Gore 49, Clinton 48, Kerry 47
Georgia: Obama 47, Clinton 46, Gore 43, Kerry 41
Indiana: Obama 50, Clinton 42, Gore 41, Kerry 39
Iowa: Obama 54, Gore 49, Kerry 49, Clinton 48
Kansas: Obama 41, Kerry 37, Gore 37, Clinton 36
Maine: Obama 58, Kerry 54, Clinton 52, Gore 49
Michigan: Obama 57, Clinton 52, Kerry 51, Gore 51
Mississippi: Clinton 44, Obama 43, Gore 41, Kerry 40
Missouri: Obama 49, Clinton 48, Gore 47, Kerry 46
Montana: Obama 47, Clinton 41, Kerry 39, Gore 33
Nevada: Obama 55, Kerry 48, Gore 46, Clinton 44
New Hampshire: Obama 55, Kerry 50, Clinton 49, Gore 47
New Mexico: Obama 57, Clinton 49, Kerry 49, Gore 48
North Carolina: Obama 50, Clinton 44, Kerry 44, Gore 43
North Dakota: Obama 45, Clinton 40, Kerry 36, Gore 33
Ohio: Obama 51, Kerry 49, Clinton 47, Gore 46
Oregon: Obama 55, Kerry 51, Gore 47, Clinton 47
Pennsylvania: Obama 55, Kerry 51, Gore 51, Clinton 49
South Carolina: Obama 45, Clinton 44, Kerry 41, Gore 41
South Dakota: Obama 45, Clinton 43, Kerry 38, Gore 38
Tennessee: Clinton 48, Gore 47, Kerry 43, Obama 42
Texas: Obama 44, Clinton 44, Kerry 38, Gore 38
Virginia: Obama 52, Clinton 45, Kerry 45, Gore 44
Washington: Obama 57, Kerry 53, Gore 50, Clinton 50
West Virginia: Clinton 52, Gore 46, Kerry 43, Obama 43
Wisconsin: Obama 56, Kerry 50, Clinton 49, Gore 48

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/kobe_bryant_scores_25_in_holy_shit

sorry if this was posted already but looooooooooool

Tennessee: Clinton 48, Gore 47, Kerry 43, Obama 42

:(

Not at all surprised, given some of the things my wife's high school friends were spreading around Facebook.

Where are the other states?