Quote :

"Never have I felt that the US has so many racist people than this election. So many people who could not give a single reason why they aren't voting for him except that he is black.""

Clearly that's not what happened, or the results would have been white voting overwhelmingly for McCain.


[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:14 PM. Reason : I can't obviously do embedded quotes.]

11/4/2008 11:12:24 PM

Ok so I'm playing around with this "Livestation" player and I flipped through some channels and found some really decent and intelligent coverage... on Al Jazera.

Come on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, ABC, CBS... when Al Jazera has you beat and all you've got are whiteboards and holograms (ok the star trek shit is neat) that's just sad.

11/4/2008 11:12:52 PM

Boone, My views were unpopular in 2003 because I opposed invading Iraq. Being unpopular didn't mean my views were wrong. My views are unpopular today because I believe Obama does not represent change we need. Only time will tell if I'm wrong. Hopefully, he will govern more from the center than he campaigned.

11/4/2008 11:15:38 PM

ABC was just discussing race--

~20% of people said race mattered

~80% of people said race didn't matter

Obama won both segments.



Ya'll need to find something else to pout about.

11/4/2008 11:15:39 PM

Cumberland is the last stand for McCain. I may need to correct myself because it looks like NC might go for Obama.

11/4/2008 11:18:11 PM

what the hell was that music mccain came out to

11/4/2008 11:18:58 PM

^^^I'm not pouting... I think people can vote however they want, for whatever reason they want, Even if it's just a silly as a candidate promising them icecream, and I'm not going to complain. However, numbers clearly show that race WAS important in this election, so people should stop pretending it's not.



[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:20 PM. Reason : ^]

11/4/2008 11:18:58 PM

lol, was that the music from "The Program"??

11/4/2008 11:19:00 PM

listen to these kooks at mccain's concession speech


booing....


really?

fucking dipshits

11/4/2008 11:19:55 PM

Quote :

"Cumberland is the last stand for McCain."

If that's the case then McCain's going to lose the crap out of NC.

11/4/2008 11:20:10 PM

WOW.

McCAin's campaign Booing the mention of Obama.

Unreal.

Obama really has a tough road ahead of him to try to bring these people back in to common ground.

Lots of negative emotion still out there.

11/4/2008 11:20:45 PM

Be honest....what did McCain do when they started booing?

11/4/2008 11:21:23 PM

Thank goodness the Dems won't get that super majority in the Senate.

11/4/2008 11:21:57 PM

Speaking of Democratic senators, I just thought of one more thing we can do.


Laugh at Lieberman, and then strip him of his committee positions.

11/4/2008 11:23:20 PM

mccain supporters are some REALLY classy folks

11/4/2008 11:23:58 PM

I'm impressed by McCain concession speech so far.

11/4/2008 11:24:37 PM

what were they chanting? i thought i heard something about "hussein".

11/4/2008 11:24:55 PM

Aww, man.

Let's start forgetting about Palin right now.

11/4/2008 11:25:21 PM

^^ you're not done

and

john mccain

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:25 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 11:25:32 PM

time for sarah palin to snow machine her ass back to alaska

BYE!

11/4/2008 11:25:37 PM

stfu schmoe. you're not exactly the best person to lecture anyone on classy behavior.

thanks.

11/4/2008 11:25:39 PM

Palin is going to cry

11/4/2008 11:25:52 PM

campaign comrades??

COMMIE

11/4/2008 11:26:22 PM

McCain is a real standup guy, wonderful concession speech. I'm proud to have voted for him.

11/4/2008 11:27:57 PM

stfu yourself socks``

maybe you can join lieberman's new party.

11/4/2008 11:28:28 PM

yes, mccain is a good guy, but some of his supporters are atrocious.

11/4/2008 11:28:41 PM

pretty much.

should've done a better job at screening who was going to attend

11/4/2008 11:29:19 PM

^^I agree with that. Show some respect.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 11:29:23 PM

at least Palin can go back to enjoying her view of Alaska!

lol

I guess the majority of americans are truely unamerican; am i right hooksaw!

11/4/2008 11:30:57 PM

i will agreee: mccain is a decent fella.

it's just too bad he had to head up one of the shittiest, most negative, unfocused, hateful campaigns in living memory.

it's also too bad McCain 2000 didnt run. unfortunately, i just dont think the old guy is all that competent anymore.

11/4/2008 11:31:32 PM

Quote :

"at least Palin can go back to enjoying her view of AlaskaRussia!"

11/4/2008 11:33:00 PM

Quote :

"i will agreee: mccain is a decent fella. it's just too bad he had to head up one of the shittiest, most negative, unfocused, hateful campaigns in living memory. it's also too bad McCain 2000 didnt run. unfortunately, i just dont think the old guy is all that competent anymore."

11/4/2008 11:33:02 PM

Quote :

"Be honest....what did McCain do when they started booing?"

This was one of his best speeches of the campaign. He seemed relaxed and visibly relieved to have it over. Him have to tell the crowd to stop booing is, I think, why he's become so tired and uncomfortable with his own campaign. The things said and done on his behalf and some of the people at the rallies (yes, a small minority of them I know) had to make him queasy. He's a good man after all and that had to grate on him like nothing else could.

Ok so Al Jazera's coverage of his speach was pretty impressive. They said "That was one of the most heartfelt and genuinely gracious concession speeches I've heard in any election." then the other commentator said "Yes, and I'd expect nothing less from either candidate. Despite some of the terrible things said on their behalf these two men have shown a high amount of civility towards each other in and out of the debates." And of course the other coverage I'm watching can't see anything deeper than that he's tired. GG MSNBC.

11/4/2008 11:33:13 PM

OBAMA UP ~22000 in NC!!!

COME ONE AND TAKE NC OBAMA, AND INDIANA

11/4/2008 11:33:16 PM

So Mecklinberg has FINALLY started to get the rest of its shit together. God, about time.

Ah, I figured out why Al Jazera's coverage is so scholarly and even tempred. It's actually the BBC doing their english coverage.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:38 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 11:37:43 PM

yeah this should be official in a couple of minutes

11/4/2008 11:39:13 PM

Quote :

"Good job North Carolina, you get the dunce cap this election (although you do get credit for getting ride of Dole)."

NEVERMIND, I'M A MORON. YOU ROCK NORTH CAROLINA

11/4/2008 11:40:03 PM

so my friend has something about this being the first sign of the apocalypse, and has something in her facebook status about telling everyone to read revalations

i asked her if sean hannity is the first of the three angels but she seemed confused



i don't think she has read revelations

11/4/2008 11:47:36 PM

ha. you should have heard the shit that was being discussed at my workplace yesterday. i know yall think I'm crazy, but when I heard what they were saying, even I was all

11/4/2008 11:48:39 PM

Ok so the BBC/Al Jazera English Broadcast was just interviewing a black democratic opperative with the Obama campaign (no name subtitled and I missed it) and she said:

Quote :

"Well clearly racial issues are still present because 96% of African Americans voted for Barak Obama. That we are in a place where racial groups are able to be so polarized compared to other segments of the population shows that race, not necessarily racism, is still an issue in American society and we still have work to do."

I forget who was saying this earlier, but I bet you didn't expect to hear it from a black democratic operative in the Obama Campaign.

^Ron, you are crazy. Getting back on the gold standard? What the hell man? That's nuts. I you want to back your currency with something then you back it with "energy" in general, not a shiny metal. Energy is the best metric for economic activity and growth.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 11:52 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 11:50:26 PM

Its crazy that neither Indiana or NC has been called yet.

11/4/2008 11:53:10 PM

11/4/2008 11:56:21 PM

They cheered for McCain.

11/5/2008 12:02:42 AM

Ok but that's not entirely fair. They're happy. It's a hell of a lot easier to be a gracious winner than it is to be a gracious loser. That's why McCain's speach was so impressive. Not only was he gracious- he was genuine and communicated his desire to heal the country and quiet the vitriol.

11/5/2008 12:06:53 AM

Is anyone seeing the bulletproof glass in front of him? Jesus.

11/5/2008 12:18:11 AM

It's certainly thick glass, but it seems odd.

It's only on the sides and the podium is behind (not protected by) the glass.

11/5/2008 12:20:05 AM

Watching this on Faux News makes it so much sweeter!

11/5/2008 12:20:45 AM

It could be there for soundproofing?

11/5/2008 12:20:50 AM

Yeah I think those are buffers to shield the microhones from the insane echoing roar of the crowd.

Ahaha, Kenya is going nuts right now. They've declared tomorrow a national holiday.

[Edited on November 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM. Reason : ]

11/5/2008 12:23:52 AM

i remember they said that the glass was bulletproof, so..

yeah

11/5/2008 12:27:24 AM