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Hey guys! We'll be closing this thread shortly, but we will make an American politics megathread where we can continue the discussions in here. The new thread can be found here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=383301 | ||
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Elairec
United States410 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:36 GrimmJ wrote: I know Obama won, but are there any numbers on how many people voted? This election felt bigger, I'm curious to see what the turnout was. Roughly 59.6mil for Obama, 57mil for Romney thus far. | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
And about Canada being invested, both my dad and I watched it the entire night, though my dad was watching it more seriously while I had Fox News on and was laughing at it while eating popcorn. A lot of people I know were watching it too. Us Canadians love watching the mess that is American politics. It makes our politics seem so tame and peaceful by comparison. | ||
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CajunMan
United States823 Posts
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revel8
United Kingdom3022 Posts
I wonder if the Republicans will look at this defeat and attempt to change to make themselves more electable. The growing importance of the non-white vote demographic presents major challenges for the Republicans going forward. They need to address this issue or face increased marginalisation as the white vote loses it's majority status. I suspect in the short term there will be attempts to blame their loss on something trivial. I expect Christie will be scapegoated in some circles even though he was merely representing his New Jersey constituency in a time of crisis. Four more years for Obama, congrats to him. | ||
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:45 CajunMan wrote: Looks like our little experiment with democracy has failed like all the other countries before the takers now out weigh the makers and we might as well be a European country now on our way down the drain. Congrats you guys win a few more years of free stuff just in time to finish crushing our economy and ensure all the large businesses they are not welcome here. Yeah man, my man Obama has got all these checks lined up for me, gonna be making babies, smoking crack, and living the big life off of welfare. 4 more years of a free ride awww yeah. | ||
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Douillos
France3195 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:50 ZeaL. wrote: Yeah man, my man Obama has got all these checks lined up for me, gonna be making babies, smoking crack, and living the big life off of welfare. 4 more years of a free ride awww yeah. Sounds Legit. :D | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:45 CajunMan wrote: Looks like our little experiment with democracy has failed like all the other countries before the takers now out weigh the makers and we might as well be a European country now on our way down the drain. Congrats you guys win a few more years of free stuff just in time to finish crushing our economy and ensure all the large businesses they are not welcome here. all the people doing minimum wage jobs (including military) are not takers. a vast majority of this country produce wealth and services but get lower return than their productivity. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:31 Sermokala wrote: The popular vote is 2 points going for obama. It was close don't be silly. also the tv stations need the ratings. They got to entertain the republicans to keep watching even if they arn't going to win. and the dems to stay tuned to make sure that obama wins. I dunno, 2 percentage points for Obama is certainly a lot closer than a toss-up. Especially given how Obama was polling in swing states before the race. There's really no argument the pundits (left and right) can make to justify themselves as anything more than entertainers today. | ||
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:50 ZeaL. wrote: Yeah man, my man Obama has got all these checks lined up for me, gonna be aborting babies, smoking crack, and living the big life off of welfare. 4 more years of a free ride awww yeah. Fixed that for you. Now you're a conservative's nightmare! | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:45 CajunMan wrote: Looks like our little experiment with democracy has failed like all the other countries before the takers now out weigh the makers and we might as well be a European country now on our way down the drain. Congrats you guys win a few more years of free stuff just in time to finish crushing our economy and ensure all the large businesses they are not welcome here. Getting free stuff is really hard, it is almost like work if you ask me. | ||
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
On November 07 2012 23:50 ZeaL. wrote: Yeah man, my man Obama has got all these checks lined up for me, gonna be making babies, smoking crack, and living the big life off of welfare. 4 more years of a free ride awww yeah. As an European who has visited the US more then I can count on my hands(My sister studies there) and has been to probably every European country there is(We go on holidays a lot). We might be, overall, slightly less wealthy, but every European country has been, in my opinion, a more pleasurable experience than the US. The people feel more much more genuine, happier and the cultures are much less wasteful than the US. Anyway, this is just my experience. | ||
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arChieSC2
Spain162 Posts
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
Guess most people realized that the hype is not really true, but still, thought voter turnout would be higher given the stakes. | ||
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Josealtron
United States219 Posts
Still, though, I'm worried that nothing's gonna change. If I'm not mistaken, Republicans still control the house and they are gonna do everything in their power to make sure nothing gets passed. Here's hoping for a more productive congress these next few years. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14203 Posts
On November 08 2012 00:09 TheTenthDoc wrote: I dunno, 2 percentage points for Obama is certainly a lot closer than a toss-up. Especially given how Obama was polling in swing states before the race. There's really no argument the pundits (left and right) can make to justify themselves as anything more than entertainers today. Less then one percent of the nations population voted more for obama then romney. thats a pretty good reason to justify sayings its close for people. All news is entertainment. Its the only reason why you'd watch fox news other then just catching the results the next day in your newspaper anyway. | ||
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RJGooner
United States2076 Posts
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kwizach
3658 Posts
I'm too happy for words. Obama gets re-elected (with the electoral vote and the popular vote), the Senate stays in Democratic hands, Elizabeth Warren gets elected, Mourdock, Walsh, Akin and quite a few others lose, hopefully Allen West loses, and marriage equality is adopted in Maryland and Maine, looks on the verge of being adopted in Washington, and is not banned in Minnesota. Too bad Bachmann got elected, but she might contribute to maintaining the tensions inside the Republican party with her extreme views, so it might be a blessing in disguise for Democrats. Yesterday night was amazing. I was watching with a few friends on CNN, had a Fox News stream on the computer, and I was simultaneously checking various websites to get the info as soon as possible. I was also refreshing this thread punctually, but since I was on someone else's laptop and I had forgotten my password, I was unable to post. The faces of Fox News commentators, and the subsequent tears of Karl Rove over the Ohio call, felt amazingly sweet. I literally jumped to my feet when the President won, and have had a grin on my face ever since. I know this post is going to get lost in these last pages, but I would like to thank a few posters for contributing to this thread. It's been very enjoyable to discuss this campaign here - I'll probably stick around, but so far I've read every single page of the thread (and of the previous Republican nominations thread) and it's been one hell of a ride :p Thanks to paralleluniverse (your posts on the economy are always a pleasure to read), Defacer, farvacola, aksfjh, DoubleReed, Stratos_speAr, Derez, Leporello, koreasilver, mcc and Souma, among others (my brain is still a bit fuzzy from the partying last night, so I can't remember everyone!), for their contributions to the thread. Thanks to the mods (in particular Stealthblue, Failing and Kwark) for doing a good job keeping all of this civil. I'll be honest, I sometimes wanted to bang my head against the wall at what I was reading from some conservative posters, but we would not have had this level of discussion and I would not have been able to read some of the replies of the posters listed above had there been no conservative posters participating. Cheers! | ||
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
On November 08 2012 00:12 Recognizable wrote: As an European who has visited the US more then I can count on my hands(My sister studies there) and has been to probably every European country there is(We go on holidays a lot). We might be, overall, slightly less wealthy, but every European country has been, in my opinion, a more pleasurable experience than the US. The people feel more much more genuine, happier and the cultures are much less wasteful than the US. Anyway, this is just my experience. Based on where I've been I dunno man. The people I met in Paris and Lausanne were dicks. If I had to rank the people I've met I'd put Southern France > Ottawa, CA > West Coast US > Slovenia > NE US > Southern Italy > Paris > Northern Italy > Southern US > Swiss (Alps are beautiful.. people are not). But that's just my experience. | ||
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