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PoliticalBiker

(328 posts)
58. The Republicrats....
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:10 PM
Nov 2012

... got a thourough drubbing Tuesday.
Though the only thing you will ever hear from them are angry denials and lame excuses.

The republicrap party needs to just go away.... useless, incompetent, out of touch, racist, hateful, angry...

Obama wins Florida! [View all] mnhtnbb Nov 2012 OP
Forward! gademocrat7 Nov 2012 #1
The HUMILIATION is Complete! boingboinh Nov 2012 #2
And wonderful! nt valerief Nov 2012 #45
And this despite voter suppression and voter roll purges BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #3
But it is still unacceptable even if just one vote was lost because of suppression/purges yellowcanine Nov 2012 #16
It is BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE. No citizen, no matter who they vote for, should EVER have... Raster Nov 2012 #25
Thanks to all the FL Dems who stood in line for hours to vote: Obama won by 60,767 votes! mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #4
That's about 5 thousand more than I saw yesterday! Cha Nov 2012 #43
Hugs!!! ready2go83 Nov 2012 #66
Yeah, it was sooo Close! HUGS!! :) Cha Nov 2012 #69
and more than 3 million nationwide yends21012 Nov 2012 #47
Woo Hoo!!!! Take that, Skeletor!!!!! LongTomH Nov 2012 #5
Did the news organizations finally call it? democrattotheend Nov 2012 #6
Romney's FL campaign apparently conceded FL yesterday even though two counties mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #12
THAT sounded ominous: dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #17
"...this won't happen again." Graybeard Nov 2012 #21
Exactly. What does he mean by he can assure it won't happen again? LisaL Nov 2012 #34
Same thing with Ohio... lexw Nov 2012 #39
Is this the final final? I mean really final? Graybeard Nov 2012 #7
No, I think they are still counting some ballots. LisaL Nov 2012 #33
I guess Republicans gave up texshelters Nov 2012 #8
I glad he won it. I do question the total LukeFL Nov 2012 #9
332....Solid win and I called it a week before the election! yellowcanine Nov 2012 #10
Solid? That is an ASS WHIPPING. jsmirman Nov 2012 #61
Only HP, no others have called it yet (2:10 PM EST) ffr Nov 2012 #11
True HuffPost is only one to call it--but they are showing FL with 100% returns. mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #14
My understanding is that provisional ballots are still being counted. yellowcanine Nov 2012 #18
Yes, but the lead is insurmountable. Daniel537 Nov 2012 #29
The lead is about 60,000 votes. Not sure how many provisional ballots are out. yellowcanine Nov 2012 #30
I've heard 20,000 Daniel537 Nov 2012 #31
Lot of beautiful blue on that map! yellowcanine Nov 2012 #13
Comment accompanies this map mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #19
In an educated society it wouldn't have been that close. Gregorian Nov 2012 #15
POTUS needs to stress education standards in red states ffr Nov 2012 #20
Universal education. It is infrastructure. Gregorian Nov 2012 #22
I was saying the same thing... ready2go83 Nov 2012 #68
Did a little number crunching... MisterJones Nov 2012 #23
Me too. Nate Silver said ffr Nov 2012 #42
Shit. Just shit. That's easily in the "landslide" category. He kicked ASS! HopeHoops Nov 2012 #24
Yep, landslide. ywcachieve Nov 2012 #36
The GOP is drowning in tears. They got a few new assholes torn. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #37
Yay! Finally. coeur_de_lion Nov 2012 #26
It's been blue on HuffPost since yesterday...not called by anyone else alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #27
It's Been A Done Deal For Some Time colsohlibgal Nov 2012 #28
had that already ... but fun to celebrate again Filibuster Harry Nov 2012 #32
THAT'S RIGHT PEEPS, SAY IT WITH ME! LANDSLIDE! sebastianj333 Nov 2012 #35
Wow...Obama carried every state he won four years ago except IN and NC BlueDemKev Nov 2012 #38
And the dems didn't even fight for NC RosedaleGuy Nov 2012 #41
Like hell they didn't fight. Hundreds if not thousands of volunteers geek tragedy Nov 2012 #44
We tried hard as hell oswaldactedalone Nov 2012 #49
That is so much BS. OFA ground game was amazing here. mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #48
It's very impressive that Obama got more votes in 2012 that he got in 2008. LisaL Nov 2012 #52
I'm sorry about the result - but Romney and the GOP did receive a stinging rebuke jsmirman Nov 2012 #62
Romney failed at appealing to the swing states RosedaleGuy Nov 2012 #40
Dog bless everyone who stuck it out. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #46
damn that nate fella is good! jerome arizona Nov 2012 #50
Has it been officially called? TroyD Nov 2012 #51
No. They are still counting. LisaL Nov 2012 #53
With Florida you never know TroyD Nov 2012 #55
OH still has 200,000 outstanding provisional ballots that they can not count until Nov 17. LisaL Nov 2012 #56
I'm wondering if Obama's margin will go up in OHIO? TroyD Nov 2012 #59
It could. Assuming they count provisional ballots fairly. LisaL Nov 2012 #60
No, but Romney camp has conceded Florida. So who cares what news organizations say? mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #54
I want it be done officially. LisaL Nov 2012 #57
The Republicrats.... PoliticalBiker Nov 2012 #58
Somehow I love that Obama even won more total states than R Money jsmirman Nov 2012 #63
I believe we'll see Obama nab another 40 to 50k votes tomorrow fearnobush Nov 2012 #64
Yet again, I live in a blue state! Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #65
Great! ready2go83 Nov 2012 #67
Florida says they won't certify election results until Nov. 20th! mnhtnbb Nov 2012 #70
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