Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

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And It Is Over

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Romney is conceding, and we did it.

God, it feels fucking good. But you all did it. You raised close to 90k for the black Satan, you went and walked the walk and knocked on doors and made phone calls, and you did what it took. I’m so proud of our own Kay who helped deliver Ohio, and all of you who made this happen. I feel like I have been an absentee blog owner for a couple months because I have been so demoralized by our lame politics and our shitty political media, but you all pulled through.

And we won. And it is beautiful.

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  3. 3.

    Humanities Grad

    Said it in the live chat.

    We’re often badly screwed up, but when we get it together, we Buckeyes fucking REPRESENT!

  5. 5.

    LAC

    WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Hey calling all assholes- SPATULA, YA BITCH!! Come out and play!! Electoral Twat aka Dougwhatevah the fuck!!! Got some mouth to run? Got 99 problems and your bitch ass ain’t one!!!

    Hellla yeah – needed to gloat on some MOFOS!!!

    4 more years!!!!

  6. 6.

    Comrade Mary

    I just watched. But I did an excellent, careful job of watching, and I will take your thanks.

  7. 7.

    Jef

    John I’m new to this blog but I think what you do is honest and engaging and important. Thank you
    and all the front pagers and brilliant posters.

  8. 8.

    digitals3rf

    The finest and funniest and most intelligent group (myself not included of course…) of left-leaning pugilists on this internet. I’ve been reading for years and only commenting far less than that but through the debates, the ups and downs, and thankfully more ups than downs, it’s been awesome. I was so happy to see my home state, the critical land of the Buckeye, come through and put POTUS over the top tonight just like 4 years ago. No idea how the 2nd term will go but I go to bed tonight feeling much better and much calmer. Thank you so much John. Give Tunch, Rosie and Lily hugs from all of us.

  9. 9.

    punt speedchunk

    John, thanks for having this blog. This is my kind of place. Congratulations. Sorry about your CO.

  11. 11.

    Sam

    When did Political Observer off himself? The moment it was called, or the moment Rmoney finally conceded?

  12. 12.

    Mnemosyne

    Watching MSNBC (I knew I would break the teevee on any other other channel) and waiting for the president’s victory speech. Very relieved and happy right now.

    Plus I managed to finish sewing up the baby sweater I made for a co-worker’s shower, so double yays for not having to stay up until midnight to finish like I usually do. Now it’s just the wrapping left to do.

    Mnemo +1

  16. 16.

    sdstarr

    Whoo hooooooo!!!!

    By the way, I now live in Washington, the gay marrying pot legalizing state. Everyone should stop by for a visit!

  17. 17.

    PeakVT

    We’re still waiting on three Senate seats (NV, MT, ND) and a couple of states to be finalized for Prez (FL, OH). Republicans are up to about 210 House seats, so blah on that result.

  18. 18.

    Crashman

    My brother, off on his doctoral studies in Germany, has stayed up for an entire day to watch this. We’re just talking on GChat, amazed and so happy that all this has happened. I wish he was here!

  19. 19.

    PsiFighter37

    I am so lit, and yet I managed to moderate. I don’t know if my fiancee is happy with me (she went to sleep a couple hours ago), but whatever. It’s my night to fucking celebrate.

    Hellllllllllll fuckin’ yeah.

    PF37 +9

  26. 26.

    Corner Stone

    I feel like I have been an absentee blog owner

    Playing patty cakes with a relentless succubus will do that to a fella.

  28. 28.

    Corner Stone

    @PsiFighter37:

    I don’t know if my fiancee is happy with me

    The answer to this is “NO”.
    And if you don’t care? Then you should not have a fiancee.

  30. 30.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @PeakVT:

    Um, 210 would be a minority out of 435. Did you mean Dems are at 210? Because that would be a gain. I’m not sure how much, maybe 10-15 or so.

  34. 34.

    Tom Levenson

    [Exhales]

    Oh my FSM; It seems that I just got a hit of oxygen for the first time in a month.

    Feels damn good.

  35. 35.

    PsiFighter37

    @Corner Stone: She understands I’m a hardcore political junkie. She’s not really unhappy with me.

    Jesus Christ. Some of you folks get a bug up your ass whenever I do something that isn’t ‘by the book’.

  38. 38.

    celticdragonchick

    I knocked doors today in NC and we still lost it, but not by much. This state is in play for the Dems from now on.

  42. 42.

    Another Halocene Human

    You raised close to 90k for the black Satan

    Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln!

    Boo-yah!

  43. 43.

    Corner Stone

    @PsiFighter37: No, no. I’m down with you. Do that thang that you do.
    I couldn’t care less what kind of fuckedupedness you pull off in your stupid life. Get the fuck on with your bad fucking stupid self.

  44. 44.

    Xecky Gilchrist

    Thank you, John, and all the mods who pitched in with the live blog.

    This has been glorious and raucous and schadenfreudelicious.

    <3 to all

  46. 46.

    eldorado

    also, a couple of days without the professional (ok just paid) trolls will be nice around here

  47. 47.

    Cermet

    SWEET – Rmoney’s speech was far too long but not terrible;but still, no effort or words to unite America after this election nor to work together in any way – I guess thugs just are anti-united states. Strange, remember an other time a party was like that … oh, in 1860 or there abouts?

    Hope trump the little prick tries to led his revolution by marching down through here – I’ll be waiting for that worthless asswipe. Yeah, trump was, is, and remains a coward; no chance of his doing more than shiting out of his mouth like rove the murdering asswipe.

  48. 48.

    rob!

    We watched the returns with my parents, aged 79 and 67 and are fervent Obama supporters.

    My Dad voted Republican his whole life, from 1956 all the way to 2004. After four years of Bush, he had had enough and voted for Kerry, mostly just to kick Bush out. That feeling of utter disappointment, I told him, is what being a Liberal/Democrat feels like a lot of the time.

    But they loved Obama nearly from the beginning, even volunteering for him in 2008. I loved being able to watch this historic moment with them, because this has brought us together, rather than push us apart as politics often do.

    An amazing night. So many wins on so many fronts (Obama, Duckworth, Warren, Baldwin, gay rights) that I feel like THIS is the night I will remember forever, even more than 2008.

    Congratulations President Obama, and to everyone who helped this night happen.

  50. 50.

    Another Halocene Human

    @Brandon: People joke about MittBot but he was utterly robotic for 80% of that. He flowed a little better in his ‘homily’ section about pastors/family/values. Wasn’t a very long list of values (and irony was silently weeping during it).

    I think Romney is very, very angry at some people. His fake smile was almost sarcastic, his gestures completely calculated and his cadence/tone almost affectless.

    It was, indeed, odd. One is accustomed to some emotion in concession speeches. At least hug the family and let your voice break a little.

  51. 51.

    digitals3rf

    @celticdragonchick: but thank you for sowing those seeds.

    I so want to listen to Rush tomorrow. For the first time, voluntarily. I want to hear him shit his Depends and blubber about how unfair it all is.

  52. 52.

    West of the Cascades

    John,

    there were days I couldn’t fucking drag myself out of bed the last few months (depression both personal and political) and you and the people who write and comment at this blog were one of few daily the sources of hope that we’d get our country back. Thank you for having this place on-line.

    Also, in Nate Silver I Trust.

  53. 53.

    freelancer

    Kay, Dengre, PsiFighter37, Cole, ABL, Heather, LadyFriend, Tom Levenson, Mistermix, DougJ, Sarah, Betty Cracker, Tom Levenson, Anne Laurie, DougJ, Mistermix, Zandar, and everyone that helped contribute to OFA and this victory…take a motherfucking BOW!

  54. 54.

    MCA1

    Hey: Cole: You’re a good person. We love you, and thank you for coming over from the dark side, birthing and nurturing this forum and letting us all slag here, and just being you. Give some of us a shout when you make it to Chicago.

    Predictions: Paul Ryan will not resume a significant upward trend. Marijuana possession in small amounts will be legal in the United States within the next ten years. Hooray for both!

  55. 55.

    JCJ

    Just want to send thanks to John, mistermix, all the iterations of DougJ, ABL, Tom Levenson, TimF and all the commenters for helping maintain my sanity. I am so glad to have donated nearly $3000 to the Kenyan Usurper, over $500 to Tammy Baldwin and various amounts of money through ActBlue to Tammy Duckworth and so many others. But we can’t rest. We can make this country better!

  56. 56.

    Elie

    I feel really good. I think of 6 weeks canvassing (mostly on weekends) — the good people that I met here in VA — how many — women with small children, men, older folks — who Worked to get this done — and who I met on the other side o doors. Of all kinds of Americans from all ethnic backgrounds who said to me — we are there for the President — you can count on us — hardworking — not fancy people — a naturalized french woman who asked me in and talked to me about her dreams for this country..

    It has been awesome! And I walked a fair amount of miles through Arlington and Alexandria neighborhoods.

    Thank you Lord — our system managed to still work. Thank you thank you. Reading “Team of Rivals” about Lincoln and will see Spielberg’s movie. Time to light up a cigarette — Hmmmm — feels real good right now…

  57. 57.

    Corner Stone

    If I can’t have Tamron Hall as my own refugee pundit…maybe I’ll run down Steve Schmidt.
    But I’d prefer Tamron.
    Thanks

  58. 58.

    smithj86

    I am a dyed-in-the-wool, blue-blooded Wolverine. But tonite, I must say I LOVE OHIO! Thanks, Buckeyes!

  59. 59.

    NotMax

    @digitals3rf

    He’ll revert to type and blame it on the unions and those uppity air-headed women.

    Guaranteed.

    Obama back in means a fat contract renewal for him.

  62. 62.

    Seanly

    Watching Obama. Damn does he have a beautiful family or what?

    So glad he won. Recording his speech so wife can see it.

  63. 63.

    piratedan

    and yet…. I don’t wanna harsh on our buzz… yet this is what greeted me on FB:

    Congrats, you kept the job. No more elections in your lifetime. Be the leader everyone expected 4 years ago.

    we still have a Congress that is unlikely to be any more sane, a minority in the Senate that will do fuck all…..

    The man in charge can do a lot, but he can’t do it all and I still expect the next two years to suck ass because I just don’t see how THIS newly elected Congress is going to work with this President. I sure as hell don’t expect the MSM to play along, they haven’t yet, can’t see that changing.

  66. 66.

    Constance

    Coveritlive was great and fun. Thanks John for a blog made in heaven. The FrontPagers keep me awake, annoyed, amused and thinking.

  67. 67.

    Raycharles90

    I completely agree. This feels much better than 2008 but, I really want to grind these people gonads on this one. I am in a league in NOLA and was bowling tonight so didn’t get home around 10:00. Most of the people in the bowling alley were pulling for Romney. Walked into the bar and heard someone say all we can hope for is the R’s getting the senate so they can stop everything.
    Bah, I needed to get home to see what was going on. I get home and within a bit they call Ohio. Then the human butt plug, Rove, started to push against this. Then I see that a resounding vote for Democrats in all Senate races. Fast forward I see a contrived and fake speech from Rmoney. As these people on msnbc are praising it saying that if this guy was in the general he would have done better. Flip to fox and of course this mean that Obama needs to move to the center in the second term (Lanny fucking Davis really?)
    From my mind there is no basis for a undecided/split electorate or needing to respect the views from the minority of mouth-breathing troglodytic knuckle draggers. These people ran on their platform, rape is rarely legitimate, tax cuts…. unicorns, and there is a black in the WHITE house.

    Fuck them run them into the ground, salt the ground and welcome the second coming of the Bull Moose.

    After spewing this rant I forgot to mention how many times “the minorities” or “the hispanics” were mentioned on Fox News. I guess they really don’t get it.

  68. 68.

    AnotherBruce

    @piratedan: You should not be so cynical, while I agree about the House, the Senate is significantly more liberal, and smarter than the Tea Party assholes that still hang on.

  69. 69.

    Raycharles90

    About kicking this douches in the chin ball: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/politics/2012/11/07/senate-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-congratulates-president-barack-obama-on-his-victory/

    Yes, Yes, Yes, that is exactly what the public voted on. For the last two years people have been deciding on whether or not we wanted to keep a divided government. Most people throughout the nation are pulling for a rethug house. To wit: all of the numerous douchebags that are losing tonight minus those safe via redistricting.

    Seems to me (but I, although a dick, am not an unknowing douchebag) that yertle the turtle can fuck himself. I would say that the “people” showed what they think of the little r party.

    I know this won’t happen but, I would love someone (minus Steve Schmidt) to recognize that the math was correct. there wasn’t skewing, or thuggery, or an Obama mural, or hurricane Sandy, or morons thinking that sperm is stopped by thoughts (unless you’re easy). They lost because their governing sucks… they don’t have any answers but to blame “the others”

    I grew up in MN. The loss of an sane R party that stood up for education, conservation, and an effective government is sad. Not that I would vote for it now but choosing between stable representatives and people in tri-corner hats is not a choice.

  70. 70.

    Gregory

    Oh, yeah! Right on!

    I hope now that Mitch McConnell’s “deny Obama a second term” strategy has been thoroughly repudiated, the Republican Party will become more of a loyal opposition in congress.

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