Seventh Pup Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Very happy with the results so far. In Washington State, we mail in our ballots, this makes counting ballots takes days, but is very effective at getting people to vote (something like, over 80% of voters actually voted in WA), however so far it looks like we may be the first state to legalize Marijuana, and the first state to approve gay marriage by popular vote. I am thrilled and hope the returns continue to favor this trend as more ballots are counted. So yay for President Obama, and locally I am proud of my state. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli Fury Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 sorry 7th, Maryland and Maine got there first with approving gay marriage and I believe Colorado beat you on marijuana. All that slow counting deprived your state of firstness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wedge Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I really really really want for Obama, at his next press conference, to lean against the lectern with a smirk and tell the audience"I have earned a lot of political capital in this election, and I intend to spend it. Because that's how I operate. I accumulate political capital and then I spend it". Then smile and wink at the camera and walk off. Please make this happen.That might have been my favorite moment of the W presidency. It was as if he had just learned the term "Political Capital" and was determined to show it off for the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman of the North Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 So any predictions on whether or not Reid is going to scrap filibuster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 RBPL,The 22nd Amendment prohibits Obama being *elected* President again. It doesn't stop him from *being* President again.(The issue is a controversial one though, and you'd certainly see a court challenge against VP candidate Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, or Barack Obama).No, you cannot be Veep if you are Constitutionally unqualified to hold the office of President. US Const. amend. XII. The "elected" sqirm is weak at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsputnik Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Which forces me to ask the million dollar question; where did these people get the idea Australia is some kind of conservative paradise? A simple Google search would dispel this notion.I think it represents a frontier myth of rugged independence that no longer really exists (since you have to be slightly nutty in the first place to live more than 200 miles from the coast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frog Eater Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That might have been my favorite moment of the W presidency. It was as if he had just learned the term "Political Capital" and was determined to show it off for the press.I didn't like it much at all. It drove a dagger in my gut. And his smirk made me sick. I really really really want Obama to give the same speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormund Ukrainesbane Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 This should score AZ some progressive points.We appear (not all votes in yet) to have elected a Mormon Bisexual Democrat to Congress. (first openly bisexual congressperson)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrsten_SinemaThis in a race where the libertarian candidate pulled 6% of the vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Sweeping 2012 Victories Show Promise Of LGBT Equality’s Future I hope the GOP abandons its homophobic bullshit, misogyny and race baiting. A small comfort is its continual nomination of robots like Romney and human jokes like Akin/Palin/Murdock has ensured that we will have so many laughs along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventh Pup Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 sorry 7th, Maryland and Maine got there first with approving gay marriage and I believe Colorado beat you on marijuana. All that slow counting deprived your state of firstnessI guess that's what I get for listening to local news. Still very proud that in the first election that these issues came to vote they passed. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danm_999 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I think it represents a frontier myth of rugged independence that no longer really exists (since you have to be slightly nutty in the first place to live more than 200 miles from the coast).Also the fact that we use the metric system would be a pretty severe shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Just a reminder to those eagerly awaiting a Republican shift to the left on social issues: Republican economic policy is, as ever, made of unicorns, fairy dust, and dreams. I know what you want Republican fiscal policy to be, but theirs ain't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 So now that the GOP grand plan of making Obama a one term president didn't work I think they will instead work for the good of the American people. Just kidding. God I love the GOP spin machine after you spend the entire year and 1/2 calling Obama every dirty name under the sun the reason why Romney lost is because his small town Wholesomeness just couldn’t compete with Barry’s Chicago style politics. Seriously fuck you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Just a reminder to those eagerly awaiting a Republican shift to the left on social issues: Republican economic policy is, as ever, made of unicorns, fairy dust, and dreams. I know what you want Republican fiscal policy to be, but theirs ain't it.Oh, I know the party is pretty much a joke on humanity in all its policies. But I can accept people being somewhat deluded on economic issues without thinking they are scum.In fact, I even get [but disagree on] the pro-life thing. But the misogyny they work into this position is a huge problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome possum Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 So, any chance that the media escapes this without egg on their face? The race, from what I can see, wasn't really close. Obama won handily in EV and PV, Democrats won handily in the Senate and even picked up a few House seats, and most of the progressive referendums won.Yet, if you listened to any media outlet the last few months, it was always too close to call even despite the numbers very clearly showing the opposite.Do they actually have to face the consequences of throwing fact in the wind for the sake of ratings? Or do they get to keep playing their dangerous game?so, if house votes down PR statehood, is that sufficient to break the GOP forever, given the rising proportion of hispanophone voters?I'm not sure if it will be a massive break against the GOP, as from what I've seen in my life, many Mexicans feel hatred and jealousy toward Puerto Ricans (and vice versa, minus the jealousy) so they might not be very concerned about the GOP denying PR statehood.Ha ha ha ha, now that they've lost, all of a sudden Fox News bobbleheads are expressing deep concern about electronic voting machines. Hey assholes: Diebold. Fuck you fuck you fuck you, you lying scumbags. May you wander in the political desert gnawing on your livers and wailing and gnashing your teeth for the next forty years.I knew last night around 9 pm that it wasn't going well for Fox when they were focusing on potential voter fraud instead of relaying how terrible things were going for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCrannogDweller Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The 22nd Amendment prohibits Obama being *elected* President again. It doesn't stop him from *being* President again.No, you cannot be Veep if you are Constitutionally unqualified to hold the office of President. US Const. amend. XII. The "elected" sqirm is weak at best. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that amendment only apply to consecutive elections? Couldn't Obama run for president in 2020 (hypothetically)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Well they can't really say the election is decided now stop watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosciuszko Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 They quit counting votes last night so the people actually doing it could sleep apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazydog7 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that amendment only apply to consecutive elections? Couldn't Obama run for president in 2020 (hypothetically)?No two term limit. Funny how we do it for POTUS and not the Congress or senete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 So is Florida not decided yet?I think that there are people still in line to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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