You can hear a pin drop during the McCain speech....

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

maybe marginally better with Romney, who was my choice, but I still think that any Republican ticket would have been demolished in much the same way McCain/Palin was. Two things make me say that; the 3:1 spending advantage in favor of Obama, there is simply no way to easily overcome that; and the overwhelming and unprecendented media bias towards Obama. Its hard to put a value on that.

why humiliate yourself further with these lame excuses? You had this election all wrong. It wasnt just a victory...it was an utter beat down. A thrashing. A stomping of epic proportions.

If it had been close, i could buy some of this crap but it wasnt even close.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

why humiliate yourself further with these lame excuses? You had this election all wrong. It wasnt just a victory...it was an utter beat down. A thrashing. A stomping of epic proportions.

If it had been close, i could buy some of this crap but it wasnt even close.

Perhaps you need to do a little research. This was hardly a thrashing or were any epic proportions reached. Obama won with 53% of the popular vote. 22 states favored McCain. 56 million American citizens voted against Obama. 1956, 1964, 1972 or 1984, those were thrashings.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Perhaps you need to do a little research. This was hardly a thrashing or were any epic proportions reached. Obama won with 53% of the popular vote. 22 states favored McCain. 56 million American citizens voted against Obama. 1956, 1964, 1972 or 1984, those were thrashings.

The electorals are what count my friend. It wasnt even close.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

The electorals are what count my friend. It wasnt even close.

Compared to the last 2 elections it wasnt that close but it was hardly a runaway from an electoral standpoint. In 1988 GH Bush won the EC vote 411 to 111, in 1984 Reagan won the EC vote 525 to 13, in 1980 he won 489 to 49, in 1972 Nixon won 520 to 17, in 1964 Johnson won 486 to 52. Those are epic stompings. How do you expect us to educate Scavs on elections and the political system if you keep giving him hyperbole instead of truth?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Compared to the last 2 elections it wasnt that close but it was hardly a runaway from an electoral standpoint. In 1988 GH Bush won the EC vote 411 to 111, in 1984 Reagan won the EC vote 525 to 13, in 1980 he won 489 to 49, in 1972 Nixon won 520 to 17, in 1964 Johnson won 486 to 52. Those are epic stompings. How do you expect us to educate Scavs on elections and the political system if you keep giving him hyperbole instead of truth?

All true. But tell me when a candidate from the same party as the sitting president lost this bad? I dont think its happened.

For a race that was supposed to be close, this was indeed emphatic.