Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

You cannot shame the shameless.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

White supremacy is terrorism.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

We still have time to mess this up!

Come on, man.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

This fight is for everything.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

No one could have predicted…

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

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8 pm (Tim) – Pennsylvania and New Hampshire called instantly for Obama. McCain staffers nervously looking out for forks.

7:58 pm (Tim) – Going to start liveblogging at the top of the thread. Memo to Ace from Pennsylvania – Tim Mahoney belongs to Florida. When he loses I will raise my glass with yours.

Since all of us can post to the same thread (I mean me, Michael, and Tim), here is one big thread so we do not have a new open thread every three minutes because all of us are alternating between being wasted and in a nervous panic.

So here goes.

7:17 pm (John)- Whoever thought of “beaming in” Jessica Yellin on CNN should be beaten with a stick. Twice.

7:22 pm (Tim) – I’m not alternating. +2.

7:24 pm (John)- I have always maintained that anything could happen, but I don’t think I ever internalized it because I felt Obama had run a solid campaign and done everything he could. Then, just a moment ago, I had a crushing sense of impending doom that Obama is going to lose. I pulled hard on my beer. It could happen, and I do not want to deal with it. +5.5

7:30 pm (Tim) – John Kerry lost Kentucky by 20. The last time CNN flashed its numbers Obama was down by 5%. Obviously he will lose the state by more than that, but it will be telling if Obama outperforms Kerry in a state like KY.

7:35 pm (Tim) – Jonah Goldberg on on the holotarded Yellin effect:

[W]as it really a hologram? I mean did Wolf see her as a 3D light projection or was it merely an illusion for the sake of the viewers? Wolf said it looked like she was really in the studio, but somehow I doubt they have holo projectors over at CNN.

Jesus f*cking christ. Bill Buckley must be so proud.

7:40 pm (John)- This is taking entirely too damned long. I have not had time crawl this slowly since I was in second grade and sent to Ms. Springborn’s office for causing trouble and had to wait on the bench outside contemplating whether or not the vaunted “electric paddle” existed and whether or not she would use it on me. +6.25

7:48 pm (Tim) – blogs on the beeb! I have a mild worry that they might bring us up to make blogging look bad.

7:57 pm: Obama is leading 55-45 in South Carolina. CNN projects a McCain win. I have no doubt about that, but, eh? (MD)

8:04: I decided to quite the drinking game. Obama: 77. McCain: 34. (MD)

8:15: I still say 350+ for Obama. (MD)

8:19: Haven’t seen the numbers myself, but a commenter says Dole is out in NC. Good riddance. And David Axelrod looks kinda like Hitler. (MD)

8:22: FWIW, I am watching CNN exclusively, holograms ‘n all. (MD)

8:29: EV = 81-34 Obama (MD)

8:30: New Hampshire belongs to B-Rock! (MD)

8:32: I am not watching FOX, but TZ says they are calling PA for Obama. Awesome. (MD) CNN is too. Barack Obama takes a state that McPalin counted on!!!

Reader Interactions

179Comments

  1. 1.

    edmund dantes

    Thank god I have BBC on my FioS. Totally forgot about it until someone mentioned it somewhere. So much better stuff there than listening to Fox or CNN.

  4. 4.

    Shibby

    Ha ha, I saw them beam her in and I literally dropped my beer. Who’s dumb idea was that? Can’t wait for Daily Show’s take on it.

  5. 5.

    HeartlandLiberal

    I have CNN on with no sound.

    Yellin must be saying "Help me, Obi Wan Wolfie, you’re my only hope!"

    That is the most amateurish, stupid, silly thing I think I have ever seen on a national newscast since they switched to color from black and white in the 60’s.

  8. 8.

    Ed Marshall

    The little bits of Indiana that have come up show Obama outperforming Kerry by a ridiculous amount. These are lily white, republican counties. This is a massacre.

  9. 9.

    Doug H. (Fausto no more)

    Doug +1, thinking of +2. Diet Coke ‘n Lime with Parrot Bay is really really good.

  12. 12.

    liberatemeiexinfernis

    CNN should beam itself out of this planet. Wolf is irritating me. and why the fuck is Obama down in Indiana? i am already breaking out in rashes

  13. 13.

    Ed Marshall

    and why the fuck is Obama down in Indiana?

    Because he’s going to win the place. The Obama counties aren’t even reporting yet and he’s winning ridiculously Republican districts.

  15. 15.

    liberatemeiexinfernis

    ok i take the Indiana rant back…Obama is doing well in the conservative areas, and bloomington and big cities havent been counted yet

  16. 16.

    MeDrewNotYou

    Speaking from semi-rural IN, this is freakin’ amazing. Obama ahead in Carroll and White counties? Woah.

  18. 18.

    Doug H. (Fausto no more)

    How cute, the spoof’s joined us. Time for round 2.

    Polls closing up here, let’s see how well the statewide issues did…

  20. 20.

    Comrade Stuck

    CNN should beam itself out of this planet. Wolf is irritating me. and why the fuck is Obama down in Indiana? i am already breaking out in rashes

    RElax, The cities always come last, and NW Indiana is in the central time zone, that’s Obama country. It’s a good sign when we’re white knuckling one of the reddest states in the wingnut solar system.

  21. 21.

    Snark Based Reality

    When every state that matter is "Too close to call" why the fuck am I watching you?

    /me sets the MSNBC studio on fire

  22. 22.

    liberatemeiexinfernis

    oh great…CNN’s vote tally screen is fucked up..it isnt adding up to 100% between Obama and McCain in FL…guess they were spending too much time trying to beam Yellin in

  23. 23.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    This is not a terrific night to discover you’re incredibly allergic to your own cat. He’s tried to push the laptop of my lap, but is now settling for cuddling up to my hip. Meanwhile, my inner forearm is hive city.

    Obama leads in Ohio!! (Sez MSNBC, which also says TETC).

    Mary, +2

  24. 24.

    Martin

    That DKos electoral map is seriously freaking me out.

    Oh, no. It’s all good. McCain up by only 3 in Indiana with no results out of Lake, Marion, or Monroe. That’s not good for the Republican. Tonight will be all kinds of happy.

  26. 26.

    t jasper parnell

    In Florida Thomas Stevens (objectivists, i.e., Ayn Ryan, is actually polling according to TPM’s map. What the fuck?

  27. 27.

    Ed Marshall

    /me sets the MSNBC studio on fire

    Did you pick that up playing MajorMud on BBS’s or did it metastasize somewhere? It would work in WOW but most people didn’t use /me.

  29. 29.

    Laura W

    I’m taking 439 sips for every vote Obama is currently ahead in NC! (Was that in English?)
    Too! Also!

  32. 32.

    The Dangerman

    I wonder if the networks are just jacking with us to keep us tuned in? They’re punchdrunk from 2000 and 2004.

    Luckily, everything that is too close to call is in mostly red territory.

  35. 35.

    CarolinCA

    You know, I never watch television. I don’t mean I rarely watch it. I mean I never, ever watch it.

    I decided to actually turn on MSNBC or CNN for election results, and I had to turn the volume down within the first five minutes. Whether conservative or liberal, the ‘pundits’ all strike me as being vapid idiots. Jesus.

  37. 37.

    Laura W

    @Doug H. (Fausto no more):

    Diet Coke ‘n Lime with Parrot Bay is really really good.

    Totally.
    I’m pretty sure that was the exact cocktail I last puked up.
    Sorry. That’s no way to talk tonight, I know.
    But I see "Parrot Bay", and I just see misery over porcelain, 2002.
    Cheers!

  38. 38.

    handy

    So far this all very good news for John McCain.

    What the hell is happening in Virginia? Obama is getting killed. If he loses VA by double digits…long night, indeed.

  39. 39.

    Krista

    Tonight will be all kinds of happy.

    I don’t know if it’s the Irish in me, or the lapsed Catholic in me, but I’m actually kind of scared to be too happy. So I’ll just keep drinking.

  40. 40.

    liberatemeiexinfernis

    is anyone watching Fox? I want to know if Barnes, Kristol, Hume and Hannity are collectively itching each others constipation induced hemorroids

  41. 41.

    Ed Marshall

    BBC America says that Barack will probably end up with 53% of the popular vote.

    The BBC is stupid. New voters materialized tonight. They came out big, and they broke 75% for Obama, the polls didn’t believe this would happen.

  44. 44.

    Foxhunter

    Holy shit. It looks like our host, Mr. Hemingway, will not be lucid enough to see this Obama win through. + 6.25 @ 7:40? Impressive, that.

  45. 45.

    Ed Marshall

    What the hell is happening in Virginia? Obama is getting killed. If he loses VA by double digits…long night, indeed.

    A bunch of rump Republican counties reporting early. Obama should be losing by more given what’s come it.

  46. 46.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    Krista, I double checked where my Mum’s rosary was. Just in case.

    Oh, God, do I still know how to make a novena? (Wiki says I had to start nine days ago. DOOM.)

    Crappity. McCain projected to get SC. I had hopes.

  47. 47.

    liberatemeiexinfernis

    @ Ed Marshall

    I watch BBC everyday, and read their retarded website. I dont know why people say BBC is more honest …they have put out negative after negative stories about how Obama has a harder chance winning the election

  48. 48.

    D-Chance.

    Hey, let’s cut live to the crowd in Grant Park, where our reporter is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with several thousand drunk, rabid party-revelers… and act surprised when she’s drowned out by the crowd noise NOT TWO FEET AWAY FROM THE DAMN MICROPHONE.

    God, I may switch to Fox…

  49. 49.

    greynoldsct00

    Oh, no. It’s all good. McCain up by only 3 in Indiana with no results out of Lake, Marion, or Monroe. That’s not good for the Republican. Tonight will be all kinds of happy.

    I hope you’re right…it’s making me sweat right now…

  50. 50.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    why the fuck is Obama down in Indiana?

    Pretty much everyone projected him to lose there anyway.

  51. 51.

    Wini

    Anyone have a good results widget or gadget they’re following? I was using Kos’s, but it’s not working (for me) at the moment..

  52. 52.

    Laura W

    @CarolinCA:

    I decided to actually turn on MSNBC … the ‘pundits’ all strike me as being vapid idiots. Jesus.

    I apologize that you had to endure Joe Scarborough tonight. I, for one, was not expecting it, but I should’ve known, since Vapid Idiot Mika took the entire day shift.

  53. 53.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    Just over 2 hours until Jon and Colbert get started. I may not make it.

  54. 54.

    cain

    ack.. obama campaign just sent up the bat signal.. i’ve been called to service. good thing I haven’t started drinking yet!

    cain

  56. 56.

    CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII

    This could get messy.

    Get cocky all you want, you’re not remembering last year when you guys squeaked it out at the end. Look at Indiana, that’s an indicator of serious trouble for your guy.

  58. 58.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    God, I may switch to Fox…

    If you want to take a nap until some more polls close, tune in to Fox and focus on Brit Hume’s voice. Jeez, he’s a human qualuude.

  59. 59.

    Calouste

    Pollster.com is probably the best site at the moment for following the predictions. They show all the network calls plus the exit polls on one map.

  60. 60.

    Ed Marshall

    I watch BBC everyday, and read their retarded website. I dont know why people say BBC is more honest …

    I’ve got a podcatcher that get’s a bunch of podcasts from the BBC every morning. I like the documentary series, BBC World, and a few others. Sometimes it’s good, but in their own way they are more akin to FOX than CNN. It depends on the subject. They really, really, really, don’t like Muslims or Russians.

  61. 61.

    Snark Based Reality

    Why are you all watching CNN?

    I’m enjoying watching Tweety and Scarborough fellatiate Obama over how he’s run his campaign.

  62. 62.

    dr. bloor

    What the hell is happening in Virginia? Obama is getting killed. If he loses VA by double digits…long night, indeed.

    If you’re going to have panic attacks (or, alternatively, scream "FIX" ) everytime Obama is down based on a sliver of reporting precincts, you may find DKos more to your liking.

  63. 63.

    cain

    Jeezus, John, slow the fuck down, +5.5 and we haven’t even gotten through 2 states yet! You’ll never make it at this rate!

    cain

  64. 64.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    Wait — is Obama ahead in FL? I only get MSNBC on the tee-vee.

  66. 66.

    Comrade Stuck

    CNN has the total vote at 54% Obama 46% Mccain with mostly red states reporting so far. TOO early to call for individual states.

  69. 69.

    SpotWeld

    John. Put in a South Park DVD or something.
    Nothing is happening until the Ohio polls close anyway.

  70. 70.

    Barbara

    Re: Virginia — You need to understand that the rural and exurban counties report first. Northern Virginia hasn’t reported anything. We had 80% turnout in the Arlington precinct I worked at, including absentees. That is a precinct record by more than 15%. McCain needs to win those places by way more than he’s winning them currently.

    Nail biter, I hate it, I want ONE swing state in the east to be called so I can relax.

    If you want to see something possibly earth shattering, go look at NYT site for NC — look at Mecklenberg County, aka Charlotte. It’s over 60% Obama.

  71. 71.

    Blue Raven

    I started watching at work via the MSNBC online tracker but quickly decided to go elsewhere when they declared SC for McCain with Obama in a clear vote lead. Google tracker for the win.

  72. 72.

    Krista

    Obama is definitely ahead in Florida. Only 10% reporting so far, but 57% to 42% is nothing to sneeze at, my friends.

    +3

  75. 75.

    Laura W

    @Snark Based Reality:

    Why are you all watching CNN?

    OK, I think I’m +3 but I’m pretty sure Wolf just called SC for McCain "as expected" with the graph showing McCain at 44% and Obama at 55%.
    I need some air.

  76. 76.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    PA TO OBAMA!!!!!!!

    (All MSNBC)

    And NJ, Maryland, NH, Maine, DC.
    Delaware.

    103 to 34.

    Oh, my poor cat. I do believe I screeched over PA.

    TN to McCain. OK, too.

  95. 95.

    Krista

    I’m starting to do the happy Fraggle dance in my chair! It’s looking goooooood, boys and girls!

  96. 96.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    Wait, what was that about PA?

    (Fergus will NEVER forgive me.)

  97. 97.

    Doug H. (Fausto no more)

    PA called right off the bat, AL and MS "too early to call".

    "Turn out the lights, the party’s over…"

  98. 98.

    Josh Hueco

    Tweety just said McCain’s strategy just "crashed" with PA going to Obama. I feel like I’m going to grab some girl and kiss her, just like that Times Square photo on V-Day.

  103. 103.

    Krista

    Fuck, I wish we were all hanging out together IRL right now. I just want to hug every last freaking one of you and get roaring drunk.

    /grabs Josh by the ears and plants one on him

  106. 106.

    dr. bloor

    McCain can’t get to 270 now unless he figures out a way to annex Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta sometime in the next few hours.

  107. 107.

    CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII

    I am exhaling for the first time in hours.

    I haven’t, CNN won’t call PA yet.

    North Carolina is looking good though, so far.

  112. 112.

    CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII

    Barack Obama is winning FL, The I-4 Corridor (Orlando) is blue this year, was red in 2004. WOOHOOO!

  114. 114.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Announcer: Let’s bring in Joe Scarborough to give the audience at home a beady glare.

    Joe: *stares*

    Announcer: Thank you Joe, moving along now..

  116. 116.

    Tattoosydney

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! I can’t stand the tension… It’s midday here, and I am at work, and I can’t reasonably get drunk yet, so I am reduced to endlessly refreshing Kos and Pollster and Fox and CNN….

  118. 118.

    ninerdave

    @Tattoosydney:

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! I can’t stand the tension… It’s midday here, and I am at work, and I can’t reasonably get drunk yet, so I am reduced to endlessly refreshing Kos and Pollster and Fox and CNN….

    MSNBC is streaming their coverage.

  119. 119.

    Louise

    Louise +3

    PA to Obama?
    WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Oh baby baby.

  121. 121.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    Please call Virginia for OBAMA soon!!

    Forget VA. MSNBC says Obama ahead in N Carolina by 150,000.

    Suck. On. This. Republicans

  124. 124.

    Tattoosydney

    @ninerdave:

    Thanks, but it’s not the information flow I am concerned about (there are so many tabs open in Firefox that information overload is more of a concern), but the inability to get properly plastered to deal with the stress.

  128. 128.

    CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII

    WooHoo! Fox calls Elizabeth Dole’s defeat to Hagan. I was looking forward to that….

    That’s sweet. Now can we finally relegate Libby and V-i-a-g-r-a Bob to the dustbin of history? PLEEZE?

  129. 129.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    I’m turning to CBC Newsworld for now. It’s calm and Canadian. And Mansbridge has gotten even hotter the older and balder he gets.

    Henry Champ: with 20% of the vote counted in FL, Obama has a 10% lead. Well ahead of Kerry’s numbers. Some indication in OH, though very early, that McCain is way underperforming. (Way? Way!)

    Oh, FUCK. I don’t have the Comedy Network any more. Can I watch Colbert and Stewart online anywhere?

    YES!! CTV loves me: they have the guys on at 10 Eastern — 11 your time, Krista.)

  130. 130.

    Comrade Stuck

    @Notorious P.A.T.:

    Suck. On. This. Republicans

    When and if VA or NC is called for Obama, everyone be prepared for a collective Screeeam from the wingnutosphere. Do not be alarmed as It will be like an EMP and may temporarily disrupt your tube connection.

  131. 131.

    J. Michael Neal

    Forget VA. MSNBC says Obama ahead in N Carolina by 150,000.

    I’m pretty sure that this figure includes the early voting. Florida, too, if I’m right. So, it doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know.

  133. 133.

    dr. bloor

    When VA or NC is called for Obama, everyone be prepared for a collective Screeeam from the wingnutosphere. Do not be alarmed as It will be like an EMP and may temporarily disrupt your tube connection.

    I plan to head over to the Corner straightaway and drink in KLo’s badly misspelled screeds and Jonah’s inevitable comparison of tonight’s Dem romp to the Borg takeover in Episodes 56-59, inclusive, of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

  134. 134.

    Krista

    Mary: Mansbridge IS hot, isn’t he? And then we also have Ian HandsomeManThing.

    CBC brings the hawt.

    Michael D: Maritimes are representin’ tonight, baby! w00t!!

  138. 138.

    Wayne

    Comedy Central is running a repeat of jon stewart with funny as shit crawler information at the bottom.

  140. 140.

    handy

    I plan to head over to the Corner straightaway and drink in KLo’s badly misspelled screeds and Jonah’s inevitable comparison of tonight’s Dem romp to the Borg takeover in Episodes 56-59, inclusive, of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

    I’m predicting sour grapes, something like "Obama’s win wasn’t that historical, he couldn’t even win as many states as Bush or EVs as Clinton, so there!"

    Followed by a lot of "Naa Naa Naa Naa I can’t hear you"s

  142. 142.

    Foxhunter

    Florida…WTF is it with Palm Beach County and their fucked up ballot system? Complete the arrow???? Jesus, no wonder it’s always a train wreck.

  143. 143.

    Michael D.

    @Krista: Krista: You make me homesick. I love you. BTW, I got your email a couple weeks ago, but my work filtered it. It obviously contained profanity. Send it again, without it.

    I really miss “The National” I really do.

  144. 144.

    OriGuy

    Vigo County, IN (Terre Haute)has voted for the winner all but twice since 1892. With 98% of the vote in, Obama’s ahead 57-42. Lake and Porter (Chicago suburbs) haven’t reported yet and Marion and Monroe (Indianapolis and Bloomington) have just started.

  145. 145.

    handy

    Nobody’s even touching FL except ABC, and barely anyone is calling PA.

    I guess the networks have to make good on all those ad buys and keep the ratings up.

  146. 146.

    cain

    Jeezus.. come on Indiana! 40% reporting and McCain still up ahead. Come on baby.. come on..

    cain

  147. 147.

    dr. bloor

    Florida…WTF is it with Palm Beach County and their fucked up ballot system? Complete the arrow???? Jesus, no wonder it’s always a train wreck.

    They probably should have an alternative available for older folks, but it’s what we use in RI, and it’s no big deal at all. My ten year old son looked at my ballot this morning and immediately knew what was involved.

  150. 150.

    Ash Can

    @Comrade Jake: My son is 8 and I still love Max & Ruby.

    As for Indiana, I’m predicting that Lake County and Indianapolis are going to blow the state’s numbers out of the water. If Obama’s keeping it close in the rest of the state, it’s lights-out for McCain in Hoosierland.

  153. 153.

    Foxhunter

    @dr. bloor:

    It prolly is not big deal for the informed, but why run the risk? Give ’em one bubble, fill. But you are right and apologies for getting a little emotional about it…it just reeks of 2000. And watching those idiots look at every contested ballot brought back nightmares.

    Carry on.

  156. 156.

    Comrade Mary, Would-Be Minion Of Bad Horse

    Krista, I was 17 and I remember thinking that was so cool.

    Fuck. MSNBC calling GA for McCain. Weren’t there some voting fuckups today?

  157. 157.

    dr. bloor

    Oh well. An upset in GA would have been sweet, but not necessary. Should have been McPain’s an hour ago anyways.

  160. 160.

    Ash Can

    @IndyLib: Boy howdy!

    @Michael D.: Oh man. Knowlton Nash and "The National." That was one program I could not miss while I was at McGill. That and the Royal Canadian Air Farce and Dr. Bandolo on the radio. Good times.

  164. 164.

    Krista

    @Indylib: Isn’t he, though? I guess even in the studio they call him HandsomeManThing (I don’t know if they do so to his face, though.)

    Michael: have re-sent the email, sans the curse words. Too bad about Georgia, sweetie. Glad you’re there, though — if all the Evil Leftists(tm) avoid living in red states, nothing will change. So you’re doing good, kiddo.

  166. 166.

    CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII

    PUMA is pissed, they don’t believe the projection. They expected they were the major force in PA… HAHAHAHAHA!

    (No, I don’t troll, I just lurk)

  167. 167.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    When VA or NC is called for Obama, everyone be prepared for a collective Screeeam from the wingnutosphere. Do not be alarmed as It will be like an EMP and may temporarily disrupt your tube connection.

    Don’t count on Virginia.

  171. 171.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    ABC just called Ohio for Obama as well. When they did, I burst into tears. I knew I was tense…I didn’t realize I was fucking insane! Come on Colorado!

  172. 172.

    passerby

    Man, I can’t wait till this election is over and you reveal your true self.

    cain

    Is arhat actually tz.? TZ offers very smart commentary and knows how to push the buttons of the rank and file.

    Come in TZ, Come in. TZ, where are you? You’re not stupid. I know you’re here. Come in TZ, hit us with your smarts.

    Come in TZ. TZ come in.

    Over.

  173. 173.

    gil mann

    Anyone still trolling PUMAs?

    Just No Quarter. The frothing-response-to-nonchalant-dig ratio is phenomenal over there. The real PUMAs (demographically speaking) make me sad, though. Poor Man linked to Hillbuzz tonight, and they’re just meaner, xenophobic-er versions of Jean Teasdale from The Onion. They call pessimists "Eeyores," for Christ’s sake. I don’t wanna add to misery that deep.

    Hey, is the term "Obammunists" new to anyone besides me? That’s courtesy of a Hillbuzz commenter, and it’s just too brilliant not to have been coined already.

  174. 174.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    As much as I hate to admit it, but I miss Tim Russert. Jesus! Chuck Todd is very good, but David "Howdy Fucking Doody" Gregory and Chris Matthews is enough to take me from +12 to +6.

  175. 175.

    Atanarjuat

    I’m feeling increasingly ill.

    This can’t be happening.

    It’s always darkest before the dawn, but I fear our nation might be plunged into permanent twilight for the next four years.

    I hope to God that my fears are unfounded and all these projected calls will soon be reversed once every single vote is counted (as it should be).

    Country First.

  176. 176.

    Pastafarian

    @Atanarjuat:

    I hope to God that my fears are unfounded and all these projected calls will soon be reversed once every single vote is counted (as it should be).

    And it’s official! My money is that it’s DougJ.

    Pastafarian +4 (I’m behind)

  179. 179.

    CIRCVS MAXIMVS MMVIII

    I’m feeling increasingly ill.

    This can’t be happening.

    Well, at least you had the balls to show up here and sort of own up to the loss. I’ll give you props for that.

    Atan, I realize I don’t represent the values that you want for your country, but the people spoke tonight. We’re ill from dealing with eight years of corruption. We can work together and try to make things better for all, or you can remain ill and we can remain enemies. Your choice. Yes. We. Can.

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