Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Interviews with Romney supporters at a rally in Defiance, Ohio: Because these people live in Ohio, their votes were expected to be some of the most important in deciding the election. Scary.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
“I knew Obama was going to win. I knew this little secret. Use it next time there is an election and see if it doesn’t work out. The guy who wins the presidential election is usually the guy who kills bin Laden.” – David Letterman “NBC News was the first to call the election for […]
Monday, November 12, 2012
Obama gets emotional while thanking his campaign staff:
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Florida’s Republican Secretary of State Rick Detzner cut the number of early voting days from 14 to 8, in a fairly blatant attempt to reduce turnout for Democrats. Former Republican governor Charlie Crist said “the only thing that makes any sense as to why this is happening and being done is voter suppression.” Even former […]
Sunday, November 11, 2012
There were a number of ballot measures in the recent election that asked people if they wanted to see the Citizens United Supreme Court decision overturned. And the results are that over seven million people said that corporations are not people and money is not free speech. The state of Montana passed initiative I-166 with […]
Sunday, November 11, 2012
What makes this even more ironic is that it is based on data from Fox Business. According to that same data, states that voted for Mitt Romney not only have fewer people with college degrees, they have lower median household incomes and more people below the poverty line.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
The only way this could be better is if it were a photo of Gene Wilder from Blazing Saddles.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
You can see a longer (and even better) version of this here.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
“Congratulations to President Obama on being reelected president of the United States. Turns out it is not all bad news for the Republicans. It seems that depression is covered by Obamacare.” – Jay Leno “The long national nightmare is finally over. We have expressed our will at the polls. The results have been tallied and […]
© Jim Morin I hope that people don’t forget about reversing the Citizens United decision just because Obama won the election despite overwhelming corporate spending to defeat him. As Jen Sorensen put it: Yes, we beat the Koch Brothers and Adelson and corporate dark money this time. But really, this race should not have been […]
© Nick Anderson After blaming just about everyone in America for our woes (gays, immigrants, women, Democrats, non-whites, …), I guess it would be too much to expect the GOP to do anything other than blame everyone else for their election loss.
“Everyone is asking how this storm is going to affect the election. I think it’s given Obama momentum because of how he handled it. He approached it so differently than Bush; he showed up.” – Bill Maher “Oabma’s been getting bipartisan praise for how he handled the hurricane. Even Fox News tried to praise it. […]
Thursday, November 8, 2012
I really like Jon Stewart’s summary of the election and what it should mean for the future, but I fear that Stephen Colbert’s parody of what the Republican reaction will look like may be more accurate:
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Here’s a short reading list of interesting articles about why and how Romney and the Republicans managed to turn almost certain victory into failure. First stop is a really interesting interactive infographic from Slate, the “Pundit Scorecard”. Go look at it. It is interesting that there were a number of predictions of the presidential election […]
Thursday, November 8, 2012
I found this image on Facebook. I’m not sure if it is valid. First of all, the Washington Territory wasn’t created until 1853, and yet this says the map is from 1846. And the Civil War itself didn’t start until 1861. So this is not a “Civil War Map” and it sure isn’t from 1846. […]
