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Obama won reelection!



How many of you voted for Obama, what did you do to celebrate? Do you think he'll do a good job? Were you a major supporter of Obama, or did you just think he happened to be better than Romney?

I'm surprised this wasn't started already.

No way in hell I voted for him. I think he will do just as bad as the last four years. I don't like Romney either just think he was the lesser of two evils.

I think he's a decent president but I don't think I would call him exceptional, 7/10. I'm hoping to see even more changes to healthcare and education.

Praise rhe gods!

Thank you America! By voting for the right person, you have saved the world's economy. In Australia, Obama would have at least an 80% Majority.

I agree. There's not really more than two options then Obama and Romney though... even if I voted someone else entirely lol.

I am so glad that Obama won! Mitt Romney is so right wing that it's comical.

Obama's only slightly better than Bush. His second term will probably be so-so like his first one.

Hes snubbed the UK too many times.

 MetalOxide wrote:
I am so glad that Obama won! Mitt Romney is so right wing that it's comical.

I think the social stuff is just an act and he is just gaining support from traditional Republicans. I don't think he cares about abortion etc. Though, his economic ideas are crazy.

I love this idea that politicians aren't all morally bankrupt members of group of elites who use a fictional struggle to keep people focused on hating the 'enemy' rather than criticizing them.

 ENOZONE wrote:
I agree. There's not really more than two options then Obama and Romney though... even if I voted someone else entirely lol.

Same with Australia. We have a right party- Liberal(not as extreme as republicans) and Labour- which is like the democrats. We do have small parties but they get next to no votes in the lower house. They do have power in the Senate however, but they don't have a real say in who is Prime Minister most of the time. Time to time there may be a hung Parliament like this election but most of the time, there are two options, Tony Abbott or Julia Gillard.


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 Bromsy wrote:
I love this idea that politicians aren't all morally bankrupt members of group of elites who use a fictional struggle to keep people focused on hating the 'enemy' rather than criticizing them.

Cynicism, how I love thee.

 Bromsy wrote:
I love this idea that politicians aren't all morally bankrupt members of group of elites who use a fictional struggle to keep people focused on hating the 'enemy' rather than criticizing them.

Well if you hate politics so much you can always go live out in the woods.

Cheesecat wrote:I think he's a decent president but I don't think I would call him exceptional, 7/10. I'm hoping to see even more changes to healthcare and education.

I think you're being too hard on him. It's tough to serve a decent meal when all you've got to work with are turd sandwiches.

I'm not a huge fan of his, but considering what he's had to work with, I think he's definitely been a solid 8.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 Bromsy wrote:
I love this idea that politicians aren't all morally bankrupt members of group of elites who use a fictional struggle to keep people focused on hating the 'enemy' rather than criticizing them.

Well if you hate politics so much you can always go live out in the woods.

But the woods are soooo banal.

Well, what a shame. Still, here's wishing him a better second term than the first.

I'd like to say I hope this leads to the Republicans doing a bit of smart reorganizing to face the shifts in demographics and attitudes in the country, but unfortunately I suspect they'll probably still continue to try to win on a, "Social conservative, fiscal whatever!" strategy of appealing to white arch-Christians.

 azazel the cat wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:I think he's a decent president but I don't think I would call him exceptional, 7/10. I'm hoping to see even more changes to healthcare and education.

I think you're being too hard on him. It's tough to serve a decent meal when all you've got to work with are turd sandwiches.

I'm not a huge fan of his, but considering what he's had to work with, I think he's definitely been a solid 8.

Yeah Bush left the country in a mess, so Obama had a lot of ground to cover don't get me wrong though I think he's done a lot of good things it's just it's hard to see the results and effort put in right now maybe one day he'll be remembered as one the more exceptional presidents like

Kennedy or Roosevelt, and he will nicknamed "the Father of Universal Healthcare" who knows.

And now, the GOP leadership frenzy...


Let the Republican Thunderdome begin!

(I'm rooting for Herman Cain with a midget riding on his shoulders)

Well I was a wrong and I'm hardly broken up about it. This could be a tipping a point and the republicans really only have one card left to play, wonder if they have the balls.

 azazel the cat wrote:
And now, the GOP leadership frenzy...


Let the Republican Thunderdome begin!

(I'm rooting for Herman Cain with a midget riding on his shoulders)

Bust a deal, face the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.

 rockerbikie wrote:
Thank you America! By voting for the right person, you have saved the world's economy. In Australia, Obama would have at least an 80% Majority.

Agreed with this. I can't imagine any significant amount of people in Australia voting for Romney. We just don't have the southern-conservative-christian demographic.

Facing a choice between Gillard and Abbot though... they're both pretty bad but at least Gillard has some policies on the table, so I'll vote for her at least until I get my FTTH internet.

Thank god, rest of the world can now breathe a sigh of relief.

 azazel the cat wrote:
And now, the GOP leadership frenzy...


Let the Republican Thunderdome begin!

(I'm rooting for Herman Cain with a midget riding on his shoulders)

I want to see Chris Christie.

Trasvi wrote:

 rockerbikie wrote:
Thank you America! By voting for the right person, you have saved the world's economy. In Australia, Obama would have at least an 80% Majority.

Agreed with this. I can't imagine any significant amount of people in Australia voting for Romney. We just don't have the southern-conservative-christian demographic.

Cause you are all a bunch of godless criminals who insist on hoarding all the hot chicks that actually have alcohol tolerances. Crass, sir. Crass.

Trasvi wrote:
Facing a choice between Gillard and Abbot though... they're both pretty bad but at least Gillard has some policies on the table, so I'll vote for her at least until I get my FTTH internet.

I'm not looking forward to being forced to vote for that...

 rockerbikie wrote:
I think the social stuff is just an act and he is just gaining support from traditional Republicans. I don't think he cares about abortion etc. Though, his economic ideas are crazy.

Yeah, pretty much this.

The next Obama term will be interesting - the things he said he'd do are basically done. Either they're in place in some form or another (likely compromised but there) or they're absolutely dead in the water and are not going to happen.

The fiscal cliff will be a hurdle, but it's crisis avoidance, not any kind of real structural reform.

I predict that before June next year he will have tried his shot at the Israel legacy and gotten the Palestinians and Israelis to sit down to negotiate. I'd also predict it'll fail like it has with every US president who tried the same thing, but that's like predicting an apple will fall from a tree sooner or later.

It's a good thing, well for the rest of the world, romney appeared to have the propensity to cause another war. Or prolong one that probably shouldn't have happened.

I agree with an above poster, if your given a turd you can't do much with that.

Only be critical if it's a major mess up, but otherwise I doubt anyone here could sort out the economy and keep it stable.
Instead of borrowing "good times"

I'm thankfull, but is America?

 n0t_u wrote:

Trasvi wrote:
Facing a choice between Gillard and Abbot though... they're both pretty bad but at least Gillard has some policies on the table, so I'll vote for her at least until I get my FTTH internet.

I'm not looking forward to being forced to vote for that...

Neither am I. I'm voting for Abbot though but my area is in strong Labour territory, so my vote will probably do nothing. I will vote independance in Lowe house and Liberal in Upper House.

Good job America. Obama was the right choice for the world.

InquisitorVaron wrote:I'm thankfull, but is America?

Some, but not all. Some people will always need to be dragged kicking and sceaming out of the middle ages, only to try and run back in.

Well that's out of the way. I've lost a Mars bar in a bet.

Four years time, with Clinton/Clinton should be REALLY interesting though....