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averygoodun42) wrote2012-11-07 09:06 am
averygoodun42) wrote2012-11-07 09:06 am
Oh thank god!
I was pretty sure Obama was going to win the electoral vote, but it's a relief to know he did anyway.
I am very, very slightly disappointed that he won the popular vote, if only because it means there won't be a huge upsurge of electoral system reform from the right. This electoral college crap needs to go, but, darn it, Obama won fair and square. (Unless you listen to FOX news, in which case, conspiracy theories abound.)
However, while I am relieved that Obama won, I actually happy to hear other electoral results. Like, for instance that NH is the first state to have an all female legislative delegation (and all democrats, to boot)! Like Tammy Baldwin becoming the first openly gay senator (from Wisconsin!!!)! Like Maryland and Maine both passing same sex marriage referendums. And to see that the stupid fuckers who shot off their mouths about rape getting buggered in the polls.
Here's hoping that the next two to four years are (at least a little?) more productive than the last two to four.
Anyway, I have a quiz to study for, (and glee to suppress before facing my very conservative-leaning class) so I'd better go.
But Yay!
I am very, very slightly disappointed that he won the popular vote, if only because it means there won't be a huge upsurge of electoral system reform from the right. This electoral college crap needs to go, but, darn it, Obama won fair and square. (Unless you listen to FOX news, in which case, conspiracy theories abound.)
However, while I am relieved that Obama won, I actually happy to hear other electoral results. Like, for instance that NH is the first state to have an all female legislative delegation (and all democrats, to boot)! Like Tammy Baldwin becoming the first openly gay senator (from Wisconsin!!!)! Like Maryland and Maine both passing same sex marriage referendums. And to see that the stupid fuckers who shot off their mouths about rape getting buggered in the polls.
Here's hoping that the next two to four years are (at least a little?) more productive than the last two to four.
Anyway, I have a quiz to study for, (and glee to suppress before facing my very conservative-leaning class) so I'd better go.
But Yay!
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http://www.examiner.com/video/charles-krauthammer-obama-won-but-with-no-mandate-and-nowhere-to-go
But, I'm hoping that they realize that for 2 years while they made their job making Obama a one term president, they weren't doing the job they were elected to do thereby not accomplishing either job.