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vitaflo said:
I love the "Why do you hate America?" right wingers on Facebook now saying they're going to move to Canada. Hypocrites.
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I've had a bunch of conservatives tell me that, as if it's some sort of a threat. I just tell 'em that I won't miss 'em.

It's just so pathetic that people make those threats every election. My parents told me that after 2004, and I just said that I look forward to the decreased amount of phone calls.
 
I have concern for the numbers in Virginia and Pennsylvania.

...oh I'm too late? No more concern trolling?

FUCK YEAH!!
 
I still feel all tingly.

I'll be doing everything in my power to be in DC on the 20th. I'll be like a fucking mailman, nether rain nor sleept nor gloom of night will keep me from it.
 
Emanuel's older brother, Ezekiel, is a noted oncologist and bioethicist, and his brother, Ari, is a high-powered talent agent in Los Angeles and inspired Jeremy Piven's character Ari Gold on the HBO series Entourage.[1] Rahm himself is also the inspiration for the character Josh Lyman on The West Wing. He also has a younger sister named Shoshanna, fourteen years his junior.[1]
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I expect that any push for immigration would be held after the 2010 midterms. Which isn't a terribly bad thing, given that the INS is easily backed up in work until then just from the application cost changes they put in a while ago.
 
GDJustin said:
Don't get on my nuts about this, now. I'm a conservative that supported Obama... what more can you ask for from me?
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I didn't mean to jump on you. Just pointing out that the folks who will end up disappointed with Obama probably won't be conservatives :D
 
HolyStar said:
Rahm Emanuel is Obama's Chief of Staff??? Well I guess Obama wasn't serious about trying to his best to unify congress.

Emanuel is like the epitome of Chicago politics. You definitely can't be afraid of Obama being unwilling to break a few arms to get his way with a pick like this.

Congressional Republicans and difficult Democrats should be afraid.
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Well on his way to remaking his staff in The West Wing's image.

Leo McGarry for fucking real.
 
Dude, when the Bradley effect finally kicks in and you realize McCain actually won the election you're all going to get political whiplash. The meltdowns will be epic. Oh, it's coming.
 
Two favorite meltdowns: Michelle Malkin's and Rush Limbaugh's "But how many of those votes were stolen?" followed by a long ominous pause meltdown
 
Looks like The GOP may be pushing this
imgad
 
gcubed said:
its not even that, its that what are they trying to escape? Every other country is "worse" then the US could dream of being in the next 4 years. Its pretty funny. Although i guess my facebook is filled with more liberals.

"A is so happy!"
"B is proud to be an American again!"
"C is glad to officially be rid of the idiot"
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Yup...

A is thrilled!
B is glad that election came to pass with definitive results... No wondering if he really won this time!
C is setting the record straight...contrary to what Nick thinks I'm not an Obama hater. I voted for him, for God's sake. We're just cynical idealists.
D says: gobama!
E is holding her head high as an American abroad. But California - very disappointing.
F said: here, Alaska... have your maverick back.
G said: OH: we can look forward to 4/8 years of things not getting worse. If that's the least we can get, I'll take it! Expecting much more, though!
H can.
I is unable to find a negative status message amongst his friends.
J ... yeeeeeeeEEEEEEEAAAAAAA FUUUCK YES!
K is proud. But come on Missouri.
L is relieved...
M is celebrating.

ETC.

Sorry, I'm fucking bored if you couldn't tell.
 
if Obama is smart, he'll raise taxes when the economy show a sign of life. I rather we tax and spend then borrow and spend.
 
Fragamemnon said:
I expect that any push for immigration would be held after the 2010 midterms. Which isn't a terribly bad thing, given that the INS is easily backed up in work until then just from the application cost changes they put in a while ago.
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It'd also be strategic. If the Repubs oppose it, they will get trashed in the latino vote again in 2012. If they help out, Obama will get major legislation for that demographic under his belt going into the next election..
 
Yeah, the left finally caught the car we had been chasing.

All I was saying is that I hope he governs from the center, so I get the sweet, sweet, rational leadership I've craved for so long, but that it doesn't come with a side-serving of Left policies I don't support.
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I'd like to move away from the idea of the "center" of American politics as some squishy goal, and focus more on pushing forth the ideas that can, regardless of ideology, actually work-the pragmatic approach. The real question then isn't so much what are the solutions, but more along the lines of "what are the problems". That's an easier question to ask, I think.
 
Amir0x said:
Two favorite meltdowns: Michelle Malkin's and Rush Limbaugh's "But how many of those votes were stolen?" followed by a long ominous pause meltdown
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Poor Rush. Not only did his dream of seeing riots at the DNC not come to pass as a result of Operation Chaos, but Obama actually won. Not even a healthy addiction to pain killers will be able to brighten his day after what just happened last night.
 
Paul Krugman speaks:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/the-monster-years/

The monster years

Last night wasn’t just a victory for tolerance; it wasn’t just a mandate for progressive change; it was also, I hope, the end of the monster years.

What I mean by that is that for the past 14 years America’s political life has been largely dominated by, well, monsters. Monsters like Tom DeLay, who suggested that the shootings at Columbine happened because schools teach students the theory of evolution. Monsters like Karl Rove, who declared that liberals wanted to offer “therapy and understanding” to terrorists. Monsters like Dick Cheney, who saw 9/11 as an opportunity to start torturing people.

And in our national discourse, we pretended that these monsters were reasonable, respectable people. To point out that the monsters were, in fact, monsters, was “shrill.”

Four years ago it seemed as if the monsters would dominate American politics for a long time to come. But for now, at least, they’ve been banished to the wilderness.
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Oh wait I almost forgot! Where's Joe the Plumber my everyman hero! Is he okay!? Did that book deal go down? I'm gonna be first in line when that country music album drops!

They actually thought they would win Ohio with that idiot.
 
Fragamemnon said:
Yeah, the left finally caught the car we had been chasing.



I'd like to move away from the idea of the "center" of American politics as some squishy goal, and focus more on pushing forth the ideas that can, regardless of ideology, actually work-the pragmatic approach. The real question then isn't so much what are the solutions, but more along the lines of "what are the problems". That's an easier question to ask, I think.
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What does "the center" even mean in 2008
 
I'm beginning to see why Obama picked such a liberal guy to be his Chief of Staff in Rahm. Obama starts off appeasing his liberal buddies, and then goes off appointing people from the other side.

When Obama became President of the Harvard Law Review and had to choose his board-- every liberal expected special treatment. All the African Americans did too. But what did Obama do? He gave a bunch of seats to white conservatives.
 
Amir0x said:
Two favorite meltdowns: Michelle Malkin's and Rush Limbaugh's "But how many of those votes were stolen?" followed by a long ominous pause meltdown
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Is there any videos of this anywhere??

I feel like I've missed so much stuff, I wish we had a thread just for media.

I also still am looking for the video of Olberman calling it on MSNBC, I have yet to share that moment with him.
 
Fragamemnon said:
I'd like to move away from the idea of the "center" of American politics as some squishy goal, and focus more on pushing forth the ideas that can, regardless of ideology, actually work-the pragmatic approach. The real question then isn't so much what are the solutions, but more along the lines of "what are the problems". That's an easier question to ask, I think.
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I wouldn't generally describe the Democratic party as the pragmatic party.
 
Y2Kev said:
Anyone have a link to Malkin's meltdown?
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I was posting it yesterday, but in the middle of my post I cancelled. Didn't see the point of subjecting the board with her drivel.
 
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