[Repost from HP June 2008] - HousingPANIC would like to congratulate Barack Hussein Obama on winning the Presidency of the United States of America

In light of current events, as well as the the thumping McCain/Palin is taking in the projected electoral count as of tonight, I thought I'd repost this thread from HousingPANIC back in June to get some new perspectives.

Have at it.


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(You get tomorrow's news today here at HP, so figured we'd skip forward a few months and just let you know how it's gonna be just a bit down the road...)

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HP'ers, please join me in wishing President-elect Obama well after his landslide win tonight.

Even though we may disagree with some of his policies, the nation has overwhelmingly voted for a change, and change we will now have.

Also a big congratulations goes out to the voters for putting the past awful eight years and The Worst President Ever behind us, allowing for a re-introduction of the American brand to the world.

These are exciting and historic days for our nation, but oh, what a mess Obama and the overwhelmingly Democratic-controlled Congress will have on their hands. Let's see if they're up to the task. And hey, they can't possibly screw it up worse than the Republicans did. Right?

John McCain debates John McCain on the Casey Serin Angelo Mozilo Housing Gambler Banker Bailout Bill of 2008

Too bad that thing called "truth" eventually gets in the way of those people called "liars". Eventually.

Did you ever think that one political party, and one incompetent leader, could wreck a country as powerful and secure as America in such a short time?

I mean, we're only talking eight years.

Who knew that was long enough to loot the treasury, destroy the image, devastate the military, demoralize the people, and financially plunder the land?

Eight short years.

Amazing.

Cafferty destroys Sarah Palin (Idiot) again. Nice to see some sane people in America stand up to this outrage (no matter how darn adorable she is)

A message for George W. Bush on the behalf of 80% of the American people, and 100% of the world

Screw you.

And good riddance.

(and the same goes for the entire House and Senate too)

The good news: Sarah Palin looks like she'll stick around through the election. The bad news? She'll stick around through the election.

And then back to Alaska, after a resounding defeat by a population who finally woke up and saw through the BS.

But thanks for playing.

And thank you John McCain and the Republican Party for endangering America again. Par for the course, since you've already recklessly wrecked America.

Politics above Country. McCain/Palin 2008.

(side note - wasn't she just adorable! It'd be nice if she'd have answered the questions asked, but gosh, she was just soooo cute! Nice job Sarah!)

Palin and Biden on Cheney

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Too bad America had to waste 90 minutes without a good question or a real debate tonight.

At least Couric asked some good ones.

Loved this video. Again, showed how stupid Palin truly is. Habeas Corpus? Illegal wiretapping? Secret oil company meetings? Launching a war on false pretenses? Destroying the image of America abroad?

Nope.

Duck hunting.

Unreal.

Shocking unseen footage from the Palin / Biden debate

Can John McCain, Sarah Palin, George Bush and Dick Cheney go away fast enough?

A) No, thank you sir, may I have another

B) Yes. Go away now. Please. You've done enough damage.

Sarah Palin. Idiot. A joke. Ignorant. A fool. Ignoramus. Intellectually incurious. Dangerously unqualified. And still McCain's VP choice.

Obama's Senate speech on the bailout

Now that the bill has passed, he needs to call for the arrest of Angelo Mozilo, Michael Perry and the gang of thieves who got us into this mess.

The public is ready for blood.

And blood they better have.

I can't believe this day has come. Sarah Palin (Idiot) is being sent by the McCain campaign to the VP debate. Oh, yes, this should be fun.

Tonight will be politicaltainment like you've never seen. Palin will look adorable, she'll have all kinds of great talking points and charming little memorized zingers to work in (regardless of the question asked), and unintelligent and shallow people all over America will think she did just fine.

It will be like watching American Idol, quite frankly.

But hopefully after the debate, people will read the transcript. And realize that she has no original thoughts. That she's a mental midget and intellectually stunted. That she's ignorant, unintelligent and dangerously unqualified to be President.

But don't take it from me. Here's the GOP on their own ticket. Enjoy.

"She (Palin) is dangerously ignorant and unprepared for the job of vice president, let alone president. It's scary to think that this person could be running the country."

- Fareed Zakaria

"(Palin is) obviously not qualified to be President"

- George Will

"Gov. Palin has been given a set of talking points by campaign advisers, simple ideological mantras that she repeats and repeats as long as she can."

- Fareed Zakaria

“I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn’t a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn’t a governor for a short period of time.”

- John McCain

Racism and Religion - brilliantly used by the GOP in the past. Will the 2008 election be the end of that road?

In 2005, the former chairman of the GOP - Ken Mehmlan, apologized for his party's use of racism to win elections. He admitted it, he apologized, and he asked his members to move on.

The GOP hasn't apologized for crassly using religion as a wedge issue in order to win elections. That will come. One day.

The destruction of the GOP is at hand. The 2008 election will show them the door. They'll come back I hope, years later as a reformed party. Or they'll just go away.

But one thing they'll come to understand is that their use of racism and religion in order to distract the American people is over.

The housing crash and economic meltdown finally woke 'em up.

Too bad it had to come to that.

John McCain: "I'd like to tell you I did anticipate it (the housing crash) but I have to give you straight talk, I did not"

Get your story straight McCain.

America can't stand liars. Or people who try to take credit for things that they should not.

Obama is going to blow out McCain in a few weeks. Blow out. Not even close in the electoral. So for the "McCain will win" crowd, what's the spin?

Seriously? I want to know.

A lot of you have predicted that McCain would win. You were wrong. You were embarrassingly wrong.

So, after it's all over, what will your spin be?

1) The GOP lost on purpose knowing how bad it's gonna get
2) You hated McCain anyway
3) The MSM fixed the election
4) Obama ran a dishonest race
5) Palin lost you the election
6) ????

Have at it. Let us know how you'll justify your lack of political insight.

A good chunk of Americans are frankly insane. Sarah Palin is one of them.

AmericaPANIC joins in calling for Gwen Ifill to immediately step aside as moderator for Vice President Debate tomorrow night.

Having Ifill moderate this 'debate', given her pro-Obama book coming out in 2009, is unacceptable, and even if she used good judgment and was 'unbiased', her presence alone would cause viewers to assume bias.

AP calls for her to immediately step down and be replaced, perhaps with Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams, Christiane Amanpour, or Andrea Mitchell.

America deserves debates with hard-hitting, unbiased moderators.

Ifill is unacceptable.

I'm John McCain, and I'm a defensive, prickly, angry and dangerously misguided ass. Please vote for me.

The Palin debacle should be over within hours now folks, as the adults in the GOP move to have her ousted. George Will and Fareed Zakaria pile on.

"She (Palin) is dangerously ignorant and unprepared for the job of vice president, let alone president. It's scary to think that this person could be running the country."

- Fareed Zakaria, right wing GOP columnist and adult, unlike the immature reckless children who surround him, speaking correctly about Sarah Palin (Idiot), September 2008


"(Palin is) obviously not qualified to be President"

- George Will, guru of the Republican party, September 2008