US Election 2008 Results Thread

[Arthur_Tuxedo]

Prop 8 is holding fairly steady at
55% - Yes
45% - No

Not a surprise. My state passed the basically identical Prop 22 about a decade ago, and not much has changed since. Let's hope it doesn't take the supreme court so long to overturn it this time.

[Bounty]

No talk of bipartisanship or compromising in this speech.

Bullshit, as addressed by the rest of his speech.

[Patrick Degan]

Would that Madelyn Dunham and Studs Terkel could have lived to see this night.

If only Jesse Helms could see Obama win and his state go BLUE!

I'm sure the old fascist is spinning like a dynamo in his grave.

Wonder if it can be harnessed for electricity?

[phongn]

Unfortunately, Florida Proposition 2 is also passing

[FSTargetDrone]

Now, let's hope that vile Palin disappears back from whence she came. I don't want to hear from her again.

Speaking of, what happened with Stevens in Alaska? Damned if I can find anything about it. I may have missed it here in this quickly-multiplying pages.

[Elfdart]

Prop 8 is holding fairly steady at
55% - Yes
45% - No

Nooo!! This is California!! It's the land of UC Berkeley, San Francisco and the crazy, homophile liberals and hippies!! What has happened to it!?!?

On the plus side, now I have a better chance of marrying Rachel Maddow.

[D.Turtle]

"A new dawn of American leadership is at hand."

Something unthinkable during the Bush years: I am looking forward to it.

[The Duchess of Zeon]

*sighs in relief*

Well, it's done. More than 147 years after the first shot was fired on Fort Sumter, a man born of Africa has been raised up to the highest office in the nation. Some uneasy ghosts can finally rest.

This means that on the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, we will have a black man as our President. Nothing could be more suitable as a way of celebrating it.

[JME2]

Wonder if it can be harnessed for electricity?

[Patrick Degan]

Now, let's hope that vile Palin disappears back from whence she came. I don't want to hear from her again.

Are you kidding? She's the poster-Barbie for the religiously fascist wingnut arm of the party now.

[Darth Wong]

I can't believe California can still be so fucking backwards on this....

Why? When I visited there back in 2004, I noticed there several 24-hour Christian preaching stations on the radio.

[Ender]

Holy shit, how many flags are behind the podium at the Obama rally?

26

[Agent Sorchus]

Nope now he is talking partisan politics, still his tone is that of " I will be your president and i know you don't like me but the people have decided now we must work together."

[Mr Bean]

"You have witnessed history this evening"
This is the time, this is the moment.

Remember this day.

[Havok]

I can't believe California can still be so fucking backwards on this....

Why? When I visited there back in 2004, I noticed there several 24-hour Christian preaching stations on the radio.

Yeah... I know. I am sheltered by San Francisco and the East Bay. I forget about the rest of the state and how idiotic and "Red" it can be.

[LMSx]

Holy shit.

We'll have competent people running this country.

[ray245]

Damn it! I missed the speech due to the stupid internet connection.

[Ayrix]

I seriously teared up during that speech and I hadn't even listened to a whole one of his before. Damn that guy can talk.
This is the first time Ive ever been truly proud of my nation, I'm glad I got to hear this piece of history. Things are actually looking up.

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Holy shit.

We'll have competent people running this country.

Now we get to find out what horrors under the surface are laid bare when we drain the lake...

[D.Turtle]

The US has just regained a lot of credibility and gained a huge amount of good-will from the rest of the world.

Let's hope it is justified (I think it is).

Off to work (Both me and the US)

[Bounty]

Is that Biden's mother on stage?

[SpacedTeddyBear]

I can't believe California can still be so fucking backwards on this....

Why? When I visited there back in 2004, I noticed there several 24-hour Christian preaching stations on the radio.

When you're out in the sticks, 24-hour Christian radio stations is the only thing you get besides the Spanish stations.

There are a lot of rural communities out in California than most people realize, and if they shaded out red the areas that voted primarily 'Yes on 8', just about every part of California would be red except for the areas along the coast.

[Ayrix]

oh and I just heard on NPR that prop 8 is:

yes- 44%
no- 46%

maybe I heard it wrong but if its true, things really are looking up.

[Agent Fisher]

Is that music forrest gump?

[Broomstick]

Holy shit, how many flags are behind the podium at the Obama rally?

It's the United States. We fly flags all the time - of course we're going to overdo it for a Presidential election