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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Very exciting, more fun than a football game.

Congrats to Bush! May he be the best ever.

*raises glass*

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Intelligence, Integrity, Responsibility.
Vote Bush/Cheney 2000

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Long may our coporate supported democratic system live.

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~C. Montgomery Burns

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

"President Bush"...ugh.

I'm gonna turn on the radio & expect t'hear the new cuts from "Use Your Illusion 1."

Pop Rocks will be the rage, the Berlin Wall will still be around, & those pesky Soviets will still be sailing about.

The memory of the USS Stark? Still fresh in the mind. Never MIND the Vincennes shootdown...

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Well, someone is going to have to point out who all those guys in the pictures are on the White House walls.

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Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?
~C. Montgomery Burns

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

They had to point them out to Gore.

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Intelligence, Integrity, Responsibility.
Vote Bush/Cheney 2000

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

oh, excellent retort.

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Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?
~C. Montgomery Burns

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Jeff: Exactly. Bush and Gore are equivalently dumb.

And isn't your sig a bit dated? *L*

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"What he did to that walrus gentle-man was inexcusable."
-T. Herman Zweibel on "Mr. Woodrow Wood-pecker", The Onion, 7-Nov-2000

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Where the hell are the "Sol System is my watchword"s? You think I was kidding? I'ma lay the smackdown!

*hyper from lack of sleep and writer's block*

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Update, 0405 EST

Recount. There's a 2000-vote differential in the popular vote, enough so that a recount is being performed. Gore called Bush up & retracted his congratulations.

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"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much."

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

According to CNN, with something like 93 million votes, there is a 26,000 difference between the two.

Fascinating stuff really.

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Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?
~C. Montgomery Burns

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

When I saw this thread I couldn't help but think of it as some movie poster... (with pathetic hoarse basso-voice of course)

He thought he could make a difference...
He thought he knew where he came from...
George W. Bush is..."THE PRESIDENT"!!!
-parental advisory-

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-Gee, that's bad. Those Aliens bugging you yet?
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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Update, 0457 EST

AOL is running a realtime updatable ticker. The results thus far:

Gore (48%) 47,014,032
Bush (48%) 46,957,771
Nader (3%) 2,553,910
Buchanan (0%) 433,195

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"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much."

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

More specifically, the recount is going on in Florida, because the difference there is so close. They're even still counting absentee ballots, and it purportedly took them ten days to do that in '96...

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"What he did to that walrus gentle-man was inexcusable."
-T. Herman Zweibel on "Mr. Woodrow Wood-pecker", The Onion, 7-Nov-2000

Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

They're claiming that they'll have the recount totally finished by Wednesday @ 5pm EST.

Which is nice.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

TSN, does this make you happy?

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

CNN reported around 10 today that the recount wouldn't be finished until tommorow.

Here's hoping the front of the WASHINGTON POST shows Al Gore holding up the New York Post (with its "Bush Wins!" headline), under a headline which reads: GORE WINS!

Don't you also find it interesting that only 7% of the black voters who voted voted Republican? 93% voted Democratic ...

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Gore/Lieberman 2000
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"You're history!" - MacLeod
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"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating." - George "Dubya" Bush

Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

The suspense is killing me! But this is entirely ridiculous cuz it only shows they're equally bad.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

>"Don't you also find it interesting that only 7% of the black voters who voted voted Republican? 93% voted Democratic ..."

Not really... these ARE the same folks who made Tupac Shakur a cultural icon, after all...

And when you take into account the shady Democratic practice of busing people from the black churches to the polls, illegally campaigning from the pulpits of said churches (see Hillary in New York), the lock-step mentality of the NAACP, and the fact that a vote for a Democrat is a vote for continuing welfare and black-preferential social programs ad infinitum, it's not even barely suprising.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

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[This message has been edited by Ultra Magnus (edited November 08, 2000).]

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Why'd you delete your message, Ultra?

You were correct, IMHO.

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Gore/Lieberman 2000
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"You still don't understand, do you MacLeod? I am the End of Time!" - Kronos

"You're history!" - MacLeod
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"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating." - George "Dubya" Bush

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

This isn't the Flameboard. And I didn't write "Sol System is my watchword". Or something.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

You are the only person who has ever listened to me, and for that I want to arrange to have you pampered by my Swiss chef.

I do not, however, happen to have a chef, Swiss or otherwise, and am limited to microwaved popcorn when it comes to culinary skills. But I will pop the hell out of that popcorn for you.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Were it not for the fact that Sol System is my watchword I might reply to that thing about cultural iconography and the inherent condescension of the statement.

Sol System is my watchword...
Sol System is my watchword...
Sol System is my watchword...

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Oh, yes, sitting. The great leveler. From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?
~C. Montgomery Burns

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

*COUGH* *COUGH* Did someone say 'voting irregularity'?

BTW, you should see how much shite the USA is copping around the world for even considering GWB. I really wanna find that radio clip about religion & abortion being a big issue over there, extremely funny. Especially when they likened y'all to a bunch of mindless tv watching - religious fanatics. There was also a reference to GWB being about as smart as a dying camels arse.

Wait, maybe I said the last one.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

19,000 votes in Florida were just disqualified ...

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Gore/Lieberman 2000
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"You still don't understand, do you MacLeod? I am the End of Time!" - Kronos

"You're history!" - MacLeod
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"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating." - George "Dubya" Bush

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

No, that's not true Drayus *giggles* everyone over here LOVES GWB *snigger*, they think he'll be the best president ev...ev *bursts out laughing*

No, sorry, I couldn't keep it up.

Apparently, Al "you are hearing me talk" Gore is famous for being one of the most boring and uncharismatic people ever to appear on TV, and Bush is famous for being even lesscharismatic than him. We're talking Jeffry Sinclair levels of personality here...

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

In fact, when I first saw Bush, I thought "that guy's going to turn out to be a real bonehead."

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

It's refreshing to know that people all over the world claim to know so much about something they obviously know nothing about. It restores my faith in my country as being the last best hope of the world, in that at least we're not ALL morons.

Come on, Daryus. You don't see the irony in thinking we're "mindless tv watching - religious fanatics" based on a radio clip? Exactly how much do you KNOW about American culture that hasn't been fed to you, anyway?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

"It's refreshing to know that people all over the world claim to know so much about something they obviously know nothing about."

I know. Have you ever heard "oirish" Americans pretending they know about the Northern Ireland/IRA situation?

"Come on, Daryus. You don't see the irony in thinking we're "mindless tv watching - religious fanatics" based on a radio clip? Exactly how much do you KNOW about American culture that hasn't been fed to you, anyway?"

I always thought that American culture WAS TV and media. It's not like you have a history, or anything.

And by and large, American culture is fed to us by...Americans. So it's your fault if it's presented wrongly.

(This is in contrast to British cultire in the US, which is represented by Dick van Dyke.)

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Dick van Dyke is brittish? I did not know that...

Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

Dick van Dyke looks like a very typical Dutch name to me...

IMDB.com:
Richard Wayne Van Dyke (Dick van Dyke)
Date of birth: 13 December 1925
Born in: West Plains, Missouri, USA

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I believe that was a reference to van Dyke's role in Mary Poppins, which I understand included adopting what is generally considered among the worst imitations of a British accent ever. I don't know, though. I've never actually seen the movie.

As for the other thing... Yes, the vast majority of Americans are mindless TV-watchers. I won't go into the "religious fanatic" bit, since that pervades the entire world. After all, didn't someone just mention Ireland...? :-)

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"What he did to that walrus gentle-man was inexcusable."
-T. Herman Zweibel on "Mr. Woodrow Wood-pecker", The Onion, 7-Nov-2000

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Bush is only leading Gore by 400 some votes in Florida ...

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"You still don't understand, do you MacLeod? I am the End of Time!" - Kronos

"You're history!" - MacLeod
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"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating." - George "Dubya" Bush

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Not exactly, JK. That's how many MORE votes he gets than the original count. Gore'd have to be up by 1700 just to tie Bush.

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Dewey beats Truman

(and Jim Carey is pissed)

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All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Bob Dylan

Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Well I for one hope Bush does win, that Darrel guy on SNL has got to play the president enough, why give him 4 more years as Gore, let another guy make his career making fun of the president.
Besides his Gore is a little weak, but that Bush guy is pretty funny.
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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

I was watching The Daily Show last night... he and another comedian(I forgot his name) were saying that its good if Bush wins, so they can roll out more jokes.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I dunno...Will Ferrell's Bush is pretty Lame.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Yes, I agree... with such an idiot as president we'd certainly have a lot more to laugh about.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

That sounds delightfully flamish, and though my room is a tad on the chilly side, I can think of better ways to warm it up.

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