Posted on 11/05/2008 1:36:31 PM PST by Antoninus
When you lose an election like we just did, it brings out the best those family, friends, and acquaintences of yours who don't share your political beliefs.
In 2004, I tried my best not to gloat at all because I understood that for many of our opponents, politics is their religion and to watch Kerry lose, it was like watching a family member die. I get no pleasure in being a jackass and trying to rub salt into people's wounds.
Liberals generally have no such reservations, so I'm sure we've all gotten an earful today.
So let's start a thread for posting some of the dumbest things people have said to us today at the advent of Obamanation. It might be the kind of thing we can look back on in 2010 or 2012 and say, "Oh yeah, I forgot what that little snot said."
I overheard a 20 something say to another 20 something:
“At least we will be getting FREE healthcare now.”
Seriously, they think this is gonna just happen. Pathetic.”
It might be free for them but it won’t be free for us.
Someone sent me a link to an endless rant on DailyKos.
No, I’m not going to post the link. Excessive vomiting can lead to dangerous dehydration and I can’t be responsible for that.
Somebody told me that people finally voted how Jesus would have voted.
If you have to lay someone off, you know who can be first in line...
Chants at McCain-Palin rallies: “USA! USA! UAS!”
Chants at obama rallies: “We want pie!” “We want pie!” “We want pie!”
There is also something far more terrifying. My own mother is a neonatal nurse, she works with premature babies. She voted for Obama. She voted for the man who will murder her patients!
Never underestimate the power of a charismatic dictator. A demon can foil anyone who isn’t vigilant. Not that you have but just saying.
homeschool - your kid is about to get stuck on the ugly end of the stick.
I spoke to my very Pro-McCain niece who was horrified today. I told her not to sweat it. Being a FReeper I fully expect to be in a concentration camp by 2012.
Perhaps you should give her an immediate $2,000 salary reduction to let her get a head start in household budgeting.
bump...
will be back to read the stunning non-sequitors later...
I KNOW! My sister in law called and told me she was scared..AND SHE VOTED FOR HIM! I just don’t get it.
Obamabots keep a low profile around here.
I personnaly think this is a wakeup call for hard working Americans.We might be down,but not out.
“Obama is FANTASTIC - his election proved it!”
a co-worker singing “Happy Days are Here Again”
That is what my lib relatives will hear this year to describe what they voted for - if we see them. I consider Buttock 0bama supporters to be downright evil.
Interesting. My brother said one of his black co-workers told him that Obama still won without getting many white votes. He actually believed that, amazing!
She told me: “He reminds me of Kennedy!”
Not one Obamabot has said anything to me today. It is most likely because they know I won’t hold back in my reply . . .which would have been along the lines of: “I have survived LBJ, Carter and Clinton. I think I can survive The Messiah.”
I received the following email from a family friend today. Since I first checked it on my PDA I couldn’t view the signature line, I thought the friend drafted it. I only read up to the part where I was being called a racist, then I called her. Typical total nut case!
Subject: Pinch Me ........
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Friends,
Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair.
In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea. The racists were present throughout the campaign and in the voting booth. But they are no longer the majority, and we will see their flame of hate fizzle out in our lifetime.
There was another important “first” last night. Never before in our history has an avowed anti-war candidate been elected president during a time of war. I hope President-elect Obama remembers that as he considers expanding the war in Afghanistan. The faith we now have will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the general election: The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their voice was loud and clear yesterday.
It’s been an inexcusable 44 years since a Democrat running for president has received even just 51% of the vote. That’s because most Americans haven’t really liked the Democrats. They see them as rarely having the guts to get the job done or stand up for the working people they say they support. Well, here’s their chance. It has been handed to them, via the voting public, in the form of a man who is not a party hack, not a set-for-life Beltway bureaucrat. Will he now become one of them, or will he force them to be more like him? We pray for the latter.
But today we celebrate this triumph of decency over personal attack, of peace over war, of intelligence over a belief that Adam and Eve rode around on dinosaurs just 6,000 years ago. What will it be like to have a smart president? Science, banished for eight years, will return. Imagine supporting our country’s greatest minds as they seek to cure illness, discover new forms of energy, and work to save the planet. I know, pinch me.
We may, just possibly, also see a time of refreshing openness, enlightenment and creativity. The arts and the artists will not be seen as the enemy. Perhaps art will be explored in order to discover the greater truths. When FDR was ushered in with his landslide in 1932, what followed was Frank Capra and Preston Sturgis, Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange and Orson Welles. All week long I have been inundated with media asking me, “gee, Mike, what will you do now that Bush is gone?” Are they kidding? What will it be like to work and create in an environment that nurtures and supports film and the arts, science and invention, and the freedom to be whatever you want to be? Watch a thousand flowers bloom! We’ve entered a new era, and if I could sum up our collective first thought of this new era, it is this: Anything Is Possible.
An African American has been elected President of the United States! Anything is possible! We can wrestle our economy out of the hands of the reckless rich and return it to the people. Anything is possible! Every citizen can be guaranteed health care. Anything is possible! We can stop melting the polar ice caps. Anything is possible! Those who have committed war crimes will be brought to justice. Anything is possible.
We really don’t have much time. There is big work to do. But this is the week for all of us to revel in this great moment. Be humble about it. Do not treat the Republicans in your life the way they have treated you the past eight years. Show them the grace and goodness that Barack Obama exuded throughout the campaign. Though called every name in the book, he refused to lower himself to the gutter and sling the mud back. Can we follow his example? I know, it will be hard.
I want to thank everyone who gave of their time and resources to make this victory happen. It’s been a long road, and huge damage has been done to this great country, not to mention to many of you who have lost your jobs, gone bankrupt from medical bills, or suffered through a loved one being shipped off to Iraq. We will now work to repair this damage, and it won’t be easy.
But what a way to start! Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Wow. Seriously, wow.
Yours,
Michael Moore
MichaelMoore.com
MMFlint@aol.com
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