2008 USGE RESULTS THREAD PS GOP U LOST DIXVILLE NOTCH LOL

gah, which reporters wore the pirate shirt?

I'm trying to imagine McCain as Jack Sparrow, with the eyeliner.

http://ninjasforobama.com/ninjasforobama.jpg

Cornerites are squealing about the impending imposition of the Fairness Doctrine, but has any Dem even mentioned trying to pass it?

I think Schumer muttered something.

McCain seemed caged, cooped up with his friend Lindsey Graham, who was annoying him by trying to "visualize" victory. By 7 p.m., Cindy and Graham were ready to "jump out the window," Graham later recalled. McCain's 95-year-old mother, Roberta, tried to lighten the mood by cracking jokes about how she wanted to marry Lindsey.

Lindsey Graham:

http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/0/B/smithers.jpg

xpost

from wiki:

* On October 22, 2008, Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat of New Mexico, told a conservative talk radio host in Albuquerque, NM that "I would want this station and all stations to have to present a balanced perspective and different points of view," and "All I’m saying is that for many, many years we operated under a Fairness Doctrine in this country, and I think the country was well-served. I think the public discussion was at a higher level and more intelligent in those days than it has become since."[13]

* On June 24, 2008, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (who represents California's 8th congressional district) told reporters that her fellow Democratic Representatives did not want to forbid reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine, adding “the interest in my caucus is the reverse.” When asked by John Gizzi of Human Events, “Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’”, the Speaker replied "Yes."[14]

* A year earlier, in June 2007, Senator Richard Durbin (Democrat of Illinois) said, "It’s time to reinstitute the Fairness Doctrine,”[15] an opinion shared by his Democratic colleague, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.[16]

Obama's plane was taking off from Denver airport around 9 a.m. when Axelrod got confirmation that McCain had indeed picked Palin as his running mate. He went to the front cabin to tell Obama and his new running mate, Joe Biden. Biden asked, "Who's Palin?"

Glad I wasn't the only one.

http://ndn.newsweek.com/media/49/081106_mccainLost_dl-dynamiclead.jpg

Bacon wins over fries
Associated Press

LOVELAND, Colo. - There was a tasty race for Colorado senate when voters got to choose between Bacon and Fries.

In the end, Bacon won.

Democrat incumbent Bob Bacon defeated Republican challenger Matt Fries on Tuesday 63 percent to 37 percent to represent the district that encompasses most of Larimer County in northern Colorado.

"I am so pleased that the voters appreciate the work that I have done," Bacon said.

Bacon originally was elected to the seat in 2004 after serving three terms in the state House of Representatives. Fries is a long time education advocate.

Johnson beats Dykstra

ive spent a lot of time in larimer county

hey are all these elmore leonard palin excerpts coming from the same big newsweek HOW HE WON piece?

yah go to main newsweek page, they keep adding chapters

Are parts 6 and 7 up yet? Best. Election. Postmortem. Ever.

Latest from MN Senate. Coleman up by 342, still counting.

Republican NORM COLEMAN 1211538 41.99
Democratic-Farmer-Labor AL FRANKEN 1211196 41.98

Not yet, suzy.

when does the print version come out?

Edition of Nov 17

can we start placing bets on who plays the inaugural ball?

I'm guessing Stevie Wonder, Wilco, fingers crossed for Jay-Z or Kanye

I'm not sure this is the best image for Bush to have circulating right now:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/images/2008/11/06/bushleavespauljrichardsafpgetty.jpg

to back up to some earlier stuff in the thread, this might be interesting as far as history re: the PUMA thing -

i've no idea what in the world could cover 81 pages from bill, but, a couple grievances that came up on the blogs: axelrod telling the politico that HRC would literally do or say anything to get elected. they pushed that on conference calls with the press, too. constantly. calling HRC disingenuous. jesse jackson jr demanding to know, apropos of the famous NH incident when she got misty eyed, why HRC 'never cried over katrina.' running things up the flagpole accusing HRC's campaign of an insidious pattern of race-based attacks. pushing the story that HRC actually was sticking around in the primaries because she thought of the possibility of what happened to RFK, happening to obama. olbermann delivered a particularly deranged Special Comment on that & the obama campaign promptly sent around links to it to the national press corps. (stephanopoulos called them on that on the subsequent sunday talk show.)

the PUMA movement really got going from a bunch of hillary supporters leaving some of the big "liberal" blogs en masse because they were sick and tired of obama supporters constantly portraying their candidate as an evil, lying, racist bitch & also being determined to shut down discussion wherever they could. this was rampant @ daily kos, nothing was done about it, and eventually the hillary people all bailed out. not all the obama people were like this whatsoever, but the loudest, rudest people who went all-scorched-earth, all the time, were allowed to take over. daily kos used to be a lot more reality-based and open to discussion. then, while the primaries were still going on, there was a constant barrage of demands (from blogs, media, prominent democrats) for hillary to quit, which naturally annoyed the hell out of her supporters, and then once things were decided, insistence that we were all unified, unity unity unity, and that the hillary folks who were still smarting from the primary battle should just STFU.

the hillary supporters also wanted to see a real floor vote at the convention so that her delegates would have the opportunity to vote for her. obama's supporters & powers-that-be at the dnc tried to shut this down. hillary folks also had a BIG problem with the rules & bylaws committee deciding that florida did not count, and that the michigan primary results didn't count and that delegates could be awarded according to.. what the committee thought the vote would've been, including taking away a few hillary delegates and awarding them to obama. this was infuriating because nowhere in DNC rules does it state that the results of a primary can be made up like that. completely undemocratic. at some point when this was happening, a commenter on one of the blogs where hillary people had gone after being driven off daily kos, mydd, et al, declared out of frustration, that she was now joining the PUMA party: Party Unity My Ass. so that's where it started, if you all want to know - the republicans had nothing to do with it.

when does the print version come out?

Cover dates and street dates don't usually match up -- I think I heard one of the Newsweek reporters on Diane Rehm the other day saying it would be out, um, later this week? Don't quote me on that. But I'm pretty sure it'll be before the 17th.

xp Hey look it's the way-back-machine!

gah, which reporters wore the pirate shirt?

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lol was wondering this too

xpost - heh. i'm just saying that's what went on in the blogosphere. some of these sites have since gone off the rails into conspiracy world, unfortunately. but i notice a lot of blogs do that. the republican sites are really lost right now & some of them crying about how ACORN stole the election..

going to read that newsweek piece now.

Looks like another electoral vote for Obama -- thanks Omaha!

I'm not sure this is the best image for Bush to have circulating right now:

I dunno. Being that he doesn't have to act cool for the election or anybody else, I wouldn't be surprised to see a reprise of the ol' finger video being updated.

Maybe he can give McCain an awkward hug now.

Don't want to get into it with daria, really, but if any of the stuff you cite was included in that 81 pages it would be miraculous since according to the Newsweek article Bill produced it right after New Hampshire and nearly all of those events occured well after.

i'm instantly put off by the first paragraph of the newsweek piece which implicitly reinforces a lot of right wing talking points - that democrats esp black democrats HAVE been primarily driven by identity politics, entitlement, resentment, etc. Just saying, the writer sounds like he's carrying a lot of unfortunate assumptions.

Hahaha I started somewhere around the third section, but I have to note that identity politics, entitlement, and resentments certainly do strike me as accurate frameworks for understanding the primary

Yeah, I was gonna say!

can we start placing bets on who plays the inaugural ball? I'm guessing Stevie Wonder

That would be PERFECT. I hope you're right.

da boss

U2, surely.

^^^NO

^^not American

ugh, no way, wtf

all three acts I mentioned have direct connections to Obama (Wilco did fundraiser shows, Obama has met/attended shows of Stevie's, also has met Jay-Z) fucking U2 = vomit

He seemed indifferent to, if not scornful of, the politics of identity and grievance. He showed no sense of entitlement or resentment.

see, to me it sounds like the writer has been listening to rush limbaugh complaining about liberals

Lauryn Hill - January Surprise

Yeah, Daria, I know what you mean; I think in the effort to contrast Obama with past molds of black politicians, he's actually contrasting Obama with reductive straw men and lumped-together criticisms of past molds of black politicians

Obama has played U2's "City of Blinding Light" quite a bit at his rallies, but again, I don't think you invite an Irish band to a U.S. presidential inauguration.

Or perceptions of what's limiting about past generations of black politicians

I didn't mention U2 because I *wanted* them there, trust me. (Then again I don't want Bruce there either.) Besides, we are talking about a band led by Mr. "Look! The flag in my jacket! Do you see!"

what the hell is wrong with all of you that you are discussing really lame inauguration performances anyway

i can't actually think of anything, even a u2 performance, that would make me want to stab myself in the face more than kanye performing at the inauguration btw, thanks for that one.

there is also no way in hell jay-z would be picked due to the fact that he is a "scary" "gangsta rapper" (btw my favorite bit in that newsweek thing so far is seriously transcription of jay-z lyrics to explain dirtonshoulder.gif)

"do pimps actually do this?? fact check!"

Umm I think Kanye's prime-time involvement in American politics was officially cashed in during Katrina