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There has been many deceptive descriptions of Obama in an attempt to paint him in a negative light used by his adversaries. Today, we can conclude that the vast majority of the American people saw through those deceptions, and that campaigns based solely on fear, uncertainty and doubt are the slime of democracy. Nevertheless, I wanted this thread to reflect all the name calling he had to go through...
I'll start with:
a Muslim
the recipient of the most popular votes in any presidential election in American history.
I was suprised by Bill Kristol, Brit Hume and the rest last night. They really gave him props and said no matter how many bad things you heard about the guy, when you saw him and talked to him those charges just didn't hold up to the real man. Brit even said one of the original higher ups at Fox News knew him as Barry from college and loves the guy. It was surreal while I was watching.
the vast majority ? There are what... 320 million people in the USA ??? take out the kids under 18 and without looking at google or something - say that leaves us with 215 million people ... only about 118 million people voted. -- so the vast majority didnt even care enough to vote - of those that voted - 62 million -- ( you do realize Bush had 62 million ) and as of right now - more folks voted in 2004 than voted in 2008 (subject to change) .. Obama spent 650 million plus dollars -- almost 5 to 1 over mccain ... Wonder where all that money came from ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
I think they couldn't help being impressed by how well he ran his campaign. I could almost hear Karl Rove thinking to himself, "Damn, why couldn't I have had a candidate like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by romad_20
He won in a landslide... He received the most votes in any Presidential election in America's history. He won by over 7+ million votes on the (meaningless) popular vote category.Quote:
Originally Posted by implacable44
Sober up and stop trying to change topics. Say it with me: Mr President Barack Obama...
Daaaaaamn.Quote:
Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown
Ive really been avoiding the news today, but if what you say is true (and I have no reason to doubt you at all), this truly is the most historic election of our country's history.
More people favor entitlements than hard work.
Got it.
Amerika is strong.
Talking point redux. Good thing most of the voters saw through the bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anti.Hero
Give the kids ice cream and they will vote you in.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Takes an ivy league degree to master this concept.
This picture is racist
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Bitter, party of....I'm sorry. How many in your party?Quote:
Originally Posted by Anti.Hero
By the vote totals, it's undeniable a big amount of Republicans voted for him too. I guess they got ice cream too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anti.Hero
dude -- again he has 62 million -- Bush the terrible had 62 million votes. Kerry had almost 60 million -- more people voted in 2004 than in 2008. He will probably end up with almost 1 million more than Bush had - while spending almost 680 million dollars to do it --also a record for spending.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Dude -- again, you're bitter -- but I love hearing people bitch about how he won so decisively.
It's the differential with McCain dummy. Can you get it through your thick head?Quote:
Originally Posted by implacable44
I know what the differential is retard - lets put the election into perspective. Compare it to 2004 - more people voted that year (so far) and again -- Bush got 62 million votes..at about 1/4 of the cost.
Let's put the election into perspective.
Obama won.
Why you try to keep changing the subject? Open a new thread if you want to discuss campaign financing. Are you going to accept that Obama won by an overwhelming majority? Or are you gonna remain detached from reality like whottt?Quote:
Originally Posted by implacable44
Gotta love the board Republicans' capacity for denial.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
I never denied that he won by an overwhelming majority. I simply stated facts. 62 million votes - Bush had 62 million votes -- and more people voted in 2004 than in 2008. -- because there were two liberals running so the conservative base largely stayed home.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
So there are only two million conservatives in the United States.Quote:
Originally Posted by implacable44
:lol
?? so there are only 122 million people of voting age in the us ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
So the conservatives always stay home.Quote:
Originally Posted by implacable44
:lol
Personally I love how they're the only ones not "sheltered" by the MSM and therefore the only ones qualified to dispense "truth." But, the denial is fun, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Obama has 63 million votes so far, not 62, and there are still some ballots to be counted.
There will be all manner of attempts to try to de-legitimize his election now.
They can't help themselves.
I struggle to understand your stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
The Conservatives had nobody to vote for this year. Republicans did - conservatives didn't.
Did you vote?Quote:
Originally Posted by implacable44
[QUOTE=ChumpDumper;2874702]Did you vote?[/QUOT
I voted a write in vote - "Present" I could not vote for McCain because he is no conservative -- he isn't even a republican - he is a RINO
:lmao
After Bush won in 2004, I created this thread. The Democrat campaign was by far the more gratuitously negative campaign that year, even though both campaigns could be characterized as negative overall. The Kerry campaign was almost exclusively about Bush... and a characaturized version of Bush at that... while the Bush campaign, despite being heavily reliant on the Swift Boat Vets, also appealed to conservatives (and enough moderates) with positive reasons to vote for Bush.
Democrats allowed their cause to be carried by divisive public figures who seemingly had no filter. Their characterization of Bush and Republicans was often so ridiculously over-the-top that most reasonable people could not take it seriously. And it certainly wasn't motivating to moderates.
This year, the tables were turned dramatically. Obama's campaign was the picture of positive forward-thinking and often a celebration of human intellect. It appealed to the intelligence of the average voter even if it did, at times, also appeal to voters' feelings of victimhood and willingness to let the Government have greater influence on their lives. But the emotional appeal was a positive one. And importantly, they managed to keep the more outspoken fringe segment of the party (especially those with access to national media) from saying anything stupid to rally the opposition. It was refreshing to not have to hear daily Democrat talking points from the likes of Michael Moore.
McCain's campaign, sadly, was dominated by the same kind of character (or, characature) assassination politics that rubs many people the wrong way. The appeal was to voters' fears and distrust, just like the Kerry campaign in 2004. And while this rallied a good number of people in the Republican base, at many points it insulted the intelligence of moderate voters.
This election was, in part, a referendum on divisive negative politics. Certainly it was not the only factor, and had some things gone differently in the last two months, McCain might have won even while running a primarily anti-Obama campaign. But today, those who are celebrating Obama's victory are united in their admiration and hope for Obama, and not their revulsion of the opponent. It's refreshing.
I fear that this country will become so jaded by outlandish character assassination and innuendos during political races that we may one day elect a true monster because all evidence of corruption, malice and bad character will just sound like politics as usual. Negative campaigning is a part, and will be a part, of all future elections but hopefully Americans can differentiate where accusations are based on fact or based on an attempt to deceive or exaggerate.
Huh? His whole campaign was based on predicating the fear that McCain was just George W. Bush redux.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
Way to be a hypocrite!
And how do we know McCain wasn't?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggie Hoopsfan
But he didn't have to resort to saying that McCain was a Muslim, Terrorist, Anti-Christ in order to win...
....because one can always trust the intelligence and judgement of The Majority.Quote:
the vast majority of the American people saw through those deceptions
:lmao:lmao:lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by Aggie Hoopsfan
damn, this is fun!