so, what did we learn this election?

[lizard]

the vast majority of the voting public prefer a first lady who is apparently on tranquilizers, like Laura. it may not be fair, but that's the way it seems to be.

 

[azal]

make me waffles.

 

[Josh Seipp]

- playing Viewtiful Joe instead of watching election coverage and then just catching up the next morning helps to keep one sane(r).

 

[xfer]

Theresa is pretty cool, I think. She had a good/long New Yorker profile recently.

- In order to be a good populist nowadays, you have to hate the people.

 

[gekko]

-Grandparents hate liberals out of hand, and automatically assume that Republican candidate is perfect

 

[The Dope]

Gordon, where the hell are you posting from?

 

[gekko]

Library

 

[The Dope]

Gay.

I'm going to crew now, we'll probably eat around 6:15 or so. Maybe I'll see you there.

 

[minxnim]

my grandparents voted for kerry.

 

[minxnim]

actually my parents are grandparents now. too.

 

[avi]

my grandma is a life-long democrat. she'd probably scold me terribly if I voted otherwise.

 

[gekko]

Ok, maybe its only southern grandparents.

 

[gekko]

Or maybe I'm making another crass generalization based upon my own experiences....hmmmmmm

 

[Absolut_Jim_Varney]

-i want to move out of the South

-people don't really pay that much attention to what matters

 

[minxnim]

or maybe it's more like, white, southern, old people.

 

[The Dope]

Actually, I think most old, white, southern people grew up hating the Republican party for at least the first half of their lives. The Democrats were the party of the South for roughly 100 years following the sour memories of the Republican-driven Reconstruction era. It wasn't until the Democratic party began changing on a national level toward the middle of the 20th century that you began to see Southerners voting Republican in national elections, though Democrats continuted to dominate at the state level through the 60's. Then you saw splits between the "new" Democrats and what came to be known as the Southern Democrats, especially in the '48 presidential race with Strom's "Dixiecrats," and his eventual switch to the Republican side in the early 60's. My grandfather was a strong supporter of Harry Byrd throughout his career, and though he died when I was only 4, I imagine he held some residual distrust of Republicans at the state level till the very end.

In other words, it's pretty much guaranteed that they'll vote for a Republican presidential candidate, but I imagine that for many of them there's still an odd feeling about it because the past 40-50 years represent such a shift in regional voting trends that enjoyed such a long life and became fundamental to an entire cultural group.

 

[exciar28]

- World Catastrophe 2008 is proceeding perfectly.

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

- we need third party choices at debates

"BOOOO!!! MORE THAN TWO CHOICES SCARE ME!"

- AM radio stations are better than FM

also:

- Fox's prediction of Bush taking Ohio was true, so now they have a little bit of credibility.

- Fox's prediction of Doomsday at approx. 6:43 did not come true... so, credibility destroyed.

 

[Astral Poetry]

- If I want to major in the school of nothingness, I should attend WCPSSSSSSSHHHH!!!!

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

**inside joke**