hamilton Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Associated Press reports that Kerry has apparently conceded defeat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 ... although, that doesn't mean that the vote count stops in Ohio, just that the party apparently won't contest anything (I think?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I'm thinking that Osama's 'endorsment' of Kerry was a little reverse psychology and may well have been the straw that broke the donkey's back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 A Bush win is exactly what Osama bin-Laden wants, anyway... helps his recruitment strategy enormously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting so much resistance from behind I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down What a field-day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say, hooray for our side It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid You step out of line, the man come and take you away We better stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, hey, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, now, what's that sound Everybody look what's going down Stop, children, what's that sound Everybody look what's going dow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Really? Did democracy really *fail* Americans? Or are they simply currently less progressive and more conservative than we had hoped? Well I guess that's the question isn't it... I guess time will tell. Let's see what Michael Moore has to say. I know one thing if for sure, it doesn't look good if polling booths in swing states were running out of ballets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I'm very dissapointed. All accounts say that the "youth" vote didn't come out...which is assumed to be Kerry's. The US is certainly a divided country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Really? Did democracy really *fail* Americans? Or are they simply currently less progressive and more conservative than we had hoped? Well I guess that's the question isn't it... I guess time will tell. Let's see what Michael Moore has to say. I know one thing if for sure, it doesn't look good if polling booths in swing states were running out of ballets. agreed, although it's important to consider that they're saying last night had the largest voter turn-out since 1960. the more important question - as far as a failure in democracy goes - would be, did they turn people away because of a lack of ballots? I've heard nothing of that sort so far and neither side is suggesting foul play at the booths (so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 unfu©king ::believable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Nobodies even considering the possibility that onscreen voting was jimmied for a Bush victory? Maybe I'm grasping for strws here, but I really don't want to think that Americans are that stupid. Exit polls and last minute projections were all Kerry, then the votes go blatantly Bush's way. He cheated. Let's just hope he gives up the job in 2008 and Jeb doesn't run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 the mayan calender predicts the end of the world to be in the year 2012. i say it will be within the next four years. Glad i'm not an American. Who want to bet we see another Nixon-esque impeachment/resignation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 they're that stupidhe cant cheat half the votes - maybe some ya - but most of that country looked pretty fu©king red everytime i looked at the results map last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 This is obviously really sad and dissapointing from my perspective.. but not all that surprising. a lot of americans really think they need bush to 'finish the job' in Iraq, and are trusting that he's brought them there with the goal and intent to leave things the right way. A lot of general populus Bush supporters are quite aware of their perception abroad, and think that he is in there for the right reasons and he is the only one who is going to fix the situation. I hope they're right. ps- nice avatar choix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 a lot of americans really think they need bush to 'finish the job' in Iraq, and are trusting that he's brought them there with the goal and intent to leave things the right way. Americans... Like this guy. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 "he cant cheat half the votes - maybe some ya" He didn't have to cheat half the votes, only a few to put him well over the top. Ah well. This makes me wish I believed in heaven and hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Sanchez Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Sadly Stapes there are also many Americans who you would never bet subscribe to the sh!t that Bush is pushing. At an American festival last year (in Vermont for christ sake) I spent 5 hours in intense debate with a bunch of "heady Bush suporters" ( I should add that not one person took my side) who thought that their health care system made perfect sense, sink or swim, and fu©k everyone dying in Africa. Unfortunately its not just the redneck texans we'd like to think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 As you know Pablo, I've had similar experiences. A bunch of hippies telling me in all seriousness that love him or hate him, Bush is the only man for the job. Funny, 'cuz it seems to me (and the rest of the world?) that he's fu©ked up everything he's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Sadly Stapes there are also many Americans who you would never bet subscribe to the sh!t that Bush is pushing. At an American festival last year (in Vermont for christ sake) I spent 5 hours in intense debate with a bunch of "heady Bush suporters" ( I should add that not one person took my side) who thought that their health care system made perfect sense, sink or swim, and fu©k everyone dying in Africa. Unfortunately its not just the redneck texans we'd like to think it is. If I ever end up in a conversation with an American who puts down Canada for "socialized medicine", I think my response will be something like, "You're absolutely right! I mean, if you socialize medicine, what's next? Socialized education? Socialized policing? Socialized firefighting? Socialized national defence? Gad, when will it stop?!?" (If any of you should happen to end up in such a conversation, feel free to use that idea...) I'd also mention a piece I saw on TV about how tens of billions of dollars (I think that was the figure) could be saved by the medical industry simply by having every insurance company use the same forms. They showed a clinic with a 2' x 4' desk unit with cubbyholes for all the forms they needed to deal with all the different insurance companies. Aloha, BRAD (Bush Rabidly Attacks Democracy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I'm shocked around the office today at how may of my co-workers wanted Bush to win. I'm shocked because I thought they were somewhat like me and they certainly aren't stupid. If the majority of the people in my office are Bush supporters then maybe the US is divided that way as well. So damn sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I'm shocked around the office today at how may of my co-workers wanted Bush to win. I'm shocked because I thought they were somewhat like me and they certainly aren't stupid. If the majority of the people in my office are Bush supporters then maybe the US is divided that way as well. So damn sad. That is sad. Around my office, everyone is in sad disbelief about the results. I don't know how I'd react if people around here were celebrating Bush's victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Hey Velvet - i was just meaning that at least half of americans are that stupid because they actually did vote for him - he couldnt have faked them. I wouldnt be the least bit surprised if it comes out somehow that he rigged the rest. i'm just pissed off - and seriously confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 F@CKITY,F@CKIN,F@CKED UP SH!T.....not only are none of them dead but they're in charge again....WTF?!! Well I am now convinced that I will see nuclear bombs being dropped in my lifetime. F@cking religious,zealot, morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I'm listening to Kerry's concession speech right now... I so want this guy to be president. Imagine... an intelligent, compassionate and well spoken man in the white house. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 woe is me. tuktoyuktuk here i come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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