Okay, now he won. CNN is projecting 306 338 349 364 electoral votes for Obama. McCain just gave his concession speech. We’ll all be eating Obama O’s for breakfast tomorrow.
Obama O’s
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Here is Obama’s victory speech, which we streamed live over UStreamTV:
congrats to Obama.
Amen
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WOOPIE! HOPEFULLY HE WON’T BLOW US UP WHILE HE’S TAKING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO GIVE TO THE LAZY ASSES ON WELFARE!! YEAH, AMERICA….WAY TO VOTE
Winner!
and i like the music by the way Obama O’s
Good.
It’s an amazing night for racial harmony.
It’s a disastrous night for Capitalism.
Agreed.
What about people?
Disastrous as well for anyone that works hard and pays his/her taxes, for the 40% that doesn’t pay taxes (and who most likely is the reason Obama won) a great night.
I make 150K a year and its a great night for me too. I dont mind paying a little bit more so that we give everyone in the country a chance to succeed. and from a business perspective, so more consumers have money in their pockets to actually buy products from companies.
cheers!
Well said Mitch… “Rising water floats all boats” -Random Google employee
Who cares about 1-2% rise in taxes when the dollar falls 30-40%? That’s a tax on wealth, not income.
Socialism seems to be working alright in Europe…Free health care…lower university costs…Not so bad…
Socialized capitalism. Like Chile´s or Europe.
Socialism is Venezuela or Peru.
If economy goes the same direction as in Clinton´s period i think it will be a good thing.
That’s funny. My good friend just got back from France where he was visiting his girlfriend. She commented that Europe right now is just the opposite of the US. They are leaning more towards the right because it’s NOT working. She makes 28k a year, and she pays $150 a month in taxes just for her meds. Not her healthcare, but just her meds. How on earth is that free? I have a family of four, and I pay a total of 350 a month for everything.
Sarkozy is an idiot, the social capitalism that works is in north Europe, Finland, Sweden, Germany.
Uh, Finland is a free market economy. Sweden hasn’t produced any jobs in their economy in recent history, and has some of the highest taxes. Germany is partially a free-market economy, and has thrived in recent history due to relaxation of certain government restrictions. Still, in all three of those economies, the unemployment rate is substantially higher than the US.
Get a clue, don’t be an uneducated douche.
Well, unemployment is not the only indicator, also, unemployment was high before social government. My point is that ¨socialism¨as people call Obama does not mean lack of free-market. I believe in an equilibrium and those countries are the closer i can think of.
Give me an example of a Pure Capitalism country that should be an example for U.S. to follow?
Hey guys, you’re mixing your political systems with your economical systems. There is no silver bullet for everyone, and in any system someone wins and someone loses.
The capitalism in the US is going nowhere, don’t worry.
I’m with Berislav. There are a thousand shades of gray between pure free-market capitalism and pure socialism and on to pure communism.
In comparison to the world and what has been tried before (and often failed), we will remain very much near capitalism.
I think people in the US are distrustful of complete free markets (look at banking industry) and distrustful of the gov’t as well (look at polls on this). So it makes sense we would end up somewhere in between.
You must be crazy calling him against capitalism or a socialist. For what.. increasing taxes a bit for people who make more than a quarter million dollars a year?
@Harish — The last earning level was quoted by Joe Biden: “you make more than $42,000, you will pay more taxes” — Not $250K, Not $120K!! It is $42K!!!
And by the way, we will pay more taxes to fund almost 1 Trillion in more entitlements and welfare proposed by… you know who: Obama.
You “I am not a racist!” liberal idiots….
“It’s a disastrous night for Capitalism.”
… Yeah, guess that’s why Wall Street and Economists back him… he’s bad for capitalism. Whatever, Econo-Wizard.
Well said.
No, Obamation’s win will only elevate identity politics and divisiveness. America will take huge step backwards in the next four years.
Where is the line for Obama O’s
Congrats Obama! Well fought McCain.
Total rout? What have you been smokin’ ?
338-155 isn’t a rout? lay off the crack, man.
51% – 49% Electoral votes are BS
You are right. Electoral votes are BS. Al Gore won the popular vote back in 2000.
Typical Obamatons live in alternate reality were 51% to 49% qualifies as a rout, and if you disagree you are a racist. He talks a good game let us see if he can execute beyond the flowery rhetoric.
Latest on CNN has it at 52% to 46%, not 51 vs 49.
As a supporter, I too would like to see Obama tested, but I suspect for different reasons.
Obama won by 3 states out of fifty. Had a certain three states gone to McCain, McCain would have won.
3/50ths doesn’t seem to me to be a rout.
Or another way to calculate it is to see what percent of votes McCain lost by in certain states that would have sealed the victory for him. A 3% swing of Obama supporters over to McCain in significantly less than 50 states would have given McCain the win. Also not a rout.
But it definitely was decisive. Let’s call it that.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW HE REALLY WON….VERY SAD.. MCCAIN SHOULD HAVE WON….EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA, DON’T BITCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMING YEARS…YOU ASKED FOR IT
Good call, America.
Sincerely,
The rest of the world.
Yeah, don’t worry, we get it right some times…
And wrong apparently from the results.
Agree or disagree you have to admit it will be written about in our history books as a pivotal moment in time.
Yes. How you can put all your self doubt to rest…
only one hope for me is that the right does not behave towards obama and the democrats the way the left has behaved over the past 2-4 years. while politics and campaigns are always tough and it often is shades of grey over which side has behaved more aggressively or poorly, this time around it’s black and white. the left has been far too hateful. just because you think you are progressive on the issues does not excuse raw hatred.
WHAT????
Congratulations to Obama for running an amazing campaign and inspiring so many. Considering he was a state senator not long ago and faced Sen Clinton in the primary, its a truly amazing accomplishment.
Congratulations to McCain as well for running such a tough campaign on such a tight budget. Yes, a blow out with respect to electoral votes, but not so much when considering the popular vote. Time for the country to work together.
Go Obama. I can’t wait to see how this positively impacts the technology sector given how big of role it played in the success of his campaign. Very exciting times not only for the US but specifically for our marketplace as well.
Boris
http://www.thewebwar.com
Congrats from Hong Kong.
I wish I can have a leader like Obama here.
you can have him.
HE’S ALL YOURS!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA PLEASE, WE NEED SERIOUS PROTECTION NOW MORE THAN EVER.
Faith in Americans as a common-sense people, restored. It’s been a while. Good work, folks.
Indeed.
Can we put a moratorium on the word “folks” though? I shudder each time I hear it.
Yes, thank you for saying that! Every time people use the word “folks” I too cringe. It’s a NON-WORD! And evokes irrelevant images of backwards people from 1814 wielding pitchforks, or something like that…
You FOLKS are out of touch.
I am glad that I didn’t bet on this. I thought this would have been a bit more dramatic, considering the last two presidential elections. Wow, I cannot imagine what it would feel like to be Barack Obama right now. He’s got a TOUGH job ahead of him. I hope the people’s faith in his mettle is enough to help him continue to rise to the occasion.
Don <<<<
what the f*k is your issue?
i feel you’re not the tech guy you claim, given your lack of math skills. if 40% of america isn’t working, and is the reason that he won… please explain how he got more than 50% of the vote??? or did he have people voting who were too dumb to see him for his screwed up ways…
give up the crack, please. you’re embarassing your parents.
i’m tired of the “socialism” garbage. obama has consistently talked about making this country better. how he defines that is obviously different than you. but i think i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt for now. not so sure about you though!
as far as the idea of being taxed more, yeah, i can deal with that. if the additional funds that you’ll take for me, create an overall better place, then i’m cool with that. can’t be any worse than blowing billions of dollars per month on the mideast.
obama has consistently talked about self responsibility, from the personal aspect, as well as from the government agencies that are created to serve the public as a whole. frankly, i don;t see the issue with this approach.
so, good luck with your outlook on life! hope it gets better!
peace
Use some capitalization and look educated. You’re giving us even more reason to mock liberals as stupid douche bags.
Only an utter imbecile would actually call someone with liberal political views a “douche bag”; speaks volumes about the kind of vapidity that exists on the Right.
Well done, DB. Tonight’s liberal win pushes you even further into the garbage bin of outmoded history that people will look back on and mock.
You lost David. You dip shit.
“”"if 40% of america isn’t working, and is the reason that he won… please explain how he got more than 50% of the vote??”"”
He didn’t say 40% of America is not working. That they are not paying income tax. Most people work. Unemployment is at 6%. If anyone is embarrassing their parents, my guess is that it would be you.
“”"Tonight’s liberal win pushes you even further into the garbage bin of outmoded history that people will look back on and mock.”"”
Wow. Here’s some liberal tolerance for you. I love how people on the left are always considered more “tolerant”. Except that is, when they are not telling conservatives to go f** themselves.
my hope after all of this is simply that the right / partisans do not behave towards obama the way the left / partisans have behaved towards republicans over the past 2 to 4 years. we all know that the campaigns and who is more irresponsible with their vitriol is often a “shades of gray” situation. not this time around. the raw hatred towards bush/mccain/republicans – by limousine liberals, etc – was simply over the top. while many believe that they are progressive with their views, that does not provide carte blanche simply hate and spew venom at those that disagree.
Can the internet go back to normal now? ;D
Obama! A guy with a ‘weird’ name, ‘weird’ backstory, and ‘weird’ everything else, picks it up in America against a ‘normal’ guy with a ‘normal’ name and a fairly ‘normal’ backstory–and wins.
This is America as it should be. A place to pick yourself up and get it wherever the heck you want yourself to be.
This is just about 7 seconds ahead of CNN’s broadcast.
Great Job TC
Most importantly Proposition 8 passed!! It’s ok Michael, you can come out of the closet even though you can’t get married.
America just proved that even though they can treat black people as equals, gay people will have to wait. Retarded, cruel, barbaric and stupid individuals are still all over the place
Don’t sully my proud race by grouping them in the same category as those degenerates.
Love the sinner, hate the sin.
We should never accept a sexual deviation as “common place”. Homosexuality is wrong in every sense of the word. There should never be a time when this aberration is accepted, Never!
This does not mean we hate you. It means we do not accept homosexuality as being normal, genetic, natural or any other lies being spread.
I will always fight against the acceptance of sins in mainstream society. No matter what religion you are including atheists, homosexuality is sin against God, nature, yourself and human kind.
Hey CB, admit it – it’s not about sin. The real reason you don’t like homosexuality is because you just personally don’t find the thought appealing. I don’t like sushi but I’m not going to make up some BS about it not being unnatural.
So here’s an idea. Go home, screw your wife and don’t worry about wtf other people are doing.
Fitz,
No, you’re wrong. It is about sin. Homosexuality is wrong and personally , I find all sin appalling.
There is NOTHING natural about homosexuality. Nothing whatsoever. It is a crime against oneself, ones God, and nature. Your rationalization will never make it right. Never!
I will continue to worry about what other people are doing because they affect my family, my kids, my community and all of our future. The acceptance of homosexuality degrades the community, lessens the importance of family and rationalizes one of the most abhorent sins known to man. There is nothing beautiful or natural about it. I will stand up for whats right along with the voters in California, Arizona and Florida.
Maybe you call it a sin because of something you read in an old book but considering it a sin is a hateful artificial human construct. Being a devout believer, if it happened to say in your old book that homosexuality was glorious, you’d believe that just as well, so forget all that crap about a crime against oneself and nature. Wearing clothes is a crime against nature.
You homosexuals have your full freedom, but dont keep flying in our face, we will zap. Its quite fine if you live together, make community to to share things and improve your life etc.
But seeking support for your symbolic things anywhere u wish, abruptly in between TC blog dedicated for tech things? Like 2 previous blog posts by Michael Arrington – a strict NO.
oh boy, if I could only now get those losers from the previous post by Erik to come out and do a concession speech, one half as elegant by Mccain would do, nothing fancy. Kudos to both candidates.
Dam, what a waste of votes. The evangelicals sold out McCain for rice.
8 years of LIBERAL crap
…sure beats 8 years of neo-con utter disasterous failure. COMPARE THE COUNTRY’S OVERALL STATE NOW TO 8 YEARS AGO, pal…wake up.
We wouldn’t be in this state if that homo lover Bill Clinton would’ve accepted Osama on a platter. He was too busy humping overweight women at the time…
So does this mean a few crazy Arabs will not attack the USA like 911 again?
OBAMA = WW3
That’s what I’m looking for.
Forgive me for seeming a tid bit immature for this but, I think, if I were lucky enough to ever be in the same room as you OR “don” that I would do my hardest to knock you into a comma deeper than terry chiavo’s.
I didn’t feel like really responding with any intelligent, I’m kind of spent from watching the candidate I voted for accept the nomination for presidency…While the candidate you voted for accepted his gentle decline into senility. I can however recognize that he bowed out very graciously, unlike his supporters, who all share a collective IQ lower than that of most common houseflies, apparently.
Don’t be a douche.
my first act will be to rename the country New Africa, fools
– obama
Your second act should be to nationalize a certain ranch in Crawford Texas.
THATS HILARIOUS!!!! LOVE IT!
I’m proud to be an American tonight.
Don’t screw this up, Mr. President.
The thing is that every 8 years things has to change somehow. Otherwise people will get too drunk with power.
Plus, Americans applied their word: “if it works why fix it?”….well, seem things are not working anymore so people tried now to fix it…
Poor Michael, not daring talk about his 2 blog posts about proposition 8, Calif.
I’m willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt. For now…
However his comments and actions throughout the election have truly concerned me. I really hope that this is not Jimmy Carter part II.
Isn’t it a relief to know you’re not a racist after all?
mccain got his azz kickeddddddddd. palin was a bad bad bad move.
Palin made it closer than it would have been. Without Palin, even more of the conservative base would have stayed home, making Obama’s margin even larger.
But Palin also cost him the support of the Republican “elite” (ie. educated folks) and other non-fundamentalist people in places like Ohio and PA.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE VERY UNEDUCATED AND SHOULD NOT DISCUSS POLITICS. YOU MUST BE ONE OF THOSE VOTERS WHO VOTE BASED ON ONE PHYSICAL TRAIT…….
President Obama
Disappointed and boggled by the pass of Prop 8.
Yeah. I am surprised that a supposedly liberal state like California can’t even allow basic freedom to people.
Anyway, at least Obama won!
Are you saying PROP 8 was passed
Obama has won. Unbelievably, though not unexpectedly, he has won. There are those who speak of Obama as a transformational president and I agree. But the transformation may not be what American really wants. It seems inconceivable that America has voted in a president who has not only never made a tough decision but seems to run from them. What have we come to when we elect a man whose experience lies only in his words and not his deeds. Of course, the Republican Party has only itself to blame. I hope the so-called “evangelicals” are happy that they undercut a good man in Mitt Romney – probably the only Republican candidate that stood a chance of being elected. We are now faced with at least four years of a president who supports the culture of death of the radical abortionists; who has openly committed to increasing the welfare state through wealth distribution – a guaranteed and sure path to economic mediocrity and increased government intrusion. I pray that Obama will support good government that places the traditional family as the center of a strong and vital country. I pray that he will appoint judges that interpret the laws of our country based on the Constitution and not on their own personal opinions and biases. I pray that he stands against Iran and never allows it to go nuclear. But I am worried that those prayers won’t be answered. If they are not, may God keep us and guide us because we’ll need all the help we can get.
Wow that was quite a nonsensical array of words, where did you cut and paste it from?
Fox News
Democracy won – and so did Elected President Barack Obama.
This have been some exciting weeks indeed, for everybody. Record numbers of voters have beaten the Republican friends, and we shall hope that everything stays peaceful.
I guess everyone should start looking to the second term for “change”.
Acceptance speech…Change, MAYBE in the first term?
liberals are such fools. when a nuclear bomb goes off in two years on our homeland because of this weak weak ass president you will be itching for a “man” in the WHITE house, not some metrosexual freak.
“Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither”
- Benjamin Franklin
Obama already sacrificed liberty for security by supporting Fisa.
Putting forth the argument that electing an erratic, ill-tempered ‘maverick’ will somehow deter terrorists from attacking us is so childish it becomes humorous!
@A Dolf Hit Lair — “a metrosexual freak”? is going a little too far: Obama is just a totally unprepared half-black guy who came from nowhere, with no experience of any kind, no track record of any kind other than that of a slimy politician – Never in charge of anything… He is a made-up cartoon created by Hollywood and Madison Avenue.
It is sad that so many American minds are truly sucked-up and controlled by television…
AMEN!!!!!!!
Watching McCain’s speech and then Obama’s speech it made me think – if there was ever a time to bet on the USA for the win – the time is now. As a Canadian I watched and thought that no matter which side won the US is back on track and is ready to lead the world.
Every US citizen should be very proud because as the world looks on we all think – “now that is the US that we all love and believe in!”
Congrats Obama – and to all American’s you won the hearts and minds of the world – not with a gun but with a vote and a dream and proving to all that you never bet against the US because if you do – you lose.
Cheers – Eric
I would bet against the US. The country will be bankrupt (or the US dollar totally devalued) by 2020. It will be the next Argentina.
Ironic statement: in Argentina the government just confiscated the citizens’ private savings accounts, the equivalent of the US 401Ks and private money invested in mutual funds — Why is it ironic? It is because the democrats in Congress just proposed similar actions as part of Obama’s plan “to get there” — Where is there? no one knows. Not even Obama…
It is part of the plan to have the federal government everywhere: socialized health care plus the “spreading the wealth” plan to steal money from hard-working successful Americans. Yes, “the world” is happy now… America will be just another poor socialist third world country, just like many others out there, whose citizens pretended to “vote” in the US elections.
Yep, I guess Kennedy was a fool too, right? And a metrosexual…(being liberal)…maybe you don’t remember how he stood up to soviet leader in Cuban missiles crisis…
Think twice…
What a wonderful moment in history not just for Americans but the whole world. I was moved to tears tonight after hearing Obama had won after the long, hard struggle he has endured. All the while being cool, calm and collected.
This is a guy that had to overcome the stigma of a foreign sounding name, dark skin color, racism, poor upbringing…despite it all, and with no father figure, he has developed into a leader and human being we can all aspire to. Long live Obama.
“poor upbringing”???? He was never poor!! Went to the most expensive private school in Hawaii and later on to the most expensive law school in the US – accepted as part of a minority “quota”
He has been elected president, however it is downhill from here: no experience, no preparation, no clue. was never in charge of anything…It was all a show setup by Hollywood and Madison Avenue…
Congrats America! I didn’t believe you could do it, but my respect for your country has just improved dramatically. I sincerely hope it works out and Obama can overcome the huge mess Bush has made.
Your friend,
A Canadian
Thank god we’re out of the clutches of Bush.
Thank god.
I’m happy. !Bush.
The US election is so much fun than ours in Canada…You actually have people you want to believe in unlike the fools we elect.
http://www.yout...d=event_155170#
Congrats Obama … there is global hope from you… I am sure next 4 years will redefine global history… spread peace and respect our mother(earth)! for sake of humankind
Obama won because he had a better game plan, a better organization on the ground, and was able to raise a stunning $630 million (much of that over the Internet).
His strongest supporters voted with their wallets before they voted at the polls, and that let him buy enough TV airtime and reach out through volunteers in enough battleground neighborhoods to overwhelm his opponent and clinch the election.
Obama won because of meltdown, just before lehman+aig week McCain had 1 point lead with momentum. You need not give too many reasons, last 2 years’ economic hype pyramid collapsed, that’s all.
“McCain had 1 point lead with momentum” – yeah, that was right around the time he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong. What was that you said about hype?
the fact that 600,000 african americans ,that were registered last term and did not bother to give a shit about the country and vote, voted for Obama this time had ALOT to do with his winning too. Give credit where it belongs now.
@Eric: My thoughts exactly. McCain was amazing in his concession speech: humble, patriotic, and not bitter. Obama’s speech was inspiring, stirring, and uplifting.
The voodoo of the last eight years will be finally broken. As the cowboy rides into Crawford sunset come January.
… Inspiring, stirring, and uplifting — and a lot of hooey. Must have been written by Palin’s speechwriters.
From Kerry’s team in 2004: http://online.w...6627599251.html
If that’s a “total rout,” how would you describe Reagan’s outcomes:
Obama 338-159; Reagan (1980) 489-49 vs Carter; (1984) 525-13
Also, without all the votes in, McCain already has more votes than Gore did in 2000.
And less than Kerry in 2004. The Dem presidential candidate has won the majority vote in two out of the last three elections, and the plurality in four out of five.
congrats. an incredible moment in history.
Finally I can get me some reparations.
Michael,
Please call the authorities on the guy who threatened our President elect’s life in this thread…
1 800 UP YOURS
- just kidding.
Next time you nerds should stick to technology related news if you want to keep the unsavory types out.
i feel sorry for McCain.
Congrats from Russia! Obama is really amazing person. I feel a big respect to all American people for their non-racist views.
Yeah! Obama jama, the lama dama bing bong. I’m so happy I could honk.
Can you see Alaska from your kitchen window?
Today is THE DAY!! We made history!!
YES WE CAN!!
http://ladym1.wordpress.com
Yes. You dit it. You dit it. You dit it. Yippee.
we need to say: oh god, he is the president of America now!
TC, if you post about politics, which I agree you must in this case, you get the best humor thread out there on the most unexpected forum – TC!
Amazing how conservatives are so liberal with their words.
Bethatasitmay,
Obama! Hurray!