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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:31 PM Dec 2016

#BREAKING Austria far-right concedes defeat in presidential race

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#BREAKING Austria far-right concedes defeat in presidential race

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/805447788481888256

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#BREAKING Austria far-right concedes defeat in presidential race (Original Post) hrmjustin Dec 2016 OP

Whew! Horse with no Name Dec 2016 #1

Thank God! And thank the sensible voters! SharonAnn Dec 2016 #6

That is a nice bright spot. SamKnause Dec 2016 #2

YESSSSSS!!!!! BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #3

Good! meow2u3 Dec 2016 #4

Whew ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #5

K&R... spanone Dec 2016 #7

A glimmer of hope... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #8

Halaluya. The world is not going crazy. wisteria Dec 2016 #9

No-- just us ailsagirl Dec 2016 #20

That's great news! eom LittleGirl Dec 2016 #10

sad it got that far rurallib Dec 2016 #11

Good! What a beautiful, civilized country Austria is. spooky3 Dec 2016 #12

Good news! Jeroen Dec 2016 #13

What an deep 'PHEW!' of relief!!! LeftishBrit Dec 2016 #14

Oh, Lord, what a relief! liberalhistorian Dec 2016 #15

YES! Woodamnwhoooooooo! lonestarnot Dec 2016 #16

Wonderful! Austria chose tolerance and moderation and Hortensis Dec 2016 #17

There was an Australian journalist on MSNBC nevergiveup Dec 2016 #18

Some unhappy internet trolls today. Very nice. Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #19

Thank God shenmue Dec 2016 #21

too bad that did not happen here Skittles Dec 2016 #22

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)

1. Whew!

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:35 PM

Dec 2016

We may all end up as Europeans again.

SharonAnn

(13,772 posts)

6. Thank God! And thank the sensible voters!

Reply to Horse with no Name (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:47 PM

Dec 2016

SamKnause

(13,101 posts)

2. That is a nice bright spot.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:36 PM

Dec 2016

I hope the momentum keeps going.

Too bad, too sad the U.S. fell for Trump's bullshit.

BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)

3. YESSSSSS!!!!!

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:37 PM

Dec 2016

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)

4. Good!

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:38 PM

Dec 2016

Good thing Austria saw through the far-right BS. Too bad Americans couldn't.

ismnotwasm

(41,976 posts)

5. Whew

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:40 PM

Dec 2016

spanone

(135,830 posts)

7. K&R...

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:08 PM

Dec 2016

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)

8. A glimmer of hope...

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:09 PM

Dec 2016

that people can open their eyes to what is going on around the world.

wisteria

(19,581 posts)

9. Halaluya. The world is not going crazy.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:23 PM

Dec 2016

ailsagirl

(22,896 posts)

20. No-- just us

Reply to wisteria (Reply #9)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 03:07 PM

Dec 2016

LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)

10. That's great news! eom

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:24 PM

Dec 2016

rurallib

(62,411 posts)

11. sad it got that far

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:25 PM

Dec 2016

spooky3

(34,444 posts)

12. Good! What a beautiful, civilized country Austria is.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:28 PM

Dec 2016

Glad it will stay that way.

Jeroen

(1,061 posts)

13. Good news!

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:33 PM

Dec 2016

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)

14. What an deep 'PHEW!' of relief!!!

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:06 PM

Dec 2016

liberalhistorian

(20,818 posts)

15. Oh, Lord, what a relief!

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:06 PM

Dec 2016

I was really worried about this one. Well, at least one western democracy has shown some fucking sense. I only hope and pray that France follows suit soon, but I'm not too hopeful on that account.

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

16. YES! Woodamnwhoooooooo!

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Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:09 PM

Dec 2016

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

17. Wonderful! Austria chose tolerance and moderation and

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 02:26 PM

Dec 2016

rejected the far right. We should be saying the same, and did, but lost. I'm so sad, but glad. Antisemitism has been very strong in Austria, so this rejection of extremist white nationalism is especially significant.

nevergiveup

(4,759 posts)

18. There was an Australian journalist on MSNBC

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 03:01 PM

Dec 2016

this morning who said Australian's were obsessed with America's presidential election. Maybe the shock of seeing what happened here had an affect. It would be nice to think that maybe something positive came out of the fiasco here.