President Obama Re-Elected

[Sasaki Kojiro]

To the rest of the world: we're sorry. We tried--it's not really our fault. I promise we're not all like this--there are many, many Americans who don't like Obama. Please don't judge us by the 51% who voted for him.

[Strike For The South]

Ugh I know

Drone strikes in Yemen now? When will this blood for oil end?

And don't even get me started on how he lines his big business buddies pockets with his supposed "bailouts"

[Lemur]

To the rest of the world: we're sorry. We tried--it's not really our fault. I promise we're not all like this--there are many, many Americans who don't like Obama.

According to int'l polling by that leftist rag The Economist, the only two nations that preferred Romney to Obama were Pakistan and Israel. So instead of saying "To the rest of the world," perhaps you should say, "Dear Pakistan and Israel." A little more reality-based, a little less pathos-fueled.

[Graphic]

Plus legal weed and more gay marriage. It's been a good night.

[Visor]

As an Australian, I am happy to see Obama win four more years. Go home Rmoney and take your binders full of women with you!

Oh and thank fuck for Akin losing.

Woooooooo

[Crazed Rabbit]

According to int'l polling by that leftist rag The Economist, the only two nations that preferred Romney to Obama were Pakistan and Israel. So instead of saying "To the rest of the world," perhaps you should say, "Dear Pakistan and Israel." A little more reality-based, a little less pathos-fueled.

Which only proves that what you say matters more than what you do, considering Obama's foreign policy record in comparison to Bush. And Pakistan probably preferred Romney because he hasn't ordered the deaths of hundreds/thousands of them via drone strikes.

Plus legal weed and more gay marriage. It's been a good night.

Awwww yeah. Take that, feds! (including the anti-pot Obama)

CR

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He obviously doesn't endorse legalization of weed, but didn't he end federal raids on legal (in the states) dispensaries for medical marijuana? Not that recreational use isn't a totally separate issue, but if people in Washington and Colorado are hoping their airspace isn't swarming with black helicopters from the DEA, they have better than normal odds of that not happening with O'Bama.

[Populus Romanus]

Hooray for WA

[Crazed Rabbit]

He obviously doesn't endorse legalization of weed, but didn't he end federal raids on legal (in the states) dispensaries for medical marijuana? Not that recreational use isn't a totally separate issue, but if people in Washington and Colorado are hoping their airspace isn't swarming with black helicopters from the DEA, they have better than normal odds of that not happening with O'Bama.

No, Obama increased federal raids on medical marijuana over what happened during the Bush administration.

CR

[Idaho]

Thank flock that Romney didn't win. I really don't understand why anyone would vote for him.

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No, Obama increased federal raids on medical marijuana over what happened during the Bush administration.

CR

I stand corrected.

[Tellos Athenaios]

To the rest of the world: we're sorry. We tried--it's not really our fault. I promise we're not all like this--there are many, many Americans who don't like Obama. Please don't judge us by the 51% who voted for him.

No can do, sorry. The truth is out (there) now, you know, and the Naked Cowboy did not get elected but a Kenyan Muslim Communist did. Says it all, really.

According to int'l polling by that leftist rag The Economist, the only two nations that preferred Romney to Obama were Pakistan and Israel. So instead of saying "To the rest of the world," perhaps you should say, "Dear Pakistan and Israel." A little more reality-based, a little less pathos-fueled.

True but nobody understands why Romney was seen to be a credible candidate. Emphasis on credible.

Which only proves that what you say matters more than what you do, considering Obama's foreign policy record in comparison to Bush. And Pakistan probably preferred Romney because he hasn't ordered the deaths of hundreds/thousands of them via drone strikes.

Which only proves that you should not tell people in advance you plan on running the world's largest economy off a cliff. Certainly you should not let your henchmen attempt such a plan prior to actually having obtained power, and you must definitely not seen to be part of- or associated with any such brazen plotting before the people are firmly in your grasp and at your mercy anyway. Note to future wannabe American overlords: elections is phase one, doomsday device/plot is part two. Not the other way around.

[Fragony]

I don't know enough of American politics to comment but he seems capable enough.

[Myth]

Hello guys, excuse my question (tin foil and all that) but why does it matter which of the two actors will play the role of president? The banking elite and the corporations have been calling the shots since you dropped the gold standard and allowed the Federal Reserve to print your dollars. The last guy who tried to work against them got shot in the head.

[rajpoot]

I don't know enough of American politics to comment but he seems capable enough.

Same here.

After all he is the president who finally brought Bin Laden to justice. That has to count for something surely.

[Sarmatian]

No can do, sorry. The truth is out (there) now, you know, and the Naked Cowboy did not get elected but a Kenyan Muslim Communist did. Says it all, really.

Indeed. How did that happen America?

What's next, a Japanese soldier over John Wayne?

[HoreTore]

The majority of americans are still sane.

[spankythehippo]

Here's what the man himself had to say.

[Furunculus]

at least this time he doesn't have to live up to the wildly unrealistic expectations of the hyper-ventilating and hormonal teenage cheerleaders of happy-smiley politics!

[Ronin]

good news.
his first term is pretty reasonable when examined from a realistic standpoint instead of the "OMG HE'S THE 2nd COMING" impression that some people had 4 years ago.
I wouldn´t buy a used car from Romney let alone trust him with something as the presidency of the US, so good news he's not getting anywhere near it.

[Fragony]

at least this time he doesn't have to live up to the wildly unrealistic expectations of the hyper-ventilating and hormonal teenage cheerleaders of happy-smiley politics!

Over here in the neds it was downright emberassing, the leftist church seemed more realistic this time around. Obama wasn't... him... he turned to be merely... a man

[InsaneApache]

Not much of a choice was there?

The one aim of all such persons is to butter their own parsnips. They have no concept of the public good that can be differentiated from their concept of their own good. They get into office by making all sorts of fantastic promises, few of which they ever try to keep, and they maintain themselves there by fooling the people further. They are supported in their business by the factitious importance which goes with high public position. The great majority of folk are far too stupid to see through a politician’s tinsel. Because he is talked of in the newspapers all the time, and applauded when he appears in public, they mistake him for a really eminent man. But he is seldom anything of the sort.**

[rvg]

Thank you, Jesus.

It is refreshing to know that in 2012 America big bags of money by themselves aren't sufficient to win the election, and the man's character still matters.

[Myth]

good news.
his first term is pretty reasonable when examined from a realistic standpoint instead of the "OMG HE'S THE 2nd COMING" impression that some people had 4 years ago.
I wouldn´t buy a used car from Romney let alone trust him with something as the presidency of the US, so good news he's not getting anywhere near it.

He got pretty damn near it if you look at the numbers. I personally wouldn't trust anyone following a religion that is not older than 500 years.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

To the rest of the world: we're sorry. We tried--it's not really our fault. I promise we're not all like this--there are many, many Americans who don't like Obama. Please don't judge us by the 51% who voted for him.

I doubt most of the rest of the world minds at all. Obama has demonstrated a willingness to hammer specific terrorist leaders while drawing down/ending larger conflicts and nation-building efforts; he has shown a greater propensity to coordinate US efforts with NATO goals with our allies; He has not created turmoil in the international marketplace by going after China about the Yuan; He is not pursuing US strategic goals over the direct opposition of our Allies; and, according to most of their own political standards, his domestic policies are completely centrist (a.k.a. normal and sane) with only the mildest of political left tones -- garden variety European Social Democracy. Remember, the fact that we do not have a single, essentially universal, health care policy in place has always made Europe think we are idiots. They probably spend more time wondering why our poor -- whose needs are not being met by the current government system -- haven't launched an endless series of riots than they do wondering why we still cling to the electoral college.

In short, I doubt they think we have cause to apologize for electing someone whose policies -- at least to their lights -- so completely outstrip those of his predecessor in quality.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Thank you, Jesus.

It is refreshing to know that in 2012 America big bags of money by themselves aren't sufficient to win the election, and the man's character still matters.

The candidate with the big bucks did win.....

Unless you think the comparative size of their personal fortunes is somehow significant.

Obama spent as much or more than Romney's team collected. Romney would have had to dump half or more of his personal fortune into the race to make up the dollars difference alone.

[Kadagar_AV]

I doubt most of the rest of the world minds at all. Obama has demonstrated a willingness to hammer specific terrorist leaders while drawing down/ending larger conflicts and nation-building efforts; he has shown a greater propensity to coordinate US efforts with NATO goals with our allies; He has not created turmoil in the international marketplace by going after China about the Yuan; He is not pursuing US strategic goals over the direct opposition of our Allies; and, according to most of their own political standards, his domestic policies are completely centrist (a.k.a. normal and sane) with only the mildest of political left tones -- garden variety European Social Democracy. Remember, the fact that we do not have a single, essentially universal, health care policy in place has always made Europe think we are idiots. They probably spend more time wondering why our poor -- whose needs are not being met by the current government system -- haven't launched an endless series of riots than they do wondering why we still cling to the electoral college.

In short, I doubt they think we have cause to apologize for electing someone whose policies -- at least to their lights -- so completely outstrip those of his predecessor in quality.

I was just about to reply but SF, already made my point exactly. So instead I just choose to bold what I would have elaborated on. With that said, elaboration isn't needed, but the bolding is

[Beskar]

n short, I doubt they think we have cause to apologize for electing someone whose policies -- at least to their lights -- so completely outstrip those of his predecessor in quality.

If you want to say sorry, say sorry about all those who voted Romney. Just throwing that out there. I would have woken up shuddering to the news of him being elected and actually slightly scared about the future.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Thank flock that Romney didn't win. I really don't understand why anyone would vote for him.

Did you watch the debates? Obama and Romney differed more in style than substance on most big issues.

CR

[Lemur]

Dude, go look at some of the international polling. Romney was wildly unpopular with the rest of the world (excepting Pakistan and Israel, obviously). There were nervous editorials being published in Europe about how none of the leaders were ready for a Romney win, how relations with the US might take a long time to repair, etc.

To suggest (as Sasaki has) that we somehow need to apologize to the world for re-electing Obama is completely and utterly divorced from reality.

Exemplum gratum:

America's closest allies may be in for a rude awakening on November 7th, should Romney pull off a win. Their lack of preparation for a Romney presidency and sharp ideological differences with him seem likely to immediately complicate any Romney moves to do what he is saying his election would in terms of improving America's standing globally. The problem under Bush wasn't just that America was disliked by the Arab world because of the Iraq War and the administration's support for torture techniques like water-boarding -- it was that our standing with our European allies tumbled. It's hard to see how Romney could improve upon what Obama has done to repair those relationships in the near-term, given his well-demonstrated disdain for European social attitudes and economic policies, and what a shock an Obama loss would be to European citizens.