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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #45 on: November 05, 2008, 06:49:14 am »
Dude, I totally called it.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #46 on: November 05, 2008, 07:01:09 am »
people dancing and honking in the streets. spontaneous cheers. mmm.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #47 on: November 05, 2008, 07:09:04 am »
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #48 on: November 05, 2008, 07:25:37 am »
Hi Paul! I keep forgetting to say hey, and that I'm glad you weathered the storm ok.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #49 on: November 05, 2008, 07:53:08 am »
Let's not forget the state votes that passed:
Washington legalized physician assisted suicide
California, Florida, and Arizona banned gay marriage, Arkansas banned gay adoption
Colorado and Nebraska ended Affirmative Action
Michigan allowed stem cell research and medical marijuana
Massachusetts repealed the state income tax and Maryland got slot machines.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #50 on: November 05, 2008, 07:57:55 am »
Massachusetts did not repeal the state income tax. In fact it was like 70/30. But just about every measure to restrict abortion was defeated. It's clear that gay rights is the new cultural battleground.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #51 on: November 05, 2008, 10:05:39 am »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on November 05, 2008, 07:53:08 am
Let's not forget the state votes that passed:
Washington legalized physician assisted suicide
California, Florida, and Arizona banned gay marriage, Arkansas banned gay adoption
Colorado and Nebraska ended Affirmative Action
Michigan allowed stem cell research and medical marijuana
Massachusetts repealed the state income tax and Maryland got slot machines.

You guys run a conflicted little country dont'cha?

Also that thread Miles linked to is hilariously wrong.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #52 on: November 05, 2008, 02:56:04 pm »
Quote from miles' 2004 Obama thread:
Quote from: Cort
This is why I love living in an all independent state (which sadly always votes republican).

Times change, huh?  Virginia's gone bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuue!
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #53 on: November 05, 2008, 03:02:59 pm »
NEW NATIONAL RELIGION: SECRET ISLAM
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #54 on: November 05, 2008, 03:04:15 pm »
How is California about to ban interracial marriage? That's insane.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #55 on: November 05, 2008, 04:08:42 pm »
Quote from: miles on November 05, 2008, 06:49:14 am
Dude, I totally called it.
Yep.

The rally was fun.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #56 on: November 05, 2008, 04:42:28 pm »
As for all the crazy shit that got passed under our noses?

Yeah, that happened. That happened too.

But... the guy we elected wouldn't have been allowed to VOTE in a lot of this country when my parents were born.

The one thing that I tend to believe that will forever keep me in the Democratic party as opposed to going out in the bushes with a hairsuit, eating locusts and honey and voting for psychotic narcissists like Ralph Nader... the one reason why I would never be comfortable in the Green party or whatever...

Is that I'm at peace with the fact that some of the changes aren't going to come in one election or one decade or one generation.

I'm not under the delusion that everything can be fixed in one night or else I'm taking my idealism ball and going home to feel smug.

Gay folks are going to get their full rights eventually.

It might take thirty years of the elderly bigots who made this election even slightly close dying off but the day will come.

I'm deeply saddened that it'll take time? But, y'know, we will reach the mountaintop even though some might not get there.

And, anyway, I'm heartened right now that Barry's the dude nominating Supremes for the next four years.

Progress.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #57 on: November 05, 2008, 08:46:17 pm »
I'm pissed about Prop 8, and even more pissed about the self-righteous assholes patting each other on the back about how they spent fifty million dollars to keep dirty gays from getting married instead of, say, feeding or clothing the poor.  Great joerb, people.  You've saved America from monagamy.

That said:

Supremes Court Upholds Stopping In The Name Of Love In 2-1 Decision

Things are looking up in the judicial branch.
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #58 on: November 05, 2008, 09:16:56 pm »
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Re: Election Thread
« Reply #59 on: November 05, 2008, 09:40:38 pm »
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