Election 2012 open thread
By Josh Richman
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 at 6:52 pm in 2012 Assembly election, 2012 Congressional Election, 2012 presidential election, 2012 State Senate election, 2012 U.S. Senate election.
OK, have at it in the comments, readers – just remember to keep it clean, and avoid personal attacks on each other.
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November 6th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Updated as of 7:45 pm, PST:
Barack Obama is going to win both the popular vote as well as the Electoral College — it appears I was not “liberal” enough in my projection as he just might take NC in addition to the other states I stated he would — for a total of 347 to 191 for Romnuts.
Even so, the votes are not even counted yet and John Boehner has said “mandate be damned — no new taxes on the wealthy!” even though that is THE linchpin of the Obama campaign.
Can we say “neo-fascist dictator” Boehner? Can I get an amen?
November 6th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Gonna be tough ****y,
Right there in the capitol city.
Meet the new Obama.
Same as the old Obama.
Feckless.
November 6th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
@2 –
Move to Canada, you clueless, fascist, @$$hole loser.
Get out of OUR way.
The (as you called him) Hafrican Socialist just won the power to lock you up (for another four years), if he (and WE) so decide.
November 6th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Please! It’s HALFRICAN! Try to pay attention!
And remember what your doctor said about getting excited when you’re off your meds!
paranoia
par·a·noi·a
[par-uh-noi-uh]
noun
1.
Psychiatry . a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
2.
baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.
November 6th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Time for General Pelosi who led the dimmiecrats to their greatest defeat in 40 years to just fade away.
November 6th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
@2 –
Oh, by the way…
You were WRONG.
S.T.F.U.
No one needs to hear yet more BUL*SHI* coming out of your fascist mouth.
The President-Elect won despite a majority of:
Heterosexual
Married
Elder
White
Married
White
Male
Fathers
voting for Romnuts.
“Father [NO LONGER] knows best”.
Go into your hide-y hole, or move to Canada, or STFU.
November 6th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Well, now I can stop my liberal bedwetting. TruthClubber wins the predictions game.
November 6th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
@7 –
And it WASN’T luck, was it, Johnny W?
November 6th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Man, Truthclubber, you really are an incredibly angry, foul-mouthed piece of work. You’re incapable of showing the slightest grace, even when several folks go out of their way to acknowledge the accuracy of your prediction. Talk about a sore winner.
November 6th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
@9 –
I was right (and you and other fascists) were wrong — so STFU. Your dictator, John Boehner, has already said that this overwhelming NATIONAL decision on who should be our leader for the next four years doesn’t mean squat when it comes to who pays more in taxes — so who is out of touch? Fascists like Y-O-U.
November 6th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
@ 9
He’s gone off his meds and seems to be on a crystal meth jag.
It will wear off eventually or kill him, one or the other.
Oh, by the way. I don’t recall anyone other than him making predictions. So he’s the BIG WINNER!
November 6th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Ifg you make more than $200K as an individual (or $250K as a household) — get ready to pay the same Fed tax rate as you paid under:
Hoover, NO!
Roosevelt, NO!
Truman, NO!
Eisenhower, NO!
Kennedy, NO!
Johnson, NO!
Nixon, NO!
Ford, NO!
Reagan, NO!
Bush the Elder, NO!
Clinton, YES!
Oh, the horror, the horror!
Oh, the humanity!
November 6th, 2012 at 9:37 pm
@11 –
No one else on this blog (and YOU were the best example) had the balls to put your reputation out there with any kind of numeric prediction, and allow people to judge whether you were filled with truth, or merely filled with self-aggrandizing BUL*SHI* — and as the Italians would say, you (Elwood) are a “manure cannoli”.
STFU and move to Canada where you belong…
November 6th, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Truthclubber — ENOUGH. Perhaps you didn’t read my post: “avoid personal attacks on each other.” You’ve gloated sufficiently; post again if you have facts to add, but keep it clean or I’ll block you out.
November 6th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Josh –
You think that @4 is NOT a “personal attack” on me?
You think that @9 is NOT a “personal attack: on me?
You think that @11 is NOT a “personal attack” on me?
I await your professional response to EACH.
November 6th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Truthclubber, you lost your right to complain the moment you posted #3 — and this is not a debate.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
@16 –
Some free advice:
Don’t ever actually run for office — just stay on the sidelines where (as a referee) it is safe.
Sorry if that hurts — but the truth often does.
Your blog needs my comments (for readership interest) far more than I need the emotional outlet for venting…especially given your paper’s business model.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:22 pm
delusions of grandeur
noun
a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
@17 – Should’ve read my bio on this very blog, TC: “an unabashed political junkie who will never, EVER seek elected office.” This blog is my job, and I’ll administer it as I see fit.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Secretary of results on the ballot propositions and Congressional races seem to be pretty slow coming in. But it looks like McNerney is surviving; Stark not.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Er, that’s Secretary of State.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:29 pm
Obama appointments should be interesting. Hillary earlier indicated she wouldn’t stick around for a second term but has hedged on that more recently. Eric Holder doesn’t plan to stay. Ben Bernanke has said he won’t stay when his current term is up.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
We’re awaiting the vans that gather the results through out the county. They tend to hit at the same time. So, while we’re experiencing a high volume of returns, it is difficult to stop the whole process to do updates. Sorry.
The nature of accumulating results, stopping to do an update, moving those results to a separate server, and then moving the results off of that server to a remote site, simply takes time.
November 6th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
@19 –
Never, EVER seek political office? Yawn. (And I’m being polite.)
November 6th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Re: 23 Steve Weir
No criticism intended. The pace seems to be similar statewide, based on SOS website.
November 6th, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Oh God, please bless America.
November 6th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
50/50
Hardly a mandate.
November 7th, 2012 at 12:04 am
Re 27
I’d like to think that it IS a mandate — for all sides to find common ground on the most important issues instead of just vanquishing the other half and saying “my way or the highway.”
November 7th, 2012 at 12:08 am
Re 26
“Oh God, please bless America.”
Yes, She could start by putting a muzzle on Donald Trump.
November 7th, 2012 at 11:49 am
Now, John!
Trump and one of our frequent posters are good buddies!
November 7th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Well, the stock market is certainly looking forward to four more years of bumbling ineptitude and uncertainty.
Dow down about 300 all morning.
November 7th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Elwood,nice try on the stock market angle. As I recall, the market (and my nest egg) went up quite a bit under four years of POTUS. It’s mostly about rumblings in Germany and the rest of Europe; and probably also about the Fiscal Cliff. If POTUS and the GOP don’t get down to business on the Fiscal Cliff, down 300 will seem like a picnic.
November 7th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
I would say the market rose in spite of, not because of, the leadership of the chosen one.
November 8th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Dow down another 120 today.
Yes, I know, Europe, fiscal cliff, blah, blah, blah.
I can understand the big banks reluctance to put the blame on their trepidation at the idea of four more years of the same bumbling feckless leadership of the chosen one.
They’re not that stupid, you know?
November 8th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Re 33
I’ve heard this for the past 8 years. Every time the market took a dip, it was Obama’s fault. But every time there was a big single day jump, or the sustained 8 year rise, we hear nothing but the Sounds of Silence.
Historically, the stock market has done better under Democratic administrations. Again, I don’t claim “cause and effect,” just lack of any evidence that the market has done better under Republicans. Same is true of job growth. Since 1952, much more job growth under Dems.
November 8th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
@ 95
“I’ve heard this for the past 8 years.”
Geez, I didn’t realize the chosen one had reigned for that long.
I thought it just seemed like it. Time flies when you’re having fun.
November 8th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
35?
November 8th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Oops! For the past four years. I guess the market went up so much during Obama’s term that I just figured it must have taken 8 years.