Obama Thanks Supporters After Winning Re-Election

[StevieH]

the biggest problem the GOP has is the same one it's had for years - it won't learn its lessons. today, in massive defeat, they are still carrying on with the anti-obama rhetoric. when what you're supposed to do in defeat is look at why and start to learn some lessons.

the problem is, republicans aren't interested in lessons. which is why they lose, and will keep on losing. democrats have now won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 elections - if not for the theft in florida in 2000, it would be 6, and there might have been no GOP president since 1988.

that which can't change don't learn. and that which don't learn is condemned to repeat past mistakes. it's perhaps coincidence that this is the party which doesn't believe in the theory of evolution.

[Neurath]

Glad to see the KKK meeting broke up early - so we can have those fellas join in the spirited celebration of Obama's victory!

This is a typical answer when whites start talking about racism. But you watch as race will be a huge issue for the next four years. When Obama was elected and everyone told he would be a one term president....I said no....he will go the distance. Because the reason he was voted in was not by his record but because he is black. I will not apologies for my comments and my comments are far from racist. I believe in equality, not for a person because he is of one nationality or color. I have listened to blacks call whites racist all my life and I am tired of it. Whites in large numbers do everything they can to help people who consider themselves to be minorities. Whites start programs all over the world, so in a large majority we are less likely to be racist than a black.

Relax buddy, even Chris Rock reckons that Obama is white:

[StevieH]

Send me a text when America actually has a socialist government, OK?

christ, if only obama were a socialist. he's really not. part of the GOP problem there, republicans call him a socialist without realising that he's a capitalist.

[Neurath]

Something perhaps noting. Obama is an AMAZING politician. How rare it is for a young junior senator to go directly to the presidency. But in his case even more amazing, beating the Clinton machine in the primary was completely unexpected. Beating McCain was nothing in comparison. And now running while governing in the beginnings of a slow recovery in the worst economic era since the great depression, massively high unemployment much higher than the numbers indicate, he crafts a win. That all was really remarkable and really rare. Of course his TEAM behind the man probably deserve much or most of the credit but he hired them.

It's certainly the case that the Republicans 'misunderestimated' him.

[GiHadOrange]

Send me a text when America actually has a socialist government, OK?

christ, if only obama were a socialist. he's really not. part of the GOP problem there, republicans call him a socialist without realising that he's a capitalist.

nah, he isn't a capitalist. he stands for statism.

[Jingthing]

Once you go black, you never go back.

explain?

Black as in eyes closed and brain dead?

Back to the 1950's with Mitt! (Not.)

Now that Mitt has been relegated to an iconic sad sack loser, chasing the presidency in Stassen-like manner for many years, and fated NEVER to win, I'm kind of sort of warming up to the big lug. (He has been defanged.) He really does LOOK like a president. ??? HOLLYWOOD, are you listening ???

Edited November 7, 2012 by Jingthing

[Scott]

There is a lot of rather nasty, vitriolic and racially tainted posts. I suggest you discuss the election in a civil manner.

[StevieH]

Something perhaps noting. Obama is an AMAZING politician. How rare it is for a young junior senator to go directly to the presidency. But in his case even more amazing, beating the Clinton machine in the primary was completely unexpected. Beating McCain was nothing in comparison. And now running while governing in the beginnings of a slow recovery in the worst economic era since the great depression, massively high unemployment much higher than the numbers indicate, he crafts a win. That all was really remarkable and really rare. Of course his TEAM behind the man probably deserve much or most of the credit but he hired them.

winning this election as comfortably as he did, in the face of so much latent racism, and with the economy the way it is, is nothing short of incredible really. and a sign of just how out of touch the GOP is. and you're right, he's an extraordinary politician and statesman, for all his faults.

[firestar]

the biggest problem the GOP has is the same one it's had for years - it won't learn its lessons. today, in massive defeat, they are still carrying on with the anti-obama rhetoric. when what you're supposed to do in defeat is look at why and start to learn some lessons.

the problem is, republicans aren't interested in lessons. which is why they lose, and will keep on losing. democrats have now won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 elections - if not for the theft in florida in 2000, it would be 6, and there might have been no GOP president since 1988.

that which can't change don't learn. and that which don't learn is condemned to repeat past mistakes. it's perhaps coincidence that this is the party which doesn't believe in the theory of evolution.

Problem with the Republicans is that they allowed the crazies to take over.

For one Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator) who says : “If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn’t conservative enough, I’m going to go nuts,” There is ten people like the Tea Party National Coordinator already blaming the loss on "a weak moderate candidate.." or Charles Krauthammer calling for the new generation to give the party "...a more conservative bent".

[Credo]

I supported Obama but he does have his faults. I have always viewed him as somewhat politically weak in the sense that he was unable to twist the arms of many of the congressmen and get them in line.

I think a big part of this election is in the realization that the face of the country is changing. It is no longer a WASP nation, it is extraordinarily diverse and much of the vote was against the right wing, go-it-alone, screw everybody, mentality that permeates many of the fringe of the republican party.

[somtumlion]

Something perhaps noting. Obama is an AMAZING politician. How rare it is for a young junior senator to go directly to the presidency. But in his case even more amazing, beating the Clinton machine in the primary was completely unexpected. Beating McCain was nothing in comparison. And now running while governing in the beginnings of a slow recovery in the worst economic era since the great depression, massively high unemployment much higher than the numbers indicate, he crafts a win. That all was really remarkable and really rare. Of course his TEAM behind the man probably deserve much or most of the credit but he hired them.

winning this election as comfortably as he did, in the face of so much latent racism, and with the economy the way it is, is nothing short of incredible really. and a sign of just how out of touch the GOP is. and you're right, he's an extraordinary politician and statesman, for all his faults.

Good man with a good team, and a good plan.

[somtumlion]

Let them think that - they might never win another presidential race again.

[OZEMADE]

We Won!!

There is a guy in Israel that has got a present waiting for you. Edited November 7, 2012 by Scott

[StevieH]

For one Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator) who says : “If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn’t conservative enough, I’m going to go nuts,” There is ten people like the Tea Party National Coordinator already blaming the loss on "a weak moderate candidate.." or Charles Krauthammer calling for the new generation to give the party "...a more conservative bent".

oh i agree - when you look at the other candidates, perry, cain, bachmann, santorum - they ended up with a nominee who nobody really liked or wanted but who was just less insane and unelectable than the alternatives.

much as the GOP might not like it they now have no choice but to move back towards the centre and stop being so exclusive. which can only be good for american politics and for democracy. america is now more than ever a multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. you don't win another election without accepting that.

[Zatoichi]

Glad to see the KKK meeting broke up early - so we can have those fellas join in the spirited celebration of Obama's victory!

This is a typical answer when whites start talking about racism. But you watch as race will be a huge issue for the next four years. When Obama was elected and everyone told he would be a one term president....I said no....he will go the distance. Because the reason he was voted in was not by his record but because he is black. I will not apologies for my comments and my comments are far from racist. I believe in equality, not for a person because he is of one nationality or color. I have listened to blacks call whites racist all my life and I am tired of it. Whites in large numbers do everything they can to help people who consider themselves to be minorities. Whites start programs all over the world, so in a large majority we are less likely to be racist than a black.

Relax buddy, even Chris Rock reckons that Obama is white:

Hah hah, No chance of making people like him see the light. He complains about watching blacks call whites racist. Seriously...he should have walked in my shoes, or my father, or grandfather's shoes and see what racism is like in America as a Black man. But whatever, he is right in one sense. Most of us are not minorities, at least not in a MENTAL sense. most American citizens black & white think differently than him and last night proved it. His ways are dying out and better minds are prevailing. Each day we get a little better.

[somtumlion]

For one Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator) who says : “If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn’t conservative enough, I’m going to go nuts,” There is ten people like the Tea Party National Coordinator already blaming the loss on "a weak moderate candidate.." or Charles Krauthammer calling for the new generation to give the party "...a more conservative bent".

oh i agree - when you look at the other candidates, perry, cain, bachmann, santorum - they ended up with a nominee who nobody really liked or wanted but who was just less insane and unelectable than the alternatives.

much as the GOP might not like it they now have no choice but to move back towards the centre and stop being so exclusive. which can only be good for american politics and for democracy. america is now more than ever a multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. you don't win another election without accepting that.

Move back to the middle might make sense - but these folks don't operate on common sense. This is the anti-intellectual, anti-science wing nut party now.

[Jingthing]

Did you notice Obama mentioned man made global climate change in his victory speech? That's a good sign. He didn't in the campaign because it was unpopular politics. But with the big storm and the endorsement from Michael Bloomberg based mostly on climate change issues, the timing is right to address the issue again.

He also made a slip when he was talking about rights for people regardless of WHERE you love. Obviously he meant WHO you love but I got a chuckle imagining the visuals on that one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BhtTJpLn_Y&feature=related

Edited November 7, 2012 by Jingthing

[RogueLeader]

Send me a text when America actually has a socialist government, OK?

christ, if only obama were a socialist. he's really not. part of the GOP problem there, republicans call him a socialist without realising that he's a capitalist.

nah, he isn't a capitalist. he stands for statism.

He's a corporate statist, or what we used to call a fascist before Godwin's Law forced a bizarre form of political correctness on us. Romney is too. Almost all major world leaders are.

[StevieH]

For one Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator) who says : "If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn't conservative enough, I'm going to go nuts," There is ten people like the Tea Party National Coordinator already blaming the loss on "a weak moderate candidate.." or Charles Krauthammer calling for the new generation to give the party "...a more conservative bent".

oh i agree - when you look at the other candidates, perry, cain, bachmann, santorum - they ended up with a nominee who nobody really liked or wanted but who was just less insane and unelectable than the alternatives.

much as the GOP might not like it they now have no choice but to move back towards the centre and stop being so exclusive. which can only be good for american politics and for democracy. america is now more than ever a multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. you don't win another election without accepting that.

Move back to the middle might make sense - but these folks don't operate on common sense. This is the anti-intellectual, anti-science wing nut party now.

they've got no choice now. america isn't the country they think it is, a black man just got re-elected. it isn't the 1950s any more. you have to consider more than just your base. and if they keep going the same way - shunning the hispanic vote, ignoring black issues, trying to take women's rights back 60 years - they'll keep losing elections.

not that i'm arsed like.

[somtumlion]

For one Lindsey Graham (Republican Senator) who says : "If I hear anybody say it was because Romney wasn't conservative enough, I'm going to go nuts," There is ten people like the Tea Party National Coordinator already blaming the loss on "a weak moderate candidate.." or Charles Krauthammer calling for the new generation to give the party "...a more conservative bent".

oh i agree - when you look at the other candidates, perry, cain, bachmann, santorum - they ended up with a nominee who nobody really liked or wanted but who was just less insane and unelectable than the alternatives.

much as the GOP might not like it they now have no choice but to move back towards the centre and stop being so exclusive. which can only be good for american politics and for democracy. america is now more than ever a multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. you don't win another election without accepting that.

Move back to the middle might make sense - but these folks don't operate on common sense. This is the anti-intellectual, anti-science wing nut party now.

they've got no choice now. america isn't the country they think it is, a black man just got re-elected. it isn't the 1950s any more. you have to consider more than just your base. and if they keep going the same way - shunning the hispanic vote, ignoring black issues, trying to take women's rights back 60 years - they'll keep losing elections.

not that i'm arsed like.

They won't move - so they are going to keep losing elections!

[RogueLeader]

He also made a slip when he was talking about rights for people regardless of WHERE you love. Obviously he meant WHO you love but I got a chuckle imagining the visuals on that one.

No, I think he meant that your right to marry whoever you like shouldn't depend on which state you live in. If so, it's a direct attack on state rights and there's going to be an unholy shitstorm if he tries to force Ohio or Tennessee into accepting gay marriage.

[StevieH]

He's a corporate statist, or what we used to call a fascist before Godwin's Law forced a bizarre form of political correctness on us. Romney is too. Almost all major world leaders are.

possibly, but i think that the line between a corporate statist and a capitalist is pretty blurred. what's true is that obama is someone who wants increased equality for all and increased equality of opportunity for all. which the GOP doesn't want. which is why he won today. again.

[Jingthing]

The republicans are boxed in now. I love it!

5. Democrats electoral vote ceiling > Republican electoral vote ceiling: We strongly suspected going into this election that the electoral vote dominance that Republican presidential candidates enjoyed in the 1980s had switched over to Democrats. Obama’s victory tonight affirmed that fact. Obama currently has 284 electoral votes and leads in Florida (29 electoral votes) and Virginia (13 electoral votes). Add those two — along with Nevada — to his total and total is 332 electoral votes, a sum well beyond what most people (and political types) thought he was capable of achieving. The problem for Republicans — and this is not at all unique to Romney — is that the best hope they currently have in terms of electoral math is the 286 electoral votes that George W. Bush won in 2004. (It would actually add up to 292 electoral votes under the current allocation.) A ceiling of 292 just leaves very little room for error — for any Republican candidate now or going forward.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/11/07/what-the-2012-election-taught-us/

[GiHadOrange]

Did you notice Obama mentioned man made global climate change in his victory speech? That's a good sign. He didn't in the campaign because it was unpopular politics.

Fresh and new relected POTUS talks about policies and plans he didn't mention is his campaign. Good sign!!!???

[Baloo22]

For those curious about some of the voters who, I’m fairly confident, helped put Obama in for a second term; here is an enlightening lesson.

Illinois 2nd Congressional District Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. was re-elected even after he has been absent from his representative duties for close to five months. He is supposedly being treated for, take your pick; exhaustion, depression, mood disorder, or bipolar disorder. A number of reports have indicated that a more accurate diagnosis may be “indictment phobia”.

Oh, also, no one seems to have the slightest idea when Mr. Jackson will be back providing representation for the people of his district. In short, the electorate of that district might as well have elected a catfish from the nearest creek with the same result.

Chicago Tribune article: “Absentee Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. re-elected”

[OZEMADE]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated US President Barack Obama on Wednesday for winning a second term and said the strategic alliance between their two countries was "stronger than ever."

Anybody see a spanking coming? Paybacks are a bitch.

I'm sure you would be imagining that, isn't that right Jing. Obama backs Israel to the hilt, or so we are told.

Only 'fringe' members of the Democrat party would think otherwise, but to humour you, what sort of payback would you envisage?

I think he means, Obama is going to help/assist Netanyahu give that little s**t down the road in Iran a bloody nose, not to mention Palestine.

[Exsexyman]

I trust Barack will thank him personally!

http://www.silverdoctors.com/george-bush-accidentally-votes-for-obama-everything-was-mismaladjusted-on-the-screen/#more-16821

[Jingthing]

He also made a slip when he was talking about rights for people regardless of WHERE you love. Obviously he meant WHO you love but I got a chuckle imagining the visuals on that one.

No, I think he meant that your right to marry whoever you like shouldn't depend on which state you live in. If so, it's a direct attack on state rights and there's going to be an unholy shitstorm if he tries to force Ohio or Tennessee into accepting gay marriage.

I guarantee you he did NOT mean that. It was a slip of a phrase he has spoken many times, including at the recent convention. He meant WHO you love. No question at all.

The thing you are afraid of isn't even under the power of the president and house/senate. Only a supreme court ruling or constitutional amendment could force a state to do that.

Edited November 7, 2012 by Jingthing

[sunshine51]

RT @mpoppel: White House pool report on Obama's activities after victory speech, has been attending receptions: http://tinyurl.com/d5t85uj

[Jingthing]

Did you notice Obama mentioned man made global climate change in his victory speech? That's a good sign. He didn't in the campaign because it was unpopular politics.

Fresh and new relected POTUS talks about policies and plans he didn't mention is his campaign. Good sign!!!???

Obama was known to be an advocate of action on global climate change from his first campaign and term, and he is well known for accepting the SCIENCE that the republican party irrationally rejects. But he made a political decision not to talk about it during the campaign because he wanted to win, which he did. Any informed voters could have easily understand Obama's CONSISTENT point of view on those issues. Romney mocked Obama's again WELL KNOWN position on climate change issues at his convention acceptable speech and it came to bite back Romney later during the storm crisis and highly visible Bloomberg endorsement.

If you want to say the tactic of not highlighting a politically unpopular position during a campaign is unethical, OK, say that. But I think it is a very mild sin. If he had made a show of REJECTING the scientific consensus on climate change when he actually didn't, believe that, that would be big time wrong.

The thing is, quite recently the POLITICS of the issue recently changed, and Obama very wisely decided to start to ride the wave of that change, which is something he has consistently been on board for anyway.

Edited November 7, 2012 by Jingthing