The RW is going berserk over the fact that THIS vote was a vote of approval for Obama's work.

[nolabear]

Last time they could pull out that smarmy, self satisfied, "Well, we elected the black man aren't we a post-racial country" crap and secretly wish for his failure. Now, four years and an insane amount of obstructionism later, America has said NO to their bullshit. And they are enraged.

But we are strong. We stood together an we stood behind this good man, this great president and rejected their racism, their sexism, their smug superiority. We know who we are and we are America.

And they can kiss my strong, lefty, gay-lovin', choice defending, Obama adoring, contraception promoting, healthcare providing, womanly, idiot rejecting ASS.

LONG may we wave.

[av8rdave]

1. Hear, hear!

[Ztolkins]

2. A truly inspired post

Kudos!

[DCBob]

3. I dont think they can handle the truth.

Most will say its the minorities fault.

[Volaris]

4. They ARE the minority now...

that they have to face that fact is what bothers them.

[DCBob]

6. yes indeed..

they simply cant deal with it... especially the older white folks who have seen the changes in their lifetime. They want their "good ole [white] America" back.. but it aint gonna happen.

[azureblue]

14. I don't look at this as racist

as much as I see it as the failure of a hostile takeover. Face it, all the GOP wants to do when they get into office is to make money, and give privileges to their rich friends. The GOP hasn't cared about America since Eisenhower. They failed, utterly, and see plainly their grip on power lost. But their are not above using race to divide and conquer, so let them be hoisted by their own petard

[vduhr]

27. Well...

this "older white folk" doesn't want that old America back. I'm very happy to see this country making strides to move forward; for my son and my grandson! There are many more like me than you realize. This is something I see frequently on DU. Please don't categorize us.

[DCBob]

60. Well..

Im an "older white folk" too. Of course I meant older Republican white folk. Sorry for the misunderstanding..

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "and secretly wish for his failure"

They weren't even really "secretly" wishing. They were announcing it with a megaphone daily on their RW hate talk radio shows and giving speeches on the House and Senate floor insisting that this occur.

[nolabear]

7. Well yeah, you have a point. But they wouldn't cop to the racism.

Now it's coming out in rage. Hopefully they'll stomp themselves into a puddle of rabid spit.

[wishlist]

8. He can solidify a progressive legacy to carry on for generations

Thankfully Americans realized that if GW Bush got a second term, Obama certainly deserved a second term after accomplishing so much against such difficult odds. Voting WAS the best revenge against those naysayers who strived from day one to deny him any accomplishments and blame him for all the problems he inherited. I just wish we had defeated more Repubs who rooted for bad news and failed to cooperate in any way to improve our lives.

[blackspade]

25. For all my issues with Obama....

I will fully admit that he has done more good for this country in 4 years than the last three rethug POTUSs have in their 20 years.

[TheKentuckian]

59. Come on, double down and make that 40 years

[blackspade]

63. LOL!

[treestar]

9. Yes, they wanted the first black President to be a one termer.

So they could say look, see, we were right, a black man cannot do it. Re-election squelches that.

[ieoeja]

10. If they really believe their ideology, they should let Obama do what he wants.

Then they can point to how horrible everything gets. If, of course, their ideology is correct.

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. What I was thinking

Only it was about the first term of Obama.

If they truly thought he was so much on the wrong path....the logic should have been give him some rope and watch him hang himself, and that would have assured them of snuffing out a second term for him and they would be celebrating today.

But we all know that deep down they KNEW that he was proposing ideas that would help the economy, like stimulus and jobs bills.

[They_Live]

11. I don't usually use profanity on DU

but these RW assholes can go fuck themselves.

[momsrule]

42. And..

I hope it's "God's" will they make themselves pregnant, too

[Liberal1975]

12. I Love It!!!!

Almost took the day off so I could sit at home and watch Fox news all day long. Thank you America! You just avoided another great depression. And a war with Iran. Thank you America for showing your true colors last night. It is time they know this is the country we WANT to be and in their own words: "Love it or leave it" we should give them five states so they can form Christianastan and live under fundamentalist rule. Where women stay home, barefoot, pregnant and without education. Where education consists of reading the bible and nothing else. Where women who rape easy are forced to deliver the spawn of their attacker. Where there are five rich people and everyone else is destitute. I'm sick of these people and their need to shackle me with their belief systems.

[rightsideout]

88. I watched Fox for part of the day Wednesday

At least watched it for as long as I could in the morning.

It was pretty boring. But it felt like they were in a state of shock and were only able to repeat the results of races around the country.

Alot of focus was on Florida and how Obama was able to take advantage of the Republican primaries to spend time to reestablish his base for the same regions he did well in 2008. They were saying that's why the race was so tight. Which I thought was interesting. My memory is short and I may have heard that on CNN. But I think it was Fox.

I never kept it on long enough to see Hannity, O'Reilly and the Five.

It seemed like most of the excitement was Election Night when Fox appeared to be stunned by the 11:00 pm? announcement that Obama won and then Karl Rove started flipping out.

Basic math prevailed in this election. The Republicans ignored it.

[LittleGirl]

13. ditto from this middle aged leftist too! nt

[Harriety]

15. Hazaah!

[DeschutesRiver]

16. The list of accomplishments of Obama is long, esp. given the obstructionism of the repubs in congres

Given that, it is nothing short of amazing. And anyone who would deny a second term to a man capable of those accomplishments in the face of determined opposition is not doing it for a good reason.

Damn square it was a vote of approval. And damn square that if RW terrorists can't come to the table to work WITH everyone else in America, then let them stay home or in their exclusive communities and figure out why they are the unpopular kids in the class.

I'm going to handle it like dealing with a 2 year olds tantrums, and otherwise move on with my life and the advocating for the things that are important to me.

[librechik]

17. they should have kept quiet. After all their anti-Obama propaganda many folks are still

convinced by their crap. They gave away the game!

[ismnotwasm]

18. With a little work

And they can kiss my strong, lefty, gay-lovin', choice defending, Obama adoring, contraception promoting, healthcare providing, womanly, idiot rejecting ASS

That would make a great tee shirt!

[vduhr]

45. I love that idea!

I would wear that with pride!

[Amonester]

64. I would make it shorter, but bigger: :)

Like

[font color="red" size=7]Rejects[/font] [font color="blue" size=7] also starts with the letter [/font][font color="red" size=7]R[/font]

Big-Bird like!

[calimary]

72. LOVE IT! Love this whole thread! Sure speaks for ME!

[BlueNoteSpecial]

19. If the RW was so relevant, righteous, and "pure"...

...where the hell were their "leaders" from 2000 - 2008? Where was the "decider"? At their convention?, no. At the forefront, no. Po widdle pawty, all dressed up with nowhere to go. Bye!

[calimary]

73. Welcome to DU, BlueNoteSpecial!

Glad you're here! What a day and night we had this week! Sorta restores one's faith! But we have to protect the gains we've made, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our President, as his human firewall, hopefully as effective as Obama's Midwestern Firewall turned out to be on Tuesday night.







Forward!!!!!

[DawgHouse]

20. Great post, nolabear!

[DCKit]

21. I got that email from my dearest, youngest sister earlier today.

She really wants to drag out the "racist" BS, rather than dealing with the facts.

[sulphurdunn]

22. Now they will double down

and refine their voter suppression tactics, obstruct diligent governance and kick their hate mongering mass media machine into overdrive. They never take a day off. Unless we want a Jeb Bush in the White and to see Republican control of Congress, neither can we.

[humbled_opinion]

29. For the life of me

I can't figure out how the Democrats couldn't take the House back or at least get some gains...

[RobinA]

52. Here's One Tiny Reason

In my district, which is a gerrymandered mess covering tiny portions of four counties in SE Pa, roughly the shape of a jagged horseshoe probably 50 miles from toe to heel, and containing at LEAST, very broadly, 4 major demographics, the Democratic challenger was invisible. In visible. I had to look up who was running against the incumbent just to see if I wanted to vote for him. Nothing from this guy. Now, of course it's arranged for the district to go Repub and dilute a big chunk of Dems, but they didn't make any effort at all. Obama wouldn't be President if he sat around saying, Black guys don't get elected president, so it strikes me they could have given it a bloody shot.

[jeff47]

69. Because we didn't show up in 2010

Democratic turnout was bad in 2010. So Republicans won, and Republicans got to control redistricting. They gerrymandered themselves a majority.

We need to stop pretending that elections are every 4 years.

[marions ghost]

56. ++++++

Even in the flush of victory, we MUST realize the truth of your statement.

[southern_belle]

23. Damn right! n/t

[tblue37]

51. Too many voters vote only for president, not realizing that in many ways the downticket

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races are at least as important, and in many cases even more important. That is why voter turnout is so much lower in off years. I assume the same tendency operates even in presidential years, though. A lot of voters on our side probably didn't bother to learn about the other candidates, or to understand precisely what was at stake in those elections. They knew they liked the handsome, cool rock star prez, and they found the other guy unappealing or even repellent. So they went out and voted for the guy they recognized and liked, but I am willing to bet that a lot of people who voted for Presdient Obama did not bother voting for some or all of the downticket races.

The RW voters, on the other hand, are fed a steady, relentless diet of propaganda, not just by radio, but by other means as well, including their churches, the MSM, programs on FOX, and columnists and op eds in the newspapers. They know that every election counts. They even vote for minor local positions, because they understand that local, county, and state elections are the pipeline that pour seasoned, name-familiar candidates onto the national political stage.

The RW voters voted straight R, and they voted in every race. Some of the Obama voters probably left some races blank, and some probably even voted "R" in other races because the guy's name was familiar--or even because they are actually Republicans, but broke ranks with their party rather than see Romney elected, or in some cases even because of Obama's undeniable charisma.

[Amonester]

66. Good post. Quite possible also. Now 'how to change that' remains...

Organizing free Community 'sessions' about the political system?

Or just going door to door using leaflets that explain it in easy-to-grasp, non-complex terms?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

74. +1 nt

[freshwest]

24. +1,000.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. Best. Vote. Evar.

Great post too.

Americans also rejected phony christianity. (christofascism, as I like to call it.)

[humbled_opinion]

28. Well it would have been

much better if the House had shifted, how can so many people be so stupid? The problem with the way the electorate looks is that it gives talking points to the teaheads. They will claim that in fact it is the takers in society that voted for Obama. I was working last night and that was the reaction the teabaggers had, i.e., well we better all just sign up for the free stuff cause its only a matter of time before it all comes crashing down...

[caseymoz]

34. Not stupid people: gerrymandering.

According to the Diane Rehm show, in North Carolina, for instance, the total amount of votes for Dem House candidates slightly exceeded Repub candidates. But the representatives they're sending to the House are 9-3 Repubs. That's right. Dems beating them on the popular vote, turns into a 3-1 margin for the Repubs.

Just as Democracy ought to work.

[vduhr]

30. Amen!

[caseymoz]

31. If it weren't for gerrymandering, GOP would have lost the House.

The more rational ones know this, and they know that the fortunes of the Republican Party are going to sink from here. But they're entrenched in the House, probably for the decade.

[lunatica]

32. I think we gave them a good fuck you salute yesterday

[Scruffy Rumbler]

33. Rock on!

You summed that up nicely!

[WillyT]

35. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Initech]

36. Bullshit Mountain going off the deep end!

[Polldancer2012]

37. here's how I see it

The American public wasn't quite happy with PBO's results from the first 4 years. HOWEVER... we LIKE and TRUST him. We WANT to let him FINISH the job because the burden placed on him by previous administration was immense.

[nolabear]

38. Wow! Take a couple of hours to work at my lefty socialist job and look what happens!

Thanks for the kudos. We ARE America. Love the DU.

[Liberal In Red State]

39. AMEN AMEN AMEN!!!!!

[catbyte]

40. AMEN, nolabear!

[Kali]

41. hmmmm

kiss my strong, lefty, gay-lovin', choice defending, Obama adoring, contraception promoting, healthcare providing, womanly, idiot rejecting ASS.

considering new sig line

[SmittynMo]

43. They have no one to blame but themselves

and what they stand for. I can only thank God that there werent enough ignorant, racists remaining to defeat Obama. I have hope for this country afterall. We are NOT going to stand for the far right view on how the world should function. OMG, I'm one happy camper today.

[Jisis]

44. love it! Great post :) n/t

[noiretextatique]

46. indeed...a big, fat, fuck you to crazy conservatism

team rape, and the 53%.

[libdem4life]

47. Hear, hear. I think Obamacare may turn out to be a boon for mid-term Dems/Progressive/Liberals

as the incredibly cretinous centerpiece of RW obstructionism, an inordinate number will be more likely to be positively affected by the centerpiece of the "socialist" Left Wing over the next two years. Women, as caretakers, decision makers and health care consumers, are unequally affected across all segments of the population.

I think/hope they'll have to find another prop for the social/political battle.

[libdem4life]

49. PS...The Boomers are just now turning Medicare age. The conversation will change...guaranteed.

[truebluegreen]

87. Agree on Obamacare,

when it FINALLY comes on-line, there's a good chance that Vermont and California can / will set up single-payer for their states...and then slowly others will follow.

That's how it happened in Canada, province by province.

[grahamhgreen]

50. They are also spinning this a racial demographic thing - when really it's policy.

[Iggo]

79. Oh, it's racial alright.

We hate racists.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

53. already they are blaming it on illegal immigrants voting. fuck 'em

nanner. nanner. nanner.

[meanit]

54. They haven't figured out yet

that most people think they are really just a bunch of assholes.

[heaven05]

55. +10000

mine too

[Liberalynn]

57. K&R

[Matariki]

58. YES! Rachael Maddow summed up the historic significance of Obama's Presidency really well

In case you missed it:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#49703896

[damnedifIknow]

61. I seriously think some of them need a rest.

Somewhere where they can feed the birdies and make pretty baskets.

[locks]

62. Yesss! and thanks to all

Good for NOLA, good for DEMs, good for the nation--we're giving our children and grandchildren a gift of four more years that I hope and believe will bring better legislation, more caring about neighbors around the world and and no more wars.

[ailsagirl]

65. Love it! "going berserk!"

[DCKit]

67. Because it was so tenacious, my (deeply) catholic BF said he'd marry me.

Had a post hidden earlier... damn immigrants, My S.O. had to sneak in or die. It was snark for those of you who voted against me. My family is "those fuckng illeglals".

I'm first/second generation from Eastern Europe, the S.O. snuck in and those fuckers who hid my post never asked. We're Demorats.

[DiverDave]

68. huh?

what?

not much sense in that one.

[nolabear]

70. Oh good. I thought I'd had a stroke there for a second.

[StrongBad]

75. This is the greatest post in the history of posts.

[1620rock]

71. ...umm, yeah...okay...whatever...??

[B Calm]

76. The MAJORITY of people are behind Obama!

[stevenleser]

77. Well said Nolabear! K&R nt

[Cha]

78. Yay, nolabear! Our Country said NO to Plutocracy and YES to

WE THE PEOPLE.. not "you people".



I like this guy's Enthusiasm in Las Vegas!



http://theobamadiary.com/

[RainDog]

80. k&r n/t

[DallasNE]

81. Vote Of Approval, Indeed

People don't wait in line for 6 hours to vote unless they are voting for something rather than against something. My guess is that more Romney people gave up and left those lines, even in Obama strongholds, than did Obama voters. Indeed, one of Obama's first comments was "we've got to fix that", meaning the screwed up voting and 6 hour lines. People are not going to forget, and that means 2014.

[Meaniepants]

82. secretly wished for his failure?

Good post but these ass hats were very open in their hatred and longing for the black man AND this country to fail. They cheered when Chicago lost the Olympic bid. No it wasn't secret.

[malaise]

83. Lovely post

Rec

[Chemisse]

84. It was a fight between big business/Koch brothers and the regular people - and the people won.

We were at the mercy of horrendous anti-voting efforts, and still we won.

It is a fine day for the US of A.

[SammyWinstonJack]

85. So true!

[outsideworld]

86. k&r

[DinahMoeHum]

89. This time the GOoPers in the House better do their jobs legislating. . .

. . .or they will be looking for something else come the end of 2014.