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Who Obama should not pick for his Cabinet - TB - 11/6/2008 5:58:41 PM
- The speculation is that he will be moderate with a left tinge. - Bowser - 11/7/2008 12:05:41 AM
  - Anybody Hear he ENDORSES Private Millitary Forces for USA? - carl - 11/7/2008 7:25:23 PM
    - That was taken out of context. - TB - 11/7/2008 7:35:50 PM
- I think it's a safe bet he won't pick Ralph Nader - z - 11/6/2008 11:31:10 PM
- Economic Transition Team -- these are the socialists? - dtb - 11/6/2008 9:13:30 PM
  - I tell you what. - Lee - 11/7/2008 2:03:20 AM
    - Oh, thank God. Lee's gonna tell us "what". - Bowser - 11/7/2008 7:11:16 PM
      - Yes Bowser, you're right. - Lee - 11/8/2008 12:39:44 AM
  - I'm willing to wait and see. - TB - 11/6/2008 10:26:35 PM
    - What's refreshing is they aren't all cronys vetted for extreme ideologic purity. - Bowser - 11/7/2008 3:25:30 PM
      - What would really be refreshing... - TB - 11/7/2008 6:39:44 PM
        
        What percent of major corps did not support Obama? - alcaray - 11/7/2008 7:12:47 PM
        
        How many Republicans contributed to Obama? - Bowser - 11/7/2008 6:57:30 PM
        
        If I can drag you back to the point... - TB - 11/7/2008 7:37:48 PM
        
        And from the L. A. Times - TB - 11/8/2008 9:49:45 PM
    - We've been demanding his hide anyway! - Eri - 11/7/2008 4:30:03 AM
  - I like Reich. - ER - 11/6/2008 9:38:22 PM

Flash update: Indonesia again in the news. - Jacob - 11/8/2008 7:30:14 PM

Stock Market - TB - 11/7/2008 10:54:47 PM
- Per the analysts today - Eri - 11/8/2008 5:50:23 AM
- Looking for the bottom - Buck Galaxy - 11/8/2008 1:17:51 AM
  - Saying it's "not Obama's" seems to dodge the issue. - Bowser - 11/8/2008 2:27:35 AM
- Well... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/8/2008 1:15:30 AM
  - Thus, my prediction is validated (n/t) - Yeti - 11/8/2008 5:51:00 AM
- re: Stock Market - Marcia - 11/8/2008 12:07:11 AM

Venezuela looting update - TB - 11/7/2008 12:54:58 AM
- And Bush nationalizes the debts of the wealthy. - Bowser - 11/7/2008 1:16:22 AM
  - re: And Bush nationalizes the debts of the wealthy. - Oh, Please... thank goodness for tea in China. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/7/2008 9:34:30 PM
- Not only that, - podrock - 11/7/2008 1:13:24 AM

California voters: Chicken rights, 63 percent. Gay rights, 48 percent. Go figure. (n/t) - TB - 11/6/2008 5:43:18 PM
- Maybe if Californians ate Gay people they would afford them more rights and dignity? - Yeti - 11/7/2008 5:59:14 PM
- And Pluto - Socrates II - 11/7/2008 2:29:03 PM

The map's complete. - Mary Anne - 11/6/2008 5:38:23 PM
- Actually, I know they say Missouri is McCain's but... - Eri - 11/7/2008 4:34:45 AM
- re: The map's complete. - Jack Herer - 11/6/2008 6:04:29 PM

It's a Brand New Day in America! - Lindy - 11/5/2008 1:54:04 PM
- Marxist analysis - JEKing - 11/5/2008 10:03:32 PM
  - re: Marxist analysis - Marcia - 11/6/2008 1:20:37 AM
- and I am loving every minute of it =) (n/t) - blank - 11/5/2008 8:19:17 PM
- re: Those who don't support Obama... - Jack Herer - 11/5/2008 5:55:06 PM
  - re: Those who don't support Obama... - gbaikie - 11/5/2008 7:04:35 PM
    - LOL - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/6/2008 6:36:20 AM
      - BDS?...E & B?...what are those initials for? (n/t) - Jody - 11/6/2008 1:39:08 PM
        
        re: BDS?...E & B?...what are those initials for? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/7/2008 2:38:28 AM
  - LOL! (n/t) - Jacob - 11/5/2008 6:18:16 PM

The next 2 years - E.P. - 11/5/2008 8:46:58 PM
- Unless they learn to adapt in a rapidly changing America, the Republicans are basically screwed - z - 11/6/2008 1:00:30 AM
  - 1980, 1984, 1994 (n/t) - TB - 11/6/2008 3:11:24 AM
    - Republicans are hopelessly out of touch with ideological and demographic trends in America - z - 11/6/2008 6:58:46 AM
      - That sailed right over your head, didn't it? (n/t) - TB - 11/6/2008 4:52:26 PM
  - And yet, Prop 8 passed in California. - Lee - 11/6/2008 1:15:46 AM
    - You pin your hopes on California? Man. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/6/2008 2:55:30 AM
      - Just saying it could be in play. - Lee - 11/6/2008 2:59:56 AM
        
        What if someday "the people" passed a law re-enslaving blacks? - z - 11/6/2008 8:26:28 PM
        
        I wouldn't vote for it. - Lee - 11/7/2008 12:18:38 AM
        
        You know, it doesn't require an "activist" judge to overturn an initiative or referendum. - alcaray - 11/6/2008 8:07:19 PM
        
        re: Just saying it could be in play. - mobile1 - 11/6/2008 5:25:15 AM

Prediction - Yeti - 11/5/2008 10:22:55 PM
- re: Prediction - gbaikie - 11/6/2008 10:37:24 PM
- no gifts! - blank - 11/6/2008 4:22:18 PM
  - Let me guess: - Mary Anne - 11/6/2008 5:17:53 PM
- There's already a post around here someplace talking about "Obama's depression". - Bowser - 11/6/2008 5:08:51 AM
- re: Prediction - JEKing - 11/5/2008 11:42:42 PM
  - If Obama runs a moderate left government - Yeti - 11/6/2008 3:51:55 AM
    - quirks of history - JEKing - 11/6/2008 5:08:00 AM
      - re: quirks of history - Yeti - 11/6/2008 4:31:32 PM
      - Your prediction leaves no visible space for the far right. - Mary Anne - 11/6/2008 12:27:18 PM
        
        Mary Anne, - JEKing - 11/6/2008 10:56:34 PM
        
        I'm glad the idea of eliminating political opposition still "pains" you. (n/t) - TB - 11/6/2008 4:51:28 PM
        
        Or maybe you were just messin' with me. - Mary Anne - 11/6/2008 5:20:28 PM
        
        Oh, please. Listening to them gives me heartburn, that's all. - Mary Anne - 11/6/2008 5:13:55 PM
  - Much better insight than Yeti's predictable "prediction" - The Silent Majority - 11/6/2008 3:30:30 AM
    - This from someone who has just called our next President a "red". - Mary Anne - 11/6/2008 3:45:15 PM
    - re: deranged, disgusting vitriol, psychotic, seething rage and pure, unadulterated hate - Yeti - 11/6/2008 3:57:31 AM

Giving up on Bush, Karzai calls on Obama to stop US slaughter of Afghan civilians. - Bowser - 11/6/2008 5:21:22 AM
- I'd bet that Bush would point out that we've only slaughtered half as many Afghan civilians. - z - 11/6/2008 7:06:25 AM

Oregon Democrat Merkeley defeats (Republican) Smith for Senate seat. - Bowser - 11/6/2008 5:32:08 AM

WSJ - "The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace" (I did NOT make that up.) - Bowser - 11/5/2008 8:10:13 PM
- re: WSJ - "The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace" (I did NOT make that up.) - It's ok... - Marcia - 11/5/2008 8:32:32 PM
  - much will be revealed? We can only hope (n/t) - mobile1 - 11/6/2008 5:30:17 AM

NBC News: Obama wins it with 284+ - Laurie Street - 11/5/2008 4:04:16 AM
- Yes! An African-American as American President,.. but, Laurie? - Jacob - 11/5/2008 6:21:23 PM
  - An odd question - Laurie Street - 11/5/2008 6:47:47 PM
    - I expected and I am pleased by that answer of yours. - Jacob - 11/5/2008 7:46:04 PM
      - Canadian Woman, mama let me be-eeee.... - ER - 11/5/2008 9:25:43 PM
  - BTW, Laurie, I don't suspect you in the least of being a racist. - Jacob - 11/5/2008 6:31:49 PM
- Congratulations! (n/t) - REB - 11/5/2008 6:19:38 PM
- Yesterday was one of the greatest days in American history - Buck Galaxy - 11/5/2008 5:03:01 PM
- 338 and counting - Nick Hoffman - 11/5/2008 5:43:46 AM
  - I have to confront you on an applicable topic, as I did Laurie. - Jacob - 11/5/2008 6:25:30 PM
    - If we had a man of the sam class and quality as Obama, yes. - nick hoffman - 11/5/2008 8:38:45 PM
- A bright spot - TB - 11/5/2008 5:34:54 AM
  - Another story along these lines - TB - 11/6/2008 3:03:13 AM
  - re: A bright spot - Lindy - 11/5/2008 2:31:17 PM
    - re: A bright spot - TB - 11/5/2008 8:35:17 PM
      - Ya jus' hadda do it, didn't ya? - Eri - 11/6/2008 2:24:07 AM
        
        re: Ya jus' hadda do it, didn't ya? - TB - 11/6/2008 3:02:11 AM
        
        Oh well, poop! - Eri - 11/6/2008 4:32:32 AM
  - Amen. - z - 11/5/2008 6:02:57 AM
    - A couple of comments - TB - 11/5/2008 8:29:59 PM
    - Sure. - The Silent Majority - 11/5/2008 9:40:08 AM
      - You want to hang it on race? Nah. Try age. - Mary Anne - 11/5/2008 12:17:03 PM
        
        Black pride, white guilt and green youth - The Silent Majority - 11/5/2008 4:36:29 PM
        
        How very clever! - Yeti - 11/5/2008 6:26:01 PM
        
        Nice play on color. - Mary Anne - 11/5/2008 5:41:11 PM
        
        imho - McFly - 11/5/2008 5:17:05 PM
  - Spot on. I almost wish Bull Connor were alive. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 5:41:07 AM
- God bless America! What a great and historic night for America (n/t) - z - 11/5/2008 5:26:07 AM
- I wish him nothing but success. (n/t) - RobVG - 11/5/2008 5:14:41 AM
- Canada is happy for the USA! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/5/2008 4:32:01 AM
  - And Europe too ! (n/t) - Raoul - 11/5/2008 6:31:21 AM
  - Aww, Laurie that was sweet. - Jody - 11/5/2008 5:00:24 AM
    - re: Aww, Laurie that was sweet. - Laurie Street - 11/5/2008 5:03:53 AM
      - I thought I saw some of you guys sneaking across the border to vote. - Eri - 11/5/2008 6:21:14 AM
        
        From your house???? - Mary Anne - 11/5/2008 2:07:49 PM
        
        Hey, I had cataract surgery! I can see clearly now. (n/t) - Eri - 11/5/2008 2:27:57 PM
      - It really is a global community. (n/t) - Jody - 11/5/2008 5:05:55 AM
- McCain concedes, gratiously (n/t) - Fox - 11/5/2008 4:21:34 AM
  - OK, too excited to spell... :-\ (n/t) - Fox - 11/5/2008 4:26:20 AM
    - I am callin' the spell check police ;) - Jody - 11/5/2008 7:38:31 PM
    - ROFLMAO! Never seen YOU like that before! - Eri - 11/5/2008 4:47:11 AM
  - Its a very gracious speech (n/t) - SDG - 11/5/2008 4:23:48 AM
    - McCain presented with a better attitude than... - Lindy - 11/5/2008 4:35:50 AM
      - Hell...maybe he is relieved! - Jody - 11/5/2008 4:57:44 AM
        
        re: Hell...maybe he is relieved! - gbaikie - 11/5/2008 6:45:38 PM
        
        Plain and simple - Socrates II - 11/5/2008 2:29:04 PM
- Congratulations America. - Nick Hoffman - 11/5/2008 4:17:44 AM
  - Thanks, and you said a mouthful. - Mary Anne - 11/5/2008 2:11:53 PM
- *Doing Happy Dance* - Eri - 11/5/2008 4:14:59 AM
  - *Smiling from ear to ear* for the liberal Zoners! - Jody - 11/5/2008 4:42:11 AM
  - Tears of relief - Lindy - 11/5/2008 4:17:41 AM
    - Awwww, Lindy... - Jody - 11/5/2008 4:50:15 AM
- congrats President Elect Obama - SDG - 11/5/2008 4:12:05 AM
  - Absolutely!!! (n/t) - Jody - 11/5/2008 4:48:21 AM
- It was in God's hands.... - algorithms - 11/5/2008 4:07:28 AM
- Bush - lowest approval, highest disapproval ratings ever. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 4:07:04 AM
  - Dude, we got our country back. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 4:25:46 AM
  - And yet. - Lee - 11/5/2008 4:24:39 AM
    - "Obama wins by a fairly narrow margin." - can't face reality? %52 to %46 is not "narrow" - ARRELL - 11/5/2008 1:37:16 PM
      - Congratulations to you ARRELL... - Jody - 11/5/2008 3:44:03 PM
    - "a fairly narrow margin" - Nick Hoffman - 11/5/2008 4:32:25 AM
      - LOL! We shore did!!!... - Jody - 11/5/2008 4:53:03 AM
        
        One nice thing about winning... - Eri - 11/5/2008 2:31:57 PM
    - I understand, Lee. You're rejected, refuted, renounced. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 4:28:39 AM
      - 2010 is only 24 months away. - Lee - 11/5/2008 4:31:01 AM
        
        The one thing I hate about winning.... - Eri - 11/5/2008 4:50:10 AM
        
        The counter attack will be swift and fierce. - Lee - 11/6/2008 12:10:13 AM

Ack....Coleman less than 500 votes ahead of Franken. - TB - 11/5/2008 8:43:45 PM
- CSpan instead of Air America? - E.P. - 11/5/2008 9:24:17 PM
- McClintock barely ahead, too. - TB - 11/5/2008 9:08:39 PM
- re: Ack....Coleman less than 500 votes ahead of Franken. - Marcia - 11/5/2008 8:46:34 PM
  - Beware the Murphy Brown Syndrome - Socrates II - 11/5/2008 9:54:03 PM
    - re: Beware the Murphy Brown Syndrome - Marcia - 11/5/2008 11:41:49 PM

An interesting personal observation on White and Hispanic racists in this election - z - 11/3/2008 3:57:09 PM
- This is a purely anecodotal and subjective observation... - ER - 11/3/2008 5:04:42 PM
  - Very good historical analysis, thanks! (n/t) - z - 11/4/2008 4:41:05 PM
  - re: This is a purely anecodotal and subjective observation... - Marcia - 11/4/2008 2:15:22 AM
    - Marti en Tampa - ER - 11/4/2008 2:59:36 AM
      - re: Marti en Tampa - Marcia - 11/4/2008 3:27:28 AM
        
        A new victim! - ER - 11/4/2008 3:41:56 AM
        
        re: A new victim! - :) - Marcia - 11/4/2008 4:24:38 AM
        
        re: A new victim! - :) - btw. - Marcia - 11/4/2008 4:28:51 AM
        
        It runs in the family. (n/t) - ER - 11/4/2008 1:45:54 PM
        
        re: It runs in the family. - Marcia - 11/5/2008 8:24:38 PM

What's up in North Carolina... - z - 11/5/2008 5:51:26 PM
- re: What's up in North Carolina... - Lindy - 11/5/2008 7:13:34 PM

"In God's Hands" - algorithms - 11/5/2008 2:05:24 PM
- re: "In God's Hands" - gbaikie - 11/5/2008 6:21:28 PM
- As Archie Bunker once said - Socrates II - 11/5/2008 2:23:47 PM
- re: "In God's Hands" - Eri - 11/5/2008 2:23:37 PM

Bill Ayers finally says something - algorithms - 11/5/2008 3:18:42 PM

2006 and 2008. More than a "mandate". - Bowser - 11/5/2008 4:53:33 AM
- His mandate... - Eri - 11/5/2008 6:17:08 AM

11:02 pm CNN calls election for Obama! - Lindy - 11/5/2008 4:03:38 AM
- :):):):):):):) (n/t) - Jody - 11/5/2008 5:01:12 AM

Glorious! Par for the course of the "educated" left. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2008 12:57:51 AM
- Moderator - move to Flame? - Bowser - 11/5/2008 2:13:49 AM
- LOL- oh watching you melt down is WONDERFUL! - ARRELL - 11/5/2008 1:31:21 AM
  - Additionally in Indiana - ARRELL - 11/5/2008 1:35:46 AM
    - C'mon...dig up some conservative professor stealing signs. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2008 1:57:47 AM
      - Oh, shut up and go away, you sore loser! (n/t) - Eri - 11/5/2008 4:17:10 AM

REB needs a job as an election consultant. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2008 3:27:37 AM

4:55 PM PST. Looking pretty good for Rs, McCain. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 12:56:55 AM
- Thank you Senator McCain - for wasting so much time and resources in Pennsylvania! Heeheehee! (n/t) - z - 11/5/2008 1:15:29 AM
  - 5:17PM PST - Picking up for Obama now. R consultants discouraged. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 1:18:40 AM
    - what's the deal w/ New Mexico? - SDG - 11/5/2008 3:08:39 AM

Obama Civilian National Security Identified - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2008 1:35:33 AM
- Moderator - move to Flame? - Bowser - 11/5/2008 2:11:53 AM
  - C'mon DEMAND it! What's with the wimpy ?? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/5/2008 2:19:34 AM
    - No need to demand. It's a no-brainer. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/5/2008 2:43:49 AM

60 blue sente seats probably aint gonna happen. - Yeti - 11/5/2008 2:34:16 AM

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