Reason Live Tweets 2012 Election Night. Now!

This is it, folks. Election Night. We're getting a new president! (Or four more years of the old one!) And some senators. And some dog catchers! Whoo!

Settle in for snark, news, and analysis from the Reason staff. We'll be tweeting until we can't tweet anymore. 

Comments

[Archduke Pantsfan]

This will not end well.

[0x90]

This will not end well tonight.

[nicole]

This will not end well or tonight.

[SIV]

It better end early. I have an air boat to catch in the AM.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Early 2013, yes.

[The Bearded Hobbit]

cnn.com headline gives Vermont to Romney, their graphic shows the opposite.

... Hobbit

[Bam!]

CNN? That thing still around?

[The Bearded Hobbit]

I got disgusted with them actively shunning the third parties, then USAToday.com went to total shit. I'm open for a suggested news site (other than Reason 24/7, of course!)

... Hobbit

[Nephilium]

The Google site is pretty good, and shows the stats and percentages.

[A Serious Man]

So I was watching some talking head on CNN describing the battleground states and the phrases he used (Obama trying to block Romney in VA and PA while making a stand in Ohio) makes me think this whole election would be better if Obama and Romney just played a winner-take-all version of Risk.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

The Ukraine is not weak!

[Sudden]

North America is the easiest continent to hold. That bodes well for Obama.

[mr simple]

Are you joking? Australia only has one entry point and South America only has two. Both much easier to hold than North America.

[Groovus Maximus]

Damn Straight!

[A Serious Man]

Yes, but Romney has Santorum on his side, who knows that if you attack the Ukraine from behind Greece will help.

[sloopyinca]

The Ukraine is not weak!

It's a road apple.

[Groovus Maximus]

Not surprisingly, this episode of "Seinfeld" is not super popular in UKR, from what I understand. -)

[The Bearded Hobbit]

Always go for Australia!

... Hobbit

[Big 'Orra]

You sunk my battleship!

Ooops, wrong game...

[Anonymous Coward]

Australia breakout?

Can we send Obama and Romney to Australia with a gallon of water and a knife and whoever makes it back gets to be President?

[EDG reppin' LBC]

I'm streaming the BloombergTV election night coverage, while making dinner. I don't think I can handle any of the cable news/network news sites. I figure this pork roast will be ready around 5:30. The wife and I will enjoy dinner, she's going to study, and I will go to the local watering hole for bourbon, and salty ham tears.

Gary Johnson 2012!

[sloopyinca]

Stave?

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Nope. Baddeley's.

[sloopyinca]

I wonder if that Masshole that relocated to Long Island ever got over his shock at how we talked about guns so openly. I especially got a kick when he said, "I've held a gun before, I think." Fucker lives in a post-Apocalyptic hurricane war zone and it didn't even occur to him that being armed is a good idea.

[sloopyinca]

We may be down Thursday, by the way. We're out to PHX Friday morning, so I'm thinking of getting down there the night before...unless you want to come up here over the weekend and watch our menagerie.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Paultard?

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Not a 'tard, but I would have voted for him. Went with GJ instead.

[sloopyinca]

I really wish they'd move election day to sometime in baseball season or on a football night. I've only got so many Brady Bunch episodes DVR'd to get me through tonight.

[A Serious Man]

I'm actaully glad I'm working a late shift tonight, I can find out info from my phone without having to watch any of of the punditry.

[sloopyinca]

We've actually decided to watch MSNBC and Foxnews until it looks like it's going one way or the other. If Obama looks like the winner, we'll switch exclusively to Fox and to MSNBC if Romney is up. We're really hoping for a meltdown one way or the other. And although we both voted for Johnson, we're secretly hoping for a Romney win since the deliciousness of Matthews and Maddow's tears are allegedly sweeter than the blood of a ovulating unicorn.

[A Serious Man]

I agree 1000%. We have a TV in the breakroom so hopefully I can sneak back there on my break and get a good whiff of failure and indignation from Matthew, Maddow, Schultz and co should O go down.

[Mensan]

Great minds, alike they think. After Matthews' reaction to Obama's first debate performance, I'm half way expecting him to cut his wrists and take a bottle of Ambien? live on air if Obama loses.

[sloopyinca]

I'm hoping his meltdown is more animated. I'd like him to jump up on the table and smack Ed Schultz in the head with a 12" rubber phallus and then go all Budd Dwyer as the cops corner him.

[Bam!]

What's with Maddow's makeup? The area around her eyes is noticeably whiter than her face.

[sloopyinca]

She's trying to fit in with Ohio women voters, so she got a pair of Oakley blades and spent all afternoon in a tanning bed with them on.

[Joe M]

Oh, there is that. I may turn on the TV late for some salty ham tears.

[Karl Hungus]

the deliciousness of Matthews and Maddow's tears are allegedly sweeter than the blood of a ovulating unicorn.

NICE.

[hamilton]

I know, right? H&R is like goddam Faulkner some times.

[Skip]

Todd Akin winning would be pretty funny too.

[Rights-Minimalist Autocrat]

I think I'm going to put in Saints Row: The Third and just run over people.

[Joe M]

Who the hell watches TV for results? I want a map, snarky commentary at H&R, and no bullshit.

[RBS]

I'm rewatching the X-Files on netflix.

[Ted S.]

I'm watching the Constance Bennett movies on TCM.

[AuH2O]

Dude, the Brady Bunch sucks way worse than this election. Hogan's Heroes, on the other hand...

[Rich]

Two words: Green Acres.

[Mad Scientist]

Petticoat Junction!

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Canadian Netflix has Newsradio.
so long, suckers.

[Anonymous Coward]

Watching "A History of Violence." May follow up with "Eastern Promises." It just feels like a David Cronenberg kind of day.

[SIV]

Shivers

Mix some classic Cronenberg in there.

[Anonymous Coward]

When you say "classic", I think Scanners.

[Mensan]

If I wasn't on narcotics right now, I'd be drinking.

[SIV]

If I WAS on narcotics right now I would definitely be drinking. There is a lot to be said for synergy and I have a high natural tolerance.

[Spoonman.]

Voted my straight Libertarian ticket.

For some reason both of the PA state house candidates (no L candidate) were at my polling place.

[sloopyinca]

Did you swear at them in a menacing manner?

[Spoonman.]

No, my wife was with me so I decided not to manipulate them into fisticuffs fighting for my vote by placing it just out of their reach.

[sloopyinca]

Pussy.

[Gojira]

Sez the man who fled into a women's fabrics store in an effort to flee a cop he might possibly have been slightly rude to.

; )

[sloopyinca]

Dammit, Jim. I'm an auctioneer not a psychopath.

[db]

That would have been sweet just to get a picture of a signe reading "my vote" on the end of a string on a long stick being held over their heads.

[Sudden]

Matthews just accused the Romney campaign of racism... again. Jesus, this guy is such a fucking ass.

[DJF]

If Obama loses the Mathews will scream racism over and over again at the camera until he breaks down sobbing. Its the only word he knows now.

[Anonymous Coward]

If Obama loses, they'd better hide the bleach, or Chrissy may drink himself to death (expeditiously).

[VG Zaytsev]

When all you've got is a hammer...

[juris imprudent]

...repeatedly slamming your dick with it is still not a good idea.

[Spoonman.]

Instead of following every result coming in, I'm doing something far less frustrating: putting up crown molding.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

...I'm doing something far less frustrating: putting up crown molding.

No matter how many times I cut this piece, it never gets longer.

[0x90]

"Bill, could you go out in the trailer and get me the board-stretcher?"

[Spoonman.]

Seriously, I figured out how to get it to end gracefully into the 49-degree stairway ceiling (you need to cut at 41 degrees), but I can't get this goddamn piece the right length.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Just another trip to the chop saw...

[VG Zaytsev]

Do it with two pieces of molding.

[Longtorso]

"In victory, you deserve Champagne, in defeat, you need it."
--Napoleon

[sloopyinca]

"Stay home and eat all the freaking chips, Kip."
-Napoleon Dynamite

[Rights-Minimalist Autocrat]

"Ouch."
--Napoleon McCallum

[hamilton]

Has anyone made the oblig where is Lucy tweet yet?

Also, I just got home a little bit ago. WTF is up with Sullum today? Christ what a picture.

[sloopyinca]

Has anyone made the oblig where is Lucy tweet yet?

She's always here with us...in our hearts...

[Joe M]

Yeah, pretty horrific, but hey, maybe more people need to see it in order to wake up to the horrors of the drug war.

[hamilton]

Lots of people need to face up to the realities of colon cancer too, but I'm not tweeting any pictures of anybody's asshole all over the place.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

You're no fun

[Groovus Maximus]

Meh.

[SIV]

I'd guess Lucy is job hunting, contemplating discount travel and looking into grad school options.

Just like many other young people with useless degrees in the Great Obama-Bush Depression

[Paul.]

WTF is up with Sullum today? Christ what a picture.

What, Sullum isn't allowed to feel the crushing feelings of despair?

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Balko's tweeting election cocktail recipes.

[SIV]

Let's hope the American people follow Matt Welch's example and give some employees their walking papers.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Too soon, man.

[SIV]

How long till the inevitable first Weigel guest Tweet?

[Mike M.]

If it ever happens, not long enough.

[Mike M.]

It didn't take Indiana too long to rectify its horrendous mistake four years ago. Here's hoping several orher states follow their lead.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Were ObamaPhones handed out in South Carolina?

Seriously, what in the hell is going on in my home state.

[Sudden]

Probably the only precincts reporting so far are in the "urban" areas.

Because clearly, only racism can explain Mitt's success with white folk, while only good efficient govt can explain Obama's far more overwhelming edge with black folk.

[Question of Auban]

Dr. Sowell once made a great comment pointing out how Democrats have run majority black areas for quite some time and they are not doing so well for some odd reason.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Republican obstructionism obviously

[Question of Auban]

Same thing that happened to Florida - Yankee retirees.

[RBS]

Dude, Orangeburg County...

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I know, I just was a bit perplexed. I hail from Horry County..

[RBS]

Me too

[SIV]

Lotta Yankees down on the coast. The Upstate keeps the Palmetto State free.

[Calidissident]

I don't know if I'd go quite so far as to describe South Carolina as a bastion of freedom

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Try living in the Northeast or Midwest...

Youll appreciate the Social Cons in the South once you experience Northern Progressives.

[SIV]

Can children purchase Class III fireworks in California?

[Heroic Mulatto]

I find it amusing that there are no age restrictions on purchasing firearms in NH. I'm tempted to give my 6-year-old daughter 300 bucks and have her go to the gun store to buy a gun. I'd record the whole transaction and post on Youtube for super lulz.

[johnl]

Yes do this.

[Auscifer]

+1,000,000 dislikes

[Calidissident]

Exactly where did I say California was a bastion of freedom? What do you think my name means? Though I will say I'm glad the cops hear don't care about marijuana as much as the cops in SC do (though we still have a ton of room for improvement in that area, let alone everything else)

[Question of Auban]

"One day someone will write a thesis on how Sharpton became a respected political commentator. P.S interns are useful for typos (thanks John)"

Respected by whom?

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

He makes my leg tingle.

[Mensan]

Man, I really want a drink! Hey, Groovus, how bad would it be to mix bourbon and Vicodin?

[Paul.]

Gold drank?

[Joe M]

Bad idea. Vicodin has acetaminophen in it, which doesn't play well with booze.

[Mensan]

I'm well aware. I was being facetious, but thanks for looking out for me.

[SIV]

What's the good of having a healthy liver if you don't challenge it now and then?

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

How about Maxalt and tequila?

[Mensan]

I know you can't take that with MAOIs, but I think alcohol will just make you drowsy.

[Groovus Maximus]

Not a good idea, you don't mix booze and APAP. Gives ya liver damage.

Caveat Emptor. -))

[Pagan Priestess]

We're drinking moonshine bottled LAST election...so our livers will be fine, but we may not be able to see in the morning.

[db]

Green Flash West Coast IPA in my glass.

[Sudden]

Had a homebrewed pale ale earlier in the afternoon. Got some homebrewed pumpkin porter at home, as well as speedway stout which is what I would be drinking if I stayed home tonight. But I'll be hitting the local cigar lounge for the results later this evening.

[db]

My homebrew is pretty much all kicked except for the remains of a keg of witbier from my Halloween party this past weekend. I have a lot of brewing to do.

[Sudden]

I've been trying to squeeze out a 2.5 gallon batch at least twice a month. Got my xmas ale fermenting right now, and will probably bottle this weekend, to be ready for Thanksgiving.

Man, I need a friggin kegging system.

[db]

It is the best investment you can make in homebrewing.

[Sudden]

Well, the full AG set up is my first priority. Kegging will come after. Besides, I need to get a house before I can get the keezer and kegging set up as my apartment lacks the room for that right now.

[db]

I have an AG design that I'm thinking about marketing. Skid mounted, compact, all stainless, automatable. If I get my shit together, I'll advertise it here someday.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Jim Beam. Rocks.

[Apatheist ?_??]

Garrison Brothers Texas Bourbon, on the rocks and St. Arnold's Divine Reserve 12 as a chaser. Got to start the night off right.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

You have excellent taste, sir. So why do you come to HyR?

[Sudden]

Monocles

[Mensan]

Kennedy:

Right now Tim Russert is in heaven using his dry erase marker to draw a cock & balls on Teddy Kennedy's passed out forehead.

What the hell is Ted Kennedy doing in Heaven?

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Phoning his lawyer

[sloopyinca]

What the hell is Ted Kennedy doing in Heaven?

I'd be willing to bet Teddy didn't have absolution prior to expiring. He's likely in purgatory.

[Pagan Priestess]

If any body is likely to have bought an Indulgence..

[Groovus Maximus]

Just one???

[Sudden]

Libertarians polling at 6% in the Indiana senate race. About to cost the 'pub his shot. John must be convulsing.

[Paul.]

High five!

I'm curious to see how much John convulsing will be occurring during tonight's victory speech by Obama.

[Sudden]

I wouldn't get too far ahead of yourself there. I expect John will be making his victory lap tomorrow morning.

[Paul.]

If John gets to make his victory lap tomorrow, I will kiss Tulpa's wife better than she's been kissed since they were married.

[Mad Scientist]

Careful. You don't know where Tulpa's wife has been.

[juris imprudent]

You do know where she HASN'T been.

[Spoonman.]

That would be fantastic.

[sloopyinca]

Fucking Foxnews. Why do they have the fair and honest Brit Hume anchoring their coverage when they've got a studio full of Romney shills? C'mon! We want naked partisanship, not Brit Hume.

[Sudden]

Yeah, Hume will not give us salty ham tears.

[Question of Auban]

They shills are tired from working overtime the past two weeks. They needed a break.

[Sudden]

I'm sorry, but Fox has some people that maintain some shred of objectivism in them, and those that don't are unafraid to admit to their shilling.

MSNBC is the most gawdawful shill job I have ever seen and they still attempt to keep some bullshit pretense of objectivism.

[Zeb]

I think you mean "objectivity".

[Sudden]

My bad.

[SIV]

Don't point this out to your lefty friends. Mine think Bob Beckel and Juan Williams are right wing Republicans.

There is some prog chick they like from Salon who freelances for Fox and they can't understand why she would betray them.

[Question of Auban]

Bob Beckel's brother played in Atlas Shrugged Part I.

[Big 'Orra]

Brit Hume is the best journalist out there hands down.

[Question of Auban]

News flash - Obama has won Vermont - I am truly shocked.

[db]

I just can't!

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Unpossible!

[Bam!]

Rove is looking a bit like a movie version of Benjamin Franklin. Little make and I could see it.

[Paul.]

And where da fuck Cavanaugh at?

[SIV]

Selling apples in the snow and getting 60 cents on the dollar cash for his EBT balance.

[Gojira]

I don't know why but that made my laugh my ass off.

[Bingo]

In more important news, holy moly. I don't usually go for blondes but she hits the right buttons.

[Bam!]

Needs photoshop.

[Paul.]

A bit remeniscent of Rosanna Arquette.

Meh. Needs moar ass.

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't know who she is, but I'll take two.

[LTC(ret) John]

Good Lord....!

[Mad Scientist]

Is that the chick in the Carl's Jr. ad?

[Cdr Lytton]

Yes, here's more of the series:

http://www.esquire.com/women/m.....d-hot-pics

NSFW, depending on your workplace.

[Paul.]

Sullum: Exit polls: Most voters say America is on the wrong track & the government does too much. Connection?

Biden 2016!

[Calidissident]

Haha the Huffington Post just called South Carolina for Obama. Yeah right!

[Sudden]

The salty ham tears will be soooo fuckoing delicious.

[Paul.]

CNN projects Romney wins South Carolina

Interethtink.

[Calidissident]

And they just switched it to Romney

[sloopyinca]

It's still going to Obama on my 'puter. And apparently, it's been annexed by a Spanish-speaking country, as it's listed "Carolina del Sud".

As a matter of fact, the entire map is in Spanish but the hover balloon is all in American..

[Sudden]

You didn't see that provision of the California state ballot to make everyone's internets speaka tha spanish?

[sloopyinca]

OK, it's Romney now, but NC, FL and NH are all blue. I guess it's their default setting until something forces them to change it. Fucking partisan hacks.

[RBS]

That would actually be funny if they meant it as a reflection of our Hispanic population.

[Mensan]

Okay, HampersandR commentariat, quit writing funny stuff! I had surgery a few days ago, and laughing is really painful right now, so knock it off.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Take another Vicodin. But get better, Mansan. Seriously.

[Mensan]

Thanks. I guess there is one advantage to being out of work for the next six weeks. More time to lurk on Reason.

[Jesus H. Christ]

Six weeks? That was a hell of a surgery. Let us know how your new brain is working out for ya.

[Groovus Maximus]

Not necessarily. It could be (and I suspect most likely) an orthopedic procedure. Many of the procedures I perform require some down time similar to that. Mensan is a nurse, and that job can be pretty grueling physically.

Also, it is entirely possible Mensan has the sick leave to burn.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Jesse must be on banana flavored shrooms.

[Apatheist ?_??]

So what site besides the google one shows results showing 3rd parties? They are way slower than everyone else it seems. The bigger places seem to only show the TEAMBERULED or just have an "other" category.

[Bam!]

Just refresh DrudgeReport. Anything important happens (or something funny involving an animal), you'll know.

[RBS]

The Politico election map does.

[Joe M]

Politico has a nice map with details: Gary Johnson at 2% in Indiana!

[The Bearded Hobbit]

I like how they're using the color gold to mark the third parties. Go Galt!

... Hobbit

[Bam!]

I want one of these news channels giant screens computer systems to crash live on-air. A nice BSOD or kernel panic.

[Paul.]

Suderman: CNN ditched the holograms this year. But they've secretly replaced John King and Anderson Cooper with lifelike AI automatons.

Define "lifelike"

[BigT]

Enjoying your Ohio geography lessons everyone?

[db]

Fuck Ohio.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

BUT WE GOT PAVED ROADZZZZ

[db]

That's not the only thing that's flat in OH...

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

True

[Mensan]

And, far more importantly, Cedar Point.

[BigT]

And Great Lakes Brewery. Christmas Ale is going to get me through the night.

[Appalachian Australian]

I see your Christmas Ale, and raise you a six-pack of the Twelve Dogs of Christmas.

[Nephilium]

We've also got Oskar Blues now! Long live Ten Fidy!

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Fuck Michigan!

[db]

Fuck Michigan too!

[sloopyinca]

Thank you!

[Big 'Orra]

FUCK MICHIGAN!

[Longtorso]

Where the hell is my Liz Claman??!

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Dude, you should have paid more attention in anatomy class.

[Longtorso]

I want to see her turn toward something behind her, if you know what I mean.

[John Galt]

...ugh...

[db]

Huh!

[General Butt Naked]

Well, Gary Johnson has PA wrapped as I just voted for the hippy bastard.

The democrats were running some guy called 'Barack Obama'! I asked the old lady electioneer what the hell a barack obama was, and she had no answer. Fools.

Now time to sit back with a relaxing salty-ham-teartini and lulz it up.

[db]

Fuck you! It was MY vote what put Johnson over the top!

[General Butt Naked]

I voted republican for senator, as I hate Bob "Remember My Dad" Casey, and the rest was straight loserdopian. If I got one more ad from the people running for AG bragging about how may pedophiles and drug dealers they put away I was going to....

I don't know, something...

[db]

Yeah, same here. Casey needs to go. I voted for hime to fuck Santorum over back when. Voted to defeat Casey today.

[General Butt Naked]

I'm in south Pittsburgh so there were many races that were democrats running unopposed. Rather than writing in "the lizard people" ala sevo I withheld my vote. Fuck em.

[db]

I'm up in Beaver County. We'll see how this goes; typically this area goes democrat.

[General Butt Naked]

Surprising. Aren't there a lot of gun people up there. or are they Fudds?

[db]

They're unionists.

[General Butt Naked]

Ewww, even worse than the hunters for sensible gun laws*.

*included for the people who don't know what Fudds are

[db]

I fucking hate Fudds. They're the reason I bought my own property to shoot machineguns.

[General Butt Naked]

If you ever have a shoot lemme know I can bring a bunch of hot chicks*.

*hot chicks here is legally defined as a 30 pack of PBR

[db]

I suggest you look into USPSA shoots around the PGH area. Have a car?

[General Butt Naked]

I've been thinking of hittin' up some shoots at the local clubs that are open to the public, but I have no time until summer. I hit the public range up in Wexford every couple of weeks to keep up skills, though. Obviously if I'm going to Wexford I have a car. It's a beat up, 4 wheel drive, stick shift Ford Ranger... best damn vehicle ever and noisy as hell.

[db]

That range sucks. I stopped going there when some assholes opened fire on the pistol side while I was downrange on the rifle side. That was a decade ago when I lived in Butler county.

[db]

I have a stick shift Ranger, as the utility vehicle. Have to agree, it's a great machine.

[mr simple]

Damn, I forgot about lizard people. I voted GJ and for the amendment affirming the rights of Kentuckians to hunt and fish and left the rest blank. Over half were dems running unnopposed.

[General Butt Naked]

@ mr. simple

You forgot about the lizard people? That is just what they want!

@db

If you pick your hours there won't be any knuckleheads there. My schedule is weird, so I'll go monday morning and have the pistol range to myself. But yeah, on saturday a lot of city assholes with questionable range safety skills pack the place.

I took my dad there on a saturday and the guys next to us were awesome, serious shooters. Next to them were a couple of guys with a 30.06 and a ruger 10-22.

The guy with the ruger (which is an awesome plinking weapon- dad's got two) had it pointing right at his buddy's head when his buddy was messing with his scope. My pa said, "Hey, maybe you wanna point that somewhere else, like up range" the guy predictably replied "It's not loaded"

Everyone turned towards the dude upon his uttering of those famous last words and he put the firearm on the bench. I swore I heard a record scratch as the juke box went silent.

[Heroic Mulatto]

And the Reign of Terror begins...

[db]

Yuck.

[Scruffy Nerfherder]

Methinks they don't mean raise taxes on themselves

[FD]

But of course!
It's gonna be subconsciously embraced and spewed in psychotic nonsense, such as paying our "fair share" and all. And "fair share" means higher taxes on some bloke who makes more than me -- or maybe even less, as long as it ain't me.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Ah, fucking South Florida. Seriously, Fuck them outcasts and freaks.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Come on folks in the Panhandle, youre going to be hauling the slack tonight.

[Paul.]

Flooding CNN's live tweet-ey comment page with nonsense pro-Obama quotes. This are fun.

[db]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPhUr-T6UM

[The Late P Brooks]

Went to the range this afternoon and shot the 1911 for a while, then went to my favorite bar.

It was like the fucking Democratic Party Headquarters Election Watch in there, with the idiot next to me badgering the owner to turn on the teevee. When it came on (Ooh, Anderson Cooper! He's dreeeeeaamy!) guess what happened next...

and out the door I went.

I'm sure all those wealthy free-spending Democrats will make up for my usual fairly generous tip which he did not get.

I go in there all the time, but I have no control over who else comes in, and there is no reason for me to pretend I do. I did not ask him to turn off the teevee. All I can do is choose to go or stay. I went, and I think I'll stay went for a while.

[sloopyinca]

Went to the range this afternoon and shot the 1911 for a while, then went to my favorite bar.

You did them in the wrong order for an election day.

[db]

I plan a full auto mag dump at midnight.

[SIV]

Yemeni wedding?

[db]

I plan on shooting into a backstop, not directly vertically.

[LTC(ret) John]

Two weeks after I got to Bagram AF, we had a shitload of minor explosions at the NW end of the perimieter - patrol goes over and finds out some yahoo tried to do the wedding celebration fireworks by slinging a bag of old Soviet bomblets he had gathered up. Needless to say the explosions rippled back righ to him and he got chewed up. Should have been a 2004 Darwin Award candidate, but he lived.

[db]

Yikes.

[sloopyinca]

I plan a full auto mag dump at midnight.

I plan a dump at midnight too, but of a different type.

[db]

'sokay. You got us, Brooksie.

[sarcasmic]

George Thorogood sucks.

I only say this because of an association to an asshole past roommate who was a big fan.

Kelly Wetzel, nicknamed The Weasel.

Last I heard he was repairing elevators in Montana.

Not fair to 'ol Delaware George, but fuck him anyway.

On second thought, fuck them both.

[db]

Sucks, eh? I have an old "friend" who ruined the Blues Brothers for me.

[sarcasmic]

I may have done that to someone. It didn't involve screwdrivers and a lake, did it?

[db]

Nope. It was way more twisted.

[sarcasmic]

So your initials are not AB. That's a relief. And it kinda sucks. Dude was cool.

[db]

Dude! You fucked with Alton Brown? Ass.

[sarcasmic]

dork

[db]

sorry.

[General Butt Naked]

I was gonna hit the range as well, but had a test today. Hope you had fun you patriotic fuck.

[Whahappan?]

That don't confront me.

[SIV]

Garrett Quinn@GarrettQuinn
Johnson has .3% of the vote so far.

I predict he finishes .4% if you round to the nearest 10th of a %.

[Mike M.]

I can't wait to see who's going to take the District of Columbia...

[sarcasmic]

Voted on the way home.
Took five minutes.
Figure the results will be the inverse of my ballot, as usual.

[Joe M]

Same on all points.

[Zeb]

The evening is definitely the time to vote. Most of the sign waving idiots have gone home and no lines.

[sarcasmic]

I was there at quarter to five. Just waited until eight to get onto the computer.

[Zeb]

At this time of year, that counts as evening.

[Joe M]

I notice a lot of sites still make insta-calls on states before a single vote is in.

[Bam!]

As if Illinois wasn't going to go for Obama?

[Heroic Mulatto]

One last time...

[Groovus Maximus]

That never gets old, HM.

[amagi]

using google to track Johnson's percentage

[sarcasmic]

This is what you get stuck in your head when your wife uses Sprout to babysit the three year old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veN2gyCEj8s

Kill me now. Please.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Could be worse...

[sarcasmic]

I didn't think it was possible. I was wrong.

[Question of Auban]

There are times I wish television was never invented. The only good things to come out of televion are Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[sarcasmic]

Breaking Bad, Walking Dead...

Story Matters Here

[Nephilium]

Babylon 5, The Wire, Fringe, The Twilight Zone...

There's some very good things to come from television.

[Mad Scientist]

Deadwood. Cocksuckeeeeeerrrrrr!

[sarcasmic]

+7

[PapayaSF]

The original Altered Images version is better.

[db]

Listening to Peter Fox. The German is very soothing, a nice come-down from the stress of the day...

[The Late P Brooks]

You did them in the wrong order for an election day.

No shit, Sloopy. I made sure to use up all the rounds of .45 I took, just to deliver myself from temptation.

[AuH2O]

I will, if the situation arises, take over a post tonight and post jez reactions. Its my reward for suffering that site so often.

[LTC(ret) John]

You are a tougher man than I.

[AuH2O]

I keep trying to get enduring jezebel added to our spec ops training regim

[Ken Shultz]

Pennsylvania is a lot closer than people expected. That support is coming from the western party of the state...

That bodes well for Romney in Ohio.

[db]

where are you getting pa results? I can't even see my county's stuff?

[Ken Shultz]

CNBC.

[db]

I see all zeros for PA on CNBC's website. are you watching the actual channel?

[Ken Shultz]

Yeah, I'm watching on television.

[db]

I'm not that masochistic.

[Ken Shultz]

It's not that bad.

They had Ron Paul on!

[db]

my GF is downstairs watching the Daily Show. Meh.

[Sudden]

Yeah, but per NR, looks like Romney is doing poorly on the I-4 Corridor in FL. C'mon ProL, if you're city gives us another for years of this shitshow, I'm holding you responsible.

[Mike M.]

Unless that goddamn fucking bailout for union auto thugs really does carry the day for the S.O.B., which is looking more and more possible.

[Bam!]

Why is Fox News going on and on about Obama appearing with Chris Christie after the hurricane?

[Ken Shultz]

Treason!

[VG Zaytsev]

I don't get it either.

He walked around a disaster area.

BIG FUCKING DEAL

Meanwhile 8 days later people on staten island are in danger of freezing to death.

But Lord Obama graced us with his presence.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'm not reading them right now but I'm told reason tweets are basically calling it for Obama now. #confirmationbias

[Longtorso]

Now surfing match.com.......

[Ken Shultz]

Ron Paul is on CNBC right now.

[Ken Shultz]

Ron Paul is saying that there's not much difference between Obama and Romney.

[Ken Shultz]

Ron Paul says buy gold.

[Banjos]

LIAR!!!

[Ken Shultz]

That's what Cramer asked him about.

His only question for Paul was about gold.

[The Late P Brooks]

Dead Like Me will be on in about 45 minutes; I don't care what anybody says, I like that show.

Also, cats do not give a shit about Daylight Spending Time; when their fuzzy little bellies tell them it's dinner time, they want dinner.
Like, NOW.

[sarcasmic]

I'm sad that the show didn't last longer.

[nipplemancer]

Yea, it was pretty damned good. I'm watching the Halloween episode now.

[Jerry on the road]

Romney now leading in FL?!

[Ken Shultz]

I'm still seeing 50 to 49 favoring Obama.

[Jerry on the road]

CNN has Romney 51 to 48.

[Pro Libertate]

Romney's looking to win. If it's at all close everywhere else, the Panhandle will make it all his.

[Ken Shultz]

If we throw Obama out of the White House, I'm gonna lose my shit.

[Sudden]

In the Corner at NR, they have an article saying central FL is breaking Obama. Bad news bears.

[VG Zaytsev]

WTF???

[Karl Hungus]

Romney's looking to win. If it's at all close everywhere else, the Panhandle will make it all his.

Yep, last pols to close, leans very Republican.

[Question of Auban]

Romney can win without Ohio but he cannot win without Florida

[Ken Shultz]

Like I said down yonder, I think they count what's coming from the Redneck Riviera last.

If Romney's doing well early, that should bode well for him in Florida.

[Question of Auban]

Right now Drudge says:

ROMNEY WINS: AL, GA, IN, KY, MS, OK, SC, TN, WV...
OBAMA WINS: CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, RI, VT...

[Bam!]

R 52% O 47%

[Fist of Etiquette]

NONE OF THOSE STATES MATTER! Ohio or Florida or nothing.

[Big 'Orra]

NONE OF THOSE STATES MATTER! Ohio or Florida or nothing.

OHIO! OHIO! OHIO!

O -- H...!

[Lost_In_Translation]

To be fair all those states were in by November 2008

[Question of Auban]

Indiana went to Obama in 2008

[John Galt]

I just can't seem to get drunk enough to make everything all better..

[Question of Auban]

You might want to call in sick tommorow then. Leave a message on the voice mail of your boss and HR person tonight just to be sure.

[John Galt]

Retired, but appreciate the helpful advice.

[Sudden]

Once you get to a .45 BAC, all your problems will go away.

I've long known that when life gets too horrible, .45 is the way to go, whether caliber or BAC.

[John Galt]

What BAC is required to cease all brain function? I only have three beers left. ...doom..

[db]

So did Hunter S. Thompson. Don't go that way; it's not that bad yet.

[Karl Hungus]

Once you get to a .45 BAC, all your problems will go away.

I thought you were talking about some new wildcat handgun catridge for a second there.

[FD]

I don't like him.
I think he's a blowhard.
He needs a punch in the nose.
But with that said, he stumbled into reality and at this moment I couldn't agree with him more.
Bill O'Reilly was just asked, after all the economic hardships, how did this election still come down to one state.
And he answered correctly, paraphrasing:
Because this is a different country; twenty years ago Obama would have lost to any establishment candidate; but now, people want the president to give them stuff.

Bill is a broken clock but the hour and minute hands just passed his comment in synchronicity.
He is absolutely, unequivocally correct.
It is a far different country now.
I've long been frustrated by the nonsense warnings that we will _become_ socialist. What the hell do these people think we are now?

[Bam!]

Clearly the answer is to bring in more immigrants who, by a wide margin, favor big government.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Got any numbers to support that, Slappy!?

[VG Zaytsev]

Open your eyes HM.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I deal with immigrants every day, do you?

Let me tell you, vast majority of the Chinese, Indians, Vietnamese, and Filipinos coming here are coming for the opportunities granted by free enterprise.

[Mike M.]

And yet Reason wants us to keep importing millions and millions more third world drones, even though the overwhelming majority of them vote for socialism, there are no jobs for them any longer, and our welfare state is already stretched to the breaking point. It's the most frustrating to me about the Beltway cosmotarian schmucks.

[VG Zaytsev]

Libertarian immigration policy isn't just a religious belief....

It's a suicide pact too!

[Fate]

Except it'd also allow in those like myself, who can by no means be deemed socialist.

[T o n y]

Ohio exit polls D+7, Virginia D+4 (independents' preferences unknown though) in party ID.

But yeah all the poll conspiracy theories were wrong, of course. Poll aggregation doing well so far.

[Agile Cyborg]

And the Libertarians nationwide wander in large circles around empty bottles of beer and hollow phraseologies... Just sayin'... I'm one of you so don't smack me in the forehead, bitches.

[FD]

I don't know. I think the Libs can pretty much say they knew this all along.

[General Butt Naked]

Hey fuckhead!

It's vodka not beer tonight.

Jesus, have some respect for history.

[Agile Cyborg]

Hey, fuckhead yourself, I politely asked for you NOT to smack me in the forehead... Fine, then, bottles of VODKA. Libertarians wandering in large circles 'round empty bottles of VODKA... Damn you, Butt. Nekkid.

[General Butt Naked]

*raises glass and says WOOOO!*

[John Galt]

...maybe it's past due time to invent a new drug...

[Ken Shultz]

The thing about Florida is that they're going to report from the panhandle last.

That's still "Redneck Rivera", right?

[Pro Libertate]

It's Romney like eleventy billion to one in the Panhandle. Though that's not a high percentage of the state population.

It's usually all about Central Florida.

[Sudden]

Redneck Rivera? Is that like Geraldo's fumanchu moustachioed cousin?

[Question of Auban]

I live in Florida. Florida has several Redneck Rivieras. But yea, that is one of them. If the rest of Florida is neck and neck the Panhandle will probably put Romney over the top.

[Ken Shultz]

Yeee-Haaaaw!

(No sarcasm)

[Ken Shultz]

Hey, where the fuck is John?

You listen to him talk about this for months, and then he doesn't show up on prom night?

[heller]

Bringing back bad memories?

[Ken Shultz]

Dude should be here for this shit!

[heller]

A dude stood you up on prom night?

[Ken Shultz]

LOL

[Sudden]

He's probably at some Romney rally somewhere... pretending he's actually a libertarian.

[General Butt Naked]

He's a government employee, do you really think he's gonna let Reason commenting eat into his personal time? He'll wait 'til he's at work tomorrow.

Ken, you're actually paying him to spew bullshit all day 'round here.

[Ken Shultz]

John's come a long way.

I remember when he first showed up here.

He came to tell us we were all a bunch of America hating liberals for opposing anything Bush might have said or did.

We all start somewhere. And none of us start our libertarian.

Except Sullum. That guy was born libertarian before libertarian even existed.

[General Butt Naked]

He's still spending your money telling you your beliefs are wrong.

Every response to any post of his between the hours of 8am and 3pm should consist solely of, "Get back to work, peon!".

He came to tell us we were all a bunch of America hating liberals for opposing anything Bush might have said or did.

And he'll say the same thing if there's a president Romney.

[Ken Shultz]

He's a work in progress.

I understand joe's in private industry now. That's also progress!

[General Butt Naked]

joe has been a napoleonic rent-boy for an elderly blind man for the whole time.

[VG Zaytsev]

He's still spending your money telling you your beliefs are wrong.

Better that than sending SWAT terrorists into my home, drones to bomb brown people or bureaucrats to shut down the local businesses.

Paying federal douchebags to bullshit on message boards is probably the least destructive way to waste that money.

Not that we should pay them at all ... but baby steps are something.

[Bam!]

Virginia has extended the voting while stopping reporting of counts.

[Ken Shultz]

Apparently, they weren't getting the right answer.

[Sudden]

Clearly, they're just waiting for their layabout hopefuls to wake up.

[Jerry on the road]

Ok so CNN.com database made a reset, now 50% in (down from 57%), and Obama tied with Romney. What is going on.

[Killazontherun]

That thing is not worthy og being called a porn 'stache, Ms. Kennedy. That's a Mexican Federale refusing to show you his stinkin' badge 'stache from 1947.

[heller]

LOL. Obama has 47% of the popular vote.

[General Butt Naked]

MANDATE!

[RBS]

That fucking word again.

[General Butt Naked]

ELECTIONS!

CONSEQUENCES!

YOU MAD BRO!

*sorry, don't hit me*

[Sudden]

But enough about his first meeting with Michelle.

[Sudden]

Sometimes comedy gold writes itself.

[RBS]

So 53% of the country is racist? Who knew?

[Mensan]

Chris Matthews and Janene Gerraffalo knew.

[FD]

HazelMeade, among others -- can't give too much credit 🙂 -- was right on, all along.
Click around the channels and it's hilarious. This baby is being positioned neck and neck, no matter whose side they're on. In fact, even if Obama pulls away, gotta keep the popcorn chewing fans watching, so find a way to give hope to both sides....
It's all about the horse race. Always was, always will be. Keep the masses tuning in and bucking for their stallion. Milk this damn thing for all it's worth.
It's all about money, baby. Just keep tuning to our channel!
Cripe, I'm getting too old. Human nature and cynicism ain't even a surprise anymore.

[Agile Cyborg]

"Cripe, I'm getting too old. "

Worthless death panel fodder...

[db]

Would you mind just letting the word wrap do its thing?

[FD]

No poetry in that.

[db]

Sorry, it just has a "NEEDS mOAr [BRackETs]" flavor to it.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Seconded

[FD]

Tough crowd, tough crowd, I tell ya...

[Doktor Kapitalism]

You don't have to be old to be cynical. It's easy for us young'uns, too.

[juris imprudent]

Meh - you just act it, you haven't lived it.

[Question of Auban]

Right now Drudge says:

ROMNEY WINS: AL, AR, GA, IN, KY, MS, OK, SC, TN, WV...
OBAMA WINS: CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, RI, VT...

[Doktor Kapitalism]

2000 comments! We can do it!

[Heroic Mulatto]

Looks like Maine is going to have an Independent for a Senator.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

If that's so, I just got one of my election guesses right!

[LTC(ret) John]

"Independent" like Bernie Sanders?

[Heroic Mulatto]

"Independent" like Bernie Sanders?

It seems so, unfortunately.

[Big 'Orra]

Liberals in a HURRY!!! ... I want GULAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Archduke Pantsfan]

I wonder if this "Election Special" show will get picked up for a full season?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Four, at least, in the initial contract.

[Ken Shultz]

Linda McMahon got crushed again.

She spent $100 million of her own money...

Talk about a slobber-knocker!

[Anonymous Coward]

Linda McMahon, We Can't See You...as a Senator.

Linda McMahon is not the Best in the World.

Linda McMahon for Senator? No! No! No!

She's Linda McMahon and she is not...AWE-SOME!

Somewhere, Dixie Carter is busy touching herself.

[heller]

Mitt pulls ahead 67-64

[Question of Auban]

"UN poll-watchers 'amazed' US doesn't require ID's to vote..."

Are the UN poll-watchers racist? Don't they realize that asking for people to prove who they are at the polls is racist?

http://thecable.foreignpolicy......ing_system

[Apatheist ?_??]

Mourdock getting fucked by the L candidate is the first deliciousness of the night.

[John Galt]

please tell more..

[Sudden]

Google is showing Mittens up huge in Virginia? If that margin holds, this could be a landslide.

So many conflicting reports.

[RBS]

But he's getting crushed in Ohio. If there was ever an example of someone actually buying votes...

[Doktor Kapitalism]

What percentage are they up to, in Ohio? My map is low.

[RBS]

Politico says 2.3 reporting. Obama with 57.6%.

[FD]

Horse race, baby. Horse race! Not a conspiracy theory, just network viewing ratings at stake. Watch If Ohio goes Obama, they'll be contorting mathematics to insist that Wisconsin and NV offer hope. Hell, maybe we need to wait on Hawaii!

[John Galt]

The only thing that's certain is that Liberty is doomed..

[Doktor Kapitalism]

That makes it more enjoyable, I think. You don't have to sweat who wins, just focus in on the percentages.

[John Galt]

Okay, with that in mind I feel absolutely coprosetic.

[Sudden]

I have a mild preference for Romney, but can find enough reasons to justify it not mattering and maybe being a benefit if he loses.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

GayJay pulling 2.0% in Indiana right now. I like those numbers.

[Ken Shultz]

They're calling the Warpath Warren race to close to call.

[Sudden]

Scott Brown has been the dog since day one. She'll eat him for lunch there.

[Heroic Mulatto]

As of 9 EST Brown and Warren are neck and neck.

[John Galt]

Walking Eagle so full of shit her not fly, ugh.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Heap big funny!

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Charlie Crist just pulled the voter suppression card. Apparently it takes awhile to vote in Florida.

It took my wife and I about 2.5 hours to vote in the 2004 elections. Nice neighborhood polling place in Redondo Beach. Problem was, the octogenarians running the operation were bogging the whole process. We vote by mail, now.

[Ken Shultz]

Where did you poll in Redondo?

[EDG reppin' LBC]

We went to Glenn Anderson Park, at Vail & Plant Ave. I would say it was "voter suppression", but it was just a slow fucking process.

Also, I've called you a cunt a couple times in the past few weeks. I have no animosity toward you. I just think it's funny how you ranted about that word last year.

[Ken Shultz]

I know.

I think it's funny.

[EDG reppin' LBC]

*fist bump*

*nod*

[Fist of Etiquette]

BUMP!

[Doktor Kapitalism]

A lot of people are having that problem this year. Mail-in was quite convenient for me.

[Ken Shultz]

Yeah, I mailed it in.

[Mensan]

I went to early voting last week. I only waited about 3 minutes.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I knew you were smart...

[Sudden]

More proof to me that anything south of the 10 is a shithole until you hit the OC. Long live the 818!

[John Galt]

The only proof that can help tonight is 190 Everclear served straight.

[LTC(ret) John]

Hwo the heck put that orange freak on to ask his opinion.

Cripes, I need to reload my glass.

[db]

Same here.

[Question of Auban]

Charlie Crist was a Republican until it became politically convienient to become indipendent and now he is supporting the Demosocialists beause it is politically convienient. He will become Republican again if it becomes politically convienient.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Well, Im taking Florida off my relocation list.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Was it on the list?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

It actually was. Im an avid fisherman, so Florida would not be a difficult choice to attend college.

[heller]

I gotta say I'm rooting for Romney solely because the majority of the smug assholes on my facebook newsfeed are Obamatards.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Yeah, it's not going to be easy to suffer through the post-election celebratorgy if Obama wins tonight.

[Certified Public Asskicker]

I defriended a lot this evening. I was inspired by the girl who said she laughed at all the female Romney supporters because they were signing their vaginas away.

I mean fuck Romney, but Jesus Christ that is stupid.

[Nephilium]

There was a sign I saw as I drove into work this morning:

Don't forget to vote today!

Especially all you women!

[Dunphy (the real one)]

Scene: A Seattle suburb in the near future. It is a dark and stormy night.

Setting is a living room of a modest single family residence. Ofc Dunphy has just arrived at this residence to investigate a theft, not in progress...

Dude is a middle aged, homeowner, average build, mixed race, pretty much your average "Joe".

Dude: Hey man, mind if I smoke while you investigate
Ofc. Dunphy: Sir, cigarette smoke does not agree with me at all. Any chance you could wait a bit or do it outside?
Dude: Oh no. I hate cigarette smoke too. This is one of them there recently legalized MARIJUANA CIGARETTES, aka a "joint" if you will, ofc.
Ofc. Dunphy: Well, in that case, feel free to inhale away. Just try not to blow TOO much smoke on my uniform, if that's ok. It's freshly washed.
Dude: No problem

Dude lights up a joint. Ofc. Dunphy investigates a REAL crime

life goes on in a suburb of Seattle.

[Ken Shultz]

He really did that!?

[Dunphy (the real one)]

??

who did what?

[db]

"near future." Until then, Ofc. Dunphy arrests said homeowner.

[Dunphy (the real one)]

um, no

said homeowner would not ask to smoke joint in front of me.

but in the case that they did, in a private residence like that, i would issue a verbal warning.

as in "don't smoke MJ in front of the police. "

[Bam!]

David Axelrod always looks like he just rolled out of bed... that was in a dumpster

[John Galt]

Don't worry, he always looks like that.

[Jerry on the road]

Romney now tied with Obama in FL, margin is smaller than GJ vote.

[Certified Public Asskicker]

🙁

[Nephilium]

I consider that a win... the entire presidency could turn on courting the libertarian vote.

[Joe M]

Hey guys, I think we'll have one thing the celebrate tonight: the LP presidential candidate is going to come in third place for the first time since Ron Paul ran in 1988.

[John Galt]

...sigh...

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Is it too early to hope for 2nd place in 2016?

Yes.

[John Thacker]

Garret Quinn is wrong about Tisei being the first openly gay GOPer to be elected. Jim Kolbe came out, then was re-elected. Tisei would be the first open gay GOPer to be openly gay before being elected to the seat for the first time.

[Heroic Mulatto]

This just in from CNN; it's racist to have to stay in line.

Long voting lines are a conspiracy against Obama.

[Question of Auban]

Are they admitting that Obama voters are more lazy than Romney voters?

[Bam!]

Obama voters want the government to vote for them.

They also think these Republicans get too much of the vote and petitioning for redistribution of votes.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I believe they used the term dysaethesia aethiopica.

[Skip]

How did this country survive 200 years without early voting?

[RBS]

Racist!

[Jerry on the road]

Only 2,000 votes separation. This will run until next year.

[nipplemancer]

I'm not gonna use any news but this comment thread. I don't want to see any of this madness. At least I'll get a laugh here.

[John Galt]

Hey! we're on the same page!

[Question of Auban]

I am refreshing Drudge every so often just to see if he ads any more states to the scoreboard.

[John Galt]

Keep us posted, please.

[Question of Auban]

ROMNEY WINS: AL, AR, GA, IN, KY, KS, LA, MS, NE, ND, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX,WV...
OBAMA WINS: CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, MI, NJ, NY, RI, VT, WY...

[Joe M]

Obama wins Wyoming? Unexpected.

[Nephilium]

Google shows Wyoming called for Romney.

[db]

Anyone know the twitter hashtag that gets you into the Reason livetweet?

[Anonymous Coward]

#Cosmotarians.

[RBS]

In a shocking turn of events, Jim Clyburn retains his House seat with over 94% of the vote.

[Killazontherun]

Me mum's boyfriend called me to say he was purged from the voting roster on account of being dead. I told him he was taking it to the man just by breathing.

[tarran]

The good news is I think Brown is done in Massachusetts. Warren is slightly ahead according to politico despite none of the precincts in Suffolk County having submitted any results. Essentially, Warren is leading when one leaves out the votes of Boston residents. Throw them in the mix, and I think Scott Brown will lose by a large margin.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Wtf?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Dude, you must be high if you think Warren is a good thing.

[tarran]

I don't think Warren is a good thing.

I'm just glad to see Scott Brown - a man who tried to get a law passed that would give the President authority to unilaterally strip citizens of their citizenship - bounced out on his ass.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Fair enough.

[John Galt]

Hmm..you drink'um too much fire-water you'um think'um this "good news."

[tarran]

A senator who openly advocates for totalitarianism is getting kicked out of office. We should rejoice.

And I'll rejoice when Warren gets kicked out at some future date too.

[Ken Shultz]

Warren is worse than Obama.

[Groovus Maximus]

No, Warren will not get the boot. You know better than that. She is Ted Kennedy material with the "Social Contract" Tony masturbatory squeeze.

I'll remember this, and remind you of it, the first totalitarian legislation she either authors or publicly supports. I'm no fan of Brown, but this is just cutting nose to spite face.

[tarran]

Oh, I have no illusions about Warren. She'll be a horrendous Senator.

It's not like I voted for her.

If she were going down in flames, I'd post that as good news too.

[Killazontherun]

Fuck God, she now has a platform to spew for the next thirty years.

[Calidissident]

Fox News has called Michigan for Obama. Romney's margin for error is getting smaller

[heller]

76-64 Mitt

[John Galt]

Can I quote you on that?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Medical marijuana close in Arkansas. I'm surprised.

[seguin]

Note to Megyn Kelly: AMC was based in Kenosha, WI, not Detroit, MI.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I hear New Zealand is nice.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Not a terrible choice, but what's the climate like? I haven't heard about the winters, and that can be a deal-breaker for me.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Usually beautiful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.....ew_Zealand

Auckland is kinda tropical. Australia is a short flight away.

Chicks are pretty easy going as well..

[Mensan]

My experience in Australia is that the women very much like an American accent. Specifically, a southern (or in my case, Floridian) accent.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I have a slight Carolina accent my Ohio friends tell me.

Whats the deal with Florida? Yankee retirees? Cubans? South Florida's notoriously obnoxious populace?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I could do Auckland. Plus, think of the seasteading opportunities!

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

New Zealand is pretty free and libertarian from what ive researched. No need to seastead, even if it was possible.

[Fate]

As long as firearms aren't a priority of yours.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

They are. But at least you wouldnt have to look behind you everywhere you go in NZ, unlike most places here.

[John Galt]

I've actually been seriously looking into that one.

[Question of Auban]

Dudge Report sayeth:

ROMNEY WINS: AL, AR, GA, IN, KY, KS, LA, MS, NE, ND, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX,WV...
OBAMA WINS: CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, MI, NJ, NY, RI, VT, WY...

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Wyoming?

[Question of Auban]

Not yet in - WV = West Virginia

[Syd Henderson]

West Virginia was called for Romney over an hour ago.

[Question of Auban]

Shit you are right I can't believe that

[John Galt]

May as well stay where I'm at just North West of the great WY.

[Bam!]

So Romney said all he prepared for tonight was a victory speech. Given he isn't good off-the-cuff (nor is Obama), how funny will his speech be if he loses?

Not that I actually believe that he only has one speech.

[Ken Shultz]

It's about Virginia. All those overpaid government employees.

Figuring out how to get them unemployed is a really big problem for libertarians.

[John Galt]

If it all hinges on Virginia we're doomed.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Politico calling states with no votes. This is confusing as hell...

[heller]

141-109

Mitt's halfway there.

[Bam!]

Fox News is reporting 149 for Romney, 127 for Obama.

[Bam!]

MSNBC is 153 for Romney.

[Agile Cyborg]

154-123 now.

[Ken Shultz]

153-128

[Ken Shultz]

Colorado should get called soon here.

[Syd Henderson]

It's 153 for Romney because that district in Nebraska that Obama carried last time hasn't been called.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

A lot of the swing states have yet to speak. That'll liven things up.

[Killazontherun]

Needs a bigger buffer for the West Coast Onslaught. Goddamn Xavier!

[db]

There is absolutely no way Washington County, PA goes for Obama. That is absolutely ridiculous.

[General Butt Naked]

They just called a Bob Casey victory.

Fuck.

[Agile Cyborg]

So, I'm thinking Libertarians are the food trucks of the American political scene...

[Doktor Kapitalism]

How so?

[Bingo]

Not a bad analogy, the established venues hate them and make their life difficult and blame all their problems on them.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Ah, got it.

[heller]

GayJay breaks 0.7%

[heller]

0.7% for GayJay

[Bingo]

During elections we have to remember our ideals and what is important to us. Such as beautiful women and alcohol. Oh lordy lord.

[Heroic Mulatto]

DAT ASS.

[Bam!]

Mmm-hmm

[Bam!]

This photo isn't spam, despite what your third-party spam filter thinks.

[Heroic Mulatto]

DAT ASS again.

[John Galt]

Oh.oh, oh ohhhhh. Nice.

[db]

*sigh*

[Bingo]

And tis the season, nothing like freshly fallen snow.

[Certified Public Asskicker]

I'm not kicking that ass, thumbs up

[heller]

Gary Johnson breaks 0.7%

[Doktor Kapitalism]

CNN has Mitt at 51% of the popular vote.

[Ken Shultz]

Obama took Pennsylvania.

I think Romney's toast.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Did anyone think Romney was getting PA?

[db]

Not really. I'm disappointed to see some of the counties going O though.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Smelling the blood in the air, CNN has already turned on Obama. He didn't support enough Democratic candidates in their campaigns, you see.

[Bam!]

Pennsylvania goes for Obama. 147 to Romneys 149.

[John Galt]

*scratches head*

[Longtorso]

OK, donkey and midget porn it is. 'Night guys. Let me know who won.

[Mensan]

Sounds like you did.

[heller]

Ohio is looking pretty solid for Obama. That's not good for Romney.

[Paul.]

Song of the day (and 2012 election): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN3OHwU9w6o

[John Galt]

Sorry about your loss, Pete. I prefer polka.

[Paul.]

White people....

[Appalachian Australian]

Fox News calling Pennsylvania for Obama.

I wish someone would report on what third-party turnout is. That's the only interesting part of this horse race.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

http://www.politico.com/2012-e.....dent/2012/

But they're slow to update.

[General Butt Naked]

I have Pittsburgh teevee on and they're giving GJ and JL a percent each. It's rounded so who knows.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

60% of Indiana reporting and Gary's still got 1.9%

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Florida is close as usual. 200 votes separating Romney and Obama, with the conservative Panhandle now reporting.

Ohio is fucking retarded. Obama wins.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

[Calidissident]

Pennsylvania goes to Obama. Oh Tulpa ...

[Paul.]

Say it again. SAY IT AGAIN!

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

We'll continue this discussion when you're bitching about BO's second term after having actively worked to make it happen.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Calidissident campaigned for Obama, is that what you're saying?

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

He actively discouraged Romney voters from voting their choice. Same thing.

[Calidissident]

"He actively discouraged Romney voters from voting their choice."

I discouraged libertarians from voting for people who holds views completely antithetical to their principles. Which includes Romney and Obama. And in my personal life, I did the same. And I know a lot more liberals than I know conservatives (and I go to a college that's 40% out of state, so I know plenty of people from swing states)

[Calidissident]

Pennsylvania goes to Obama. Oh Tulpa ...

[John Galt]

you're giving me a headache.

[Calidissident]

WTH is this double post?

[Skip]

Can Republicans please stop acting like Pennsylvania is winnable? Treat it like New York and ignore it.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Pennsylvania is more clinically retarded than Ohio.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Pennsylvania should be a long term goal. Work up from Kentucky and WestVa through IN, put Ohio solidly in the red camp, and work into middle Illinois, Western Pennsylvania, and southern Michigan.

I feel like this would be more effective as a military strategy, actually...

[Killazontherun]

Garrett Quinn@GarrettQuinn
Why the GOP continues to spend money in Pennsylvania I will never understand.

Somehow they hide the smuckness better than Blue Staters.

[Killazontherun]

er, Schmuck. Thinking blueberry preserves for my next crescent roll of evening.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Pennsylvania is only Blue thanks to Phily and Pittsburgh. Rural Pennsylvania is south of the Mason-Dixon line in everything but geography.

[Killazontherun]

My first serious girlfriend was from the 'burbs of Philly, so I can't hate on Pa.

[Bam!]

All "blue" states are only blue because of their concentrated population centers. Blue cities, not blue states.

[Killazontherun]

Result of the history of machine politics whose entrails going back to the 1840's remain intact.

[General Butt Naked]

I am from rural PA (Fayette fucking County) and there are a bunch of entitled fucks out in the sticks. I think db can corroborate this fact.

[db]

Mostly union folks.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

John Murtha. End of argument.

[db]

Fuck, I grew up a few miles from Murtha's house. That place is embarrassing.

[Killazontherun]

and that's 'most Blue Staters.'

Dropping words and drinking the moonshine and ctahoapt vodka, delicious straight, this evening.

[heller]

153-123 Mitt

[heller]

There's a lot of movement in the popular vote. Romney went down to 50.7% and Obama went up to 48.4%

[Ken Shultz]

The only way Romney wins is if he takes Colorado, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Romney's not gonna win Wisconsin. I gotta think that's a stretch.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Where do you think Florida is going?

[heller]

Florida is Obama but by only by less than 20K votes.

[Ken Shultz]

By my count, that's assuming Florida goes for Romney.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

That's what I guessed, too. I've got Obama winning with 276 points.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Romney will win Florida barely..

[heller]

He's not getting Ohio either. He's screwed.

[Jerry on the road]

What if he gets NV, CO and MN?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Colorado, I think. Nevada, unlikely. Minnesota, very unlikely.

[heller]

Johnson goes down to 0.6%

[John Galt]

..ugh..

[Bingo]

Yoga pants make everything better.

[sage]

Meh. She needs to do some curls or pull ups or something.

[John Galt]

You need to have your prescription lenses checked, she's perfection.

[Ken Shultz]

It's like magic.

[Art Vandelay]

Eh. That's pretty uninspiring.

I prefer your earlier work.

[Bingo]

Jeez you guys are picky. What about this?

[John Galt]

Naw, yoga pants was better.

[db]

agreed. this is too mass-market.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Hipster!

[db]

Hips give you something to hold on to.

[Art Vandelay]

Oh yeah, I like that.

GIMME MORE!

[Question of Auban]

Drudge Report sayeth:

ROMNEY WINS: AL, AR, GA, IN, KY, KS, LA, MS, NE, ND, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX,WV...
OBAMA WINS: CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, MI, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WY...

FLORIDA
R 3,440,725 49.61% O 3,435,605 49.54%

[Bam!]

Fox News: Wisconsin goes to Obama.

[Skip]

I want George Allen to win just so he will call the Democrats Macacas.

[Ken Shultz]

If Obama's reelected, and the Democrats have control of the Senate, the Republicans aren't gonna have any leverage to speak of dealing with the fiscal cliff.

Taxes are going up.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

This

[Bam!]

Taxes go up, economy continues to suck. Regulation increase, economy continues to suck. Fed policy continues to suck, the economy continues to suck.

How will Democrats winning end up being good for Democrats in the long run? Dubya won in 2004, to the dismay of Republicans in the long term.

[Killazontherun]

^this. You saved me time by pointing it out first.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

They've apparently succeeded in blaming the past four years on the Republicans who've had precisely two years of filibuster capability and House control. Shouldn't be difficult to blame them for the next two years of the same.

[Calidissident]

Obama wins Wisconsin. If Romney loses Ohio, he needs to win all other swing states except NH

[Ken Shultz]

Thanks a lot, Paul Ryan!

[Skip]

Who knew that 1988 would be the last time in history that Republicans could compete in the whole country?

[John Galt]

Side-lining libertarians was a huge mistake, period.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Pat Buchanan may have doomed the Republicans. Speculation on what happens if the GOP falls apart?

[John Galt]

I'm not sure what that means. But at least the bitter hops in my beer is desensitizing me to the bitter realities of my future.

[Jerry on the road]

Ohio is getting closer.

[Francisco d Anconia]

What I miss? 522 comments, can't read em all. Somebody bring me up to speed.

[Ken Shultz]

It's not looking good for Romney.

[FD]

Entitlement mania is alive and well, into the foreseeable future.
Candidate or party doesn't matter.

[Anonymous Coward]

Aiming at 2000 comments, Romney is losing, drinking is rampant, snark is abundant, pictures of women's glutes are welcome.

There. You're caught up.

[Francisco d Anconia]

Got it! Thx

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I see we're on the same page for our nightly goals.

[Bam!]

What I miss?

Some hot ass pictures.

[John Galt]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tum.....1_1280.jpg Yoga Pants.

[John Galt]

mmm...too bad I've lived long enough to realize we need more than love...or this image would probably get me through.

[Paul.]

John, Pro L and Tulpa will have a sad.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

I've been doing what I can to avert this.

How the rest of you are going to be able to look yourselves in the mirror for the next 4 years is beyond me. Unless you're a bunch of wisp-o-the-winds who will turn around and bitch about Obama winning after actively working to dampen his competitor.

[Heroic Mulatto]

The fallacy in your argument is that Obama had only one competitor. A Johnson supporter could be as justifiably angry at you for actively working to "dampen" Johnson support on a liberty-minded website.

[Groovus Maximus]

Easy, Tulpa. I won't be here. I can look at my reflection just fine in the morning.

I have been calling from day one Obummer was a lock, much to my chagrin.

I didn't vote for either of them since Johnson wasn't on the OK ballot and OK doesn't allow for write in candidates.

[Paul.]

So yeah, so far, Libertarian stronghold, live free or die, individualityicious NH is pulling hard for Obama.

[John Galt]

Some how I greatly doubt NH is the libertarian promised land.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Yeah? We have absolutely no knife laws.

So fuck you.

[nicole]

My first experience of NH libertarianism was buying cigarettes. "That's all?!?"

Love at first sight.

[Heroic Mulatto]

I don't smoke. Could you explain?

[nicole]

Tax free!

[Heroic Mulatto]

Ah.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Unfortunately, all our alcohol is controlled by the state. Except beer and wine.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I think the LP should concentrate on 2 states in 2016: Wyoming and New Hampshire. Run on the right of the Republicans in WY, left if the Democrats in NH. Emphasize how unlikely their combined 7 electoral points will be the deciding factors.

Plus, NH might spill over to get District 2 in Maine, though I wouldn't bet on it.

[Groovus Maximus]

Horseshit. You and I had it right all along Paul. Even when all is said and done, in the contest of "FREE SHIT" v. "FREE DUMB", "FREE SHIT" wins. Every. Single. Time.

This is why he wanted ObamneyCare so quickly. They paid attention to how easily Mediscare works and applied it writ large. The contraception thing drove it home.

"ROMNEY WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR MEDICAL CARE!one!!"

Individualityliciousness is great when someone else is paying for it.

[FD]

Exactly right.

[Big 'Orra]

Jonah Goldberg seems to predict that if Mittens loses Florida, Gary Johnson is to blame ... not a good sign for the GOP.

[Paul.]

I hope the GOP really believes that Gay Jay is the reason for their loss. I really do. Fuck you big government GOP. Reckanize the powah.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Yeah, I'm sure they're going to really work to get the 0.5% road privatization vote.

[Paul.]

Enjoy your... oh wait, enjoy your NO TERMS IN OFFICE, sir.

[Killazontherun]

No point in recriminations. The only people to blame are those who supported Obama a second time. The GOP and the LP should have been able to duke it out for the last man standing if they both nominated ham sandwiches after the democrats went off to join their comet.

[heller]

Johnson does cover the spread right now.

[Moe Effingood]

The margin of difference is really close. GJ already has 30k votes. Learn your fucking lesson GOP.

[Killazontherun]

Matt Welch@mleewelch
RT @timmarchman Don't want to be a jerk but Jesse Jackson Jr. winning with 71% when he's been incapacitated for months is kind of sad.

That's not being a jerk, that is being appropriately sad.

[TomD]

It tells you everything that's wrong with the modern manifestation of "democracy."

[RBS]

Sad? How about fucking retarded.

[Question of Auban]

I remember when a man who died in a plane crash won a U.S. Senate race.

[Anonymous Coward]

No need to sugarcoat it. The dumbasses of Chicago are firmly in TEAM Blue's camp and not even death to prevent the Grand Wizard of the JJJ from keeping his seat.

[Bam!]

Fox News: 153-153. If only all the other states didn't exist and it simply stopped at that. Would be more fun.

[Ken Shultz]

Anybody got info on how the ganja referendum is going in Colorado?

[Bingo]

This is actually more worthy of attention than the presidential super bowl.

[heller]

Johnson goes down to 0.5%

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Ok, now im pissed.

Sherrod Socialist Brown retains his Senate seat.

Fuck again.

[amagi]

did Johnson get on the ballot in Oklahoma? I am trying to figure out why he is still at 0.5%. he is there in big states like FL but everywhere else well above 0.5% but then in OK not there. this is all by google results

[heller]

He's not on the ballot in OK

[T o n y]

He was not on my ballot in OK.

[amagi]

fuck!

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Okla wears the crown of write-in shame.

[Anonymous Coward]

Only people can receive ballots. Sockpuppets are now and forever disenfranchised, which means, Tony w/spaces is out, othered, 86'd, GTFO.

[Apatheist ?_??]

Because OK sucks.

[Groovus Maximus]

No, he was not.

[Francisco d Anconia]

What the fuck is up with CO? I mean what happened that state? One word...Californians.

[Ken Shultz]

Mass. Yes on Medical Marijuana won.

[Palin's Buttplug]

This is an ass-reaming for the GOP.

I won't bore you with the details.

[juris imprudent]

And no one knows more about being deep up GOP ass than you...

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Good news is, Reason will start criticizing Obama at full speed again.

[Paul.]

Feelin' nervous, Tulpa?

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

It doesn't look good. I'm putting some whiskey in the fridge.

Fuck that, it's going in the freezer.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Im saving my money for a passport..

[Skip]

At least until the first Republican primary.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

LOL. Of course, who am I kidding? They'll probably bitch about Romney and Ryan being such weak candidates for about a year to tide themselves over and keep the cocktail invites coming.

[mad libertarian guy]

Would they be wrong?

That Team RED couldn't muster anyone better than Romney shows just how incompetent and out of touch the party is. Anyone worth a shit should have won handily.

The very fist thing that the party needs to do if it wants to open its tent is to very quickly and openly kick the religious right to the curb. As long as they insist on moral purity tests, they will continue to lose, even when they shouldn't.

[Big 'Orra]

That Team RED couldn't muster anyone better than Romney shows just how incompetent and out of touch the party is. Anyone worth a shit should have won handily.

NO SHIT!!!!

Will the GOP realize that they needed to to nominate a choice (a LIBERTARIAN) instead of an echo (ROMNEY) ... not FRIGGIN' likely!

[Ken Shultz]

Seeing Shelia Bair makes me want to vomit.

[Paul.]

Florida slipping from Romney's grasp. His empire is crumbling.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Intrade has FL 80% for Obama.

Romney is a penny stock.

[Bam!]

Drudge:

FLORIDA
O 3,629,948 49.44%
R 3,629,948 49.44%

[free2booze]

RECOUNT!

[Question of Auban]

They can't blame hanging chads or butterfly ballots this year

[FD]

Can Boehner and his moronic minions sustain gridlock?

[mad libertarian guy]

He was just on TV and claimed he and the house to be the lone force stopping government growth and spending.

I almost puked because nothing says stopping government growth and spending like a $3.5T bill a year!

[nahid0001]

Just released NYU study of President Obama and Mitt Romney's body language shows on a word by word basis what each candidate emphasizes. http://gesturecloud.org

[Dagny T.]

Gross, it looks like Elizabeth Warren may win.

And fucking fuck, Ohio. Fucking fuck.

[Paul.]

Counting my winnings... now...

[Francisco d Anconia]

Fucking Massoftwoshits!

[Warty]

Sorry. I didn't do my part, if it makes you feel any better. Which I hope it doesn't.

[Bingo]

Y'all are a bunch of fucking hipsters if you ask me. Trying for some more variety than just ass shots.

[Bingo]

Although, these tattoos are nice.

[John Galt]

How am I supposed to read that unless I have have the back of knees fetish?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is there something inherently wrong about the ass shot?

[Bingo]

me gusta

[Big 'Orra]

SI!!!!!!

[Big 'Orra]

DAMN!!!! I LOVE shoes and FEET!

[Bam!]

But, GIFs are amazing.

[John Galt]

But, now I feel better. Holy Gif!

[Bingo]

I see your gif, and I raise you.

[Bam!]

I raise you a maid.

I don't have a lot of GIFs on hand. Damn.

[sloopyinca]

Y'all are a bunch of fucking hipsters if you ask me.

The mayonnaise love is strong here.

[T o n y]

What was that about Nate Silver? John, are you sober enough to drag your ass to a keyboard?

[Paul.]

He's not afraid of you, T o n y. He's afraid of me. 'Cause his ass is a gonna be sending me some bottles of fine scotch.

[Calidissident]

I will say that if Obama holds on, John better post here. While it won't be as good as the reaction from the left would be if Obama loses, it would be hilarious

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Silver still doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.

If he had said BO had a 99% chance of winning, and then BO wins, does that mean he was right?

[T o n y]

He's getting the states down to the percent. He had Florida at basically 50/50 at the end and that's where it is.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Wow, who could have predicted that!

[T o n y]

Haha. If it makes you feel better I'm rooting for an Obama loss in Florida as I have liquor riding on it.

[Palin's Buttplug]

John is a pussy.

He is lurking to be sure. He lives in the fucking GOP anti-reality bubble.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Just like you stopped posting about Intrade after the race tightened (until today)?

[Palin's Buttplug]

Intrade and Nate Silver is all I ever had! I am too fucking lazy to do my own work.

I like experts and markets.

[T o n y]

Well I made him promise not to do any black panther conspiracy bullshit if the outcome matches the polls. Actually he didn't agree to it.

[Francisco d Anconia]

God I'm ashamed to have been born in PA. 60% TO 39% Fucking socialist pigs.

[Calidissident]

Shouldn't that be 99% to 1%

[John Galt]

I'm ashamed you weren't born a mass murderer of your fellow statesmen.

[FD]

The Euros must be happy. Can Obama get the country's ass out of Afghanistan now? Scale back the defense budget and thereby reduce the deficit? A little?

[free2booze]

Stick a fork in it, this thing is done. Time to break up the union.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Jesusland map?

[John Galt]

I agree. Can we stake out New Freedomland around my present home?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

616 comments! 31% with rounding towards the goal!

[Paul.]

Gotta keep the good mood going. Song of the half-hour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poUTNNd-6Co

[Dagny T.]

Nice choice. Too groovy for this shitty night.

[John Galt]

Hi, Dagny. Must be nice to be young.

[heller]

Romney is pulling away with Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.

[Paul.]

What results you watching on Florida? My results show Obama sneaking ahead in Florida.

[heller]

AP

[John Galt]

i'm placing my bets with Heller (since, I'm broke and don't want to stay that way).

[Paul.]

CNN still reporting Obama pulling away in Florida.

[Ken Shultz]

Granny Cheekbones won in Massachusetts.

[John Galt]

Oh crap, I was hoping she'd drown in her own tea pee.

[Jerry on the road]

Would be fun if GJ delivers Ohio and Florida to Obama.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Nope. It wouldnt. And he wont.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

15% reporting, GayJay has 3.4% in New Mexico.

[RBS]

Tulpa's meltdown is going to be fun to watch. More so than John since I actually enjoy talking to John most of the time.

[Paul.]

Big government Nanny State vs War on Terror, I can't wait!

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Already posting here, douchenozzle. I hope you're not planning on complaining about BO for the next four years.

[Paul.]

Oh come on now, Tulpa. Don't be so pissy. America loses with Obama. There, happy?

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Now that it's over you're singing a different tune.

Could have used you when it actually mattered.

[Paul.]

I'll send you my address so you know where to mail that bottle of scotch.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

What bottle of scotch? We never made any kind of bet.

[Paul.]

But on a serial note (not that the bottle of scotch thing isn't serial), you should take some minor comfort in another 4 years of Obama. You must admit that had Romney been elected, all of Obama's failures would have been blamed on him, especially considering that Romney wouldn't have amounted to a significant difference from Obama.

This way, we get to see the full blunt-force trauma of the Obama administration, and then maybe in 2016 America will be so fucking fed up with Big Government that they may actually vote for smaller government.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Sure, Paul.

Early exit polls released on Tuesday evening show that about half of voters still blame President George W. Bush more than President Barack Obama for the country's economic problems and most cite the economy as their top issue in the election.

Read it and weep. This was probably the last chance. Things are going to be much tougher for ltdgov from now on.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Freedom never arises after a collapse.

This election has been an endorsement of big government, welfare, and central planning.

Good job Obama cheerleaders.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Too bad Bush crushed small gov for us.

[RBS]

Hahaha, oh Tulpa you poor baby.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Excellent template for responses to every complaint from your mouth about Obama for the next four years.

[RBS]

I have been complaining since 2008 fuckface. Please continue your meltdown.

[Groovus Maximus]

I've already been complaining about him for the past four years, Tulpa. Not my fault his main challenger is a deeply flawed candidate unable to differentiate himself from his opponent.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Whatever lets you sleep at night.

[Redland Jack]

The good news, is that it looks like the Democrats are going to control the Senate and the Presidency, while the Republicans are going to control the House.
That really ought to shake things up.

[db]

Yeah, it's a whole new game.

[free2booze]

As the GOP sits around and scratches their heads in bewilderment as to how they lost to such an incompetent tool, they should think back to when W tried to pass immigration reform and ask "what if".

[nicole]

I just realized the most immediately depressing thing for me personally: four more years of silent disagreement with virtually all my peers. Tear.

[Groovus Maximus]

MALE GAZE

[Paul.]

Which reminds me, how is Gaze marriage doing in Washington?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

No results yet

[RBS]

Why? When everything gets worse you get to say "I told you so."

[nicole]

Ha! They won't think it's getting worse...

[db]

I swear I must work with you, but I don't think you're near the 'burgh.

[nicole]

Nope. But we are many, millennialist quietly caring about freedom...

[Dagny T.]

It was ever thus, nicole. If it goes for Romney, at least your (and my) peers might make noises as though they actually cared about things like drone war killing Pakistani children again. If they haven't forgotten how in the past 4 years.

[nicole]

Yes. But then, they also might suck us in with warm feelings of community, and next thing we know we're on a TEAM. Better to stay alone...

SOB

[Killazontherun]

They like to talk about being silenced, but I bet in their bubble they have no idea what it is like, do they?

[nicole]

I mean, it's all #whitepeopleproblems, but yeah.

[heller]

Johnson is back at 0.6%

[FD]

Helloooooo? Anybody????
Will Obama get the US out of Afghanistan???
Can we scale back now?
Please, left liberals anywhere, please?????

[Paul.]

Shhh, they're trying to sleep.

[Anonymous Coward]

Better to kill the civilians over there so we don't have to kill them here.

Wait a minute, that didn't come out right.

[mr simple]

CNN is calling the Mass race for Warren. Just how stupid are the people of Mass? Do they purposely drop all babies on their heads?

[Ken Shultz]

Yeah, Granny Cheekbones is just riding in on Obama's coattails.

It isn't about Learjet Lizzy. It's about all those Obama voters voting.

[Bingo]

Those entitlements aren't going to hand out themselves you know.

[FD]

Not sure, Ken. MA is around 10% registered Repubs. They usually don't count Dem votes; they weigh them. It was astounding that Scott Brown ever took Kennedy's seat in the first place.
Of course, it shows how broken the system is, when a lying, hypocritical pig like her can sleaze into the Senate.
It's all about giveaways. It's isn't a Repub issue anymore. It's a cultural issue for the nation. We are truly at a crossroad. No hyperbole. It's been building a while now.

[John Galt]

How stupid? *scratches head*

[Ken Shultz]

So, that's another four year until GM gets privatized?

When does GM get privatized?

[Bingo]

About the same time when the unions stop being a de facto wing of the Democratic Party (ie: never).

[sloopyinca]

Four more years...of war

Four more years...of war

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Fuck South Florida

[Question of Auban]

Drudge Report sayeth:

ROMNEY WINS: AL, AR, GA, IN, KY, KS, LA, MS, NE, ND, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, WV...
OBAMA WINS: CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, MI, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI, WY...

FLORIDA
O 3,681,998 49.66%
R 3,668,372 49.48%

R 50% O 48%

[Joe M]

My crude math is showing Johnson already over 300k votes, so I'm guessing he might come close to a million once the west coast reports.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

We can hope. 100M voters in the US whereabouts, right?

[Ken Shultz]

New Hampshire just went to Obama.

That's not good for Romney.

[Question of Auban]

No, it is not.

I have a sinking feeling. I was thinking that MSNBC would be fun to watch tonight. I might watch FoxNews instead if it goes the way it is looking.

[BigT]

Live free or die.

Die.

[db]

Yeah, what exactly do they feel they are living free from?

[John Galt]

Freedom.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Free State Puerto Rico

Forget New Hampshire.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Why didn't they do that? It's genius! The New Taiwan. All the US cash, none of the labor laws!

[Heroic Mulatto]

Because people might have to *gasp* learn another language!

[sloopyinca]

Who's winning?

Who cares.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Not planning on complaining for the next four years, are you?

[sloopyinca]

I've been complaining for two decades.

[Bam!]

In Russia

[heller]

153-143 Mitt

Mitt's screwed.

[Ken Shultz]

Obama's gonna be a lot worse than he's been over the past two years, too--now that he doesn't have to worry about getting reelected.

He dialed it back big time after the Tea Party election two years ago.

The gloves are coming off now.

People think they're getting the Obama over the past two years, but what they're gonna get is Obama's evil twin.

[Bam!]

People think they're getting the Obama over the past two years, but what they're gonna get is Obama's evil twin.

He's gonna grow a beard?

[db]

The weird thing is that Clinton learned from his midterm congressional loss in his first term. I don't think Obama is that smart.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

The glibsters won't remember their behavior over the past few months when they start up the whining, either.

[Ken Shultz]

Well, the important thing is that a lot of libertarians voted for Johnson.

And that's really important--for some reason.

[Bingo]

Yuupppppp.

[John Galt]

hmm..December 2012 may not be the end of the World..but it will certainly be the end of our world.

[Brian AC]

Not so sure he'll be a lot worse. Historically 2nd terms have not seen a lot of major agenda kind of stuff accomplished. For whatever reason 2nd terms tend to turn into rather lame-duck presidencies so that's something to be hopeful about, no?

[heller]

At least Jill Stein is down to 0.1%!

[Doktor Kapitalism]

She could have been a spoiler for the Dems in a few states. Why didn't the Republicans take advantage of that?

[Moe Effingood]

I guess the 12 million green jobs did not sell.

[Gojira]

Well the reps actually managed to lose a senate seat that should have been a lock in Indiana.

That's some awesome fucking fail there.

[Groovus Maximus]

I have the sneaking suspicion that Mourdock was doomed anyway. He was grossly outspent even before his gaffe.

[Gannicus]

I was happy after voting for Gary Johnson here in Atlanta this morning. But things not looking good for Romney. The only thing we have going for us would have been the amazing liberal melt down if Obama lost.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Went to the bathroom. What's changed?

[Bam!]

Fox News: O=157, R=162

[John Galt]

..maybe I should log on to Fox...hmm

[Mad Scientist]

You're bladder's now empty?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I'm sure you would want to know! I'll never let you dissect me! Never!

[heller]

Gayjay went back down to 0.5%

[Bingo]

Is this the first election where people who wanted free stuff finally dominated the electoral process? Could be a turning point for the nation really.

[John Galt]

Absolutely.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Obama has won FL.

LMAO at your bitches.

[Skip]

Don't you have an Obama picture thread at Daily Kos to jerk off to?

[Ken Shultz]

Overnight futures have the Dow down over 100 points.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

For those hoping that the Dems retaining control of the ship of state will put them right where we want them:

Early exit polls released on Tuesday evening show that about half of voters still blame President George W. Bush more than President Barack Obama for the country's economic problems and most cite the economy as their top issue in the election.

Economy's in the shitter, most voters think the economy is the main issue, and they vote for the incumbent.

[Bam!]

Soooo.... What other countries are there?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

New Zealand, Australia...

Theres also Puerto Rico

[Mad Scientist]

They have awful gun laws down under.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Eh, I really dont know.

This country, well at least the blue states, have endorsed nanny-statism.

Im fucking leaving this Fucking state of Ohio come spring. I am so pissed that Socialist Brown won. What a fraud.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Its so ass-backwards. Only for the Dems, only for the dems.

Fucktards rule this nation.

[FD]

Anybody who believes it's purely Bush's fault is a moron. Sad to say there are a lot of folks who think that. As the saying goes, he happened to be there when the wheel went round.
It's is an economy built on unfunded liabilities,war and borrowed money which goes back decades. Many decades. The ebb and flow of recessions is but a symptom of a systemic fault. You either can nip at the edges with some Fed maneuvering and a lot of luck and hope you're out before the curtain falls, or you're a goat.
But what the hell, easier to argue over Team colors.

[Killazontherun]

But. blaming Bush is so easy. It's only four letters.

[heller]

159-143 Mitt

[Gojira]

Somehow republicans are going to come out of this night worse off than they entered it.

Dem turnout seems nearly on par in the competitive places as it was in 2008, thoroughly fucking the theories of conspiracy in the polls and amongst our own commenters that D turnout wouldn't even come close to four years ago.

People really, really love socialism and slavery. They don't vote dem b/c they're deluded, or b/c they don't understand the concept of limited government. They vote dem b/c they are statists. It's time we accept that and learn how to deal with it.

[Ken Shultz]

It's harder to convince people to change direction than it is to convince them to stay on the same course.

That's what incumbency is all about.

[Paul.]

Switching horses midstream is bad. And stuff!

[Bingo]

Don't forget, they vote because the FREE STUFF should never stop flowing. I talked to someone that said the gov't should provide food, shelter, healthcare, and jobs at a bare minimum. And he was an iffy Obama supporter, registered Independent.

Also: Sara Jean Underwood. Drool.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I honestly would trade a night with her for a libertarian-Republican Senate and House.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I wouldn't. You'd have a better shot long term if we had a freer country.

[Killazontherun]

A libertarian congress would legalize cloning. You could get some DNA off her, force grow a clone to adulthood, and when that clone grows boobies turns the physiological/mental development definition of eighteen, ask her if she would like to be your companion, and if not, you fully support her in her choices.*

* last time I mentioned this option you people went on and on about making sex slaves so I covering my ass this time.

[Groovus Maximus]

Precisely Jimbo. This election is a referendum on "FREE SHIT", and will gladly trade liberty for a false sense of security.

[Gojira]

And you're moving to the bastion of open government: Eastern Europe.

Lots of luck, doc.

[Groovus Maximus]

Ironic that that's the place I can practice more freely with less regulation, isn't it?

[Gojira]

I sincerely hope there isn't a lot of unofficial "regulation" you'll have to deal with.

In the form of Yuri, who will drive an Escalade to your practice once a week for his two grand.

Then again, how is that much different than here?

[Groovus Maximus]

Fortunately, no. The private polikliniki and bol'nitsy are left alone, as that was a concern for me.

Where do you think "connected" types get their medical care, a public hospital?

That type of regulation is something with which I will not be dealing. Besides, it's still less expensive than here. I planned well.

[Skip]

Its a referendum that idiot Blue State Senate candidate Democrats are supported while idiot Red State Senate candidate Republicans are not supported.

[Paul.]

Teach them right for running "not quite as big government candidates as Obama". Maybe next time they'll remember there is a real small government contingency in this country, and all 22 of us vote.

[Groovus Maximus]

We were right all along Paul. Knowing something about human nature greatly helps.

I am convinced USA'ers want EUR and have been for quite some time.

[Paul.]

I'm looking at my neighbor's house. He's got some shit I want. This election is a referendum on me walkin' over there and takin' it. And he's got an Obama sign in his yard so I know his ass isn't armed.

[Killazontherun]

Remember your non-agression principles, Paul. Only union bosses and their middle level thugs, public sector workers, and those who voted themselves a part of your wallet are not covered by the NAP.

[Mad Scientist]

Anyone who votes for someone else to take your stuff is no better then the thug who comes over and takes it himself.

[Killazontherun]

Exactly right. If that is a bit different from what i said than I meant what you said.

[FD]

I thought we numbered around twelve, so perhaps there is some hope.

[Joe M]

Shit, there's a way to deal with it? I've been missing out all this time.

[Calidissident]

I see some people are upset. Hope this cheers you up

http://img.photobucket.com/alb.....raquel.jpg

[Mad Scientist]

That is an unfortunate top.

[Calidissident]

"That is an unfortunate top."

I do wish it wasn't there myself

[Mad Scientist]

We can certainly agree on that.

[Ken Shultz]

It helps!

[Bam!]

Upset? Move to the country

[Gojira]

Motorcycles and bitches. That actually looks somewhat like my idea of Heaven.

If the chick was more ethnic at least.

[Dagny T.]

Fucking fuck, Florida. Fucking fuck.

[Bingo]

It's Florida, what did you expect?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Its now ruled by Northerners, Fucking Ohioans, Cubans, and overall outcasts.

[Calidissident]

Don't Cubans vote Republican?

[Paul.]

Back in the day. Have no idea how the young ones with college debt vote. I mean, come on dude, free shit!

[mr simple]

Well, at least the free market wont get the blame when the economy continues to tank under Obama.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Early exit polls released on Tuesday evening show that about half of voters still blame President George W. Bush more than President Barack Obama for the country's economic problems and most cite the economy as their top issue in the election.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/s.....z2BV8p0cs2

[free2booze]

I've yet to here a lefty say which of W's policies wrecked the economy.

[Mad Scientist]

Then they'll have to admit those were the policies Senator Obama voted for.

[T o n y]

Not regulating when needed is a policy. It's true that a lot of the deregulation happened under Clinton.

[Calidissident]

Tony, we have over 100 financial regulatory agencies. The federal register ballooned every year. The most extensive financial regulation since the New Deal (until Dodd-Frank) was passed under Bush. Regulatory spending exploded. What makes you think one more agency, a few more rules, or a few more dollars would have prevented anything?

[mad libertarian guy]

To the statist, we're always just one regulation away from utopia.

[T o n y]

They have to be the right ones. Capital requirements, more scrutiny of derivatives were needed.

[mr simple]

Please name the deregulation that caused or even played a part in the recession. My god, ontly like 5% of the population knows anything about economics or math.

[mr simple]

Now, sure. I'm talking about how things go over the next few years. Shit, I'm still probably kidding myself. Cognative dissonance is strong in tne electorate. But you know if Romney won and the economy continued to collapse, the electorate would fall all over themselves blzming the free market, even though we haven't had a true free market administration, well ever I guess.

[Gojira]

It's nice that you think that.

The problems will be blamed that we didn't regulate HARD.

Holy shit, Akin just lost to McCaskill in Missouri. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.

[Syd Henderson]

Why? You into reproductive rights for rapists, or generally into pond scum?

[PapayaSF]

Well, at least the free market wont get the blame when the economy continues to tank under Obama.

You must be joking. The free market is always to blame, even in North Korea.

[Bam!]

Is there a real chance that Obama will with the electoral college but lose the popular vote? Or is that only because of the states that have been counted thus far?

[Joe M]

I think it's possible. It's hard to tell with so many states partially counted and numbers moving around so much though. That might be the most entertaining result we can hope for at this point.

[Dagny T.]

It will be super fun to hear the liberals who complained for the decade following the 2000 election do a complete 180 and espouse the virtues of the electoral college.

I will go back to hating both TEAMs roughly equally tomorrow. Today, I save a special source of pure hate for TEAM BLUE.

[Brian AC]

Yes, this is what I'm hoping for -- will be quite fun to watch.

[Paul.]

Well now that we're finally getting Romney out of office and are voting in a Democrat! -Biden.

[mad libertarian guy]

It will be super fun to hear the liberals who complained for the decade following the 2000 election do a complete 180 and espouse the virtues of the electoral college.

This.

[John Galt]

hmm.. not enough..

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I may end up being wrong about Colorado. Oops.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Retweeted by Balko:
"The Rape guy lost" "Which one?" Your party has serious issues if people have to ask "Which one?" #GOP #itstheTwentyFirstCentury

[Gojira]

Akin loses to McCaskill. Hopefully this, combined w/ Indiana, will finally convince SoCons to shut their fucking mouths and practice good, safe, non-inflammatory answers to bullshit gotcha-questions.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Hopefully this, combined w/ Indiana, will finally convince SoCons to shut their fucking mouths and practice good, safe, non-inflammatory answers to bullshit gotcha-questions.

Please, if anything, they'll double-down.

[Gojira]

Good Christians simply can't win against the heathen atheist humanist hordes.

[nicole]

Yes. This is, after all, exactly how the GOP have chosen to destroy themselves.

[mad libertarian guy]

The single most important thing they can do as a party is to kick the SoCons to the fucking curb.

[Gannicus]

This.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

The problem with Akin's response wasn't that it was inflammatory, it's that it was factually incorrect on an inflammatory subject. Even Republicans were *honestly* saying "WTF?" when they heard it.

[Gojira]

Well OK, I would submit that making a ridiculously inaccurate statement about an inflammatory topic is, in and of itself, inflammatory.

[Palin's Buttplug]

Won't happen. SoCons will suck the life out of freedom if they could gain power.

[heller]

159-147 Mitt

We haven't even gotten to the West Coast yet.

[Bardas Phocas]

George Allen leading in virginia.

Maccaca bitehez!

[Skip]

This might be the only bright spot tonight.

[Gannicus]

Too early to start the Rand Paul in 2016 push?

[Bingo]

Just thinking the same thing, haha!

[Dagny T.]

That one even brightened my spirits a little, Bingo. More dancing in underwear for a brighter tomorrow. Four years from now.

[db]

No offense, but you and I will be wearing granny panties and Depends before a brighter tomorrow rises on us.

[Bingo]

Dancing in your underwear is anarchy in action. No government necessary 🙂

[free2booze]

The GOP better get on board with what Rand is dishing out, or it's going to be a long, long time until they get another glimpse of the Oval Office.

[Bingo]

The big worry is that they nominate Santorum because it's "his turn". Which they probably will do considering how fucking stupid So-Cons and Cons in general are.

[db]

It's always someone's Turn with the GOP. Dole. McCain. Romney.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Then how about Rand for an unholy Libertarian-Constitution alliance that pulls in 33%

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I really hope this happens. The LP and CP need to merge and agree to disagree on Immigration. We dont have much time.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Just like they nominated Buchanan in 2000?

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Please. You're looking at tonight and interpreting it as a plea for limited govt?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I agree,tonight is very depressing.

[Calidissident]

No, God no, it is not too early. I really hope he runs

[Bam!]

You fool! It's Jeb Bush and a restoration of the Bush dynasty! He has a Latina wife n' stuff.

[db]

well, we need to decide on the name for the name of his new party. I vote "phoenix."

[BigT]

'A republic, if you can keep it.'

We can't.

[Mike M.]

Especially not when you're flooded with an endless tidal wave of socialists with an attitude.

[Eduard van Haalen]

I have a lot of Red State types on my Twitter feed, and they're coming close to conceding Romney lost.

[Ken Shultz]

Dow futures dropping so hard's gotta mean investors think Ohio is going to Obama.

Taxes are going up.

[Bam!]

Sarah Palin is on Fox News. /me hits the "last" button on the remote

[Lyle]

At least the House will be Republican. Republicans need to start warming up to gay marriage and legal marijuana.

Black people also need to stop voting Democrat. God damn they're stupid.

[Calidissident]

People in general need to stop voting for shitty candidates, whether they're Republican or Democrat

[Lyle]

Actually people have to vote for the people who are running, or not vote. Shitty has nothing to do with it.

[Calidissident]

There were a couple guys running this year, either in the primary and/or general, who aren't shitty candidates. And if people would be more willing to vote for good candidates, maybe more good candidates would win

[Calidissident]

last word should be run, although I guess what I said is also true

[Lyle]

Political power is about winning. People who don't win are shitty candidates.

[Dagny T.]

Calidissident, if I weren't studiously avoiding Facebook for the duration, I would be stealing this quote right about now.

[John Galt]

Gee, just imagine if the GOP decided to oppose the failed drug war. They'd dominate politics for the next half a century.

But, that won't happen.

[Gojira]

I honestly think they would rather be out of power, than to actually give up gov't power.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Who won? Hitler or Mao?

[sloopyinca]

Pol Pot, actually.

[John Galt]

If it's not porn, I'm not clickin'.

[sloopyinca]

What's the over/under on Sarah Palin being either bulimic or anorexic? I'm thinking binge-and-purge.

[Sidd Finch]

I've never seen a non-Russian woman lose so much attractiveness in 4 years.

[Jerry on the road]

You have people moving to Republican states who are now voting to have their new states look more like their old trashy states.

[Bam!]

Upset? Learn a new skill

[Ken Shultz]

She is really talented!

And you just tell she's a really good person, too.

[John Galt]

Her talent is mesmerizing. Almost as mesmerizing as @ 4:20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RSOLc.....03F25EFB54

[C. Anacreon]

Is that THE Amy Adams in that movie?

[Bingo]

Or go to the beach!

[John Galt]

mmm, butt, can it change fortune?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why bother hula-hooping when you could be learning Astronomy?

[Alex]

This is pretty cool.

http://elections.nytimes.com/2...../scenarios

Come on 269-tie!

[Sidd Finch]

The polls are fucking useless. There's no way in hell Toledo is a top 25 team.

[sloopyinca]

Those are the same people that think Mississippi State is in the top 25 as well.

Idiots.

[Sidd Finch]

B1G tears are almost as delicious as Obamney tears.

[sloopyinca]

Oh, holy mother of fuck. Here we go.

Big Ten fans are not fans of the entire conference. Hell, I hate every team in the Big Ten except my beloved Buckeyes. The SEC, on the other hand, thinks their conference is the greatest thing in the world and cheers on every team when they play (shitty teams) out of conference.

There's nothing in the world sadder than a Vandy or UK fan saying how great their conference is on a Big Ten message board. You don't get that from people who follow their team as opposed to an entire region of the country's teams.

Fuck the fucking SEC and the media bias that puth 5 of their teams in the top 9 when they play nobody better than Western Carolina out of conference when 3 B1G teams play ND and half of them play a Pac12 team OOC.

[Sidd Finch]

Big Ten fans are not fans of the entire conference.

And yet I knew you were a B1G guy after one sentence.

There's nothing in the world sadder than a Vandy or UK fan

This is where you should have stopped.

[sloopyinca]

Oh, holy fuck. Everybody on here knows I'm a Buckeyes fan and couldn't give a flying fuck about the rest of the Big Ten. Hell, it's in my screen name (sloopy, hello?)

I'll repeat it again. I don't give a shit about any other Big Ten team. I am a Buckeye.

O-H...

[Sidd Finch]

And yet, I recognized the same ole B1G butthurt in one sentence. If we continue this long enough, you'll complain that bowl games aren't played where real mean play, the frozen tundra of Lucas Oil Stadium some burnt out Midwestern shithole.

[sloopyinca]

What, are you on drugs? There's no Big Ten butthurt here. I hate every team in the conference.

And football is played in all four corners of America...every weekend in the fall. It's just that some teams play decent OOC opponents every year and some don't.

Name me one SEC team that's played the same level of OOC opponents The Ohio State Buckeyes have played in the last decade.

[Sidd Finch]

And yet, I recognized the same ole B1G butthurt in one sentence.

Name one B1G team that played the same overall schedule as UT, LSU, UF, UA, or AU. (That's 5 BCS champions. Where's the B1G at these days? The nation stopped paying attention.)

[sloopyinca]

Yeah, name me one decent SEC team that's played an OOC schedule like tOSU over the past decade? That's all I ask. Just one fucking decent team with a schedule like tOSU's played. Texas? USC? Miami? You can't come up with one.

"Overall schedule" is bullshit. It's skewed because the pollsters always give more credit to the SEC in-conference than they should. Let's talk playing teams you get to schedule, not who you have to schedule.

[Sidd Finch]

LSU and UF embarrassed some team from the Midwest. My recollection is that they were technically in the B1G, but they sure looked like a 6-6 MAC team.

It's skewed because the pollsters always give more credit to the SEC in-conference than they should.

Yea, the pollsters are in cahoots with the computers ... and Nate Silver.

[sloopyinca]

Oh, are you talking about Missouri? That team the Gators beat by a whopping 7 points at home this weekend?

Haha. What the fuck ever.

[Sidd Finch]

Wasn't Mizzou. I think the have a sickly former SEC coach. Who knows? They're not on the teevee anymore.

[sloopyinca]

OK. I'm done talking about this shit. tOSU is 5th, but they'll be 3rd by the end of the year if they go undefeated and they'll be top 5 next year preseason and will win the NCG. And if they have to beat an SEC team to do so, that's all the better...just like they drilled Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl 22 months ago.

[Sidd Finch]

tOSU is 5th

true

but they'll be 3rd by the end of the year if they go undefeated

true

they'll be top 5 next year preseason

probably true

and will win the NCG.

LOLcats

just like they drilled Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl 22 months ago.

We have rules in the SEC. One of those is "Never brag about beating Arky."

[C. Anacreon]

And Northwestern played three BCS schools out-of-conference and beat them all.

[Paul.]

2016 is gonna be some epic lulz, watching T o n y and Joe (and Shrike) openly campaigning for Biden. Epic. Lulz.

[Ken Shultz]

My guess, at this early point?

Is that it's between Hillary Clinton and Liz Warren.

Don't underestimate Liz Warren. More than half her money came from out of state--she raised a ton of money in Hollywood. And that's what getting the nomination is all about--having a national fundraising presence. And Warren's already got it.

[Killazontherun]

Ugly people only win in homely states. She wouldn't even carry New York or Connecticut with that face.

[PapayaSF]

How in the HELL does she get elected, much less have a future? Academic fraud, gaming affirmative action, practicing law without a license, plagiarizing recipes that supposedly come from her Cherokee ancestors but include mayonnaise? Seriously, WTF?

[Auric Demonocles]

I apologize on the behalf of Massholes everywhere. Though I want to point out I did not cast a vote for her (or anyone, due to stupidly long lines).

[Ken Shultz]

Money from the RTC, intended to reimburse widows and orphans for the money they lost out of their savings accounts? Ended up in Bill Clinton's campaign fund.

He got away with it by saying that he had no idea how it got there!

He and his wife stole millions of dollars from the taxpayers--and a bunch of people went to prison for it. Including the sitting Governor of Arkansas.

Didn't slow Clinton down one bit. Not in terms of getting elected president.

[PapayaSF]

Hillary also had her one dip into the futures markets, during which she made a quick and remarkable $100K (IIRC), and then never traded again. Her trader was later convicted of shenanigans in another case.

[Paul.]

Welcome to 2012 America.

[Brian AC]

I'd be pretty surprised if Biden gets the nomination. Has there been a more irrelevant VP in the last 40 years? And yes, the VP is mostly irrelevant, so that's some achievement.

[Paul.]

Quayle?

[Brian AC]

Hmmm... yes, good point.

[Paul.]

But actually, you and Ken may be on to something. I was puzzling out what the Clinton's and Obama would be fighting over when their civil war started, and that may explain it. They'll abandon all vestiges of the Obama administration by pulling their support for Biden and running agin him. I'd get out the popcorn on that one.

[Killazontherun]

I doubt if Biden's brain will stay cancer free for the next four years. He's supposedly in remission but his behavior suggests otherwise, and I doubt if we would be privy to know if that status has been changed.

[Killazontherun]

No thanks. I don't need the lulz. I need for Team Blue to give Team Red a chance to suck the worst for a change.

[Paul.]

What about Team... Team... what color are the libertarians?

[Heroic Mulatto]

Gold.

[Anonymous Coward]

TEAM Polka Dots...in whatever color combination you choose.

[Ken Shultz]

Shit, I almost forgot, it's waiver wire night.

[Gojira]

In other news, I finally buy a new comforter and various other items for our bed, to replace the old stuff that the dog chewed up.

He hasn't shown any inclination in months to chew (grew out of it). So I bought all new shit and put it on last night.

I have chased him off of that goddamned bedskirt three times just in the time I've been sitting here. The second I replaced the old stuff w/ something nice, he started gnawing on it again.

[Alex]

Pee on it to show its yours.

[Gannicus]

Sounds like you're Barack Obama to his Dem constituency.

[Paul.]

Golf clap.

They keep coming back for mo'.

[Ken Shultz]

Is it a poodle?

[Gojira]

No, and english mastiff. Which makes me hesitant to do anything too severe to correct him, b/c he might be able to kick my ass.

[Paul.]

Shouldn't a dog be... you know...outside?

I know, I know, I'm old fashioned that way.

[Gojira]

Hard for him to eat home invaders when he's outside.

[FD]

For him, it's all new "free shit".

[Groovus Maximus]

You don't have any of that "Doggie-B-Gone" stuff handy?

Here's some more suggestions for you...

[Killazontherun]

Apparently, Reason knows where the wind blows. I'm getting a Prius ad with drag over sound support.

[John Galt]

You might be better with a Prius and a drag queen.

[Killazontherun]

Uhm, drag queen? No thanks, I'm perfectly happy with the female in my house hold I'm married too.

[FD]

Man, Meghan Kelly is so hot. I mean, just classic old movie, sophisticated hot. Cover girl looks.

[John Galt]

And she's super smart, too.

[Francisco d Anconia]

Hey Republicans...

Ron. Paul. Just. Can't. Win.

[db]

Romney: totally. electable.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Santorum will be better. He'll restore this country to it's conservative values!

[db]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Thanks for that!

[John Galt]

santorum
1. That frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

If Romney is considered "far right" by the sheeple populace, how would a Ron Paul fair?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

*fare

[Francisco d Anconia]

RP isn't right. He's up.

[Gojira]

His stances on things like drugs and foreign intervention would have thrown them for a loop.

They think of "far right" in terms of national greatness conservatism and social conservatism. He isn't the former and doesn't emphasize the latter.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

And his drug and foreign policy stances would be horribly unpopular.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Which, if spun right, could gobble up independents and soft liberals, while failing to push away socons.

[Killazontherun]

They made the most milquetoast Republican since Bob Michel come across as Ayn Rand and Hitler's lovechild. Paul would have fared no better. The electorate has just . . devolved.

[PapayaSF]

Sadly, this.

[Auric Demonocles]

So, Pro Lib... about Florida...

[Paul.]

So Pro Lib, about the 2012 election...

[db]

I wonder when people are going to start realizing their votes don't matter, when they see that their states get called for a candidate before their precincts are even counted? People fetishize Democracy but accept this.

[Bingo]

It's not even a democracy anymore, it's a media-projection-ocracy.

Democracy: where 51% can vote to steal from the other 49%
Our system: Where 51% can vote to steal from the other 49% with 3% of the votes counted.

[Paul.]

Nice.

[Alex]

Gary Johnson costs Romney Florida, and thus the election!

Pushing this meme hard.

[Ken Shultz]

Some of my libertarians seem to think that was the plan...

You force Obama on us for another four years of nationalizing GM and the individual mandate--and the Republicans, I guess, are supposed to learn something from that?

I dunno. I don't really understand it.

[Alex]

The political class only responds to electoral results. Some of us can think longer-term than merely the current election. And if the GOP doesn't take the lesson, then better that the fall comes sooner rather than later.

[Enyap]

A Obama electoral college win, but pop vote lost is looking very possible, Romney looks to be pulling away with the pop vote on the CNN site. It'll be fun watching progressives flip flop on the electoral college.

[Bam!]

Drudge has it as R 51% O 48%

[John Galt]

Drudge has been on in the past.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

i was thinking the exact same thing.

[FD]

Turnabout is fair play. They got their revenge.

[Calidissident]

California will majorly push the popular vote back towards Obama. It will be close, but Romney will have to increase his lead in other states more than it is now

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Well, tonight was a wake up call. There is not such thing as a nationwide small government voting bloc. This election was a referedum on nanny-statism; pell grants, food stamps, government contracts, welfare, etc, has the populace addicted and wanting more FREE STUFFZ.

Romney ,by no means, campaigned as a conservative. Yet most of the populace believed he was a "far right winger", and voted accordingly to keep the free stuff coming.

This election will have serious repercussions.

[db]

We don't know turnouts yet, right? It's possible the smallgov folks saw through romney.

[Bingo]

Game over man, game over.

The nice thing about being an anarchist is that you can be happy knowing how silly the stupid system is.

All that matters is yourself and the people you love. People in DC? Not so much.

[John Galt]

I feel much better seeing how happy she is. 🙂

[FD]

Nicely stated.
Look, everyone is on the dole bow. The country is at a crossroad, and emulating EU style governance. Step by step, it's arrived albeit with lower taxes. That will change soon too.

Anyway, if I may again.... Leftist turds anywhere!!!!! Can we please leave Afghanistan now?!!! Can we please stop sending money to other countries???!!! Please????? You got your pal in again, so will the US stop killing now? Please!!!!

[John Galt]

Even less likely under Lefty than Righty.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

http://www.uncoveredpolitics.c.....ationally/

Gary at 250,000 already.

[db]

more than 10% of that is from PA.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

47,000 from Texas

Could Pennsylvania be a libertarian opening, with the right application?

[heller]

558,000

0.9%

[Ken Shultz]

If Romney loses Florida or Ohio, it's over.

[Nephilium]

Fuck... it looks like Obama has pulled far enough away in Florida that Gary Johnson doesn't cover the spread. The spread is closing to Ohio, and could be interesting as the votes continue coming in.

[Francisco d Anconia]

Things to buy:

1. Ammo (lots)
2. MREs (lots)
3. Diesel Generator (big)
4. Diesel (10,000+ gallons)
5. Gold (all in)

This nation is beyond saving.

[Heroic Mulatto]

You should have been preparing before....

[Ken Shultz]

The next four years are gonna get ugly.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

6. A statist-repelling rock to keep the grabbers from taking it away when the time comes.

[Francisco d Anconia]

See #1.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

They're going to have more of it than you do and the backing of the populace.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Actually, serious question...are MREs really all they're cracked up to be? The only situation I'd see them being superior to canned goods for Obamergencies is if you have to transport them for some reason.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Exactly. You cannot subsist on MREs for an extended period of time, they're just not designed for that.

Stock up on canned goods, bags of rice and beans. Grow your own vegetables and learn to can them.

[John Galt]

Not necessarily, I survived through an entire extreme north latitude cold period one year on MREs.

It wasn't one of my better years, but I did "subsist."

[Heroic Mulatto]

I survived through an entire extreme north latitude cold period one year on MREs.

Wow. Still, I wouldn't have wanted to see your bloodwork after that.

Fresh veggies that you canned yourself are much more nutritious in the long run, yes?

[Sidd Finch]

You cannot subsist on MREs for an extended period of time, they're just not designed for that.

Really? It seems like they're designed for exactly that.

[Heroic Mulatto]

What period of time are we talking about? A couple of weeks, sure. Years? No.

[Sidd Finch]

Why not? They're basically normal meals.

[Heroic Mulatto]

No, they're not. As Gojira pointed out below, they're designed to supply the massive caloric needs of a soldier fighting a war out beyond the wire. If you're not burning that energy, MREs will put pounds on you quick.

[Sidd Finch]

If you're not burning that energy,

If you need to subsist on MRE's, you need calories. I don't see a post-apocalyptic scenario that involves sitting on the couch and watching Honey Boo Boo.

[Gojira]

It's the goodies. They have candy, utensils, and a chemical cooking bag to heat the food, all nicely contained in one package.

Shit, they started coming with fake milkshakes about 10 years ago.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

I don't see any of those considerations being important if you're trying to survive economic/societal collapse. Which is the drift I'm getting from what people are prepping for.

[Heroic Mulatto]

For portability, many folks make their own "MREs", they're cheaper and much healthier to boot.

[John Galt]

I'm disappointed your link wasn't soft porn.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Sorry, I'll try harder next time.

[Gojira]

Also, they have massive caloric values, designed for weeks of hard work in the field. So you don't have to eat as much.

But true story: I watched some guys seal a cracked engine block on a deuce-and-a-half with the cheese long enough to get it the few miles back to the motor pool.

So I try to avoid the cheese.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Exactly. Crouching in your bunker eating only MREs is going to make you fat and the salt will give you high blood pressure.

I don't recommend them as a long-term survival food.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

I thought the sodium-blood pressure link was shown to be bupkus.

[Heroic Mulatto]

*shrugs* Really? I just know that my step-dad has hypertension and his doctor told him to avoid salt.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

The latest research has indicated that it may be bad for HBP for some people, but on others there's little effect.

Also, what doctors say and what's actually true are often two different things. No offense, GM and any other docs here, but I've had some truly bad experiences with ignorant doctors. I know there are issues with WebMD et al. causing hypochondria, but for some doctors I suspect they just don't like patients being in a position to know when the doc is full of shit.

[Gojira]

Yeah but I want them for when I'm battling the liberal zombie hordes afterwards.

[Killazontherun]

Learning to make your own jerky from rabbits, squirrels and deer is a better way to go.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

There are a LOT fewer squirrels around SW-PA now than there were in 2007. Which leads me to only one conclusion and it's a damned depressing one.

[Sidd Finch]

They're good because it's a full meal in a bag and they last a long time. If you have utensils and pots and pans and stuff, I don't see why canned food isn't a much better alternative.

Also, never eat something called "ham slice."

[John Galt]

I never had MREs until later in life as a wild land firefighter. In the service we had C-rats. MREs are a phenomenal improvement and the difference between subsistence and eating a meal...sort of.

[C. Anacreon]

My friend's dad used to have the contract to supply all the military's MREs. He got out of the biz about ten years ago but still gets a lot of "residuals". Yes, they have an unimaginable amount of money.

[HazelMeade]

How the hell is Wisconsin being called for Obama? Romney is ahead by 3% with 23% of precincts reporting.

[db]

not the right precincts.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Exit polls, presumably.

[Nephilium]

Google still has it as a slight Romney win, at 51.2 to 47.7, with Gary Johnson getting .6.

[Ken Shultz]

Somebody give me some good news about marijuana legalization in Colorado.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

My source says that, with about 25% reporting, it's 52.5% for.

[Skip]

Its over! Even if Romney wins everything on the East Coast and Ohio, he isn't winning Colorado. Apparently only southern voters have turned against Obama even a little bit.

[Gannicus]

Looks like Eric Holder can enjoy another 4 years of doing whatever the hell he wants without any sort of accountability.

[amagi]

johnson got to 0.9% at one point. now 0.8%. could keep going up rest of night?

over 500,000 votes already with less than half of expected votes counted

[Francisco d Anconia]

Anyone have a potential location for Galt's Gulch?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

1. Seastead
2. Somewhere in Chile (you should be right at home)
3. Somewhere in the Caribbean
4. Somewhere else

[John Galt]

Right here.

[Teaching Student]

Eastern Humboldt County

[db]

Guys, I'm out. gonna read something pleasant like Lovecraft.

[Trespassers W]

I'm suddenly in the mood to buy precious metals. They're going to spike up tomorrow, though, aren't they?

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Yep.

[Dagny T.]

Goddammit, Colorado and Iowa.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Called Iowa right. Still time to go for Romney, Colorado. Please? My map is going to be messed up otherwise.

[Dagny T.]

This is like when, against your better judgement, you put Duke in your Elite Eight or something, and they choke first round. Because they're fucking Duke and you hate them all, really.

[John Thacker]

Really, you hate Duke graduates Ron and Rand Paul?

[Paul.]

I know, right? I-fucking-owa? What is it with farmers and Obama? Please essplain.

[Dagny T.]

Subsidies, I guess? Not that Romney would've been likely to end those either.

[Alice Bowie]

I'm waiting for all my conservative and libertarian friends to yell out

"THE BUMs LOST !!!"

I don't know...looks too close to call right now.

I voted for Gary Johnson...But I'm from NYC.
Had i Lived in FLA...I would have voted Obama.
Had Ruth Ginsberg retired and Obama had appointed another justice, I would have voted for Romney.

[Gojira]

Fox Business flabbergasted that voters do not find Benghazi to be an important issue, not even in the top 5. No one cares.

Thoughts?

[PapayaSF]

Without the major media pounding on it as a scandal, it doesn't become a scandal. Of course, after the election, the same media will be rushing to win some Pulitzers over it.

[Groovus Maximus]

"FREE SHIT" trumps all, Jimbo.

It's really that simple. It trumps ideology, immoral wars (those aren't my neighbours getting blown to bits), even social issues to a great degree, regardless where you fall on those. People are cynical enough that even something as horrendous as Benghazi does not trump "FREE SHIT".

[Gannicus]

I'm flabbergasted too. They mentioned how abortion was a huge issue for women and that flabbergasted me also.

[Francisco d Anconia]

I stand by what I said in a post the other night. If Romney loses it's because he didn't engage Obama hard on this issue in the third debate. He should have pounded this for the last month. He could have forced it to be an issue. Had he, the press would have had to address it. He chose not to.

Stupid bitch!

[PapayaSF]

One theory is that the whole Benghazi thing was a blown CIA op (see Richard Fernandez on that), that the whole thing is ongoing, and that once Romney was briefed on it he decided to not bring it up.

[T o n y]

Nobody gives a shit what GOP agit-prop says anymore except GOP sheep.

[Calidissident]

I didn't really care who won tonight. But all I have to say is Propositions 30 and 38 both better fail here in California.

[Teaching Student]

Wouldn't it suck if they BOTH passed? We;d be screwed.

[Bam!]

Fox News is entering tears mode. Upset? Unwind

[Bingo]

I'm pretty sure we've become Greece at this point.

The one upside is that we might not have "kinetic action" against Iran.

[Paul.]

Whoa, whoa, everyone else seeing this? CNN shows WI slipping out of Obama's grasp.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Interesting the gnashing of teeth going on in here from people who swore up and down that there was no difference between the candidates.

[sloopyinca]

see my post downthread.

[Trespassers W]

There are two differences, admittedly:
1. If Romney is elected, it means the horror gets to unfold gradually.
2. The tears of Obama supporters are the sweetest candy.

[Paul.]

Well said.

We'd also get to see Romney fail to repeal Obamacare. There is that. And some woman on NPR said that if Romney gets elected she expectes to be "homeless or dead", so there is that.

[heller]

There is no difference, but most of us want to see liberal tears tonight.

[Auric Demonocles]

In my defense, I was always clear that I was between Johnson, not voting, and Romney (as the way to most piss of liberals for spite of Obamacare). I settled on not voting after a couple of stupidly long poll lines.

[Big 'Orra]

Interesting the gnashing of teeth going on in here from people who swore up and down that there was no difference between the candidates.

As Barry Goldwater said, "In your heart, you know I'm right,"

Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

http://www.bing.com/images/sea.....ORM=HDRSC2

[Gojira]

Needz moar orcs.

[sloopyinca]

Racist.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

True.

Was upcoming The Hobbit, filmed in NZ?

[sarcasmic]

In totally unrelated news, the band Garbage put out a single this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OdTBCgqRt4

[Heroic Mulatto]

I would tear a young Shirley Manson's ass up. Middle-aged Shirley Manson? Not so much.

[sloopyinca]

status quo.

[yawn]

[db]

Have to agree with this. Not much has changed.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

It would be nice to see you guys find out just how wrong you are about what BO has in store for us over the next 4 years, but unfortunately I have to live in the same country.

[db]

Mitt Romney failed to demonstrate how his vision is any different. Please enumerate these differences.

[Killazontherun]

More coal mines.

[Ken Shultz]

The status quo sucks.

When do we privatize GM again?

Oh, and if Congress repeals the individual mandate, who in the White House has promised to sign it?

The status quo sucks.

Do you want Obama making the big decisions about what happens with the fiscal cliff?

The status quo sucks donkey dicks.

[sloopyinca]

Hey, I didn't say it wasn't shitty. But in my defense, I've been saying that since I was old enough to vote.

[mr simple]

Ben Stein onFBN is awesome. "A Secretary of Business is so comically stupid..."

[triclops]

I like him too, except when he pretends evolution is not settled.

[mr simple]

Re: Benghazi

"The mainstream media covered up here for Obama like they were the most biggest coverers up in the history of the world. It is astonishing how they covered up. The cover up of Watergate was a small childs game compared to the way the media has covered up for Benghazi."

[Anonymous Coward]

After all this drinking, I need a designated driver to take me home.

[Bam!]

Sweet land of liberty...

[Paul.]

My statue of liberty is standing tall...

[Auric Demonocles]

My banner is waving.

[Anonymous Coward]

Bright colors make for a happy life.

[Auric Demonocles]

Fucking A, I love redheads.

[Bingo]

Tomorrow you can wake up to a new day.

[Auric Demonocles]

Not that I'm complaining, but something about those proportions seems wrong.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Is Rick Perry still talking up secession?

[sloopyinca]

Fucking Foxnews. I was hoping for salty ham tears but they're being very fair in their coverage.

Why don't John and Tulpa have a TV channel so I can enjoy this night a bit more?

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Kickstarter?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I might join the HitandRunpublicans guild tonight.

Tonight was very bad, very bad..

[Skip]

Even if the Fox News people are Republicans, they are not activists, with the exception of Hannity. MSNBC is nothing but activists even in the daytime.

[John]

Why should I care? I have always said I was ambivalent about this election. If four more years of Obama is what the country wants, more power to them. It ought to be entertaining.

If you are looking for tears from me, look elsewhere. And when we end up in a war with Iran, at least you can't blame it on the Republicans.

[mr simple]

Oh, they'll find a way.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Electoral Count from an up to date source?

[Bam!]

Fox News: O=173 R=174

[Brian AC]

Since we all know the 78 west coast and Hawaii votes are an absolute lock to go to O, that gives him a minimum 251 then, needing only to find 19 more somewhere...

[FD]

The paradigm shift is done. Robert Gibbs is talking about how the country wants the middle, not extremes.
If moderate statist Romney is considered extreme, then you know it's truly over. The republic is no more and would be unrecognizable to the ghosts of the framers. Not even remotely close.
I'm not whining in hyperbole. It's a fact. Bland republican Romney is extreme? Gibbs and his ilk (such as Liz Warren) have successfully shifted the frame of reference, completely.
Libertarians need a cultural game changer, big time.

[robc]

Congrats to SugarFree for chucking out an incumbent.

[Bingo]

Out with the old..

[Ken Shultz]

16,000 votes separating Romney and Kang in Florida.

Romney loses Florida and it's officially over.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

This could really hurt the libertarians if they are portrayed as spoiling down there...

[Ken Shultz]

That's what they wanted to do!

Like I was saying before, if I were Obama's campaign manager, I'd have been running ads for Johnson on my dime!

Voting for Johnson doesn't hurt Obama one bit.

Voting for Johnson isn't a protest vote against Obama. It's a protest vote against Romney. The chances of Obama moving in a more libertarian direction because so many libertarians voted for Johnson is absolute zero Kelvin.

[Calidissident]

"The chances of Obama moving in a more libertarian direction because so many libertarians voted for Johnson is absolute zero Kelvin."

And it's not zero if Romney wins?

[Ken Shultz]

Do you think libertarians voting against Romney would have influenced a victorious Romney any more than registered libertarians voting for him?

If Romney had won because libertarians voted for him, I suspect that might have made him feel even more obligated to libertarians.

If he'd won without us? Maybe not so much.

[db]

Hurt us worse than what, exactly.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Don't even bother asking. Kendall just emotes and gets pissy when you call him on it.

[Paul.]

Did you see my question about WI upthread?

WI (according to CNNs ElectionLicious Data Widget) is slipping out of Bush III's grasp.

[Bam!]

Megyn Kelly just walked a short distance in heels and a tight skirt.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

.gifs or it didn't happen!

[Bam!]

She just said, "I don't want to touch it."

[Bingo]

This is not the gif you are looking for... but it is worth a look.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I'm around other people now so I'll check it out later...

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Saw it this time. Okay, I guess.

[Jerry on the road]

Gary Johnson is margin between Romney and Obama in Florida, Ohio and Virginia.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Romney's winning VA and BO is winning OH by 2%. You are correct about FL for the moment.

[Jerry on the road]

The margin in OH is only 0.7%

[Nephilium]

I'm showing VA at a .8% difference, which matches Gary Johnson's vote. Ohio is a different matter.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Yes, but Romney is ahead in VA.

[Skip]

GayJo couldn't even keep Obama to a plurality in his home state. I thought New Mexico loved the guy?

[Lyle]

If the Republicans lose. Pray they get religion on the Drug War.

[Alice Bowie]

I can't believe Obama won New Hampshire, New Mexico, and possibly Colorado. What happen to the WHITE MEN in these states?

[Anonymous Coward]

These are good civilized, Prius-driving, open-minded white men, not drunk redneck cracka-ass crackers.

[Banjos]

You know Tulpy-Poo, as badly as I want to point out your butthurt, I won't only because you at least have the balls to be on here as opposed to Red Tony who appears to be completely MIA.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Everybody here except the leftists should be butthurt. We can't protect you fence sitters any longer from the full force of what the Dems have in store.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I actually agree with Tulpa...

The senate loses are damning, the country has gone full fucking left.

[Calidissident]

Get off your high horse Tulpa

[Big 'Orra]

Baldwin might be the first openly gay senator, but GOP has rich history of closeted gay senators.

You mean that homosexuals are like everyone else and want, like most people, to want nothing more that to be left the FUCK alone?

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

[Gojira]

The problem w/ many of the GOP variety was that they did not to just be left alone. They wanted to spew rhetoric against the very group of people they belong to and advocate for legislation against them.

[Killazontherun]

The worst president in the modern era winning a reelection means the GOP brand name likely can't make it nationally at this point.

[John]

That or no brand name can make it. Basically people have decided that they will vote D no matter how badly they perform. This is what madness looks like.

[Big 'Orra]

^^THIS!!!!!

[db]

Before I go; my precinct in PA:

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN 1
MITT ROMNEY (REP). . . . . . . . . 463 66.43
BARACK OBAMA (DEM) . . . . . . . . 221 31.71
JILL STEIN (GRN) . . . . . . . . . 4 .57
GARY JOHNSON (LIB) . . . . . . . . 8 1.15
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .14

I had seven compatriots.

[Paul.]

Seems high for Gary Johnson. Voter fraud!

[sloopyinca]

I don't know why all of the HitandRunpublicans are so pissed. If the Benghazi situation unfolds as it should, the impeachment will irreperably harm the Democrats more than a loss in this election ever could.

By the way, Megyn Kelly is bow-legged.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Thanks for the update from delusion land, sloopy.

[sloopyinca]

What? You don't think she's bow-legged?

[Paul.]

There will be no impeachment. What're they going to impeach him for? Lying about Muslims? Mischaracterizing the attack as a riot?

If anyone even tries to impeach this guy, it's racism, straight up.

We're gonna be Greece in four years and 51% of the country will be high fivin' this guy all the way to his presidential library site. Because free stuff... and BUSH!

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

We're gonna be Greece in four years

You're one hell of an optimist (and no, I'm not kidding). I'd give it two years maximum till we reach Greek levels of debt:GDP ratio. And there ain't no one to bail us out.

[gagster]

Well, I think we just passed the point of no return here. Obviously, there's no chance that Obamacare will be repealed now. Obama will probably work to change it to a single payer system.

I'm sure the number of people receiving government assistance will continue to climb. There's a decent chance that that leads to the Democrats retaking the house in 2014. The takers will outvote the makers. The Democrats are pretty much a lock to win the Presidency for the foreseeable future. I think it'll take more than two or four years, but, yep, we're Greece.

[Groovus Maximus]

Benghazi will not see the light of day, now Sloop.

Warren is now giving her winning speech, expect "MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES" to drown out scandal, sloop.

[db]

Let Atlas Shrug. Because the lights will go out.

[John]

I am not pissed. And Bengazi won't unfold. You have to understand, to Obama's supporters there is nothing he could do that is wrong. Basically you live at his will. If he killed you tomorrow, they would think it was a good thing.

Obama will never be impeached. He will never pay a price for any of the things he has done. He is not going to accomplish anything. But he will never be held accountable.

[Paul.]

Obama will never be impeached. He will never pay a price for any of the things he has done. He is not going to accomplish anything. But he will never be held accountable.

Sounds like a concession speech, John. Or, at least you're sounding remarkably like I sounded months ago when you guys kept shrieking that Obama was "toast".

[John]

He should have been toast. But what can you say? It looks like he might lose a majority of the vote and still win. Who could have seen that?

It is not like Romney was going to wave a magic wand and save the world. I can honestly say that I would have enjoyed the tears of the Obama cult. But it appears that we will have the same government tomorrow that we had today. I have always gone back and fourth about whether it would be better for Obama to lose or for him to get four more years of fucking up. I guess the decision might be made. Oh well.

[John]

And of course you find Megyn Kelly unattractive. She is a female. NTTAWWT

[sloopyinca]

I never said she's unattractive. Actually, I think she's the second most attractive woman on TV tonight (behind Dana Perino).

Why do you hate me so much, John?

[John]

I don't hate you. I just really can't see how anyone could criticize her for being bow legged. Who notices that?

[sloopyinca]

I never complained about it. I loves me some bow legged women.

[C. Anacreon]

I likes to go swimmin with bow-legged wimmen, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

[Rich]

How big an "if" do you think that is, sloopy? (Someone pointed out earlier that Benghazi is apparently a non-issue for most people.)

I have no dog in the MK fight.

[sloopyinca]

I believe the coverup is gonna be huge when the congressional inquiry starts. Yeah, Obama can claim executive privilege, but that's not gonna sell well with the military or with patriotic Americans (many of which are Team Blue). I'm sure it's gonna end up being his undoing and will result in a reset of what our executive branch can get away with.

Hell, maybe I'm too much of an idealist, but it's serious business when a president disregards intel that says we must defend our embassies.

[Bam!]

Drudge:

O 3,886,172 49.33%
R 3,886,172 49.33%

[Auric Demonocles]

Florida?

[robc]

Randall Terry is beating Jill Stein for 4th place in KY right now. I find that hilarious for some reason.

With Obama at only 38% of the vote.

Obama is down 3% from 4 years ago in KY.

[robc]

Looks like Obama is going to carry 5/120 counties in KY.

Of course, "None of the above" gave him a tight race in the primary.

[Bingo]

Miranda Kerr has some good moves. Kinda weird lookin in a pretty way.

[Paul.]

Dude, that girl is 11 years old. There's probably some law against what you're posting.

[Bingo]

She's 29, u mad?

[Paul.]

No, I'm horrified. At least she looks 17 in your second picture.

[Anonymous Coward]

I ain't mad at that, and I ain't mad at this either.

[mr simple]

Don't hate on the gays, Bingo.

[Bingo]

Lady Liberty, if only the voters found you sexy.

[Bam!]

Maybe becoming a red country won't be so bad

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Fake...

[Gojira]

...to each according to his "needs".

[Paul.]

Hmm, Obama snags WI back from Romney. Shenanigans!

[Auric Demonocles]

He suddenly just picked up about 20000 votes in Florida too.

[John Thacker]

Berg in North Dakota must be a horrible candidate. Trying to figure out how a guy can be the sitting at-large Representative for a state, his party win both the gubernatorial and presidential races by 25+ points, his party win the at-large race to replace him, and yet he's locked in a 50-50 battle for a Senate seat.

Republicans just underperforming in the Senate compared to elsewhere regardless of candidate. Flake underperforming Romney in AZ too.

[Bam!]

Obama: 244
Romney: 193

[Gojira]

Pfft, all those hot chicks posted so far? They got nothing.

[Gojira]

Damnit, one more time.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

You SFd that

[Auric Demonocles]

Neither do you.

[Mad Scientist]

You SugarFreed the link.

[Mad Scientist]

if Obama wins, will there be a surge in gun sales tomorrow?

[db]

There aren't any more guns to sell.

[John Galt]

Invest in CNC machines.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

I was at Gander Mtn a couple of weeks ago figuring out how I was going to blow my paycheck and took a look at a Rossi 357 mag revolver they had for $329. Piece. Of. Shit. Cylinder didn't spin properly, had a piece of glue or straw or some junk stuck between the barrel and the frame sticking out. Guy behind the counter said they had a few of them.

Next day I went back to buy the 10/22 TD, guy in front of me asked to see the Rossi and guess what? They were sold out.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Surge? Ruger has been 90 days behind on orders for the last four years. There isn't enough supply to make a surge possible.

[Gannicus]

Yeah, I'm wondering if I should gobble up some gun company stocks tomorrow morning when the market opens, assuming an Obama win.

[Bingo]

Yes. Expect AK variants to effectively double in price.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

And passports.

[John Galt]

Tomorrow will be the first day of a never ending hangover.

[Lyle]

Four more years of Obama. Oh. My. God.

Republicans need to not run wacko Tea Party types, but Rand Paul or Centrist types depending on the state... and hurry the fuck over to dumping the Drug War and softening on gay marriage.

[robc]

wacko Tea Party types, but Rand Paul

Same thing.

The Rand supported tea partier crushed his opponent in KY-4 tonight.

[Bam!]

Drudge has Obama pulling away in Florida.

This country used to be great

[John]

God gave us this great country, he can take it away.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Thats a British chick....

Its pretty sad that I noticed the mini cooper first..

[Bam!]

You are totally missing the point of these posts, mkay?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

No, Ive been closely following each of your posts.....closely..

[John Galt]

Only soft porn can save us now.

[Auric Demonocles]

I notice that the precints left to report are primarily in the cities, which is the only place that anyone seemed to like Obama... but they liked him a shitload. Not a good sign for Romney.

[Old Johnnie Goggabie]

Well, fuck it. There's a bowl to be smoked and a beer to be drank. Stick a fork in this country, it's done. But really, didn't we all know that before the election?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

We would had time with Romney. This election has proven this country wants to be Greece.

Liberty never arises after a collapse.

January 1st-the mass exodus of productive people from this country.

[Warty]

I've been watching Dani Daniels movies all night. Is something happening in the real world?

[PapayaSF]

She's not bad, a bit generic.

[Warty]

She's a good performer. Makes up for her generic looks.

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks are great, but nothing beats enthusiasm.

[Dagny T.]

Where's my old familiar Wikipedia page? I have the first line memorized for you and everything: "_______ is a ________ pornographic actress." Take it away from there. The rest of us are suffering through this shit, you could at least put in a little effort.

[Warty]

Oddly enough, it looks like she doesn't have one. Anyway, she gets nekkid and does things to girls.

[Dagny T.]

I was exhorting you to make one, genius. YOU HAVE A MANDATE.

[Warty]

I JUST GAVE YOU ALL THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION

[Paul.]

Don't we all?

[Mint Berry Crunch]

When it's clear from the context that he's talking about a pornstar, forget Wikipedia and go straight to her page on IAFD.com.

It's like IMDB.com. But for porn.

[Warty]

Holy shit, she's younger than my little sister. Welp, I'm old.

[Paul.]

CNN electorals:

238 Obama
191 Romney

I'm smellin' toast, but who gettin' toasted?

[Jerry on the road]

This is going to recount. It's too close.

[Jerry on the road]

Except Obama just won Iowa, election over.

[John Thacker]

A Libertarian Party guy is pulling 4% against Flake in the AZ Senate race? Far more than LP guys elsewhere in the state (except for a Dem with no Rep opposition race.) Really?

Flake is better than 90% of politicians out there.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Is Flake winning? All the Paultards were rooting for his loss...dumbasses.

[John Thacker]

He's up by 6%, but it hasn't been called.

He's running behind Romney in the state.

The GOP, regardless of candidate, is running worse in the Senate than the House, governorships, or Presidency. It's like the voters actually are smart enough to want divided government, despite telling polls that they hate it.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

You mean by "divided govt" the situation where BO's SCOTUS appointees are automatically confirmed?

[robc]

I was thinking they seem to want to give him a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

House is going to have to go balls out, IMO. Romney lost, no need to keep the "good parts" of Obamacare.

Attach a repeal to EVERY second bill. The others get a budget attached.

Pass NOTHING without them.

[Caleb Turberville]

States like California and Texas are such a massive bummer to watch as so many electoral votes just automatically go for one party, year after year.

[Gannicus]

Weed is legal in Colorado?!?!?

[Slumbrew]

Massholes have been over-running NH for awhile now. They move to avoid the MA taxes and then bring their shitty politics with them...

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Ayn Rand wrote about those people...

[Turd in the Punchbowl]

But let me guess - you're a vigorous advocate of open borders, right?

[Slumbrew]

"vigorous"? No, no I'm not.

[Gojira]

Interesting news item: in Ohio, those making over $250,000, who Obama basically demonized throughout the entire election, still went 44% for Obama. I could see it in Cali, w/ all the movie-industry liberal types, but Ohio?

WTF is wrong with people? What is that thought process?

"You know what, he's right. I really am a miserable piece of shit, and should be burdened more to provide sustenance for the Great Proletarian Revolution."

[Caleb Turberville]

Future cronies?

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Lots of govt workers make over 250k in Ohio.

[Paul.]

This.

[Bingo]

Because they are idiots. Why bother giving to charity when you can vote to have the government steal it from you? That way you don't even have to feel altruistic, just doing your duty.

Also: this.

[PapayaSF]

And blacks, who are worse off than they were four years ago, still voted for him. Hell, Jesse Jackson Jr. got overwhelmingly reelected from the nuthouse, and he's also got the feds on his tail.

[Lyle]

A lot of government jobs pay that.

[db]

They're all executives at companies that benefit from Obama's Green Energy boondoggles and auto bailouts?

[db]

Guys, remember, Obama owns this economy. He owns all of it now. The statists own this trainwreck. Sadly, the people have spoken in favor of the statists. What is going to be done?

[T o n y]

How convenient that the House stays GOP so as to block any Obama economic policy. It's 4 years and most still blame Bush, so well see.

[Paul.]

Well, until we can vote Bush out of office, we're gonna keep blamin Bush.

[Calidissident]

Just how much spending does there have to be until we have Obama's economic policy? How much more regulation?

[Paul.]

All of it.

[Mad Scientist]

I expect them to blame Bush as long as the endless supply of morons are still capable of listening.

[Lyle]

We're all California now!

[Gojira]

Jesse Jackson, Jr., wins in a landslide, despite not campaigning and being in a nut-house for nearly a year.

[Lyle]

He's a poster boy for something... failed poor black America maybe.

[Alack]

There's not enough scotch in the world to continue with this shit. Enjoy your bread and circuses, y'all.

[Gojira]

Ohio just called for Obama on Fox. This one's over.

[Bam!]

Obama wins Ohio. Upset? Take it out on your wife

[free2booze]

FOX just called Ohio for Obama.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

watching those Obama supporters in Chicago make me hate people more.

[John]

In all seriousness, Obama won't have a majority in the House. Sure he can rule be EO. But he has back loaded a whole bunch of very unpopular things until after the election. A second Obama term is going to be all LULZ.

[BG]

Obama 2012
For the Lulz

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

That's cute, John. When you're falling off the top of the Sears Tower you'd probably pretend you're flying, too.

[John]

As I said above. God gave us this country. He can take it away. At this point, the country deserves everything it is going to get in the next four years. It will either learn or it will die.

Look at it this way, the Israelites were carried off into slavery by the Babylonians and spent 2000 years without a country after the Romans conquered them. But there is still an Israel today. What are you going to do? This country will survive.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

The Israelites were conquered by the Assyrians and scattered to the four winds, not existing as a separate ethnicity today. The Judeans were conquered by the Babylonians.

Nearly all the Jews' neighbors in the Old Testament have been totally obliterated in the intervening centuries. So please don't tell me everything's going to be OK because you can cherry pick some examples.

[John]

You don't know what is going to happen. But if you know anything about history, you know that worse things have happened than Obama.

As I said, God gave us the country, maybe he has decided to take it away. IF he has, there is nothing we can do to stop it.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

John, don't take this the wrong way, but I don't give a shit about your imaginary friend's give and take game or your fatalism.

[John]

No Tulpa, instead live in a fantasy world where you pretend you can change fate. Good luck with that. You are a super atheist and control all.

Atheists are so cute when they try to be philosophical.

[Warty]

Tulpa's never cute. He's funny as fuck when he's sad, though.

[Gojira]

If your God is determined to take it away, Ima get Cthullu to stop him.

Might have to team up with the FSM on this one though. I hear that Jehovah is one tough dude.

[John]

Sorry Jim. My God does whatever he wants. There is no stopping him when his blood is up. And we have done a lot of things to piss him off. I think were in a lot of trouble.

[Ken Shultz]

At this point, the country deserves everything it is going to get in the next four years.

I don't deserve any of it.

I think my fellow libertarians who voted against Romney deserve some.

They just pulled their pants down and bent over for Obama. ...whether they realize it or not.

[robc]

60.4%

That is Romney's total in my state.

Exactly how would adding my vote, or even ALL of Johnson's 1% onto that have helped?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

In a dark red or blue state, i would have done the same thing.

The Ohio LP has lost my support after this. They full heartily endorsed the Dems ballot measures as well.

[Jerry on the road]

Obama 2012
For the Snarkz

[Caleb Turberville]

And that's it folks. Gary Johnson's vote total in Florida demonstrated the need for Republicans to listen to their libertarian friends, but there's no way in holy hell that they will ever really learn from this mistake.

Congratulations, idiotic Republican power structure.

[John]

But no matter what Republicans do, there will always be somebody who will vote libertarian. The Johnson share is no larger than the libertarian vote would always be.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

How you can look at this election and think that the country is screaming for libertarianism is beyond me.

[Caleb Turberville]

That's not what I said.

The Republicans marginalized libertarians by what they have advocated since the Bush years and what they did to Paul and Johnson.

The Florida electoral count probably wouldn't have single-handedly saved Romney's chances, but they should be thinking about those 45,000 or so Johnson voters that could have helped the gain 27 points in the electoral college. But they won't

[John]

And you could appeal to that sliver of votes without alienating other votes how?

[Caleb Turberville]

Dude, I see nothing this electoral college count that would demonstrate that any robotically RED state would have changed affiliations if the Republicans were more libertarian-friendly. Alabama? Texas? Hell, I could see North Carolina still tipping RED.

But the 27 votes from Florida were kinda valuable, and the results indicate that there was a sliver of votes there that the Republicans really need to consider carefully the next go-around.

[Caleb Turberville]

...Also, the Hispanic vote there is something the Republicans desperately need to give more thought to, but, sadly, that's even less likely than the libertarian vote.

[John]

Obama has deported more people than Bush. Hispanics want big government. They don't care about immigration.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Virginia, for one, is full of big govt GOP. Ron Paul would have lost huge there.

[Caleb Turberville]

Dude, I'm not saying that they needed a libertarian like Ron Paul as a candidate. Just that the party needs to remember this small but valuable sliver of votes that stood by them with Goldwater in 64 and aided Reagan in 80 and 84.

[Auric Demonocles]

I would like to think this is the case, but I doubt the Republicans are going to come to that conclusion.

[John Thacker]

And what does the Libertarian Party guy's vote totals against Flake in AZ prove?

Hell, Flake's running worse than Romney.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

A libertarian couldnt win in this current environment even if he had Ross Perot money.

We. Are. Doomed.

Rand 2016?

[Lyle]

It may... it was possibly the abolitionist minority that ruined the Whig Henry Clay's chance at becoming President. Ultimately it led to the creation of the Republican Party and a more viable political chance at pro-abolitionist policies.

The Drug War isn't slavery for sure, but Republicans need to change or it'll get worse for them.

[Caleb Turberville]

And by marginalizing a person like Gary Johnson in the primaries, the lost an important spokesperson that could have really helped them out to get New Mexico and/or Colorado.

[Lyle]

I agree with this.

[Paul.]

In celebration of weed becoming legal in CO (and hopefully WA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmLdQIYf4WY

[Bam!]

We need to stop allocating electoral votes based on population and switch to allocating based on land mass represented. Blue cities, red country.

Also, popular vote? Where's that at?

[Ken Shultz]

Has anybody heard anything about the marijuana legalization referendum in Colorado?

[Gojira]

Looking to pass right now.

Puff puff pass, to be precise.

[sloopyinca]

Is WA closed yet? I'm curious how hat's gonna go as well.

[Gojira]

We'll know when I see news reports of a rich, famous, body-builder surfing-champion toking in the streets.

[heller]

Obama wins. We are truly living in the Static Age

[General Butt Naked]

With it looking to go to Obama, the only thing I can think of is that I should have stocked up on ammo last week. Not because of any civil unrest, but the fact that his presidency has tended to drive prices up.

Fuck.

If I hear one, fuckin ONE, Obama voter I know bitch about taxes I am going to smack their fucking face.

[Auric Demonocles]

So I'm disappointed that the US is still racist enough to reelect a president in this situation just because of his race.

[Auric Demonocles]

On the plus side, maybe we can get Rand Paul in 4 years instead of 8.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

He'll be lucky to hold on to his Senate seat in 4 years.

[Calidissident]

In Kentucky?

[Auric Demonocles]

4 more years of Obama should make it pretty easy for a Republican to win, assuming they don't fuck it up horribly like they did this year.

[free2booze]

Nope. Until they go through a massive overhaul, the GOP is dead.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

And I guarantee the overhaul will not be something to libertarians' liking.

The 2009 neocons' plan that the TP interrupted is going to resume.

[free2booze]

The GOP should have gone along with W on immigration reform.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

Even Reason was against W's immigration reform, if that's any indication of how bad it was.

[free2booze]

Bush had hispanics in his back pocket. If he had been able to pass immigration reform they would have stayed there, and with the party.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

It's still going to be Bush's fault in 4 years.

[Mad Scientist]

This is true. I mean, Bush axed all those regulations and everything.

[Auric Demonocles]

I'm sure that will be the Dem line. I just have faith in the American people to stop buying it.... based on no evidence at all.

[robc]

That may be the stupidest Tulpa comment ever.

Okay, probably not, but it ranks up there.

Paul is a lock in 4 years if he runs for reelection to the senate.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

He wasn't even a lock in 2010, in ltdgov's best election in decades...what's going to make him a lock in 2016?

If he doesn't embrace the new total-statist GOP that we're about to enjoy, he's getting primaried in 2016. And probably losing in the primary.

[robc]

Just like his supported candidate got primaried this year? No wait, Massie beat the GOP insider candidate then romped in the general.

KY is fighting the trend of the rest of America. We may not be going libertarian, but we arent going left.

Unless a bunch of massholes move in in the next 4 years, Paul can win the senate race easily.

The question is does McConnell get primaried in two years?

[AnthonyD]

Rand? You mean the guy who endorsed Romney?

[Calidissident]

If Rand were elected president, and governed remotely close to his record in the senate, he would be a gigantic improvement over anything we've had in recent years

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Shut up Paultard. Us grown ups see beyond your self professed fanaticism.

[Lyle]

Who else was he going to endorse?

[heller]

Obama wins. We are truly living in the static age

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfPvp6d6NT0

[free2booze]

Fuck it. At this point I hope Florida and Virginia both go for Obama so that he gets a huge EC win, and a mandate to finish flushing the country down the toilet.

[Bingo]

Hahaha, somewhat agreed. Farewell to the republic, it was an interesting experiment.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Enough of your pessimism. This almost certainly isn't the most important election of my lifetime.

[Bingo]

It was interesting in one way: Romney realistically wasn't going to change shit from Obama (or Bush), but just the media-hyped threat to entitlements was enough to mobilize Democratic vote as much as 2008. It's a big change, entitlements are now the driving force in American politics, over any other sentiment. Screw the wars, screw the economy, screw corporate hand outs, screw freedom.

And Obama has been a shitty shitty president, Romney SHOULD have done better.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Well, not anymore.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Apparently only 35.6 million Americans aren't racist.

[Fist of Etiquette]

REASONERS HAVE TO BE ON CLOUD NINE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GUY IS STAYING IN OFFICE.

[General Butt Naked]

COCKTAIL PARTIES ....

COMMENCE NOW

[Auric Demonocles]

4 more years of 8% unemployment! All we need to do is the Great Depression strategy: keep a Democrat in power for over a decade so they can take credit when the recession finally ends.

[Old Johnnie Goggabie]

Grim as it is, there is one upside. Picture the editorial staff of National Review grabbing their crotches like they've just been kicked in the nuts.

[Gojira]

That did bring a smile to my face.

[Francisco d Anconia]

Well that's it.

American's are too fucking stupid to survive.

So be it!

[protefeed]

Looks like the status quo prevailed -- Obama still Prez, Ds still control House but with less than 60 votes, Rs still control House, Ls still hosed.

The GOPs strategy of bashing Latinos, bailing out the UAW, and dissing Ron Paul was retarded.

And Nate Silver at 538.com seems to have been mostly right.

[Gojira]

The GOPs strategy of bashing Latinos, bailing out the UAW, and dissing Ron Paul was retarded.

If only some contingent had pointed this out to them, repeatedly, over the last few years.

[robc]

And Nate Silver at 538.com seems to have been mostly right.

He was wrong on states like KY and TN and others that went heavily McCain in 2008. He said they were running closer this time around. But they werent, Obama lost vote totals in them.

I guess, really, Obama lost a few percent everywhere. But still held enough to win.

[Alice Bowie]

!!! THE BUMs WON !!!

[nicole]

So, I was wrong about the most immediately depressing thing for me personally. It's the masses on Twitter (and presumably elsewhere) proclaiming how happy I should be to be a woman tonight.

[General Butt Naked]

If I were a woman I'd go out and get a celebratory abortion right now!

Go Grrrrlfren!

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

That's actually not a bad pickup idea. Before you get a celebratory abortion you have to get knocked.

[A Secret Band of Robbers]

Have one on the house!

[nicole]

Damn, I've really got to start planning things better.

[Troy muy grande boner]

So I hear your looking to get knocked up for a celebrity abortion? [hint-hint] [wink-wink].

[Heroic Mulatto]

Fuck all you crazy mothafuckaz.

I'll see you all in the post-apocalyptic wasteland that will be our country tomorrow.

[Paul.]

My nigga.

[The Derider]

Pwnd

[Mad Scientist]

Hey, everybody! Joe's here!

[Paul.]

Bush IV FTW!

Upthread, Joe! We're vibrating for when you're gonna be shilling for Biden! Can't wait! Epic lulz!

[Troy muy grande boner]

Joe's salty ham tears are from the fact that he gets to suck his master's cock for another 4 years.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Republican Tears are coming

[Bam!]

Upset?

[Gojira]

RedState will be funny tomorrow.

[Gojira]

And Free Republic. I'm actually looking forward to reading those now.

[Paul.]

Red State is funny now.

[Bam!]

Romney camp is in denial.

[Bingo]

I'm sure they'll bounce back.

[Dagny T.]

I thought Oregon was supposed to be kinda maybe sorta in play this time? Not that it matters anymore. The thing you East Coasters don't realize is we have hours -- hours! of wretched consciousness ahead of us on the West Coast. Enjoy your drunken slumber, rest well and dream of large women.

[Francisco d Anconia]

G-night Slug.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I wouldn't bet on it, but I haven't followed it so far.

[Paul.]

Where'd you hear that? From where I stand, there is no fucking way Oregon would be in play. Oregon is in the tank for Team Blue. I mean, it's a state where it's illegal to pump your own gas.

[Generic Stranger]

Yeah, there wasn't any chance of that. It's one of the (many) reasons I voted Johnson. The I5 corridor rules the state, and it's solid blue.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

So when does the war with Iran start?

[sloopyinca]

Megyn Kelly: "How does Barack Pbama start a new term?"

I'll tell you how: throw Hillary Clinton under the bus for Benghazi and hope the Congressional investigation accepts her as a sacrificial lamb.

[Bam!]

In the popular vote, according to Drudge, Romney is maintaining about a million vote advantage. (That is the popular vote at the top, right?)

Upset? Go sailing.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Sex Crimes are coming, comrades.

[Syd Henderson]

Drudge is behind the times. Obama's closed within 50,000, and there are a lot of votes to come on the West Coast. I'd guess Obama's going to win by 2 - 3 million votes, right where Nate Silver projected.

[free2booze]

Hold on, we're not done yet. Romney has closed the gap in Ohio to 991 votes with more than 20% of the vote yet to report.

[Auric Demonocles]

Source I'm looking at still has Obama up by 30k.

[free2booze]

Rove on FOX News. He was taking the info straight from the Ohio Secretary of State website. The gap changed within a matter up minutes.

[Jerry on the road]

Cuyahoga has to come in, which is heavily Democrat.

[Big 'Orra]

Obama wins my state Ohio and wins the presidency ... every time the government sticks it DICK in yo ASS ...

... well, it's NOT my fault!!!!!

I did not vote, I (it's STILL not my fault ... I voted for Bill (Bloom County.)

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I am soooo leaving this state. Kasich will lose in a few years if tonight is any indication.

Fuck Ohio.

[Gannicus]

Your revolution is over libertarians. Condolences. The bums won. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a government handout, sir. The bums will always win. Do you hear me, libertarians? The bums will always win!

[Alice Bowie]

It's official ... We can get rid of affirmative action now.

The power and strength of White American Men wasn't able to boot Obama?

[Sidd Finch]

Sure, affirmative action will end now that the Affirmative Action President got re-elected.

[Paul.]

MJ winning in Washington.

Gay Marriage winning in Washington.

Charter schools too close to call-- the only one that directly affects me.

[Dagny T.]

Did you read the bit in the Stranger about the charter schools? I had time to kill waiting for a brunch table and decided to put on my masochist pants and read their political coverage. It took them a column and a half to dig up the lede that it was all about the teachers' unions. Fuckers.

[Jesus H. Christ]

Early results for CA state ballot initiatives don't look as bad as they might. Of course, prop 39, a business tax for energy projects is probably going to pass. CA won't pass up a chance to screw the rich and push green energy at the same time. And they won't repeal the death penalty, which is a shame. I was expecting prop 30 to pass, and it's close, but hopefully I will wake up tomorrow and things wont' be as crappy as they could have been.

[Bam!]

Megyn Kelly is going for a frickin' jog.

[AnthonyD]

I find her personality EXTREMELY grating.

[Bam!]

She can't present that well, her speech is halting, and she gets bubbly emotionally.

That's why TVs have mute.

[SIV]

Michael Moore@MMFlint
This... Is America. 2012. The old days, the old ways, officially gone. This is who we are now. Sorry, world, that you even had to worry...

Thanks reason!

[Bam!]

This was America.

[Killazontherun]

Now America is a tranny Michael Moore naked and wrapped in a body paint flag. IOW, Honey boo Boos mom.

[sloopyinca]

Looks like Foxnews is done, but if the votes in Cuyahoga County are the only ones outstanding, it's a done deal.

[Warty]

I haven't been suckered by a goatse in years. Excellent work, sloopy. Sleep well, I will most likely kill you in the morning.

[Paul.]

It's what you'll need to do to make room for Obama's policies.

[sloopyinca]

Even if America loses, I feel like I've won tonight.

[DesigNate]

Asshole.

😀

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Obama seems to have the Pop vote now too

[Paul.]

All our base are belong to Obama.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

The Bums won

[Bam!]

Ahem. You should've said, the bums won.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Donald J. TrumpVerified
?@realDonaldTrump
Lets fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us.

[Jerry on the road]

Donald Trump in 2016: "Where is Liz Warren's birth certificate?"

[Anonymous Coward]

In honor of Barry's victory, I propose a celebratory drone strike. Is anyone in Pakistan having a wedding right now?

[Bingo]

+1000

[Killazontherun]

Garrett Quinn@GarrettQuinn
#natersgonnanate RT @davidfrum: Horrible possibility: if the geeks are right about Ohio, might they also be right about climate?

Silber deserves credit, but don't you FUCKING DARE put Frum in that category. He deserves an ass whoopin' and that's it.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

67% of the way to 2000 comments, guys! Keep up the good work!

[Paul.]

Goodnight, gentlemen. Never has one of my predictions been so utterly... correct.

[Killazontherun]

No, you stick around for a victory lap. Don't you run away!

[Ken Shultz]

There are just too many parasites in this country.

All those people feeding off the government can only get so big.

They won't stop until there just isn't enough left for them all to feed on. And, eventually, that day will come. Unfortunately, it's gonna look like Greece when that finally happens.

Rest assured, though, that eventually, taxes will come down, the parasites will be left to fend for themselves without a host, and the budget will be balanced. It was just a question of whether we were going to do those things on our own terms, or whether the solutions are going to be inflicted on us involuntarily.

Our involuntary route is gonna be a lot harder than Greece's though. Because there isn't any Germany big enough to bail us out. But we'll solve our problems eventually. The Soviet Union had to come to terms with reality eventually. There isn't anything about Obama that makes his stupid policy an exception to the rules.

[Doktor Kapitalism]

Megan going for another walk? Also: Krauthammer is misspelled in my comment.

[John]

She really is a fucking Goddess.

[Bam!]

Drudge: Popular vote has closed.

R 44,548,170
O 44,332,085*

[Archduke Pantsfan]

I think Romney lost it all when he let Meatloaf sing to him.

[Brian D]

Jesus, NH went straight D. President, governor, and both House seats. Commie Shea-Porter is my representative again. I thought we were a swing state.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

How can we withdraw our names from the FSP roll?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

How can we withdraw our names from the FSP roll?

[Paul.]

Asking twice won't change the answer.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Yeah

[Paul.]

Can't wait to be schooled in the comments about how libertarian NH is with all of its Free State goodness. Yeah, just pull this election out of my toolbelt and then shout, "What? What?! I can't fucking hear you?! What?!"

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

And it's not like this trend wasn't known when FSP chose NH.

[Paul.]

That's my point. I kept questioning NH's libertarian cred and every time I got schooled in the thread by NHers about how I lacked the super-secret
vision to recognize their innate libertarianness.

[Calidissident]

Johnson got the same percentage of the vote in NH as he did in Vermont

[Ken Shultz]

Did you hear last week's This American Life repeatedly mention the FSP?

It sounded like a half hour commercial against Republicans in New Hampshire.

[nicole]

This is why we need public media.

[Slumbrew]

The ongoing Masshole invasion explains that quite nicely.

[Paul.]

Dewey wins!

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

If it makes you guys feel any better, I'll probably vote LP in 4 years, as the GOP is about to take a hard turn left. Assuming we still have a democracy.

[Mad Scientist]

About to!?

[robc]

They nominated Romney, how much more left they gonna be?

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

I wish you didn't have to find out.

[Paul.]

If it makes you guys feel any better, I'll probably vote LP in 4 years, as the GOP is about to take a hard turn left. Assuming we still have a democracy.

So you admit it's working.

[Bingo]

I've never been a prouder non-voter. LOL @ democracy.

[Ken Shultz]

Romney was right about the 47%

[Paul.]

Of course he was. Politically incorrect as it may be, he was 100% correct.

[Groovus Maximus]

Yep. He was, wasn't he?

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Indeed he was. I will look back at the Reason bandwagon a month back and will just sit back in pity. It will take a good wake-up spanking from the re-elected regime for the non-voters here to appreciate what little Romney offered, and understand what they just let happen to this republic..unopposed.

[Calidissident]

Not the way he implied it. He implied that the 47% that don't pay taxes were the same that were going to vote for Obama. Which is patently false

[amagi]

celebration drink for Colorado's marijuana legalization and Washington's too. fuck oregon

[Slumbrew]

MA passed medical MJ too

[robc]

Thats because fake-indians understand medicinal herbs.

[amagi]

tell me when they fully legalize that shit

[Slumbrew]

agreed, but I'll take baby steps over nothing.

[Slumbrew]

although it will be hi-larious when the O admin decides to start busting dispensaries here. Cognitive dissonance FTW!

[Alice Bowie]

The BUMs Won!!!

For those complaining about the parasites in america, remember, If you don't want the masses of unemployed people and poor people to vote for Obama then don't say you will take away their entitlements.

What choice did u give these people?

Obama will keep the lights on.

Romney will cut entitlements.

Da ?

[Ken Shultz]

I hope they starve to death.

[Archduke Pantsfan]

Donald J. Trump
?@realDonaldTrump
The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Ah, here comes the 2000 effect for GOP loyalists.

[Caleb Turberville]

Checks to see if Sullum changed the pic on the "Mexican Gangsters" article: Nope, still there.

[sloopyinca]

Was that a pic of the sequel "8 Heads In A Duffel Bag-The Mexican Adventure"?

[Gannicus]

Drone strikes forever and ever.

[Mensan]

Hey Maddow, I don't believe we have a Democracy. What a dumbfuck, she is.

[Alack]

CNN has Romney up by 21k in Ohio right now, with 78% reporting. They're still calling it for Obama though. Odd?

[Alack]

AH, now O's up by 23k. What a riveting 10 minutes that was.

[Killazontherun]

It's like holding on hands grasping the terrain sliding out from under you, and watching as California falls. Only, she twist around in midair and lassos a rope around you so you can't escape either.

[sloopyinca]

So...California is the the Balrog?

[Killazontherun]

Yup. I gotta blame somebody and a mezzodaemon with a 55 electoral college votes is a good start.

[sloopyinca]

John| 11.6.12 @ 10:56PM |#|?|filternamelinkcustom

Why should I care? I have always said I was ambivalent about this election.

[keels over]

[John]

Run a search on Hit and Run. You can find about a hundred times where I said exactly that. I thought the Romney was going to win. But I never made any promises or claims about that being a good thing. Go look and actually read what I said. I said any number of times I that I go back and forth about whether Obama winning and completing the job of destroying the D party or Romney winning and being the next Ford was better.

If you don't agree with me, fine. But don't lie or pretend I don't mean what I say. I do.

[Killazontherun]

I liked him better than you did, and I didn't even vote for the guy.

[sloopyinca]

Maybe I'm drunk and I'm conflating you with Tulpa, but I'm pretty sure you've been admonishing us for supporting Johnson and not jumping on the Romney bandwagon because we just had to get rid of Obama. If I'm wrong, I apologize.

[Tulpa (LAOL-PA)]

The day will come when you apologize to me, too, for supporting Johnson. But you shouldn't apologize to me...apologize to yourself and your children and your children's children.

[Killazontherun]

It shouldn't be up to us to decide for you. We are the Watchers. It was a test for the American people and the American people failed.

[Killazontherun]

BTW, if I lived in a state that was really in play, I would have sought you and asked you to take your best shot at convincing me. Obama was the worst of the two major party candidates that can't be logically disputed, so you would have had a fair chance if you were game for it.

[Killazontherun]

John was upset over our reaction to the Ryan pick. I trust that Kemp protege not at all given his involvement with Empower America.

[Bam!]

Rove gives up hope that Ohio will go for Romney.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I dont give a shit about marijuana legislation when those same fools just voted in the most anti-liberty politicians this country has ever seen.

Tribe Chief Warren? Seriously?

I miss Bush *cough*

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

Okay, that last bit was a bit sarcastic.

[Slumbrew]

Oh, I know - I dislike that miserable scold so much gave _money_ to Brown, and he's terrible. I got a big shit sandwich tonight, so forgive me if concentrate on the (minuscule) bright side.

[robc]

My Precinct:

Romney 476
Obama 365
Johnson 5

[robc]

Stein 1
Terry 1

post got cut off.

I dont know who the other four in my precinct are.

[sloopyinca]

Thanks for only voting 5 times, asshole.

[Bam!]

Colorado goes for Obama. Upset? Bake cupcakes.

[mr simple]

They're giving Obama 290 EC votes now. Ohio doesn't come into play.

[Turd in the Punchbowl]

On the upside, at least sheriff Joe got re-elected too.

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/.....z2BVdkATLI

[Calidissident]

Upside?

[sloopyinca]

Yeah, it's a banner day fro civil libertarians. When a man like Sheriff Joe Arpaio gets reelected, people that care about freedom weep.*

*My tears are salty and hammy and liquor-y, if anyone cares.

[Calidissident]

People, at the end of the day, we knew either the Giant Douche or the Turd Sandwich was going to win. And we were right

[Calidissident]

BTW, Gary Johnson has passed Ed Clark's record for most votes by an LP candidate. Should get over a million for the first time ever

[Ryan]

Does that account for people inflation? Do people even inflate?

[Nigel M]

Americans are fatter than they've ever been.

[Mad Scientist]

This is America. Have you seen the people here?

[Calidissident]

No, he's probably not going to reach Clark's 1.06% of the popular vote. Right now he's at 0.9%

[nicole]

MSNBC is speculating on whether it's true that Romney didn't even prepare a concession speech, and saying he's just going to slink out the back door of this convention center. What...the...fuck...

[Paul.]

NPR was talking about that earlier? Who "prepares" a concession speech? Concession speeches are always done impromptu.

[Mad Scientist]

At least it looks like the CA tax increase propositions aren't passing.

[Ken Shultz]

I was glad to vote against those, but there's no way they aren't gonna raise taxes anyway.

That was just cover Jerry Brown and the Democrats put up so they wouldn't get the blame for the tax increases.

If the voters won't approve of the taxes, they'll just force taxes through the legislature.

Two thirds won't be as big a problem as advertised.

[Mad Scientist]

Sure, but I consider it a stay of execution, so I'll take what I can get.

[UnionBuiltOhioRoads]

I'll be the first to predict that Obama will come out in full Military Garb.

And the crowd will go wild...

[Bam!]

Obama takes lead in popular vote.

[Sidd Finch]

I hate yinzers as much as the next guy, but damn, Mike Tomlin is a badass.

[Slumbrew]

The guy from House, M.D.?

[Sidd Finch]

There's a poker dealer at the Beau Rivage that looks exactly like one of those face-morph things with Tomlin and Epps.

[Slumbrew]

A morph is not even needed: Epps is a chin-strap beard and 15 pounds away from just walking onto the field at Three Rivers:

http://cdn.wl.uproxx.com/wp-co.....r-epps.jpg

[Doktor Kapitalism]

I'm disappointed. Not in the outcome. Gary Johnson did his best. But you could have put us over 2000, easily!

[sloopyinca]

We should have voted Asian National Socialist.

[sasob]

Welcome to New France!