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(15,438 posts)were crowing, just weeks before election day that Romney would win by at least 300 EV a - they claimed - was a LANDSLIDE.
MADem
(135,425 posts)InsultComicDog
(1,209 posts)bigtree
(85,987 posts). . . not even close!
calimary
(81,220 posts)Oh, the ignominy of it all...
robbob
(3,527 posts)...sorry to rain on the parade , but Obamas "landslide" is at least partly due to the "winner take all" nature of our democracy.
47% (ironic as it may be) still means that almost HALF of the electorate voted for Romney. That, to me, is a sad and telling indictment re: the intelligence of the average American voter. What kind of idiot would have voted for that walking piece of shit?
OTOH, I find it VERY encouraging how the various non-angry-white voters skewed so heavily in favour of Obama. Maybe the USA no longer belongs to angry white bigots? Speaking as an angry old white guy myself, one can only hope...
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)i agree with you on at least 2 observations... first that a candidate of Willard's caliber got that many votes truly terrifies me.. that i put at the feet of an inept press, and the right wing entertainment complex..
secondly you are among Friends, i continue to be embarrassed by our mutual demographic.. been wearing my campaign shirts and bumper stickers, gets comments from younger folks..
bonniebgood
(940 posts)by 10-20%, long lines people went home, people who did not vote due to Sandy Storm, you could
effectively say only about 37% of America actually voted for Romney, the same percentage of him approval rating.
CTyankee
(63,903 posts)I am a married white woman and hubby is an old white guy and we've never had a problem with being Liberals!
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)U.S. Total
OBAMA = 64,444,805 50.80%
Romney = 60,265,579 0.475%
OTH 2,154,904 1.70%
2008 131,313,820
2012 126,865,288
calimary
(81,220 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Response to msanthrope (Reply #7)
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calimary
(81,220 posts)Just because our side didn't win back a full-on majority, outright, doesn't mean there wasn't still a NET GAIN.
They... what? Let me hear it, now - LOST. They LOST. Repeat after me. What'd they do? They LOST. Gimme an "L." Gimme an "O." Gimme an "S." Gimme a "T" - the sweetest, too, because since 2010 "T" stood for teabaggers. Now it's OURS. They LOST.
They lost in all three Washington realms:
The White House
The Senate - we EXTENDED our lead there - UNLIKE what they did in the House
AND the House of Representatives.
They may have kept the House, BUT - our final score is TWO keeps and ONE net gain. Whereas their final score is only ONE keep and TWO net losses. People need to be reminded of that. Let's show the republi-CONS who's boss here, and put them in their place - where they belong. In the LOSERS column.
It's all in the framing.
A highly annoying majority, even on our side, is forgetting or otherwise neglecting to point the last third of that three-way win. Not enough on our side are steadily and repeatedly reminding everyone from the chattering class outward, AND republi-CONS they know and know of, that the GOP LOST seats in the House. Let's all remember that. They did not gain a single one. Their majority was not enlarged and reaffirmed. On the contrary! It was decreased and weakened, PARTICULARLY considering the loss of two of their biggest marquee-name, camera-hogging teabagger freshmen, two of their best and noisiest point-men, the two biggest and most extreme and offensive and in-yer-face loudmouths they had on the team: joe walsh and allen west. Yep, those two were both so fabulous and acquitted themselves so damn well that they got their asses shown the door after only ONE term. EPIC FAIL! PLUS another couple of wannabe loudmouths they were hoping to add in the Senate, richard mourdock and todd akin, whose loud mouths turned out to render them both nonstarters who couldn't even get in the front door. Yet another very high-profile FAIL.
This was NOT any reassertion or underscoring of their majority. That majority today is not nearly as robust as it was two years ago, and is now more anemic with both of its two front fangs removed. Yes, technically, the GOP still does have what's left of one, and we oughta add "just barely!" whenever it comes up for discussion. They may still be ahead there, but we're gaining on them. Their lead is much less. The momentum is OURS. And we need to be gutsy and build on it and reconfirm in voters' minds that they're getting their money's worth as far as strong and respectable representation. That needs to be said, read, and spread!
That message needs to be out there, and rather vigorously! And on repeat - because it's necessary.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)I believe we are all (R) in the house and 1 of each in the senate.
I saw only (R) commercials in the days leading up to the election.
liberalla
(9,239 posts)Stargleamer
(1,989 posts)and Romney is about to dip below 47.5%
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AjYj9mXElO_QdHpla01oWE1jOFZRbnhJZkZpVFNKeVE&f=true&noheader=true&gid=19
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(10,597 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)... Obama would take less than two states. I suggested a bet of $10,000, which he initially accepted, and then hedged. He finally backed off to Obama simply losing and the bet was lunch.
He welched. Bastard.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)It was annoying that the media kept pretending so they could continue their cash cow to the bitter end.
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)It WAS thrilling to watch Alan West and Joe Walsh get dumped, and it nearly happened to Bachmann. My fervent prayer for 2014 is to see her go, but also here in CA Darrell Issa and Dana Rohrabacher must be exited. Good to see Dan Lundgren voted out, but these 2 snakes (Issa and Rohrabacher) are gonna be big headaches for a couple of years. They're obstructionist blowhards to the Nth degree and both have been on the wrong side of the law fer crying out loud.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)I voted for Mr. Rocky Anderson in red, red TX.
You won't fool me again, Mr. Obama.
malthaussen
(17,187 posts)... the fact that 45% of them voted for Romney anyway is discouraging.
-- Mal
SLY KAT
(6 posts)CHECK OUT MY REASON WHY I AGREE IT WASNT EVEN CLOSE.....I DID A MUSICAL PROJECT ENTITLED "VOTE OR DIE TRYIN". I HOPE YOU ENJOY!
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)fasttense
(17,301 posts)I'm so very tired of supposed "news" analysts saying how very closer the race was.
No it wasn't. It never was close even with Mitt's surge after the first debate.
As soon as someone says the race was close I stop listening and know they are a fool.
fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts)I'm sure no slight was intended!
I'm told our collective vote is the margin of victory!