I don't mean to disagree with our fearless leader, but I feel this much harder than he does. I've only been politically conscious for Bush 43. So I'm not used to living through the bad years. And I expect that these will be very bad years.

So, everyone have a drink... on me! We're all going to need it.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 08:34 PM | Comments (74)
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So Obama won. It's not the end of the world. Everybody chill out.

1) It's hardly a popular vote blowout. McCain kept it close in a tough anti-republican climate, and there's a still a significant proportion of the population that's with us, nearly 50%, in fact.

2) If Barack does win, he do so only by pretending to be a centrist and a tax-cutter. And that lie is going to be exposed riki-tik. By 2010, the entire country will know just how liberal Obama is, and the pendulum will swing. It'll be up to us to see that it swings far enough.

3) It's important to remember that we're conservatives, not liberals, or "progressives" or whatever they're calling themselves this week.

Politics isn't our life, and if we lose an election cycle, we're still going to be happier as a group then they will ever be, even after they've won this one.

Like they always do, hardcore liberal voters have placed all their hopes and dreams into one, terribly flawed, terribly human basket. And without doubt they will be terribly disappointed, especially when they learn they've still got to pay their own mortgage and buy their own gas.

Their Messiah, ain't one, which will become painfully apparent to them soon enough.

Meanwhile, here on the right, we have low expectations of human nature and even lower expectations of government. It's hard to disappoint us.

And unlike the liberals, all of our hopes and dreams are in exactly the same place they were yesterday, in our family, our friends, our local community, in our work, in our religious faith, and in our country. Those are the great constants, always there for us even when we suffer the greatest of setbacks.

Yep, tough times are ahead, and we're going to have to fight like somsabitches to keep Obama and the Congress from screwing things up too much in the next two years. But, we've been there before, and we've prevailed before.

4) Don't give the fucktards on the left the satisfaction of seeing you all act like a bunch of hysterical schoolgirls. They're the ones who can't take defeat. We can take our lumps, get up, and keep fighting. We should be Happy Warriors. whose proper response to this is mockery, good humor, and hard work. We lost and elction, but we're still right, and they're still wrong.

Anyway, it's time to cowboy up, and get ready for the next go round.

Posted by: Ace at 08:28 PM | Comments (121)
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Oh, and Murtha won, too.

McCain lost honorably, as he wanted. I guess that's what really matters in the end.

Posted by: Ace at 08:01 PM | Comments (452)
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I don't know if this live blog format will work at all for longer postings.

It's an experiment.

Posted by: Ace at 07:42 PM | Comments (104)
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So, um 2010? How's that looking for you?

Whatever you're drinking...make it a double. At least.

Posted by: DrewM at 07:42 PM | Comments (65)
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I don't know where she's getting the feed, but it's funny that currently it shows McCain 50.45%, Obama 47.81%.

It'd be nice if she had the dope. But I just think she is a dope and doesn't know shit.

tip from sincerely, one of the previous threads.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 07:06 PM | Comments (281)
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The real hope seems not to have panned out.

Posted by: Ace at 07:02 PM | Comments (47)
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WilliamA tells me that with most of Murtha's less racist, less redneck counties in, it's:

MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM)
26,676 52.3%
RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP)
24,308 47.7%

Assuming WilliamA's right that Murtha's centers of strength are already mostly banked, Russell could pull this one out.

Updated Numbers:

MURTHA, JOHN P. (DEM) 87,059 58.4%

RUSSELL, WILLIAM (REP) 61,933 41.6%

Posted by: Ace at 07:01 PM | Comments (50)
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Eh, something to look out for. Can't blame him if he had an early retirement drink.

Hey, maybe it's not too late for McCain to run on the subprime issue as almost all of his advisers urged.

Posted by: Ace at 06:58 PM | Comments (62)
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Update: Numbers here. We may keep this one. Update: Now we're just barely losing.

Yet Another Update: With even more than 99% in, Coleman's now up by 2000+. I think he wins this one.

Also, oddly, Ted Stevens may win. Permitting Palin to appoint his successor.

Maybe Todd Palin. He can set up the house in DC for her.

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Well, it looks like things aren't finished yet. As of 12:30 CST, Coleman and Franken are within 7,000 votes of each other, with Coleman ahead and 81% of precincts reporting.

I may have spoken too soon. Don't blame the cobloggers for that one, I called it early and Coleman has made a comeback. Will call it for good in the morning.

Also still waiting on the final results: Felon Ted Stevens, who may just squeak by so that Palin can appoint a replacement until a special election can be called. Again, we'll see where it's at in the morning.

Earlier posts below:
We're calling it. Al Franken is now a senator of these United States.

Despair.

Late Night Update: The commenters are telling me that Coleman could still win. We'll see in the morning. I've got a whole 'nother bottle to get through between here and there. more...

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 11:53 PM | Comments (351)
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