We’re positively pins and needles right now, readers!
In case you’ve been in a coma, millions of Americans today cast their ballots for their presidential pick. Obviously we don’t know who’s going to win, but we want to hear from you throughout the night – and you can be sure you’ll be hearing from us!
So, readers – have at it!
8:10: Alright, some states are being projected. CNN’s calling Tennessee, Kansas South Carolina and Kentucky are being called for McCain, as if that’s a surprise. Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware and New Hampshire appear to be going to Obama. The tally’s 77-to-34 electoral votes with Obama in the lead. The candidates need 270 to win… [MSNBC, meanwhile, puts Obama at 103 electoral votes….]
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8:22: NBC and ABC are both reporting that Barack Obama won Pennsylvania, a key state – no wonder it’s called the Keystone state! Boo-ya!
8:44: Okay, this isn’t presidentially related, but Republican Elizabeth Dole lost to Kay Hagan in North Carolina. Ha!
9:24: Barack Obama has locked up Ohio, the Buckeye State. Our editor, who grew up in Cincinnati, is proud his homeland proved themselves to be more progressive than he remembers.
9:33: MSNBC is reporting that Obama took New Mexico, which, by the way, is our editor’s family’s new stomping ground. Coincidence? Totally.
10:23: MSNBC says Obama has 207 electoral votes, while McCain has 135…
11:01: Obama is the new president elect of the United States, says CNN. More once Mr. Obama addresses the nation…
Darrell6tt
The polls in Virginia close in a few minutes. Lets hope the networks can announce that the project Obama has won Virginia. But it is likely to be too close to call.
Kid A
I would recommend to everyone the “Your Races” feature on CNN.com to follow local races and ballot measures, and those across the country. I’m keeping tabs on Michigan races and proposals, and others across the country, like CA’s Prop. 8 and FL’s prop. 2. It looks like a great tool.
and fivethirtyeight.com too of course.
Kid A
Looks like FL’s Amendment 2 (banning gay marriage, needs 60% to pass) has 59% support so far…
Michael
Arkansas Initiative 1:
Ban on Gay Couples Adopting Children
64% in favor as of right now…
Kid A
Florida Amendment 2 banning gay marriage 62% supporting
ron
America’s hatred for gays on full display tonight.
Michael
Heh, no kidding.
Prop 8 is gonna be stressful to watch.
fredo777
Hey, Kid A. I’m in MI, too.
I’m gonna check out that feature now.
Kid A
Well, I absenteed (?) to MI, but live in FL. So I’ve been able to talk to voters here about No on 2.
fredo777
Yeah, I just noticed Prop 2 doing really “well”, if you want to call it that.
Floridian bastards. : (
Kid A
More info on gay-related ballot measures:
Arkansas – Initiative 1: Bans “unmarried sexual couples” from adopting. (59% supporting)
Arizona – Prop. 102: Bans gay marriage. (0% reporting)
California – Prop. 8: Bans gay marriage. (0% reporting)
Florida – Amendment 2: Bans gay marriage. (62% supporting, needs 60% to pass)
Phoenix (Who Voted For Obama and "NO" on Prop 102 not the Pale one)
@ No. 11 Kid A
It looks like Prop 102 is going to pass in Arizona. sigh I fucking hate my state.
Snoodle
Seems like the voters turned out 🙂
Michael
Yay!
Now for Prop 8…
krystalv
I’m biting my nails about Prop 8. I think I’m probably going to die of anxiety. 😐
John
A bit of non-referendum related good news…
The NYT is projecting a Democratic takeover of the New York State Senate (for the first time since FDR). With a supportive governor and State Assembly already in place, this means same-sex marriage is back on the agenda in the Empire State.
fredo777
I’m so happy about Obama.
And so nervous about Prop 8, still. 🙁
Steff
When do we find out about Prop 8?
Forgive me if that’s a dumb question, Brit here 😛
crazylove
As an African American, I grew up thinking things like this- electing a black guy to be President- are just too fantastical to ever happen.
I am waiting, and hoping, Prop 8 fails, but I got to tell you, if you don’t see that this means that whatever happens with Prop 8- if it suceeds- gays will still eventually win out because we are right. Then, I don’t know. Maybe you need to be a double minority like me. It gives you appreciation of the struggle, and why it’s worth it.
John
Prop. 8 is leading 54% to 46% in early returns.
However, nothing from Los Angeles and San Francisco yet.
John
Also, Obama’s only winning California by 54-44. This is very bad news for us folks. Which is 10 points less than the pre-election polls.
The exit polls had 7 out of every 10 Obama voter against Prop. 8. While only 2 out of 10 McCain voters are against the amendment.
rick
we have a new president and he smiles nice.
Steff
And he even just namechecked us gays in his talk of social inclusion – surely that must be a first for a US President (Elect)?
Btw, where’s Churchill-y and MEN-SAR when you want them 😉
alexa
excuse the slightly drunken celebratory post written with great difficulty on an iTouch. We are all in tears here we are so happy. Now let’s hope CA does the right thing.
YES ON PROPOSITION 8
WE MAY HAVE A MUSLIM FOR A PRESIDENT, BUT AT LEAST THE GAYS WILL BE KEPT FROM MARRYING AND ADOPTING POOR, INNOCENT CHILDREN AND CORRUPTING THEIR FEEBLE MINDS WITH THEIR LEFT WING FAGGOTY BULLSHIT
YES ON PROP 8! IT WILL PASS I GUARANTEE YOU
Snoodle
-watching from Canada-
That was a truly beautiful and inspiring speech.
Now come on California and make this night even better…
dzerobc
I think that minority rights should only be voted on by that same minority.
Since gay marriage doesn’t affect anyone who is straight… why are they voting?
dzerobc
“All democracies are systems in which citizens freely make political decisions by majority rule. But rule by the majority is not necessarily democratic: No one, for example, would call a system fair or just that permitted 51 percent of the population to oppress the remaining 49 percent in the name of the majority. In a democratic society, majority rule must be coupled with guarantees of individual human rights that, in turn, serve to protect the rights of minorities–whether ethnic, religious, or political, or simply the losers in the debate over a piece of controversial legislation. The rights of minorities do not depend upon the goodwill of the majority and cannot be eliminated by majority vote. The rights of minorities are protected because democratic laws and institutions protect the rights of all citizens.”
— US Department of State (http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/whatsdem/whatdm2.htm)
fredo777
Damn, I can’t believe Prop 8 is “winning” in L.A.
Lame.
greybat
This is absolutely terrible. I’m actually HATING Mormons, Catholics, and people from the central valleys.
My View
Congratulation Queerty queers of America who voted for Obama, Oprah’s choice for president!
You are going to get what you voted for. Will that be an eye opener!
You have voted for a dishonest person, that fact alone says a lot about your own (missing) integrity. For that you will pay the price, no doubt.
G. Bush is a Saint compared to this psycho wolf in sheep clothing!
“We need change! We are going to get there! It might take one term or two!” the liar (where was he born, is he American etc.etc.) and hypnotist says.
What change, change to what? Going WHERE? Has anyone asked? Has HE told you???
You will rue the day you voted for this fake!
This man (his puppeteers actually) will bring HUGE misery to this planet, he will be the END of America (after MUCH suffering of the Americans in particular)!
Get ready for LOTS and LOTS of FALSE FLAG operations, perpetrated by your own new government on it’s own people and others!
9/11 you could run away from, H5N1 flue viruses, forced inoculations, nuclear bombs (small ones, you have a huge selection) and radiation, HAARP, Chemtrails and YES, fake ALIENS, man-made flying saucers and project Bluebeam will be more difficult to avert.
All is ready to roll to pummel you into submission. And SUBMIT you will!
Laugh all you want, you’ll soon see!
Revenge by O’s brothers on American non-brothers after he is assassinated (which I believe will happen because the puppeteers have planed for a race war) will be another nail in the coffin of your USA.
Lastly, enjoy your gay rights. There are about to disappear faster than snow in the midday sun.
Mark my words!
“There are non so blind as those who do not want to see!”
Maybe America is past it’s ‘Sell by’ date anyway?
A gay man from Europe who wishes you well, but knows you will suffer GREATLY!
Steff
Oh do shut up.
My View
@ No. 24 · alexa who said ‘…We are all in tears here we are so happy…’
Get used to the tears, you’ll cry a lot over the next four years. Enjoy the happiness and take pictures for future use.
My View
Here are some simple thing Obama can do as president to improve things quickly and dramatically for this country.
Let’s see how many of these things he does:
1. He can insist that all future elections have voting machines that generate a paper trail that can be audited. He can work to make sure that Americans aren’t forced to wait three, four, even seven hours plus on line to cast votes.
2. He can end the illegal, immoral and financially ruinous occupation of Iraq.
3. He can order swift trials for all the prisoners still held in Guantanamo and freedom for those who are being held without charges. He can close Guantanamo.
4. He can outlaw the use of torture and begin the process of dismantling the Patriot Act and other assaults on the Constitution.
5. He can repudiate the policy of first strike and the idea of using nuclear weapons against Iran or any other country.
6. He can order an investigation into the recent multi-trillion dollar Treasury Department giveaway to investment banks and brokerage houses. He can also look into the operations of the Federal Reserve Bank and their role in creating the current financial catastrophe that’s overcome the world.
7. He can aggressively roll back all Bush era anti-environment laws and the non-enforcement of existing environmental protection laws.
8. He can properly compensate the people of New Orleans for the failure of the federal levee system there and order an investigation into widespread fraud on the part of the US Army Corps of Engineers in that city and in Iraq.
9. He can work to roll back media regulation laws to pre-1988 standards and return the “fairness” rule which prohibited broadcast news outlets from acting as propaganda arms for specific political parties and politicians (ex. Fox News.)
10. He can break the oil industry’s multi-decade collusion with automakers and work towards a ban on the manufacture of gasoline-powered vehicles after 2014 (we’ve NEVER needed gasoline as a fuel to power our cars – watch for future videos on this subject.)
All these things are within his power.
Some he can make happen by simple presidential order. Others, he can easily accomplish with a Democratic majority in the House and Senate.
How many of these things will he do?
We’ll see.
john Drudge
I deeply admire John McCain’s service to this country, and I probably wouldn’t protest if he were to be elected president, but the fact that he gave his advisors permission to choose his running mate bothered me to the core. She is a closed-minded c-word.
My View
Project Bluebeam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hP13WPwFwY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3-4F_q38JY&feature=related
fredo777
“My View”, Obama won.
You lost.
Go to bed, + take your sour grapes with you, douchebag.
My View
@ No. 37 · fredo777
Yes, Obama won, America LOST!
No sour grapes, just common sense.
It’s only 10 A.M. where I live, so I won’t be going to bed for a looong time. When I do, it will be with a gorgeous green-eyed blond-haired twenty three year old guy who adores me.
BTW: Calling someone names says a lot about the name-caller, especially if the name-caller is gay!
The bankrupt nation of the US has voted for a president who does not want anyone to know where he was born or how he got into Harvard etc. They voted for a LIAR and will pay the price!
Obama = OJ Simpson. Both are cold-blooded psychopaths.
fredo777
Yawn. I decided not to read that, as it’s probably just a bunch of negative + biased nonsense that’d piss me off.
Good day.
My View
No. 39 · fredo777 who said ‘Yawn. I decided not to read that, as it’s probably just a bunch of negative + biased nonsense that’d piss me off.’
Me thinks you are a liar, just like your new president. You did read my comment.
Where is Obama’s birth certificate and his grandmother’s death certificate? I want to see where Obama was born and when his grandmother really died!
fredo777
Good night, My View.
As in, I’m no longer responding to your posts.
My View
Good night Fredo 666.
Your new president is an illegal alien!
He smiles a lot though, just like OJ Simpson did!
Sleep tied and huck your favored toy.
MydayWhesee
There are 5 houses in five different colors
In each house lives a different nationality.
These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The CLUES:
The Brit lives in the Red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane Drinks tea.
The Green House is on the left of the White House.
The Green House’s owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the Blue House.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
The QUESTION:
Who owns the fish?
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VioloSmoope
Nothing seems to be easier than seeing someone whom you can help but not helping.
I suggest we start giving it a try. Give love to the ones that need it.
God will appreciate it.
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