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Post by I AM the Way on Nov 6, 2012 23:06:29 GMT -6
Yes, it's official. President Barack Obama has enough electoral votes to keep his position. Whew, that was a close one. Or was it? Did the media manipulate this race? Does Obama have a "mandate"? How is he going to get things passed through Congress in his 2nd term? Has the Republican control of the House weakened?
Have thoughts on the election and/or the outcome? Post!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2012 4:03:49 GMT -6
It was a long campaign, look what it has done :
Beside that, I'm curious to see if there will be something new in foreign policy, I've been told Obama waited his reelection to begin something.
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Post by shawnhartnell on Nov 7, 2012 8:40:51 GMT -6
Nothing changes. Obama supporters thrilled. News at 11.
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Post by thorgrim on Nov 7, 2012 10:13:35 GMT -6
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Post by sin on Nov 7, 2012 14:43:04 GMT -6
The polls were brutal on some people. People were throwing up their hands and leaving voting lines. It started raining, and a mobs of people ran off. Then there was the Super-storm Sandy to consider. I'm amazed that they had as many votes as they did to count.
It was a 2 hour wait at my polling place. Wasn't so bad. 1 hour outside, 1 hour in. Romney was here just days before. The entourage on the highway was mind-boggling. You would think it was the president himself by the entourage of law enforcement following that brigade. How much did that cost us, I wonder? He didn't make much of an impact on Virginia, AT ALL.
4 more years of Obamanation, let's just hope he does something worthy during this administration, he's no longer a rookie
I find it amusing that much of the press here is blaming women for voting for Obama. I swear, maybe if they stop creating race and gender groups for statistics it would paint a different picture.
CS
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Post by I AM the Way on Nov 8, 2012 14:11:57 GMT -6
Nothing changes? I respectfully disagree, hoss. Everything changes, only the degree of change can be argued.
I agree with you, CS. Obama should have little excuse now that he's been re-elected. As for political capital and mandates... we'll see. I'll be watching along with everyone else. If Obama drops the ball, I'll speak up.
O'Reilly was talking about the difference between married and unmarried women regarding their voting habits. He could not figure out why single women didn't vote Republican. I have a few words for Bill O'Reilly: rape, abortion, contraception, equal pay, health care, and economic fairness.
Why the majority of older white men thought Romney was going to make a good president is beyond me. But demographics matter.
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Post by cortwilliams on Nov 8, 2012 17:28:03 GMT -6
I'm glad Obama won(voted for him early so fortunately no long lines), though I agree that we aren't likely to see a great deal of change in the next 4 years. Barring the dems getting control of the house in 2014 that is, and even then it's far from certain-Obama had a very friendly congress to work with the first two years, and it's debatable to what extent he really managed to capitalize on that. So, I'm thinking we pretty much stay on the course we are on. Which is frankly ok with me: It's the changes that Romney may or may not have successfully implemented that bothered me. That said, we've got some serious issues to deal with. Our human service programs are going broke and fast. Makes me wonder how other nations with a comparable level of prosperity manage to provide as many or more services without falling off the fiscal cliff. And then I remember to compare the proportion of national income being spent on defense spending, and it becomes a little more clear to me. That's one of three things about Ron Paul's ideas that I prefer to Obama's: 1. Isolationism(cheaper to run a country when one isn't the global policeman 2. Marijuana(tons of tax revenue, frees up jail and prison space, and IMO the government shouldn't police the substances adults choose to put in their body-but the states are making some progress on that individually) 3. Patriot Act-Repeal it. But then again, Paul also wants to largely dismantle the federal government and implement radical laissez-faire economic policy, so...no thanks. Obama for the win, even if I have a few reservations.
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Post by wren on Nov 8, 2012 17:31:02 GMT -6
I personally found Obama's reelection hilarious, mostly because of the Mormon supporters of Romney that I live around. People were in tears and I am once again surprised at how most of them really don't know what the hell was going on in the election anyway. They pick something they like about one candidate (In this case, Romney's religion) and then label the other as the devil himself. Either way, we'll see if Obama's up to another round. I hope so. Awake!
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Post by sin on Nov 10, 2012 10:47:12 GMT -6
I'm particularly interested in foreign policy and the indefinite detention issue. It appears Obama signed off on it, picking up where Bush left off. There's a fine line between offering Americans peace of mind, and creating excuses to increase more control and added legislation.
We shall see!
CS
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Post by talek on Nov 10, 2012 15:13:58 GMT -6
Being an Herald of the Old Gods, I personally don't care who or whom is in office, they are the same Jackasses or Donkeys, it just doesn't matter any more, that is why I voted for Jill Stein and the Green, the GREEN PARTY, HAIL CTHULHU!
TALEK HERALD OF THE OLD GODS!
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