US08 Presidential Election Discussion

Hey boys and girls its your friendly neighbourhood moderator here with a new community sticky for everyone to put their opinions across in regards to the Presidential Election in the USA. Since a portion of the community is pretty politically minded and with this being a somewhat momentus occasion it felt right to have a topic dedicated to discussing the results and outcome of the election when it happens.

So basically to keep the boards free from having a mass of duplicate topics regarding whoever wins the election and to give us Mods an easier job. I figured you can keep all discussion regarding this election in here.

Any forum topics regarding who wins the election and such like will be locked and you'll all be forwarded onto this topic. Blog posts we'll try to just move over to Off Topic however we may lock some down if they are just essentially "omgzor Mccain lost lolz!" and nothing more.

Hamz

Vote Gandalf- he has the magic solution.

Plus, I will be banning anyone that is confirmed to dislike Star Wars. 

""omgzor Mccain lost lolz!""

"Hamz said:

""omgzor Mccain lost lolz!""

So is that your prediction of what's going to happen hamz?"

"Plus, I will be banning anyone that is confirmed to dislike Star Wars. "

"MattyFTM said:

"Hamz said:

""omgzor Mccain lost lolz!""

So is that your prediction of what's going to happen hamz?"

Yeah i have this sneaky feeling Obama will win but possibly just by the slightest number of votes. Plus i have a £10 bet that he will win, so....he better win!"

"Plus, I will be banning anyone that is confirmed to dislike Star Wars. "

i voted for obama. i think mccain is cool, but i don't think that he would make a good president. and sarah palin is just awful.

Good, now all we need is an I Hate Starwars thread! :D

"i voted for obama. i think mccain is cool, but i don't think that he would make a good president. and sarah palin is just awful."

I am really excited to see how this pans out, it should be close.

"Plus, I will be banning anyone that is confirmed to dislike Star Wars. "

"Plus, I will be banning anyone that is confirmed to dislike Star Wars. "

It appears McCain has won Kentucky, and Obama has won Vermont.

Ironic since no votes have been counted in Vermont. Websites have not updated it yet.

"It appears McCain has won Kentucky, and Obama has won Vermont.

Ironic since no votes have been counted in Vermont. Websites have not updated it yet."

I mean its OK if they win it, but they project it so early?

Hope it turns out to be false just once, oh it would be hilarious.

"WTF?"

They did the same thing in 2004...giving Kerry states he didn't win with only around 2% of the votes counted. There's no point in watching these reports yet...wait until at least 7PM pacific time or better yet, wait until tomorrow morning! :P

"They did the same thing in 2004...giving Kerry states he didn't win with only around 2% of the votes counted. There's no point in watching these reports yet...wait until at least 7PM pacific time or better yet, wait until tomorrow morning! :P"

"TheGamerGeek said:

"WTF?"

Why are you linking us to a PM that we can't view?"

Ralph Nader is gonna win Florida. You heard it here first.

"Karmum said:

"TheGamerGeek said:

"WTF?"

Why are you linking us to a PM that we can't view?"

Swoops! I didn't think about that but it was basically me asking MB if I could make a "Official Politics Page" and he says "No, thats not a good idea" but here comes this thread rolling along. I just want an answer to why can he if I can't?"

"TheGamerGeek said:

"Karmum said:

"TheGamerGeek said:

"WTF?"

Why are you linking us to a PM that we can't view?"

Swoops! I didn't think about that but it was basically me asking MB if I could make a "Official Politics Page" and he says "No, thats not a good idea" but here comes this thread rolling along. I just want an answer to why can he if I can't?"

They might have had a discussion about it already."

"Swoops! I didn't think about that but it was basically me asking MB if I could make a "Official Politics Page" and he says "No, thats not a good idea" but here comes this thread rolling along. I just want an answer to why can he if I can't?"

"TheGamerGeek said:

"Swoops! I didn't think about that but it was basically me asking MB if I could make a "Official Politics Page" and he says "No, thats not a good idea" but here comes this thread rolling along. I just want an answer to why can he if I can't?"

Technically Hamz made the thread...not MB ... :P"

Well, we've got Kentucky gone Red so far, and Vermont gone blue.  So standings are:

Did you just ask MB about this today?

McCain - 13
Obama - 3

Are we going to see an upset? He might be locking Indiana, Florida, and VA. He locked WA, and GA looks to be going his way.

Wow.

^ the officialstatement is McCain 8, Obama 3

going by yahoo here it seems:
Obama wins New Hampshire (4)
Obama wins Maine (4)
McCain wins Georgia (15)
McCain wins Florida (27)

And obviously Obama is going to get New York, Massachusetts, etc. and the same for McCain with those states.

Edit: okay, now Obama is winning florida by a landslide.

I'm not gonna trust anything, till its about 10 here on the east coast.

I contract that statement, don't trust FOX/ABC.

Obama is ahead in Florida by like 100,000, now.

according to yahoo obama is up by 40,000 in florida.

Swoops! I didn't think about that but it was basically me asking MB if I could make a "Official Politics Page" and he says "No, thats not a good idea" but here comes this thread rolling along. I just want an answer to why can he if I can't?"

"McCain - 13
Obama - 3

Are we going to see an upset? He might be locking Indiana, Florida, and VA. He locked WA, and GA looks to be going his way.

Wow."

"according to yahoo obama is up by 40,000 in florida."

"I contract that statement, don't trust FOX/ABC.

Obama is ahead in Florida by like 100,000, now."

The only states confirmed so far are:
Vermont (3) - Obama
Kentucky (8) - McCain

"Karmum said:

"I contract that statement, don't trust FOX/ABC.

Obama is ahead in Florida by like 100,000, now."

Exactly why people shouldn't even be paying attention to the numbers until much later tonight..."

"Kush said:

"Karmum said:

"I contract that statement, don't trust FOX/ABC.

Obama is ahead in Florida by like 100,000, now."

Exactly why people shouldn't even be paying attention to the numbers until much later tonight..."

It is something to do -- even though it unfortunately is slow."

I think FOX News still is saying McCain won VA, but nobody else is. Kind of ironic?

"I think FOX News still is saying McCain won VA, but nobody else is. Kind of ironic?"

NBC saying 16 - 3 McCain so far.

I never said Florida -- and it was a typo on my part. I meant WV.

Indiana and Georgia look red to me, while SC and NC keep shuffling back and forth.  Gonna be exciting to he how those work.

NBC is saying McCain won South Carolina even though there's only 1% precincts reporting and Obama is winning.

"NBC is saying McCain won South Carolina even though there's only 1% precincts reporting and Obama is winning."

"RealClearPolitics.com is a better source for this sort of number-crunching tonight."

Looks now like Obama is getting the Carolinas and Florida (fucking traitors), while McCain is still picking up Georgia and Virginia.  Indiana is starting to be a REALLY tight race.