The election results thread- Page 5
The election results thread
Joined: 12/31/69
the election results thread#100
Posted: 11/8/06 at 6:41am
There were more women than ever elected to both the House & Senate.
the ban on choice was defeated.
Massachusetts has its first African-American Governor, the second in American history.
Charles Taylor, whos been destroying all the nature in my hometown of Asheville, NC has been defeated!
I honestly thought that I would never live to see the day!
***ALL*** the minimum wage initiatives have passed!
Minnesota elected their first African-American to Congress, making him the first Muslim in the House.
thank you to all voters, everywhere.
we HAVE made a difference!
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
the election results thread#101
Posted: 11/8/06 at 7:14amJerby... can you please PM me a list of the seven bigot states? I want to be sure that I don't spend my queer dollars in any of them. Thanks!
the election results thread#103
Posted: 11/8/06 at 10:41am
It looks as though Webb is ahead by 6,000 votes, although Allen will probably request a recount. The Montana race seems closer, but I'm excited that in both races, the Democratic challenger is in the lead. It looks like we pulled it off.
On the other hand, I am really disappointed about the anti-gay marriage amendments doing so well. Virginia's in particular is depressing, since we already have one of the strictest laws banning gay marriage or civil unions on the books. I'm just baffled and disheartened that people feel so strongly about this issue that in their warped minds it justifies writing discrimination into the state constitutions.
the election results thread#104
Posted: 11/8/06 at 10:43amThese amendments are like a desperate person using duct tape to keep their bumper on their car. Falling is inevitable.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
the election results thread#105
Posted: 11/8/06 at 11:25amWhat a great night! Tammy Duckworth and Harold Ford were great candidates who lost. Otherwise, there is a future for America!
the election results thread#106
Posted: 11/8/06 at 11:28am
SC is still a red state 
the election results thread#107
Posted: 11/8/06 at 11:41amOh, and the ballot to ban gay marriage went through (did we really expect anything else from this state?)
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
the election results thread#108
Posted: 11/8/06 at 11:45am
justme - for some reason, my last post in this thread is gone. The people I was referring to are not the people from this thread or the board in general, they're the voters who kept discrimination alive. Sorry for the confusion.
the election results thread#109
Posted: 11/8/06 at 12:06pm
"I'm just baffled and disheartened that people feel so strongly about this issue that in their warped minds it justifies writing discrimination into the state constitutions."
Well, the federal government condones discrimination of gays, so it's not much of a surprise when any state bans gay marriage or civil unions.
the election results thread#110
Posted: 11/8/06 at 12:19pm
Watching Pelosi speak today, she is gracious and warm while being firm and intelligent. This is a wonderful contrast to crusty, grumpy Hastert.
Granted, this is during the afterglow. The test will be seen next year. But, I have a feeling she will continue to prove as many before her have--women need to be running things!
the election results thread#111
Posted: 11/8/06 at 12:32pmFinally some good news for CO: Dems are now the majority in our House and Senate, and we have a Dem governor!! Even though the domestic partnership and pot ballots were shot down (boo) and marriage is now only between a man and a woman (MAJOR boo!!), I have hope that someday CO voters will come to their senses and let people marry whoever they want.
the election results thread#112
Posted: 11/8/06 at 12:50pm
Thanks for the clarification, I'm glad this was just a mis reading on my part.
No recount needed on Arnold in CA, unfortunately. Ugh, more Govenator for what 4 years? At least he can't re-run after that.
Joined: 12/31/69
the election results thread#113
Posted: 11/8/06 at 7:27pm
WOW, the votes are still be counted in the Mean Jean vs Wulsin race!!!!!
Wulsin isnt conceding yet!!!
there may still be a chance to drop a house on Mean Jean!!!
the election results thread#114
Posted: 11/8/06 at 7:48pm
Arnie won over Phil Angelides, but I don't really care, because lots of other things went right this election. 
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
the election results thread#115
Posted: 11/8/06 at 8:02pm
Courtesy of Molly Ivins:
Campaign '06: Goodbye and Good Riddance
Right to the end, this insane conversation between reality and Not Reality... The president of the United States still says we are reducing terrorism by fighting in Iraq; still says we are creating democracy; still says we're preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and making Israel more secure; and, shoddiest of all, still not allowing that our fallen have died in vain.
The vice president, meanwhile, has announced that, all things considered in Iraq, "if you look at the general, overall situation, (the Iraqi government is) doing remarkably well." And now he's gone off to hunt in South Dakota, thus demonstrating a perfectly balanced sense of reality. South Dakota is so sparsely populated, it's really hard to hit another hunter.
Meanwhile, in case you hadn't noticed, Iraq is in a state of full collapse. And Afghanistan is not far from it. Baghdad is worse off for water, sewer, electricity and infrastructure than it was before the war. The R's have taken care of the whole problem with the brilliance we have come to expect from them -- they have decided to abolish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (which has previously exposed bribery, contracts to cronies, shoddy work, lost billions of dollars, the failure to track hundreds of thousands of weapons shipped there and more). You must admit this is big, bold and brainy. This is Karl Rove problem-solving at its best.
This campaign has been like getting stuck in Alice's Wonderland for three months. "There is no use trying, " Alice said, "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," replied the White Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Every time you turn around, you run into the Jabberwocky or the Frumious Bandersnatch -- Richard Perle in penitence -- or some other equally fantastic sight. The great Skywriter in the Sky has positively run amok with irony and has been splashing it all over the campaign like Jackson Pollock. Fortunately, it is not my duty to lend dignity to the proceedings. I do make it a rule to skip talk of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll -- but when Mark Foley turns out to the chairman of House Committee on Missing and Exploited Children, you know you just have to sit down like a tired dog and scratch for a while.
While this perfectly insane dialogue has been taking place, Congress stands before us so hopelessly corrupt that the stench has washed all over the country. Perhaps my least favorite excuse for cheating is, "Everybody does it." NO, everybody DOESN'T do it. Nor does the system make you do it, or alcohol or drugs or Jack Abramoff. I do not want to hear one more excuse -- apologize and go.
On the other hand, I am really going to miss the stories this Congress provided. Remember Terri Schiavo? I mean, you wake up one morning and there it is, kind of like finding Fidel Castro in the refrigerator. And you listen to these people who do hold high elective office having this debate -- as though they know, as though they have any idea, as though they have any right. And then there are some of the troops, like Randy "Duke" Cunningham, semi-owner of the houseboat "The Duke-Stir." Some days you couldn't wait to get up to find out who'd been indicted. I miss watching Katherine Harris from Florida wear less and less blue eye-shadow as she went through her Senate race.
Well, it's been rank -- racist, sleazy, lying and full of insinuating scare tactics. Thank God it's over.
the election results thread#116
Posted: 11/8/06 at 8:13pm
kind of like finding Fidel Castro in the refrigerator.
Good God.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
the election results thread#117
Posted: 11/8/06 at 9:27pmGotta love Molly Ivins. And her good buddy Governor Ann Richards would have LOVED this!
the election results thread#118
Posted: 11/8/06 at 10:44pm
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15622299/?GT1=8717
I loved this story on MSN--in South Dakota, a dead Dem won over a living Republican.
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PIERRE, S.D. - A woman who died two months ago won a county commissioner's race in Jerauld County on Tuesday.
Democrat Marie Steichen, of Woonsocket, got 100 votes, defeating incumbent Republican Merlin Feistner, of Woonsocket, who had 64 votes.
Jerauld County Auditor Cindy Peterson said she believes the county board will have to meet to appoint a replacement for Steichen. Peterson said she'll check with the state's attorney to be sure that's the process.
Peterson said voters knew Steichen had died.
"They just had a chance to make a change, and we respect their opinion."
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