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post #1 of 54
10/21/08 at 5:24pm
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What will you do if your candidate loses?
Will you accept it and be a good loser? (this is the only way I could think to word it no offense intended.
Will you be outraged and go on a rampage?
Will You be bitter and negative about everything?
Will you be optimistic and hope for the best?
Will you just be disappointed?
Or anything else?

I think that I will be optimistic and hope for the best. I will be a little disappointed and a little scared more because of the vice president then the president. I'm sorry people I just don't know if I trust her I hope I am wrong it's just how I feel.
post #2 of 54
10/21/08 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by Krazycatlover View Post
Will you be optimistic and hope for the best?
i will be as optimistic as possible & daily that things don't go horribly wrong...
post #3 of 54
10/21/08 at 5:56pm
Pray, pray and pray some more.
post #4 of 54
10/21/08 at 6:04pm
Personally, I will pray for the country. People are being blinded by the truth and what is to come.
post #5 of 54
10/21/08 at 6:17pm
I will accept it, and hope things don't get worse.

I just hope there are no sore winners, or sore losers.
post #6 of 54
10/21/08 at 6:36pm
One of the first lessons I learned in school was that when you lose a vote, you congratulate the winner and pitch in and work for the common good. Too bad that seems to be lost on so many people these days.
post #7 of 54
10/21/08 at 6:37pm
Say to myself "oh <bleep>" as I've done so many times when the candidate I voted for didn't get the job. It wouldn't be the first time and it won't be the last!
post #8 of 54
10/21/08 at 7:20pm
The first thing I would do is get drunk. After that, I'd start doing a serious assessment of my financial state and start planning for losing my job. I'm in a job sector that is heavily offshored.
post #9 of 54
10/21/08 at 7:43pm
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Originally Posted by Krazycatlover View Post
What will you do if your candidate loses?
Will you accept it and be a good loser? (this is the only way I could think to word it no offense intended.
Will you be outraged and go on a rampage?
Will You be bitter and negative about everything?
Will you be optimistic and hope for the best?
I have no choice but to hope for the best. What will anger do? I might be very scared though.
post #10 of 54
10/21/08 at 7:46pm
Probably the very same thing I did the day before. Get up, make coffee, feed the kitties, scoop the boxes, and go to work.
post #11 of 54
10/21/08 at 7:56pm
I respect people, not positions, so being POTUS wouldn't change my opinion of BO. I wouldn't expect myself to ever be more critical of any or everything he does more so than anyone on the board has been of President Bush or others before him. If he actually does what he says he'll do, I doubt I'll be real happy about some of it. If he doesn't, my opinion of him will be exactly the same as it is now. No rampage. I bet at some point though I'll be tempted to get a bumpersticker that says "So how's that change working for you so far?"

Either way, I'll take my McCain stickers off my vehicle. If it hits the fan at some point, I don't care to be victimized in any way by fallout from BO supporters. In past years that would have never even have occurred to me.

Because someone wins or loses does not change my opinion of whether their ideas were right or wrong.
post #12 of 54
10/21/08 at 8:20pm
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Originally Posted by sarahp View Post

I just hope there are no sore winners, or sore losers.

I agree Me to
post #13 of 54
10/22/08 at 2:11am
Lament would could have been and open my mind to the other guy.
post #14 of 54
10/22/08 at 2:22am
The first thing we should all do is remember that the ship of state is massive and can't turn on a dime, so no massive, sudden changes are likely no matter who is elected.

And the second thing we should all remember is that about half the U.S. population feels exactly how we do, and half is ecstatic. Had the election gone the other way, the feelings just would have changed sides.
post #15 of 54
10/22/08 at 3:52am
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Originally Posted by Skippymjp View Post
Probably the very same thing I did the day before. Get up, make coffee, feed the kitties, scoop the boxes, and go to work.
Exactly what I will do. And pretty much in that exact same order.
post #16 of 54
10/22/08 at 7:51am
Are we assuming the election was fair?

If so, I'd keep on trucking, just like I have the past eight years. The left has gotten pretty good at having someone in power they prefer wasn't. So, it would be more of the same. More crappy health care, more crappy educational policies, more tax breaks for the rich, more unnecessary war, more international opinion mudslides. More of the same.

I would hope that McCain would give up on his campaign image and go back to who he used to be. And hope Palin just sits tight and keeps her mouth shut. She scares me, while McCain I just disagree with.

Oh, and I would worry about getting a job.
post #17 of 54
10/22/08 at 9:00am
This:
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Originally Posted by Skippymjp View Post
Probably the very same thing I did the day before. Get up, make coffee, feed the kitties, scoop the boxes, and go to work.
and this:
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Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom
Are we assuming the election was fair?

If so, I'd keep on trucking, just like I have the past eight years. The left has gotten pretty good at having someone in power they prefer wasn't. So, it would be more of the same. More crappy health care, more crappy educational policies, more tax breaks for the rich, more unnecessary war, more international opinion mudslides. More of the same.

I would hope that McCain would give up on his campaign image and go back to who he used to be. And hope Palin just sits tight and keeps her mouth shut. She scares me, while McCain I just disagree with.

Oh, and I would worry about getting a job.
Except I have a job, but I'd be concerned about keeping it.
post #18 of 54
10/22/08 at 10:00am
I will be glad I'm living in Canada right now, just as glad as I've been for the past 6.5 years while Bush was in office.
post #19 of 54
10/22/08 at 10:25am
I would raise a stink about how the election was rigged and unfair, and then prepare for 4 years of bitching and moaning about everything and finding conspiracy theories and right wing rhetoric for every little thing that goes wrong, just like I've been hearing for the past 8.












OK, just kidding.

Honestly, I would hope for the best being that Obama is really just stuck with an ineffective Congress like they've been for the last 2 years and they are stuck cleaning up the economic mess that both parties made, that the GOP would regain control of Congress after 2 years, and that Obama is only a 1 term president due largely to things that were out of his control in the first place (i.e. the economic mess and the mess that a Democratically controlled Congress is without his influence at all). If it was less than what I think is best case scenario, I would just keep on keepin' on.

America is not based on what one President can or can't accomplish in his limited time in office. It's much bigger and better than that, regardless of who gets elected in 2 weeks.
post #20 of 54
10/23/08 at 12:48am
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Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45 View Post
Personally, I will pray for the country. People are being blinded by the truth and what is to come.
How do you get blinded by the truth?

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Originally Posted by Cinder View Post

Either way, I'll take my McCain stickers off my vehicle. If it hits the fan at some point, I don't care to be victimized in any way by fallout from BO supporters. In past years that would have never even have occurred to me.
What do you think is going to happen? Do you think all the democrats are going to go crazy and stone your car or something?


I'm so used to being bitterly disappointed by the outcomes of presidential elections, it's old hat to me.
post #21 of 54
10/23/08 at 4:01am
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Originally Posted by clixpix View Post

What do you think is going to happen? Do you think all the democrats are going to go crazy and stone your car or something?
It's already happened. But I would worrry about it on both sides, since this has been such a heated campaign.

I suspect 2 years from now, we'll be laughing about a lot of this. Everyone thought the world was coming to an end when JFK got elected, and then when Bill Clinton got elected. JFK turned out to be a lot more conservative than Nixon, and Bill Clinton and the Democrats in congress were soundly punished in 1994 for their excesses in 1993. It all works out in the end.
post #22 of 54
10/23/08 at 5:29am
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Originally Posted by valanhb View Post
I would raise a stink about how the election was rigged and unfair, and then prepare for 4 years of bitching and moaning about everything and finding conspiracy theories and right wing rhetoric for every little thing that goes wrong, just like I've been hearing for the past 8.
I'm kind of giggling about this because I had a similar thought. But honestly, there are pros and cons of each candidate. I know who I'll vote for, but I understand and ACCEPT that not everyone agrees with me. If it turns out that the majority of people doesn't, I can deal with it.

But if my candidate does win, and I hear ONE thing about the election being stolen, I'm going to snap.
post #23 of 54
10/23/08 at 6:33am
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Originally Posted by emrldsky View Post
But if my candidate does win, and I hear ONE thing about the election being stolen, I'm going to snap.
You will. If Obama wins, everyone will go on and on about ACORN registering imaginary people. If McCain wins, you will hear about the 'Diebold' effect.
post #24 of 54
10/23/08 at 9:18am
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Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom View Post
You will. If Obama wins, everyone will go on and on about ACORN registering imaginary people. If McCain wins, you will hear about the 'Diebold' effect.
One of the few things that Julie and I agree on politically. No matter who wins, there will be an uproar about something.
post #25 of 54
10/23/08 at 9:47am
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Originally Posted by clixpix View Post
What do you think is going to happen? Do you think all the democrats are going to go crazy and stone your car or something?

No, not all of them. Probably just Zissou'sMom.



That was a joke.

In case you haven't noticed Oregon is a blue state. If BO loses I think there will be fallout in some places. If BO wins and something bad eventually happens to him, more fallout. I want nothing to do with fallout.

I don't intend to go on a rampage, torch cars or ride around with the dog's head out one window and my shotgun poking out the other. I'm too busy right now. Just got new floors and have to repaint.

The only action I might take depending on the results of the election is some financial repositioning.
post #26 of 54
10/23/08 at 9:53am
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Originally Posted by Cinder View Post
No, not all of them. Probably just Zissou'sMom.



That was a joke.
Hey! I'm not a Democrat
post #27 of 54
10/23/08 at 9:55am
Clipix,

I'm not gonna get into a political debate. But there are very few people in the US right now that can see what the outcome will be with the person sitting in office.

Too many have their eyes and ears closed to the truth. Its there, but not a lot really see what is happening and what will be happening. And its not good. In fact, its very scary. Watch and see. I don't know when it will happen, but it will be happening a lot sooner then people think.
post #28 of 54
10/23/08 at 10:10am
I think I'll pray for all of us and for this country.
post #29 of 54
10/23/08 at 10:42am
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Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom View Post
Hey! I'm not a Democrat
No way...you mean you're just a...a... rabble-rouser?



Uh oh...



post #30 of 54
10/23/08 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by clixpix View Post
What do you think is going to happen? Do you think all the democrats are going to go crazy and stone your car or something?
It only takes one nutjob, Kelly. And unfortunately there are plenty of nutjobs on both sides...

Here's one recent example of what happened to a woman with a McCain bumper sticker on her car:

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/...56/detail.html

Please note: I am NOT saying that all Obama supporters would mug you, let alone carve his initial into your face with a knife! I fully realize that this guy is a CRIMINAL, should be a felon if he isn't already and therefore shouldn't get a say in the election, and that Obama's campaign has decried his actions. All I'm saying is that there are nutjobs that just might stone someone's car for having a McCain sticker on it. Just like there are nutjobs who just might stone someone's car for having an Obama sticker too.
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