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(9,704 posts) Mon Nov 26, 2012, 12:58 AM Nov 2012

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It's official: Mitt's Vote is down to 47.49 Percent [View all]

Sun Nov 25, 2012 at 08:13 PM PST
It's official: Mitt's Vote is down to 47.49 Percent
by Spider Stumbled

From the Twitter feed of Dave Waserman.....

Mitt Romney is down to 47.49%.

Rounded down............47%!

Salt...wound
Wound...Salt.

From Dave Waserman's Twitter Feed:

First... CA: Los Angeles County reports 45,326 new @BarackObama votes, 12,469 @MittRomney

Then... And with that, the moment many have been waiting for has arrived. @MittRomney drops to 47.49% of the popular vote:

I know it's a meaningless milestone but I've been savoring the Schadenfreude for almost 3 weeks and this may be the last bit for a while...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/25/1164652/-It-s-official-Mitt-is-Mr-47-Percent

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It's official: Mitt's Vote is down to 47.49 Percent [View all] FourScore Nov 2012 OP

Cool beans! Sugarcoated Nov 2012 #1

Oh Irony! calimary Nov 2012 #2

I do agree. What a sweet election! juajen Nov 2012 #3

And justice has been served! So long Mitt!! Initech Nov 2012 #4

How sweetly ironic that L.A. County did it. Largest US County, housing the nation's second SoapLovah Nov 2012 #5

Beautiful! BarackTheVote Nov 2012 #6

Has Anyone Heard About How Arizona Is Coming On Counting Ballots DallasNE Nov 2012 #7

Thanks for posting. I hadn't realized that the president had passed the 4 mil.... Tarheel_Dem Nov 2012 #8

Hmm, I didn't realize he had passed beyond a 3% spread either -- now at 3.32% spread progree Nov 2012 #10

!!! Tarheel_Dem Nov 2012 #15

Now that is is that close, Prosense's call of 47.47 sounds enticing. Are there still enough bluestate10 Nov 2012 #9

Oh the irony..... LenaBaby61 Nov 2012 #11

Success is Sweet SariesNightly Nov 2012 #12

Those minorities moochers LukeFL Nov 2012 #13

And yet he's still a poopyhead Kennah Nov 2012 #14

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