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| (Some Guy) | "Renegade," "Renaissance," "Radiance" and "Rosebud." Meet your new First Family, according to the Secret Service |
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| Fox News reportedly "too liberal," Freepers call for boycott |
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| (Great Falls Tribune) | An interestingly wide range of opinions on Obama's election from the whitest county in the whitest state in the Union. Difficulty: "There are Norwegians and there are Swedes-that's diversity here" |
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| She hated gays. She loved guns. She was kicked out of office but won't concede or call her new representative. It's a bird. It's a plane... it's MUSGRAVE |
(60) | ||
| (Journal Star) | Obama wins Omaha, so Nebraska GOP want the state to revert to a "winner takes all" situation |
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| To commemorate Guy Fawkes Day, the newly founded British Libertarian Party sent every member of Parliament a copy of 1984, all inscribed with "This book was a warning, not a blueprint." |
(101) | ||
| (Some Guy's Blog) | Bush to resign between now and January. Then Cheney will pardon him. Book it. Done |
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| Paul Krugman refutes the argument that the New Deal made the Great Depression worse |
(220) | ||
| Obama to send pair of Bobs to every government agency to ask "What would you say it is that you DO here?" | (166) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Will the Senate give convicted felon and recently re-elected Senator Ted Stevens a "get out of jail" card? |
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| (Some Guy) | Public or Private? Where will the Obama girls go to school? Here's a hint: "The girls now attend the University of Chicago's Lab School, an elite private school." |
(182) | |
| Hmm. He hasn't even been the President-elect for a week. He hasn't signed one law. Clearly, this is the Obama Recession. Just ask Rush Limbaugh, he'll tell ya |
(143) | ||
| President Bush expected to issue "no backsies" Executive Order shortly |
(179) | ||
| Nanny state bans the phrase "singing from the same hymn sheet" because it could offend atheists |
(74) | ||
| Government approves new $586 billion economic stimulus plan to boost domestic demand while vowing to carry out "moderately easy monetary policies" |
(42) | ||
| Ever wondered what it would be like to be a kid living in the White House? |
(51) | ||
| 10,000 fairies march merilly because Californians think it scary for them to marry |
(129) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year |
(428) | |
| (Some Guy) | Obama camp deletes page discussing making the assault weapons ban permanent, closing the gun show loophole, and repealing the Tiahrt amendment |
(294) | |
| (Some Guy) | The aging of Presidents |
(59) | |
| How the conservative intellectual tradition died and Sarah Palin nailed the coffin shut |
(167) | ||
| Secret Service turns Obama's neighborhood into a "virtual fortress". This is obviously to keep out the terrorists he keeps pallin' around with, right Sarah? |
(88) | ||
| (WLBT) | School officials will not allow students to talk about President-Elect Barack Obama in class or in the hallways. When asked by reporters about this, school officials covered their ears and shouted "la la la la la la la la la" |
(291) | |
| Now that the election is safely over, the Washington Post admits they were in the tank for Obama the whole time |
(61) | ||
| (Some Guy) | How to cope with Post-Election Stress Syndrome. Moving to Canada strangely absent |
(36) |
| 50 facts you might not know about Barack Obama |
(263) | ||
| Terrorists confess on Syrian TV. This is bad news..........for a bomber |
(22) | ||
| Oklahoma is now the reddest state in the union, expecting influx of political refugees from Obamamerica |
(178) | ||
| Old & busted: Bradley effect. New hotness: Huxtable effect |
(78) | ||
| Now that it looks like Franken might win, Norm Coleman has decided that a recount is a good idea after all |
(234) | ||
| Obama has largest youth mandate in modern history. Your lawn has been turned into a canvas staging area |
(75) | ||
| (NJDC) | In a fascinating coincidence, "Barack" and "Rahm" mean "lightning" and "thunder" in Hebrew |
(148) | |
| James Dobson tried to scare Christian voters to unite against Obama using a "time traveler" letter painting an Apocalyptic 2012. Highlights: Bible banned as hate speech, first grade homosexualtiy training, euthanesia for octogenarians |
(217) | ||
| "I think I got crazy with FOX News, watching too much FOX News" |
(182) | ||
| Fail: Not paying all your taxes. Epic Fail: Over a 20 year period and having to hire a "forensic accountant" to untangle the mess. TotalFail: You're a congressman on the Ways & Means Committee, which writes tax laws |
(62) | ||
| Obama: We must work together to renew America. Neocons: WAAHHHHHHH I DON'T WANNA WAAHHHH YOU'RE A SOCIALISTY SOCIALIST WAAAAAAAHHHH |
(469) | ||
| Newt Gingrich 2012? It's more likely than you think |
(153) | ||
| Obama may make Arnold Schwarzenegger his new energy czar, which would mean the hunt for Sarah Connor would be put on hold |
(76) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Texas newspaper defends its decision not to put Obama's victory on the front page. "We run a newspaper, not a memory book service. We covered the local commissioner's race. We thought that was more important." |
(218) | |
| Palin: "Me not be dictator". Subby: "Me zugzug Palin" |
(185) | ||
| Senator Byrd gives up the Robert Byrd chair on the Robert Byrd appropriations committee now that everything in Robert Byrd West Virginia bears his name |
(40) | ||
| The best election night montage you'll see in the next 4 years |
(97) | ||
| Mike Wooten taken off patrols because he is being harrassed and threatened by Palin Supporters |
(242) | ||
| (Nashua Telegraph) | New Hampshire makes history, becoming the first state to ever have a majority-female legislature |
(47) | |
| Sarah Palin: "I never asked for anything more than maybe a Diet Dr. Pepper once and a while" |
(217) | ||
| Actual headline: Fox News scores boobies-election interview with Sarah Palin |
(271) |
| Remember the NC school teacher that berated an elementary student over McCain? Her boss has posted a response video - she's toast |
(81) | ||
| Every lame-duck president who got a hefty book deal for their memoirs, take one step forward. Not so fast, W |
(83) | ||
| MSNBC: "Young voters key to Obama win." MSNBC two days later: "Nevermind, your vote meant nothing." |
(64) | ||
| When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won't get a new gun for Christmas? |
(635) | ||
| In the spirit of bipartisanship President-Elect Barack Obama makes insulting Nancy Reagan a priority of his transition |
(436) | ||
| The good thing about Obama's new chief of staff: He might be able to get the wackier members of Congress, like Barbara Boxer or Nancy Pelosi, to STFU |
(180) | ||
| Two seek to become prime minister of New Zealand, which is basically Oregon Jr., with worse food but a better rugby team |
(50) | ||
| After the defeat of Maverick, Ice Man announces he may run for governor of New Mexico |
(90) | ||
| In the wake of their defeat, GOP loyalists regroup to reaffirm their unity and make the party stronger. Nah, just kidding: They launch "project leper" to excommunicate members who were not loyal enough to Palin |
(449) | ||
| Bill Maher on Sarah Palin: "She's only 44 years old. I mean she could be on the public stage for the next 30 years" |
(145) | ||
| Reporting the elections: You're doing it wrong. But very funny | (24) | ||
| Palin struggling to chart a path back to prominence, since no intellectually incurious governor from a large, oil-rich state has ever risen to the presidency |
(122) | ||
| Guess who is blaming the media for his ill-gotten reputation? You might guess Wrong but you could guess Wright |
(83) | ||
| "Three Predictions for Obama's America" from a source that is neither stocking up on guns and Bibles or waving puppies pooping rainbows |
(61) | ||
| Republican lawyers heading to Alaska to retrieve $150,000 worth of designer clothes |
(661) | ||
| Dear Baby Booomers: We GenX'ers were wrong and you were right. Go figure, huh? |
(512) | ||
| Obama is already laying the smackdown on lobbyists. Suck it, special interest groups |
(95) | ||
| Evidently, the McCain campaign staff have launched a full scale attack on Gov. Palin because they didn't like her doing things against their will, saying her eyes are on the Presidency for herself in "four to eight years" |
(111) | ||
| Georgian citizens protest against leader starting war with Russia. Apparently a country the size of West Virginia attacking the second largest nuclear superpower in the world is frowned upon |
(88) | ||
| Obama is radically changing the structure of government, like we were warned about. So far he already has the VP office in the executive branch and has placed the executive branch under the law of the constitution |
(402) | ||
| Condoleezza Rice (R-Mexican Dish) says her Israeli-Palestinian peace talks were not a failure. Because everything over there is hunky dory now |
(34) | ||
| How do Alaskan vote totals seem to decrease by 11% over last election and both Republican incumbents projected to lose by large margins seem to be way ahead? Democracy, baby! *Wink* |
(102) | ||
| (23/6) | Get Your War On: New World Order. There are gonna be some changes now that Obama won. "America's new flag is just a white flag, but there's a picture of a burning American flag on it" |
(56) | |
| (Some Fabulous Guy) | Melissa Etheridge, upset over Prop 8 passing, won't pay taxes anymore as a "Second Class Citizen" |
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| Not to be out gaffed by Vice-President Biden, Italian prime minister calls Obama "handsome and even tanned" |
(82) | ||
| Brit Hume to step down as Fox News anchor. Scary tag for the reasons he gives |
(314) | ||
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Taxland) calls for "permanent tax cuts." Wait, what? |
(215) | ||
| As it turns out, Real America, the Pro-America parts of the country, even voted against John McCain |
(109) | ||
| (change.gov) | Barack Obama breaks out the Presidential seal for real, this time, on his new transition website. Thank goodness the "permanent campaign" mentality of the Bush years is finally over |
(198) |
| Karl Rove: That radical socialist Obama actually ran a center-right campaign. Rest of America: Wat |
(250) | ||
| Just to cover all his bases, Obama chose a chief of staff who palled around with terrorists too. Specifically, Ben Emanuel, Rahm's father and Israeli "freedom fighter" in the 1940s |
(177) | ||
| North Carolina elementary schoolteacher drills McCain students on Obama 101, "Your dad's military? He's gonna be in the military for another 100 years" |
(154) | ||
| How will comedians handle an Obama administration? |
(188) | ||
| Antigua wants to rename it's highest peak Mount Obama in attempt to draw thousands of female climbers |
(110) | ||
| A compilation of the absolute worst predictions of the 2008 election. Bill Kristol predicts he won't be on the list |
(108) | ||
| Omar Bin Laden (Osama's son) can't understand why Spain won't grant him asylum |
(39) | ||
| (Some Smart Socioliogicalial Guy) | Theory about who's behind the latest Palin bashing. Here's a hint: it rhymes with "schmeveryone" |
(255) | |
| (Some Guy) | So 10 dogs, one cat, and one donkey walk into a Kentucky mayors office |
(38) | |
| Jennifer Granholm--who has done such a good job shepherding Michigan's economy that she asked Congress to double the Automaker bailout and add a quarter billion for Michigan infrastructure--has joined Obama's economic transition team | (193) | ||
| "Release the hounds." The First Dog (not the first dog-elect) Bites Reporter, film at 11 |
(165) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Obama campaign workers: "I want my money today It's my money. I want it right now" Staff: "Yeah, um, about that..." (with Video goodness) |
(525) | |
| Michelle Malkin creates petition site for people to say thanks to Sarah Palin for all her hard work |
(337) | ||
| After Bush was elected, Karl Rove embarked on an ambitious plan to create a "permanent Republican Majority" in Washington. Tuesday showed how well that worked out for them |
(128) | ||
| (Business & Media) | Obama's new Chief of Staff received $250k from Freddie Mac as a board member and congressional candidate from 2000-2002. The change we need |
(114) | |
| (Some Gambler) | In the first full day after Obama was elected to be President, Illinois Evening Pick 3 lottery number drawn was 6-6-6. Could it be....Satan? |
(348) | |
| President Elect Obama faces two wars, a devastated economy and a unhappy half of the electorate. McCain faces a plate of uneaten ribs |
(150) | ||
| MSNBC not even hiding its transition to becoming the Fox News of the left: Chris Matthews says he job is to make Obama's presidency a success (video) |
(230) | ||
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is so happy Obama won he promises not to start calling him The Great Satan until next week |
(280) | ||
| Joe the Plumber was on welfare. Twice. But if poor people get help now, that means that America and Israel and Jesus have been destroyed by Zombie Stalin |
(308) | ||
| Mormons poured a lot of money into supporting Proposition 8, because the only proper marriage is between a man and a woman and a woman and a woman. With list of donors |
(362) | ||
| Barack Obama won a bigger victory than Ronald Reagan in 1980. Which is exactly why every Republican within 1000 feet of a camera is saying he has absolutely no mandate at all whatsoever in any way shape or form |
(324) | ||
| History suggests Palin's political future is dim. Thank your deity of choice |
(185) | ||
| Apparently worried about its "strength of schedule" the Obama Campaign is trying to improve its BCS ranking by running up the score, adding 15 more electoral votes today |
(291) | ||
| Massachusetts moves closer to one party rule. 16 of 190 are not Democratic party members |
(79) | ||
| Rahm Emmanuel, Obama's chief of staff, is a big fan of "universal" federal government programs, including "universal citizen service." Would you like to know more? |
(415) | ||
| Rep. Rahm Emanuel to play Leo McGarry in new season of the West Wing |
(245) | ||
| Nader wonders if Obama will be an "Uncle Tom" for big corporations. Fox News Anchor calls him on it. w/ video from bizarro world |
(152) | ||
| (AprilWinchell.com) | If it's possible to encapsulate what happened on Tuesday in four simple pictures, this might very well do it |
(232) | |
| Obama gets set to pick RFK Jr. as EPA boss - anti-oil, anti-nuke, anti-coal, anti-wind, but you may be allowed a small dung fire if you've filed the proper paperwork |
(654) | ||
| Joe Biden says he will look to Walter Mondale as his VP inspiration. Already set to lose in colossal landslide to President Schwarzenegger in 2016 |
(88) | ||
| Like a dog that caught the car, Obama's transition team trying to decide to stick with the 'change' thing or hire someone who knows what they're doing |
(181) | ||
| Bar holding Obama rally offered free drinks for every state won. Can you guess how this ended? |
(105) | ||
| Now that Sarah Palin's gone, Dan Quayle is free to offer advice to the Obama Administration |
(47) | ||
| (Right Wing News) | The top 7 reasons the GOP can't build a political party around moderates |
(292) | |
| 5 reasons why Obama is every dude's president. Does that mean he likes White Russians? |
(47) | ||
| The real reason tears were streaming down Jesse Jackson's face at the Obama victory party? He knew that he and other old race baiters were out of work |
(206) | ||
| Most popular baby name in the U.S. could soon be 'Obama', even among boy babies |
(328) | ||
| On Thursday, Obama will find out who killed JFK, where we keep the alien bodies and be given the keys to the car that runs on water |
(97) | ||
| US troops deployed overseas cheer Obama winning the Presidency. "I think everybody is tired of war" |
(135) | ||
| (Some Map Guy) | The coolest breakdown of the 2008 election map you'll see in four years. Acid optional |
(123) |
| Sarah Palin didn't know Africa wasn't a country, such as in the Iraq (w/ FoxNews video goodness) |
(542) | ||
| Obama win causes obsessive supporters to realize how empty their lives are | (77) | ||
| Bringing the phrase "what farking balls" to mind, noted Bush supporter and conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg thinks Obama should govern right of center during his presidency |
(92) | ||
| Talk radio host wears blackface to commemorate Obama victory. "Are you sure this comes off? Because I don't feel like running for president" |
(72) | ||
| Liddy Dole complains about negative advertising in her concession speech |
(71) | ||
| You can believe in that change our new president promised, because you'll need it for the new toll roads |
(110) | ||
| A map of the counties where McCain did better than Bush. Clearly this was due to tax rates on people making more than 250K, and nothing to do with racism |
(271) | ||
| Fox & Friends' own Steve Douchebag can't identify his President because all black people look alike. Brown hair guy who is not Steve Douchebag concurs |
(59) | ||
| Okay it's official, it's cool to be an American again |
(122) | ||
| This just in from Bizarro World: "No Mandate for Obama." Written by a guy who said Bush had a mandate in 04 after losing the popular vote |
(150) | ||
| Fox 11 news reporter on Obama victory party, live from Century city ballroom: "...We are also smelling just a little bit of weed in the air" (with video) |
(107) | ||
| Palin forced to go back to Alaska where, having been outside the state, she's now regarded as an alien |
(161) | ||
| Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges 486 points (5.1%). The Obama Recession has officially begun |
(150) | ||
| Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job |
(18) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Obama kids getting a new puppy. Considering a Russian Wolfhound and keeping it in back yard so they can see it from their house |
(237) | |
| Norm Coleman: There's "too much at stake" to recount the votes in my race with Al Franken. Well, OK then, Norm |
(71) | ||
| College professor and Huffington Post columnist who showed his commitment to freedom of expression and intellectual inquiry by stealing McCain lawn signs has resigned, will face charges |
(43) | ||
| Newsweek report spills the secrets of the campaign. Computers hacked, lies told, Obama really is a Muslim |
(102) | ||
| SecondLifers take break from cybering, growing genitalia on their heads to celebrate Obama's election |
(43) | ||
| Former senator John Edwards had a mistress, she had a baby, now the National Inquirer has the baby's dirty diaper. All it needs is some of Edwards' spit, or another body fluid, to do a paternity test |
(85) | ||
| So, uh, about that Bradley Effect thingee |
(175) | ||
| Scenarios in which Sarah Palin could win Ted Stevens' senate seat by appointment. FARK: That's how Stevens got it in the first place |
(44) | ||
| The calls for assassination have already started. Stay classy, Fox News website commenters |
(804) | ||
| (23/6) | It is clear now, if it wasn't before, what Bush's legacy is going to be: Obama |
(214) | |
| (Political Wire) | The McCain campaign made the decision to spend tens of millions of dollars and dozens of candidate visits to Pennsylvania based on an internal poll saying they were only down by 2%. Fail: it was an Obama internal poll |
(143) | |
| Green initiatives down in Flames, ignored by MSM |
(53) | ||
| Palin "cannot imagine" 2012 presidential bid. Join the club, honey |
(91) | ||
| John McCain's Top Five Mistakes |
(118) | ||
| Obama officially offers the Chief of Staff spot to Rahm Emanuel. So they've got Matt Santos and Josh Lyman, now they just need CJ and Toby |
(387) | ||
| Behind the scenes of both campaigns: McCain was kept in the dark about his chances, Hillary as never really under VP consideration, and why Obama says "solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house" | (268) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Obama win bittersweet for Detroit residents hoping to riot |
(207) | |
| Ralph Nader's perpetually lame presidential campaign, in a nutshell (pic) |
(77) | ||
| Conservative Supreme Court justices are so far out of touch they don't think that kids know about the "F" word |
(370) | ||
| Joe Lieberman vows to work with President Obama, offers to shine his shoes and put mints on his pillow every night just please please please don't let Harry Reid strip me of my committee chairmanship please please please | (100) | ||
| (Some Guy) | ABC wins the battle of holographic sets, magic maps, and avuncular political anchors, although Fox gets a special mega-hottie mention for adding Megyn Kelly to its election night coverage | (165) | |
| Social Conservatives get a mixed message on Election Day: No to abortion limits and fundie VP, yes to smacking down the gays |
(1163) | ||
| (Donklephant) | Although Ga Senator Saxby Chamblis' 49.9% of the vote, was 3% more than his opponent, the the .1% of the vote he didn't get may cost him the election |
(102) | |
| Joe Arpaio, "America's toughest sheriff," wins re-election yet again, crushing his opponent and enjoying the lamentation of the women |
(257) | ||
| Why the media honeymoon with Obama will last about six seconds |
(330) | ||
| Celebrities react to Obama victory. Well, Oprah Winfrey, P. Diddy and a few other people you might have heard of at some point. Eddie Izzard wants to know if Obama has a flag yet |
(169) | ||
| (MPR) | AP 'uncalls' Franken/Coleman race, leaves their chads hanging until December |
(225) | |
| Russian President Medvedev welcomes Obama's election by deploying missiles to the Polish border and re-militarizing Kaliningrad |
(221) | ||
| Gordon Brown invites a couple of lapdancers to number 10. It's good to be the boss |
(15) | ||
| The other part of the election: It's not Obama that's scary, it's Nancy Pelosi still having a gavel and a majority control of Congress. With "I has a gavul" pic |
(197) | ||
| Historic youth vote up from 17% to a whopping 18% |
(367) | ||
| Former All-Star player for the Phoenix Suns gets elected. No, not that one |
(34) | ||
| Flashback to 24 hours ago: "Now tomorrow, I hope, I pray, I believe that I'll be able to wake up as Vice President elect, and be able to get to work in a transition mode with the President-Elect, John McCain" | (237) | ||
| John McCain finally delivers a good speech. Unfortunately, it was his concession speech | (192) | ||
| Norm Coleman beats Al Franken for Senate in Minnesota by less than 800 votes and will likely go to a recount |
(120) | ||
| (Daily Beast) | Obama is the new Ronald Reagan. Even an old Reagan speechwriter thinks so |
(1085) | |
| Suppliers of US military weapons prepare for downturn in business following Barack's election |
(163) | ||
| World leaders react to the American election. President Bush also reacts, congratulating Obama for his "awesome night." |
(991) | ||
| Neo-McCarthyism survives as the Tinklenberg assault tinkles out |
(84) | ||
| In a move almost nobody can decry, Colorado district 14 chooses Bacon over Fries |
(19) | ||
| God hates Libby Dole, lets her opponent win |
(139) |
| Oldest man in America casts his vote for president |
(56) | ||
| Official election speeches thread: McCain concedes, Obama accepts |
(3803) | ||
| McCain's plane aborts landing. Pro-life conservatives immediately switch their votes to Obama |
(55) | ||
| Pricipal . Caught sayof voters that has stoped Republicans " See, told ya so" Is Barama winer or not. Fox News Says yes. St. Pete Times Looking for chads -OR- "hello, I am write single to salute and wait for near presedint" | (3078) | ||
| Alaska will not count all votes for ten days. Gives Palin enough time to not violate ethics to insure a win |
(47) | ||
| (The Daily Beast) | McCain's mother really doesn't care if he wins or not, still thinks he's a wanker |
(31) | |
| Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia all closed now - here come the numbers. Next election discussion thread |
(2055) | ||
| (Some Crap Hater) | Man parks load of manure in front of Dem HQ, proclaiming Dem's message "a load of crap" |
(69) | |
| Illinois is tense with heightened election day shenanigans: IL police take aggressive rooster into custody |
(53) | ||
| Early evening election thread - cable networks begin their election night programming at 5 PM EST. Have nothing to talk about for two hours |
(1542) | ||
| Philadelphia's voting machines hate Democrats, don't Barack the vote |
(355) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Protip: If you're going to threaten the owner of an adult superstore for supporting you the day before people vote on your re-election, don't get caught on camera |
(62) | |
| In honor of election day: America's drunkest presidents |
(154) | ||
| (Volksrant) | Joe Biden joined at rally by World Series Champion Phillies and... Infomercial King Matthew "Question Mark" Lesko |
(53) | |
| When voting goes bad: The world's most overlooked dictators |
(85) | ||
| Farking Supreme Court shiatheads to rule on whether FCC can require networks to be their biatches, censor swearing on TV. Bunch of nubianrdly coonts. Boobies |
(134) | ||
| The CIA-controlled weather machine is disenfranchising voters in Virginia |
(116) | ||
| McCain can't stop saying the f-word | (67) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Barack "Who's Sane" Obama puts Idaho and Utah in play with a call to end the BCS |
(138) | |
| Monument erected in Toronto to gently remind Americans who won the War of 1812 |
(449) | ||
| Fox reports voter intimidation by Black Panthers in Philadelphia. Still no confirmation on disruptions caused by Black Vulcans, Black Eagles, Storms, Power Men, Blades, Bumblebees, Static Shocks, Spawns, Lobos, Bishops, Cloaks or Harlem Hammers | (764) | ||
| Sarah Palin: "I don't have to tell anyone who I voted for, nobody does, and that's really cool about America." In other words, she voted for Ted Stevens and wrote in her own name for president | (112) | ||
| Why McCain will win |
(417) | ||
| Researcher determines that candidates keep promises, sky is pink |
(58) | ||
| Obama wins the coveted "European finance ministers" vote. What? They can't vote? Oh, that's bad news... for Obama |
(26) | ||
| Why you shouldn't vote early: The candidate you voted for might turn into a Nazi hours before the REAL election. And then what? Too late now. You've voted for a Nazi. You Nazi voter |
(242) | ||
| (FiveThirtyEight) | Ten reasons you should ignore exit polls |
(179) | |
| Person responsible for the flier instructing Democrats to vote on Wednesday has been found. Officials, mortified at potential disenfranchisement, say they'll prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. Just kidding, no charges will be filed | (189) | ||
| Map of Florida voting problems. "Moron voter" not among choices for reporting problems |
(121) | ||
| (Some Dispatch) | Who would have thought that Diebold was rigging the election for Nader? |
(23) | |
| Barack Obama on towns trying to pass laws banning baggy pants: "Waste of time. Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants" |
(367) | ||
| Bill Ayers casts his vote at Beluah Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago, reportedly does not blow anything up |
(219) | ||
| Police unit which discovered more votes were counted in Milwaukee in 2004 than there were voters has been disbanded |
(36) | ||
| Five Election Day myths to resist. Keep these in mind as you go to the polls tomorrow |
(170) | ||
| (Some Guy) | With about half the precincts reporting, Obama leads almost 2 to 1 in Guam. EVERYBODY PANIC |
(64) | |
| (Wicked Local) | First entry in the voting screwup sweepsteaks is Cambridge, MA for using voter lists from 2004 |
(119) | |
| Declaring the demise of Reaganism will be emotionally satisfying for Democrats, but Reaganism only dies if Clintonism does too |
(120) | ||
| Obama (Japan) getting ready to party like it's (Jan. 20) 2009 |
(16) | ||
| In the only election that matters today, candy wins out over firetrucks |
(12) | ||
| (Some Guy) | "Why you should vote for Nader" discussion thread |
(317) | |
| Obama fever grips Kenya. Obama campaign trying to figure out how that translates to electoral votes |
(29) | ||
| The Top 25 websites for U.S. election obsessives. Fark is there |
(67) | ||
| Bob Barr hopes his Libertarian candidacy sends signal to Republicans, hurts GOP where possible. Because a Democratic win is somehow a Libertarian win |
(251) | ||
| Atlantic Canada embarrassed that Ontario is now classified as "poor" province and will receive federal welfare payments for first time ever. Just kidding, they're snarking like crazy |
(117) | ||
| Of Dixville Notch's 19 registered voters, 21 vote. "You gotta admit that Acorn operation's pretty thorough" |
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| The NRA is sponsoring an election results party in Wasilla with booze and gun seminars. What could possibly go wrong? |
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| The Republicans' last-minute strategy races past "beating a dead horse" and straight into equine necrophilia |
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| Since this will all be over in a few hours, let's recap your favorite election Photoshops and captions one last time |
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| Palin's medical records released |
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| McCain's farewell tour is plagued by missing fake plumbers, embarrassingly low turnout and the usual GOP laziness: "He tries to start a chant of 'Joe Joe Joe Joe' but the crowd does not join in" | (80) | ||
| (Some Guy) | The Redskins losing last night means Obama has a 94.4 percent chance of being president. This is bad news.... for Obama |
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| (American Prospect) | The Final Rally: Barack Obama ends his campaign in Manassas, VA, the site of the first battle of the Civil War in 1861 |
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| Polls open in Vermont. Fox News calls Vermont for McCain |
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| (SurveyUSA) | How would Obama have fared against McCain in 2006? SurveyUSA shows us the difference 24 months, a crashing economy, a Joe the Plumber, a batty vice presidential nominee, and a partridge in a pear tree can make. With McGovern/Nixon-like maps | (44) | |
| Joe the Plumber stopped for speeding. Given warning, not citation, out of concern it would reflect negatively on the Toledo Police Department |
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| Rebel flag jacket. Check. NASCAR stickers. Check. Obama '08 sticker. Che... wait, what? (With pic) |
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| (Some Guy) | Caption what Joe the Plumber could be saying to McCain's daughter | (117) | |
| (23/6) | 23/6 Guide to Voting |
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| British newspapers attempt to explain U.S. Electoral College complexities to the home crowd. Might as well have tried to explain the infield fly rule |
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| Joe Biden happens upon a troop of Cub Scouts on a tour, and invites them to see his plane |
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| Sarah Palin: "My life is an open book... except for my medical records, which I will never release despite promising you I would" |
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| (NH Union Leader) | Fifteen people show up in Dixville Notch to watch the Decemberists |
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| So ... what happens if all the polls are wrong? |
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| Atlanta radio station has arranged with eight high school cheerleaders to be placeholders in long election lines. Giggity |
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| Obama's grandma voted by absentee ballot days ago, and her vote will still be counted |
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| (Karl Rove) | Karl Rove predicts Obama landslide. Bonus: Despite the fact that he calls deadheat states for McCain |
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| Joe the Plumber is currently surviving off donations from strangers. Guess he should rethink that whole 'redistribution of wealth' idea that has his broke ass in a fire |
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| (Some Guy) | New troopergate report clears Palin |
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| Change you can believe in. Obama vs Obama |
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| Breaking: McCain fueled by numerous cups of coffee and an egg taco. Nothing is over (bonus dumbass comment) |
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| Just a friendly reminder to election-day prognosticators: John Kerry was projected to win handily on poll released on 2004 election day. LGT Fark way-back machine |
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| In the last pre-election poll, Rasmussen has Florida moving back toward McCain, which means that if McCain can win every single statistical tie plus VA and CO, he can still be President | (133) | ||
| Bogus Virginia flyers state Democrats to vote Wednesday in special session. Special only if you fall for it, anyways |
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| (23/6) | Which polls are Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the right-wing consulting? |
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| Kansas City bishop: Obama voters could cost 'eternal salvation' |
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| French-Canadian pranksters explain how they managed to get Palin on the line: It was brutally easy and usually they only get to use 30% of the jokes they wrote before people smarten up. In this instance, they ran out of jokes | (215) | ||
| Remember that juror from the Ted Stevens' trial that had to tend to her dying father? She may be joining him in prison soon |
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| Chevy Chase weighs in at the 11th hour with a surprise presidential endorsement: Jimmy Carter |
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| In Barack Obama's version of "The West Wing" final season the role of Leo McGarry will be played by.... his grandmother |
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| Amendment to Colorado Constitution to define all human eggs as persons. In related news, if sperm were legislated as a person teenage boys would become genocidal maniacs | (440) | ||
| Obama: "The Republicans are spending a lot of money on ads here in Ohio" Fark: He said this in Florida |
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| Henry Rollins predicts an Obama landslide with 352 electoral votes...wait, that's Ed Rollins, Republican strategist? Uh, good luck from all your friends in the GOP tomorrow, McCain | (200) | ||
| The Bush Administration has launched a drive to undo as many environmental, safety, and industry regulations as they can in the waning days of his presidency. Tentatively dubbed Operation "Fark You America, I'm out" | (237) | ||
| Bill O'Reilly: "[T]he meanness of the discourse, in general, bothers me." Irony tag implodes into a black hole of suck |
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| Palin advises Tina Fey to hang on to her 'Sarah outfit' because she is going to need it for the next four years. Fey unable to comment due to a mouth full of coffin nails as she finishes up the job | (120) | ||
| Barack Obama is against same-sex marriage, but supports it in California, all a part of his congnitive dissonance platform |
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| (Pitt Live) | Six ways Obama's proposals will cost Americans jobs |
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| Obama camp turns to superstitions. Booga booga booga |
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| The Jackson, Mississippi Clarion-Ledger endorses Obama. For some perspective, this paper's coverage of MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was, "WASHINGTON IS CLEAN AGAIN WITH NEGRO TRASH REMOVED" | (229) | ||
| If all the undecideds break 90% for him, and the "Bradley effect" causes a double-digit poll swing in key states, and The hard-core evangelicals turn out in record numbers, then McCain has a real shot at 270 | (91) | ||
| According to this ABC poll, the American people have finally figured out Palin is unqualified for....well, just about anything |
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| With Obama about to win, liberals feel their welfare sense tingling and begin their plan to steer him even more to the left |
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| Palm Beach County voters rush to get in line for early voting, despite the fact early voting ended yesterday |
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| Former chief risk officer at Bear Stearns will soon be doing a heckuvajob at the Federal Reserve |
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| (Some Guy) | Ann Coulter: "The fact is that Obama sits with all these radical people and listens to their views." Alan Colmes: "Well, I'm sitting here with you." |
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| Obama says that thanks to his policies, "electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." Well, thanks for the warning |
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| A recap of this election's dirtiest tricks. It's like the hall of shame, but for douchebags |
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| NRO continues the recent trend of Republicans blaming their political woes on the fact that Americans are too stupid to know what's good for them. Because that attitude has worked so well for Democrats over the years | (48) | ||
| Senator Clinton is not happy that McCain campaign is quoting her. Maybe she should not have said "Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, and Senator Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002" | (126) | ||
| John McCain holds late rally at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium (capacity: 65,000). Seems about 1000 supporters showed up |
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| Hundreds of private election documents found littering Tampa's interstate "Malfunction Junction." Oh, sweet poetry |
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| Upping the ante on other free goodies for people who vote on Tuesday, store offers free Mavericks for men and Silver Bullets for women that vote. Of course, these are sex toys |
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| (Some Guy) | Caption a surprised Putin | (93) | |
| Maine Senator promises to do somethig about the out of control property taxes. No, not yours. His |
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| Sarah Palin accuses San Francisco Chronicle of withholding Obama remarks about coal technology. Chronicle responds by reposting original video and audio of remarks. "We promoted it like hell" | (169) | ||
| Gallup's final presidential estimate: Obama 55, McCain 44 |
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| Today, the Supreme Court, headed by Bush appointee John Roberts, considers whether the FDA, headed by Bush appointees, gets to give the final word on whether big pharma is killing you | (63) | ||
| Hollywood PARALYSED by fear of an Obama loss. Even Jane Fonda, Sarandon & the Baldwins are frightened. "If Obama loses it will spark the second American Civil War. Blood will run in the streets." | (356) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Sarah Palin tells black reporter that her husband Todd has experienced the same racism as African Americans. Subby wonders when douchebags became a minority ethnic group? |
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| (ABC15 Phoenix) | Phoenix-area man tries to sell his vote for president on eBay; OK, soldiers - you can stop fighting for our rights now |
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| Views differ about whether Obama is the anti-Christ. It's not news, it the Salt Lake Tribune |
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