US Election - Nov 4, 2008

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:27 am

you can't help but wonder how much more of this there is to come.
the photo scared the crap out of me.
there's nothing more frightening than a psychopathic racist imo.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-elect ... tml?page=1

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:36 am

witty_pseudonym wrote:you can't help but wonder how much more of this there is to come.
the photo scared the crap out of me.
there's nothing more frightening than a psychopathic racist imo.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-elect ... tml?page=1

Half of America has a photo of themselves holding a gun like that. It's cool Tash!!

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:24 pm

Edit: removed Palin gif cause I can't stand to look at her smugly face

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:37 pm

What if the world could vote?

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:41 pm

interesting. http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:53 pm

thats awesome
to be expected though

the real thing will depend on how many americans actually vote, still cause for concern

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:28 am

This brought the LOL's for me this morning...

you know how Krispy Kreme, Starbucks and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream are rewarding people for voting with free coffee's etc? Well a new maverick businessman's come up with a better incentive.

Free sex toys.

http://blog.babeland.com/2008/10/31/get ... -babeland/

Which would you choose...ice cream, coffee, a donut or a big silicone cock?

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:01 am

Vote Admiral Ackbar! IT'S NOT A TRAP!

paranoid edge · Post by **paranoid edge** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:32 pm

"Which would you choose...ice cream, coffee, a donut or a big silicone cock?"

Tuff call...

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:06 pm

so its US election day, lets hope more than like 20% of the population vote

from a while ago:
http://www.theage.com.au/world/polling- ... -5hnh.html

also wonder if his crying over his grandmothers death will have any sway

Post by **system** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:48 am

updates from google as it happens.

dust · Post by **dust** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:50 am

DEMOCRATS LEADING IN INDIANA BY 2.1 PER CENT. (only 1 per cent counted)

previously held by Republicans with a 10.4 per cent lead.

An 12.5 per cent swing! GOOD LORD.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:16 am

O BA MA!

O BA MA!

O BA MA!

i have watched more politics in the last couple weeks than i have in my life.
I am seriously emotional at the thought of what this election means to so many over there.
even if mc cain gets in, every oppressed black, especially young men who are the main demographic in jails, will know that sometimes in america, truly anything can be possible.

stray, if your reading this, i may live in OZ for the rest of my life, but ill always be a yank.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:45 pm

U.S. President - Electoral College
Obama (D) - 78

McCain (R) - 34
270 votes needed for presidency

Popular vote - 13 states reporting
Candidates % Votes

McCain (R) 48% 5,434,854
Obama (D) 51% 5,726,515
Barr (I) 0% 51,020
Nader (I) 0% 29,504

Post by **lynt** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:53 pm

MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553

Mad data app.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:56 pm

i'm so addicted to these live feeds.
obama 103 in the elctoral now.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:01 pm

OMG, so exciting

So very very glad I'm in Cali today and not stupid red Oklahoma. Please be time to party, pleeeaaaaase

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:21 pm

this is kind of making me nervous. we are checking live feeds here at work.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:33 pm

U.S. President - Electoral College
Obama (D) - 175

McCain (R) - 52
270 votes needed for presidency

Popular vote - 23 states reporting
Candidates % Votes

McCain (R) 49% 13,494,738
Obama (D) 50% 13,679,832
Barr (I) 0% 116,748
Nader (I) 0% 85,355

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:39 pm

Jesus, seems like Obama is absolutely smashing it.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:43 pm

its looking good, am following it live.

Post by **huge** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:47 pm

almost there thank feck.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:56 pm

yeah, looking pretty good. Cali and some the West is fairly certain to be Obama and they wont be in until late because of time difference. Cali also has a large number of votes allocated to it.

U.S. President - Electoral College
Obama (D) - 195

McCain (R) - 70
270 votes needed for presidency
Popular vote - 27 states reporting
Candidates % Votes

McCain (R) 49% 19,342,936
Obama (D) 50% 19,670,819
Barr (I) 0% 165,006
Nader (I) 0% 147,678

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:58 pm

woah big jump for mcain.. now 200 - 124
(nbc news)

dust · Post by **dust** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:05 pm

Needs 270 to win. Surely that would have to be in the bag considering how many states still left to count

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:06 pm

I saw that too, southern states mainly (as to be expected) TX, OK, Louisiana

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:08 pm

Stray wrote:woah big jump for mcain.. now 200 - 124
(nbc news)

yeah. most of the eastern seaboard is obama territory (think new england, ny, etc). then you start to get the red states coming in about an hour later (but not as much mccain as you'd suspect!). then more red, red, red. then some more obama territory (california, oregon, maybe washington) comes in 3h after the east. (no-one cares about alaska or hawaii.)

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:19 pm

55 seats in California with Obama strong in that area would just about give it to him, in the bag imo. 1st black president, who wouda thunk it.
Wonder how long he has to live...

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:21 pm

please al, dont feed the fire! no more suggestions of assassinations!

I AM REALLY EXCITED GANG!!!!

Brain · Post by **Brain** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:24 pm

I hear that George is gonna apply for the job as the new Doctor Who

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:25 pm

almax wrote:55 seats in California with Obama strong in that area would just about give it to him, in the bag imo. 1st black president, who wouda thunk it.
Wonder how long he has to live...

For all the stuff you believe in any chance i could get you to believe in positive thinking?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:26 pm

word dboy...

the power of manifestation 101 al

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:27 pm

Obama is half black, half white isn't he?

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:28 pm

How said is it that David Tennant is leaving? But I digress :

Florida is looking mighty close too, as well as North Carolina.

Barrack for Barack!

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:42 pm

DBoy wrote:
almax wrote:55 seats in California with Obama strong in that area would just about give it to him, in the bag imo. 1st black president, who wouda thunk it.
Wonder how long he has to live...
For all the stuff you believe in any chance i could get you to believe in positive thinking?

If i wasnt a positive thinker i would have headed for the hills a long time ago.
Besides, it will be interesteing just how much "change" Obama actually brings once he gets in that office.

Direktor wrote:Obama is half black, half white isn't he?

can of worms there Spiesy, its my understanding that one the the most insulting terms to call a "black" person is a halfcast.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:44 pm

freemasons run the country!!!

Zerotonine · Post by **Zerotonine** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:50 pm

Obama - 207
McCain (You've done it again!) - 142

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:51 pm

almax wrote: Besides, it will be interesteing just how much "change" Obama actually brings once he gets in that office.

its a bit like rudd vs howard.
ruddie hasn't exactly moved mountains, but he hasn't blown any more up either.

the sorry was the most important thing hes done so far, but dayum, was that overdue.

im hoping obama will do what he says, or at least some of, but fuck me, its gotta be better than staying in afganistan for 100 years (mc cain actually said that!)

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:55 pm

almax wrote: If i wasnt a positive thinker i would have headed for the hills a long time ago.
Besides, it will be interesteing just how much "change" Obama actually brings once he gets in that office.

at following that statement with a negative remark. But yes, it will be interesting and i dont think anyone considers Obama a revolutionary, nor that any kind of real change could happen with in the existing framework. But, I think it is symbolic. It is a black man in the white house. Something no one thought would happen only 2 or 3 decades ago. It is against the conservative grain that makes middle American ideology so scary. It is a move away from the Bush rhetoric that has given the US a bad name globally. It is a positive step in my opinion. Symbolically at least, and symbols are representative of something, and something something something. oh damn, my brain cracked open again.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:01 pm

Direktor wrote:Obama is half black, half white isn't he?

Barack Obama, the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas.

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:03 pm

woo! Obama is in!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:03 pm

ABC News have just called it

Obama WON!!!!!!!!

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:05 pm

AWESOME!!!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:06 pm

w00t!

never thought I'd care who was running the empire tbh.... but I am happy about this outcome http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553

almax · Post by **almax** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:07 pm

DBoy wrote: But yes, it will be interesting and i dont think anyone considers Obama a revolutionary, nor that any kind of real change could happen with in the existing framework. But, I think it is symbolic. It is a black man in the white house. Something no one thought would happen only 2 or 3 decades ago. It is against the conservative grain that makes middle American ideology so scary. It is a move away from the Bush rhetoric that has given the US a bad name globally. It is a positive step in my opinion. Symbolically at least, and symbols are representative of something, and something something something. oh damn, my brain cracked open again.

well said mate, couldn't agree more

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:09 pm

WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO

my parents are over the moon.
villagers in kenya are celebrating.
thousands and thousands of people all over the world are flooding the streets, because of that symbology dboy.

im all choked up.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:11 pm

I'm pretty fucking happy right now

Smile on Impact · Post by **Smile on Impact** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:13 pm

Wh00000000000000t

Post by **lynt** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:14 pm

THANK FUCK!

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:17 pm

almax wrote:
Direktor wrote:Obama is half black, half white isn't he?
can of worms there Spiesy, its my understanding that one the the most insulting terms to call a "black" person is a halfcast.

But if the cap fits? Only reporting the truth...

Congrat's to Obama, glad he got up over the fossil.