[Darth Vader]

Originally Posted by Poggio

So my tv is telling me Obama won again, I am not sure what is really going on but my parents are watching abc news.

That's what I'm watching, too. They're saying Obama won, but I'm guessing those are just projections like Alpha is saying? I always get confused when I watch this crap. :P

[Meizicht]

Poggio: That's a projection. A guess. It's not true yet, and around half the votes haven't been counted yet ( or more ) so don't believe or celebrate yet. Not until tomorrow or later.

Now my local station
is 49% vs 49% right now.
So Ohio is not won over in any way.
Projections are stupid. D<

[Poggio]

Are they counting electoral collage votes or peoples votes?

[Meizicht]

I think they're ASSUMING the electoral college votes based on what has been counted so far.
Basically, jumping the gun.
I'd actually turn off the television for this and just follow the numbers online. Trusting my local numbers, Romney has been very rapidly closing the gap. I think he's going to get ahead pretty soon, so he may just win Ohio. Which is a huge deal.
Obama supporters are celebrating waaaaayyy too soon.


People are explaining this to me in a roundabout way. So I don't know really.

[Ashy]

just go to bed, everything will be decided in the morning :D

[Meizicht]

Lol I don't go to bed until around 8-10am in the morning, so I have to stay up and see this ridiculous crap.
I've never seen them mess around with the decisions like this. My mom keeps saying "something weird's going on".
Expect there to be controversy. @__@

[Ashy]

yeah my facebook feed is full of "yay obama" and stuff like that, which is saying alot too since most people i have on facebook are australian >.>

[Meizicht]

Ugh, see, I hate it when people outside the country, who have never been here, lived here, stayed here for more than a year, try to have a say in our election. Not to be mean, but... they haven't seen what goes on. Sure, the US effects the rest of the world in its own way, but if you don't see it yourself, you don't know. OTL

Either way, both of them were going to screw us over, so I'm scared anyway.

[Alpha]

Vader: Yeah, until all the votes are tallied and issues settled, Obama's re-election is projected.

[Meizicht]

The way the media is portraying this is very strange to me. Idk, this is different from last time.

It really is boiling me right now, it looks like they're basing the whole fucking election on assumptions. My local station is saying it's been decided because "Toledo is dominantly democratic" and they haven't counted that county( which Toledo is in )'s votes yet.
Omg. I'm about to give the hell up on this country.
I might just job hunt to save money to GET OUT.

[Darth Vader]

Just like a lot of people say they will pack up and move to Canada if Romney wins.

I'm just very happy that same-sex marriage has been legalized in my state, now.

[Pathosis]

We'll be happy to take you guys in if you ever wanted to escape.

Also, they're saying Obama has it in the bag. It's mathematically impossible for Mitt to win or something.
>>;;
(/does a little celebration dance, hides from Meiz)

[Meizicht]

I may just be worked up over nothing. I talk like I know what I'm thinking but I probably don't.
Honestly, I was afraid whether it was Obama or Romney. Only thing I can say is that at least I know what to expect from Obama.
Just have to suck it up and prepare for the worst.


Lol as much as I say "Romney is better", don't get me wrong; I still think he is also disgusting. I just thought he'd do better with the economy, but I'm no expert.

( My choice was Gary Johnson. xD I'm no Romney supporter, lol. No worries, Pathosis- sorry, I mistook you for Poggio, I'm being talked to by people while I'm typing here skdjhfalsj Dx. I dislike Obama and Romney anyway, just figured Romney wouldn't drive us into the ground financially )

Also, I don't want to move out of the country because of who's president; I'm appalled at the way this election is playing out. The process seems based entirely on assumption rather than fact. I think that's why Romney hasn't been giving any speeches yet; either that or he's an ass, which isn't a surprise. Nothing is final, I don't think. And if they make it final, then something is really wrong. A good hunk of people are just regarded as unimportant this way. That's what makes me want to leave. Like saying "oh you're the last part of your state to get votes in, too bad you don't count; we already assumed".

Then again, I think too much limelight is on the presidential election; house changes, governors, etc make a bigger difference, I believe.

[Darth Vader]

[/does little celebration dance with Pathosis]

[Lioshika]

I won't say because I'm not going to start a political debate, but I frankly don't like any of the candidates. I think they all suck.

We need someone who will do what they say they will without questionable ethnics. Someone who isn't going to try and force laws based on religion. I'm highly pro-choice. It's my body, I'll do what I want with it.

But I think all politicians are dirty pigs.

[Meizicht]

Welll, I have to say, I was also scared if Romney got elected, because of several reasons:
I'm an atheist, so I was a little concerned about any imposing religious-based stuff.
My health kind of relied on some more recent decisions that Romney seemed to be openly against ( I won't elaborate because it's personal ).
I'm involved with women's rights a bit more than I can let on.
I'm gay, so there's that also.
But I figured those could also be handled state-wise, so with those out of my mind, I was more focused on economy, which I thought Romney would do better with.
Obama was cruel with his ads and his lies, which hurt pretty deep.

So where Romney might be okay with the economy, I was afraid of him passing anything that could suppress other aspects of life, and where Obama was good with social issues, I was afraid my home might turn into a ghost town.

I hope next time, with the victories happening involving Gary Johnson and the third party, maybe this will start coming out more and more. I would have done my celebration dance if, by some craziness, Gary Johnson had won.. I would've cried happy tears. xD