Kerry calls Bush to concede

[steve2470]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/election.main/index.html


CNN) -- Democratic Sen. John Kerry phoned President Bush on Wednesday to concede the presidential election, aides in both camps said.
President Bush was to deliver a victory statement at 3 p.m. ET, Bush aides said. Sen. Kerry's aides said he was expected to make a concession speech at 1 p.m. ET at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

A Kerry adviser said the campaign had concluded that the too-close-to-call battleground state of Ohio was not going to come through for the Democrats.

The adviser said there was no way to gain votes on Bush without an "exhaustive fight," something that would have "further divided this country."
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[UCLA Dem]

1. I am so devastated. I just want to crawl into a hole.

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[bbernardini]

2. NO SURRENDER, MY ASS.

LYING MOTHERFUCKER. It's a slap in the face to everybody who donated time and money.

[Shadder]

5. You forgot one group

It's a slap in the face to everybody who voted for him as well.

[shcrane]

3. I'm so sick of acting like conceding is for the good of the country

It affirms many people's feelings that Democrats aren't fighters but wusses.

[Shadder]

4. Thanks for fighting for us John

You did not even try. You sent Edwards out last night to tell us that you would not give up untill every vote was counted. Well, when I look at that map I still see 3 states in white.

You did not even try. At this point as far as I'm concerned your no better than bush and you have nothing to say that I want to hear.

For the last year my wife has said that we would not have an election. She was right. We never had one, ths was in the bag.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. BS we are already divided!

We were supposed to fight till the last vote was counted! This is devastating for the moral of the Democratic Party.

[NVMojo]

8. Is it the old skull and bones alliance thing or what?

sorry, I am incredibly grumpy today... I hate butt jobs without vaseline.

[LibertyorDeath]

7. NO YOU Motherfuckers We want the"exhaustive fight" We

demand the exhaustive fight!!!

further divided this country LOL

It is now a True Dictatorship.

[Drifter]

9. An exhaustive fight ...

would not change the outcome of the election, but it would certainly drive people away from our party.

Any further effort on this is a LOSE-LOSE situation. We got our asses kicked in every possible way. As soon as everyone realizes we can move forward.

Remember, bush now has a mandate. Let see what he does with it, and who he ends up blaming for the failures of his own decision making.

Cheers
Drifter

[yellowcanine]

10. I agree except that 52-48 and 286 EV is no mandate.

Bush still barely won the EV as an incumbent president. That is no mandate. What he does have is an obligation to be president of all of the people for a change.

[Morning Dew]

13. lame ducks have no obligations

and this bus is veering right at 200 mph without a care for what obstacles are in the way. God help us all.

[malachi]

14. When the fuck has the monkey ever lived up to any obligation

he has had in his entire evil life? He doesn't care about anyone, even those brain dead morons that voted for him.

[MADem]

11. Die, die DIEBOLD

You can only count the votes when they are recorded. BEV HARRIS WAS RIGHT. We need to change the law and require a paper record of all votes.

If the votes were counted, we might have won. If the kids who will be fighting and dying in the weecowboy army bothered to vote, we would have won.

We need to start working now to take back the HOUSE AND SENATE. We need to get the votes needed to CHIMPEACH. We may be exhausted, but we need to take a short holiday, recharge, and hit it HARD, again.

It's either that, or curl up and die, die Diebold.

[Cinletharwi]

12. THE BIGGEST LESSON:

Never allow the media to choose our candidates again. They did so for a reason, and today we know that reason.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. Bullshit

explain.

[skygazer]

16. How could it be any further divided?

I'm just sick. That's all I can say.

[Kurovski]

17. can't get votes counted without "exhaustive fight,"

Golly. George was right, it is hard work, ain't it?

I'm glad the framers of the Consitution didn't think it was too much of an "exhaustive fight" to continue on through the battles endured within that group.

Wow, really, fuck you too.

Let's just dismantle the whole America thing and call it a day.

they're worried about further dividing the country? JUST WHAT FUCKING COUNTRY WOULD THAT BE?

Backing down is going to make it worse, not better. The only way it could be more divided is if God cleaved the whole damn place in two with an axe.

Something really, really bad is happening, and happening very quickly.

[Chimpeach]

18. Welcome to the FSA

Fascist States of Amerika

[alarimer]

19. I am so sick of this

I thought we had somebody who was going to fight but I guess I was wrong. Spineless weasels. I doubt that I will ever vote Democrat again. I have had it up to her with this crap. No surrender, my ass!

[Kurovski]

21. You mean to say vote "Democratic" not "Democrat"

And good luck with your other choices.

However, It really does look as though the party is indeed morphing into the Republican party.

I don't see how conceding before the votes are counted is a good idea in any kind of scenario.

Unless Dick told John another 9/11 was all lined up if he didn't.

[cprise]

22. Not morphing into the Republican party...

The Democratic Party is becoming Orwell's Outer Party.

[govegan]

20. Another stuffed shirt liberal stretches in the sun

Wealth and privilege is morally demeaning.

Unfortunately, these stuffed shirt pretenders don't pay the price for their primitive posturing.

Neofascism is alive and well.

As I think it was Stalin who said: doesn't really matter who votes, who counts the votes is the primary importance.

Okay, Kerry gives it the old Yale try as a "nice guy liberal".

Will the Democratic party ever grow up and decide that democracy is worth a try?


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[foreigncorrespondent]

23. For crying out loud!

He promised he wouldn't be as weak as Gore was in 2000! WHY HAS HE GIVEN UP?

This is just fucking bullshit!

[Freddie Stubbs]

24. Becasue there aren't enough provisional ballots in OH to swing it

And even if there were, he would be declared the winner anyway, since those ballots are being counted regardless of Kerry's concession.

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[Deja Q]

26. What if Kerry had an unmentioned reason as to why he conceded?

So instead of fight, capitulate so * can continue chafing it bloody raw?! Complete with internal hemorrhaging?! Not even a peep about the Diebold machines, which are so arrogant in their paperless presentation that to NOT make an inquiry would be as effective as having a blind man fly an airplane?!

Here is why I'm thinking Kerry gave up: When America does collapse, at least * will get the blame. Everything is teetering right now, and if it had collapsed under you they would have crucified you before taking over, even though they are the ones who caused the mess. So maybe you did the right thing. To lose is to win, and he who wins shall lose?

[Politicub]

27. The shrub can only go down

He was elected on a card house made of fear and bigotry. That won't stand the test of time.

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[nebula]

30. I misread the headline for a second

I thought it read 'KERRY CALLS ON BUSH TO CONCEDE'

had a fleeting moment of bliss there.

[steely]

31. This totally blows.

Had dinner with family tonight - repugs amongs us had weak arguments - couldn't even have a dinner discussion our nerves were so raw - and it was the unavoidable elephant in the room.

Hopefully, a'la Nixon's second term, *'s will be a short one.

Guess I'll be "seeing" more you all in the coming months.