US Presidential Elections 2008 (3 Viewers)

[broken arm]

did anyone see Nick robinson appear before 10 Downing street at about half 3 this morning?

he said he was on his way home from a meeting/party with the "UK political classes" and he just decided to pop over to downing street to give a broadcast....

I'm pretty sure he had a few jars in him.

 

[pete]

so when do we start being let down?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

did anyone see Nick robinson appear before 10 Downing street at about half 3 this morning?

he said he was on his way home from a meeting/party with the "UK political classes" and he just decided to pop over to downing street to give a broadcast....

I'm pretty sure he had a few jars in him.

Mary Robinson's husband?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Will McCain be alive in 2012?

welcome back!

he'll be the same age as John XXIII was when he became pope.

 

[rettucs]

whats in this for Ireland?

more importantly, whats in this for me?

 

[nooleen]

http://www.stormfront.org/audio/stormfront_radio-dr_david_duke-11-04-08-obama_response.mp3

"barack obama is the canary in the mine"

 

[nlgbbbblth]

did anyone watch the JFK in Ireland DVD that came with last Saturday's times.

brought a tear to my eye, it did.

 

[snakybus]

According to wikipedia people of African extraction make up almost 13% of the US population, in Britain it's around 2% and in France around 7% total non-Europeans (therefore much less for people who we'd consider "black") - it seems the US has by far the highest proportion of black people in their population, so you'd expect them to be the first

ha I knew someone would come out with the stats! You're right of course, but considering the USA's very recent (and even ongoing) racist history, I still think this result shows great character and restores my faith in American people.

 

[Pantone247]

so when do we start being let down?

no way Pete, this is dawning of the age of aquarius

first thing this morning some yummy mummy pulled in and waved me and my bike down the narrow street we were both heading down

things have changed man

everythings okay from now on

 

[Pantone247]

did you vote Mike?

ha I knew someone would come out with the stats! You're right of course, but considering the USA's very recent (and even ongoing) racist history, I still think this result shows great character and restores my faith in American people.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

heh

Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress
NOVEMBER 5, 2008 | ISSUE 44•45


WASHINGTON—After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering a racial barrier the United States is, at long last, shitty enough to overcome.

Although polls going into the final weeks of October showed Sen. Obama in the lead, it remained unclear whether the failing economy, dilapidated housing market, crumbling national infrastructure, health care crisis, energy crisis, and five-year-long disastrous war in Iraq had made the nation crappy enough to rise above 300 years of racial prejudice and make lasting change.

"Today the American people have made their voices heard, and they have said, 'Things are finally as terrible as we're willing to tolerate," said Obama, addressing a crowd of unemployed, uninsured, and debt-ridden supporters. "To elect a black man, in this country, and at this time—these last eight years must have really broken you."

Added Obama, "It's a great day for our nation."

Faced with losing everything, Americans took a long overdue step forward and elected Barack Obama.


Carrying a majority of the popular vote, Obama did especially well among women and young voters, who polls showed were particularly sensitive to the current climate of everything being fucked. Another contributing factor to Obama's victory, political experts said, may have been the growing number of Americans who, faced with the complete collapse of their country, were at last able to abandon their preconceptions and cast their vote for a progressive African-American.

After enduring eight years of near constant trauma, the United States is, at long last, ready for equality.

Citizens with eyes, ears, and the ability to wake up and realize what truly matters in the end are also believed to have played a crucial role in Tuesday's election.

According to a CNN exit poll, 42 percent of voters said that the nation's financial woes had finally become frightening enough to eclipse such concerns as gay marriage, while 30 percent said that the relentless body count in Iraq was at last harrowing enough to outweigh long ideological debates over abortion. In addition, 28 percent of voters were reportedly too busy paying off medial bills, desperately trying not to lose their homes, or watching their futures disappear to dismiss Obama any longer.

"The election of our first African-American president truly shows how far we've come as a nation," said NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. "Just eight years ago, this moment would have been unthinkable. But finally we, as a country, have joined together, realized we've reached rock bottom, and for the first time voted for a candidate based on his policies rather than the color of his skin."

"Today Americans have grudgingly taken a giant leap forward," Williams continued. "And all it took was severe economic downturn, a bloody and unjust war in Iraq, terrorist attacks on lower Manhattan, nearly 2,000 deaths in New Orleans, and more than three centuries of frequently violent racial turmoil."

Said Williams, "The American people should be commended for their long-overdue courage."

Obama's victory is being called the most significant change in politics since the 1992 election, when a full-scale economic recession led voters to momentarily ignore the fact that candidate Bill Clinton had once smoked marijuana. While many believed things had once again reached an all-time low in 2004, the successful reelection of President George W. Bush—despite historically low approval ratings nationwide—proved that things were not quite shitty enough to challenge the already pretty shitty status quo.

"If Obama learned one thing from his predecessors, it's that timing means everything," said Dr. James Pung, a professor of political science at Princeton University. "Less than a decade ago, Al Gore made the crucial mistake of suggesting we should care about preserving the environment before it became unavoidably clear that global warming would kill us all, and in 2004, John Kerry cost himself the presidency by criticizing Bush's disastrous Iraq policy before everyone realized our invasion had become a complete and total quagmire."

"Obama had the foresight to run for president at a time when being an African-American was not as important to Americans as, say, the ability to clothe and feed their children," Pung continued. "An election like this only comes once, maybe twice, in a lifetime."

As we enter a new era of equality for all people, the election of Barack Obama will decidedly be a milestone in U.S. history, undeniable proof that Americans, when pushed to the very brink, are willing to look past outward appearances and judge a person by the quality of his character and strength of his record. So as long as that person is not a woman.

 

[nooleen]

ha I knew someone would come out with the stats! You're right of course, but considering the USA's very recent (and even ongoing) racist history, I still think this result shows great character and restores my faith in American people.

ireland was locking women up for looking at men a bit too keenly only a few decades ago, now aren't we on our second female president. we deserve a bualadh bos as well.

 

[snakybus]

did you vote Mike?

No way man. Voting is for squares!

 

[snakybus]

ireland was locking women up for looking at men a bit too keenly only a few decades ago

First I've heard about this!

 

[nooleen]

no way Pete, this is dawning of the age of aquarius

finally, an excuse to post a clip from hair

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that hatchet faced dancing woman always freaks me out though

mind you, the hippies back then got it a bit wrong about the age of aquarius..

 

[broken arm]

Cheesy as fuck but.....

I Didn't Vote For Obama Today

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/11/i-didnt-vote-for-obama-today.php

 

[Osama Van Halen]

OBAMAQUAAAANNNNDO!!

 

[nooleen]

First I've heard about this!

ah jaysis. try wikipedia. magdalene laundries. there's even a movie version.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

whats in this for Ireland?

more importantly, whats in this for me?

Any truth in the idea Obama's going to impose punitive taxes on US companies that operate overseas? IE make it less attractive for an American corporation to maintain an operation in this country or to start one in the first place.

 

[Diddles]

OBAMAQUAAAANNNNDO!!

Is that George Clinton's van? .|..|