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Landshark
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« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2012, 12:01:48 pm »

I'm pretty disgusted by the hate-mongering on Facebook and other social media sites.  Your candidate lost - fine.  Doesn't mean you have to be truly mean to those who voted against you.  People are literally belittling and name-calling out there, just because of a different point of view.

Makes it easy to see who your friends really are.  Its pretty disgusting.

The belittling and name-calling for my Facebook friends has been non-existent.  But I do see a lot of whining and complaining and "woe is us" posts from my friends who supported Romney.  They're acting like children who didn't get their way last night and now refuse to get over it.  I'm sure this will die down in a couple days. 
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« Reply #31 on: November 07, 2012, 12:33:31 pm »

Over in Cali, I'm seeing a lot of victory laps.  I'm sure the conservatives on this side are dismayed by leftists "rubbing it in."

Oh well.  Elections have consequences.
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« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2012, 12:46:37 pm »

In all seriousness, Obama now has four more years to make good on the promises he made when he first took office.  Last night, he promised to "reach across the political divide" to work with the Republicans to help better this country. 

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« Reply #33 on: November 07, 2012, 01:29:03 pm »

In all seriousness, Obama now has four more years to make good on the promises he made when he first took office.  Last night, he promised to "reach across the political divide" to work with the Republicans to help better this country. 



He has actually done a pretty good job there. 

To be clear here is how I define keeping or breaking a promise by politicans.  They must make an earnest attempt to accomplish the goal.

E.g. If a canidate promises to lower taxes and then proposes in congress legistation to lower taxes and the bill gets voted down and in fact another bill passes that raises taxes but that person votes against the tax increase -- than that person kept their promise even thought the result was the oppose of what they promised.

I hold that standard for both sides of the aisle. 

Typically when I have a problem with a politican it is not because he broke his promise it is because I don't want what he promised in the first place.

Most republicans are not upset that Obamacare doesn't go as far as Obama first promised, but that for the most part he kept his promise of universal health care. 
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« Reply #34 on: November 07, 2012, 02:55:04 pm »

Was the board down last night? I could not get the page to come up.
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« Reply #35 on: November 07, 2012, 03:15:30 pm »

I would like to congratulate all of my lefty dolphins friends for their victory last night. I actually would have done it half way through the election last night but it seems that the site was down as previously noted.  Anyhow, live it up guys and gals, enjoy your victory. I think 4 years from now most will look back on this as a Pyrrhic victory with much regret. Enjoy the ride, it's gonna get rough.

I thought Badger crashed the site last night....

Au contraire mon frere !!! I have no need or desire to crash anything. Just another day of life. The balance of power has not changed at all in this country. I have been resigned to an Obama reelection for a long time now. Our tipping point is here, the country is like a 70 lb dog carrying 71 lbs of ticks with more ticks jumping on everyday. For me, this contingency has been anticipated on my end and I have been getting my affairs in order. Although most of you here are getting what you voted for. My suggestion to all of my dolphin friends would be to get your affairs in order, hope for the best, and prepare for the worst. ENJOY.................
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« Reply #36 on: November 07, 2012, 04:41:01 pm »

badger6, I felt the same way when Bush was re-elected, and my feelings were proven justified when our heavily de-regulated economy cratered.
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« Reply #37 on: November 07, 2012, 05:19:27 pm »

badger6, I felt the same way when Bush was re-elected, and my feelings were proven justified when our heavily de-regulated economy cratered.

So in 4 years, if we are much worse off or doing the same. Are you saying that you might question the direction that we took in 2008 or 2012 and who you voted for ? Or does that only go for Bush ?
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« Reply #38 on: November 07, 2012, 06:39:10 pm »

Depends on the reason.

If we are doing worse because we just didn't lower taxes enough, or because all of the doctors quit because there were too many patients, then maybe.
If, however, we are doing worse because Obama didn't go far enough in Wall Street regulation, or because we're spending too much blood and treasure on foreign wars... well, it's just silly to think that electing McCain or Romney would have fixed that problem.
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