Boy was I wrong...
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Yuri Zhivago
Mayor
Wulk
Mayor
That's life, Lukey - win some, lose some. Obama might not be one of your best Presidents, but, he is a darn sight better than Romney.
Romney, imho, would have been a disaster for the US, and the world. As I said, in the beginning of this race. Obama would win by default - none of the Rep candidates was a credible alternative to Obama. We can only hope that, Obama, in a second term, and beholden to no-one for re-election, will actually carry out his original promises.
One thing he should sort out is your voting system, perhaps make sure that there are enough poll stations for everyone to vote without having to stand in a queue for hours, and people aren't refused the right to vote for all sorts of weird reasons.
Romney, imho, would have been a disaster for the US, and the world. As I said, in the beginning of this race. Obama would win by default - none of the Rep candidates was a credible alternative to Obama. We can only hope that, Obama, in a second term, and beholden to no-one for re-election, will actually carry out his original promises.
One thing he should sort out is your voting system, perhaps make sure that there are enough poll stations for everyone to vote without having to stand in a queue for hours, and people aren't refused the right to vote for all sorts of weird reasons.
GordonGecko
President
Took a lot for you to write that Subject Line, Fonz
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zzigzzag
Guest
Now don't go following the example of your avatar guy, Lukey. He committed suicide because football season was over. (That's what his note said, anyway.) But his friends said otherwise.
Thompson's friends said he was in despair over the state of civil liberties and President George Bush's re-election in November.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/mar/03/usa.books
Thompson's friends said he was in despair over the state of civil liberties and President George Bush's re-election in November.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/mar/03/usa.books
Arkady
President
I was wrong, too. I listened to my "gut" -- which told me Obama would win most of the key swing states and the presidency, but that he couldn't take Virginia and Florida, which still retained too much of a Confederate mindset to go for him. I should have been more scientific and looked at the polling averages.
BRU
Mayor
Luke we may have been wrong about who would win, but we've never been wrong about the state of this country
Obama's re-election was a remarkable achievement given that
Americans are anything but enthusiastic about the state they're in: Only about 4
in 10 voters thought the economy is getting better, just one quarter thought
they're better off financially than four years ago and a little more than half
think the country is on the wrong track, exit polls showed.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-06-19-04-22
All we see here is that half the country decided to give him more time. It's by no means an approval of his first four years. I hope we survive it economically.
Obama's re-election was a remarkable achievement given that
Americans are anything but enthusiastic about the state they're in: Only about 4
in 10 voters thought the economy is getting better, just one quarter thought
they're better off financially than four years ago and a little more than half
think the country is on the wrong track, exit polls showed.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...11-06-19-04-22
All we see here is that half the country decided to give him more time. It's by no means an approval of his first four years. I hope we survive it economically.
Yuri Zhivago
Mayor
Yuri Zhivago
Mayor
MaryAnne
Governor
Thanks,Lukey,Classic act. No need to leave.
I was wrong too,to go off at you yesterday. In case you wonder,I actually made myself physically sick over this election.I was so wound up yesterday. Please accept my apology.
It is over and now we can begin to heal,all of us. I just hope the Congress will do the same. Mitt asked all to work together. They should listen.
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zzigzzag
Guest
He nailed everything but VA. Once again, his only miscalculation was the margin of victory....which he underestimated by a bit....again.
OldGaffer
Governor
Cerulean Mutt
Mayor
I'm still laughing: "Pennsylvania's in play!"
LeRoy_Was_Here
Senator
I continue to insist that Jon Huntsman would have given Barack Obama a much tougher race. At this point, there will be now be a Civil War within the Republican Party. Will the Tea Party continue their attempted purge of all the moderate Republicans, in the hopes of nominating an extremist candidate in 2016, or will the grownups in the Republican Party reassert control and dissociate themselves from the loonies and fanatics? Will be very interesting to watch!
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zzigzzag
Guest
Half of those people still don't believe he's a citizen, a Christian or a capitalist. Back to trusting polls again? Want to govern by them?
I was wrong, there were days when I felt MaryAnne's pastor would win out but that didn't happen.
Lukey, you don't know it but I admired you so much, you fought the fight when no one else would back you up. Last night President Obama said that is what we should hold onto, it is our God given right to argue what we believe and you did to the end.
I know how I would have felt if it went the other way, so I can put myself in your place today. Other Republicans on PJ may feel today they should have done more but not you for one single minute.
I just had to come on for a minute to say this.
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zzigzzag
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I continue to insist that Jon Huntsman would have given Barack Obama a much tougher race.
I continue to agree. He just didn't scare liberals enough for them. Romney did. I'm no longer dogged by visions of civil war brought on by Bush3....until Jeb's turn in 2016.
I continue to agree. He just didn't scare liberals enough for them. Romney did. I'm no longer dogged by visions of civil war brought on by Bush3....until Jeb's turn in 2016.
