And they tried to steal this one, too — the turnout for Obama was greater than the polls show.

And this country has always been liberal leaning in its views. The voting population (those who ACTUALLY go and vote) has, far too often, been right leaning, which is why the data is skewed, and why the right knows darn well that they can’t win if a lot of voters actually show up. Their fear of new voters is because most all new voters are NOT republican (they may or may not be democrat).

Bam_Bam Says:

Homosexuals marriage tossed in 3 states; the people speak

What’s this all about????
November 5th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

The people didn’t speak. A barrage of lies and tens of millions of dollars funnelled into CA from the Church of Latter Day A-holes did the talking. Sad day in that respect.
November 5th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

I can confirm what marlow said. The reason why it probably passed is because of the bs ads linking gay marriage to what is taught in schools. These downright lies were plastered all over the place, and those who didn’t bother to factcheck bought it up. A person at my work voted a completely liberal ticket except for prop 8. His reasoning was that he didn’t want it entering the schools. >< When I told him that in california parents have ultimate say-so he was shocked.

If you have a strong stomach check it out:

Several million votes left to count, so lets hope the free thinkers all voted absentee or provisional!

“National exit polling shows 53 percent of of the voters considered the U.S. Supreme Court an ‘important factor’ in their vote Tuesday. Fifty-two percent of these voters supported Barack Obama, while 46 percent supported John McCain.”

More evidence the country skews right!

Because conservative has been redefined to mean culturally conservative.

Goldwater was the last candidate not controlled by the religious right. For all his flaws, he was always pro-choice and ultimately supported gays serving openly in the military. He was also very environmentally conscious.

Maybe the deranged witch croaked last night while watching the returns. One can hope – right?

Are you kidding? They will be working doubly hard to skewer Obama once in office, along with Ann Coulter and the usual suspects. They have an enormous constituency of Joe-Plumbers.

The late Senator Robert Taft of Ohio, who served in the 1940s, was a true Republican fiscal conservative. He didn’t support US foreign adventurism. He tried to insure that the people got something of value when the government taxed them and spent the money.

The Bush gangsters have been using their political power in the last eight years to steal elections and to steal billions of US taxpayers dollars in the Iraq farce. These actions are not “conservative.” They are radical right-wing destructionists.

Homosexuals marriage tossed in 3 states; the people speak

What’s this all about????
November 5th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

The people didn’t speak. A barrage of lies and tens of millions of dollars funnelled into CA from the Church of Latter Day A-holes did the talking. Sad day in that respect.

Is there someway that we can build a wall around the red areas and just forget them…they are delusional and just sick in the head.
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You mean like leper colonies (just in case it’s contagious)? Or more like sanitariums?

I agree that the examples you gave are extreme, and products of sick minds. Most people who vote GOP don’t think that way. But there are a number of them who are dangerously twisted, and that number seems to have grown during this campaign.

out-right, explicit violations of the 1st and 14th Amendments, none of which should withstand the scrtiny of even a remotely objective judiciary…

If there were only someone with a bully pulpit, and a popular mandate to be more progressive, a high official who might file some kind of ‘amicus’ brief…

The 18-24 yr. olds were the only age group that went for John Kerry in 2004.

This time, they went Overwhelmingly for Obama.

Young people are less Racist, more Internationalist, and Less Homophobic than older Americans.

And one other thing…they are going to replace older people as time goes by.

Where’s his birth certificate?

The country is doomed, the Muslims are going to take over.

He’s a terrorist and he is going to attack us.

He’s going to give the N****rs all our money. (I did hear some righty say that)

He’s going to tax us and give it to the welfare queens.

There’s going to be a civil war over this.

Is there someway that we can build a wall around the red areas and just forget them…they are delusional and just sick in the head.

Yeah, what the hell is going on in NC? Are they in denial?
November 5th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

I heard a fella on some analysis show last night say that there’s still pockets of the Dukes of Hazard in NC in the boondocks, much of the character of the state was changing due to the influx of more cosmopolitan folks into the research triangle and surrounding areas…

Yeah, what the hell is going on in NC? Are they in denial?
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I live in NC, and believe me, I want to see this state called for Obama as much as anyone.

However, the vote is too close — within only about 12,000 votes (favoring Obama), which means that no victor can be declared until provisional and absentee ballots are counted.

And because we have both Fort Bragg and Camp LeJeune in this state, many of those absentee ballots are coming from our military personnel serving overseas.

So we just have to wait. It will be interesting to see if the military polls showing more support for Obama than McCain turn out to be true. I hope they do.