Thread: US Presidential Campaign 2008

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

^ Funny, hatter thinks my business in equities and fixed income is tourism related. Is he retarded? Someone please help him.

Not tourism, Jet, that was an example, learn the language . . . economics-related . . . are you trying to be so stupid or does it come naturally?

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Florida will not release polls results until all the polls have been closed (Miami’s polls will close at 7:00 am Thai time), in Florida (8pm EST).

I believe this means they will not release until the last polls in the country are closed? Think we have to wait for Alaska to close 3 or 4 hours later.

The townies just don't get time zones....

Heh...find BO's Aunt on the front page of the NY Slimes...
Here's the “national edition” of the New York Times:




In the tank for the Redistributer or what?

The Economist has come out behind Obama. Interesting Leader giving their reasoning and their doubts too.

Never mind. McCain has Dick Cheyney and Arnold Schwarzenegger on his side.

Originally Posted by Thormaturge

Dick Cheyney

Saw that just today. McCain is certainly less than thrilled I would bet.

Apparently the undecideds are breaking slightly for McCain per Rasmussen:

Ohio
McCain 49%
Obama 49%

Florida
McCain 50%
Obama 49%

Colorado
McCain 47%
Obama 51%

Missouri
McCain 49%
Obama 49%

North Carolina
McCain 50%
Obama 49%

Virginia
McCain 47%
Obama 51%

Source

Originally Posted by Thormaturge

The Economist has come out behind Obama.

I'm cancelling my subscription. The eds are asking Americans to "take a chance and make Obama president." They have been leaning this way for a few weeks with no real clear reasoning. Not like The Econ of old. And calling the election beforehand with "It's Time" on the cover? I hope they wake up with egg on their faces on Wednesday.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

^ Funny, hatter thinks my business in equities and fixed income is tourism related. Is he retarded? Someone please help him.

Not tourism, Jet, that was an example, learn the language . . . economics-related . . . are you trying to be so stupid or does it come naturally?

You said tourism-related. You are way out of your depth on these issues, mad hatter. Stick to what you know, sweeping up leaves in the moo ban.

Listened to various talk radio shows today. Many undecideds said they would stay home.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

You said tourism-related. You are way out of your depth on these issues, mad hatter. Stick to what you know, sweeping up leaves in the moo ban.

And you ate as stupid as they come . . . the simplest things just float past your empty head . . . and when it gets uncomfortable for you you simply change history.

As for sweeping the moo baan (are you sure you want to go down the road of highlighting spelling mistakes or typos?) hw do you know my proficiency in this . . . and I don't live in Thailand anymore . . . you still haven't understood that?

Simply stupid.

Very early exit polls . . .

Democrat Barack Obama has come up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, where the nation's first election day votes were cast and counted.
Senator Obama defeated Republican John McCain 15-6. Independent Ralph Nader was also on the ballot, but received no votes.
The first voter, following a tradition established in 1948, was picked ahead of the midnight (4pm AEDT) voting and the rest of the town's registered voters followed suit in the first few minutes of the day.
Town Clerk Rick Erwin says the northern New Hampshire town is proud of its tradition, but says the most important thing is that the turnout represents 100 per cent vote.
President George Bush won the vote in Dixville Notch in 2004 on the way to his re-election.
The residents of another tiny New Hampshire town, Hart's Location, also began voting at midnight, according to a long-standing tradition.
AP

Obama wins in earliest vote - US Election - smh.com.au



(Ah, whoever is deleting my posts, please try to make a level playing field - otherwise, what's the difference between TD and TV?)

sorry....... i thought it was jet's post.

Second post as yesterdays with a little editing. I hope it is clearer.

The site I listed below should be where all the news stations get their voting results for Florida. You will be able to view the results/progress before the news stations are able to report it.
Florida reporting will not start until 8:00 am Thai time (Florida is in two Time Zones, Central and Eastern) and Florida will not release poll results until all the polls in Florida have been closed (Miami’s polls will close at 7:00 am Thai time, but the polls in the panhandle part of the state of Florida will close at 8pm EST or 8am Thai time).

http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/

Once you open the page look on the left hand side of the page and you’ll see “Races”,..hit on “Presidential” beneath “Races” and you’ll find the totals (vote count) as they are reported.
Most of you Non-Americans who might view this page will be surprised by how many other candidates where running for the presidential slot, after hearing about only two (McCain and Obama) for the past several months. But yes,…….we have a larger selection to choose from if we wish.

If you want to see how “One County” voted,….look down the page a bit and you’ll see “Races by County”,…….. click on the arrow and pick any county you want to see the results/progress for.
Take for an example (open) Miami-Dade where I am from (more Liberal than most county’s in Florida),……….you’ll see what my ballot looked like (I wasn’t able to vote on all Districts, only the one where my home address is located) and everything I was given an opportunity to vote on,……………judges, State Senator/Representative, State Constitutional Amendments, etc.

County’s to watch to see if they are finished voting are (because they are the larger counties and might have a large impact on the result):

Miami-Dade (Miami/South Beach) 1.2 million
Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) 1 million
Palm Beach .8 Million
Hillsborough (Tampa) .7 million
Orange (Disney World) .6 million

I posted this message for two reasons. The first was to inform Non-Americans how our voting/counting process works (after polls have been closed). The second and most important reason is because Florida is going to be a close race for all of its Electoral Votes (27). If you’ll remember back in the 2000 Presidential election Bush won this state by only 500 and something votes, even though Bush lost the popular vote in the US (Bush won more electoral votes but lost the popular vote in the 2000 election). If it wasn’t for Florida going to Bush [because Katharine Harris (Bitch), Florida’s Secretary of State at the time stopped the recount and the Supreme Court interjected],……I don’t think the US would be in the mess it is in today (under the Bush regime).
It could be an early evening (late morning for us here in Thailand) to find out who the next president of the United States will be. If Obama takes Florida he’ll (might) be our next president. Obama already has Pennsylvania 21 (CA55, CT7, DC3, DE3, HI4, IA7, IL31, MA12, MD10, ME4, MI17, MN10, NJ15, NY31, OR7, RI4, VT3, WA11, WI10) in the bag (as polls show by a large margin). Both of these states (Penn and Fla) are on the eastern side of the states,…………………..we should find out their results first (unless the race is too close to call in either state and all the votes have to be counted). If Obama does take Florida,…….the rest of the evening (morning here) we’ll be watching Obama supporters celebrating (maybe with a landslide victory,.earning over 375 electoral votes).

If you would like to know more about the Presidential election, go to:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

or

http://elections.foxnews.com/states_map/index.html

Pennsylvania 21 (CA55, CT7, DC3, DE3, HI4, IA7, IL31, MA12, MD10, ME4, MI17, MN10, NJ15, NY31, OR7, RI4, VT3, WA11, WI10) adds up to 265EV and with FL27EV it would be 292EV,….270EV is needed to win

Says it all...

cute vid,......................First Black President

I know you all have the same access that I do, but as of now.

McCain won KY
Obama VT

Indiana is too close to call.

Here is the current results in the battlaground states.

Click this link. Your Race Election Results - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com

NBC is calling PA for obama. if that holds, it's over. mccain can't get to 270 without PA.

if Obama gets Pa and Fla it's over

Fl results as of 8 07

McCain / Palin 47.2%
(REP)Obama / Biden 52%

Originally Posted by raycarey

NBC is calling PA for obama. if that holds, it's over. mccain can't get to 270 without PA.

True on PA.

Also FL is looking double digit for BO right now but it's too early.

This info is on my ticker link.

Florida »

County Results | Map

Obama
1,297,761
58%

McCain
948,589
42%


10% of precincts reporting

Bill Kristol, "Its going to be a bad night for republicans. The worst in 50 years"

Just to look at the sour puss on his face is brilliant - Fly Obama fly

if there's a hell, bill kristol has a spot waiting for him.

Originally Posted by raycarey

if there's a hell, bill kristol has a spot waiting for him.

Did you see him on Hardtalk the other week - pussy

They just can not take a half decent question - so used to shitty softballs from Fox

It's over. CNN exit polls for 7 states (McCain needs 5 or 6 of these to have a chance and it looks like he will be hard pressed to get 1 or 2):

Florida: Obama +1
Indiana: Obama +6
Ohio: Obama +8
North Cariolina: Obama +3
Missouri: Obama +6
Virginia: Obama +9
Pennsylvania: Obama +15

Originally Posted by floorpotato

It's over.

You got that right. Let the party begin!

Is the world ready for this?