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Mitt Romney has fewer votes than John McCain received in 2008! Republicans stayed home
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Posted on 11/07/2012 1:14:10 AM PST by Arthurio

Mitt Romney has fewer votes than John McCain received in 2008! Republicans stayed home!

As of right now, Romney has close to 56,000,000 votes nationwide. In 2008, John McCain had nearly 60,000,000 votes. (Per Wikipedia)

It looks like if all the people who voted for McCain turned out again and voted for Romney, we would have been rid of the Kenyan once and for all.

People stayed home.

It looks like all the Freepers who said they'd never vote for Mitt were not making idle threats


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To: Arthurio

I didn’t vote for Mittens.

Some conservatives did but I couldn’t stand his liberal views and I felt one way or another nothing much would change if he won.

So we are back to square one.


141 posted on 11/07/2012 5:34:23 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: TigerClaws
The voters who never have worked and never will work have increased to the point where they own the Nation.

America is facing the death faced by all democracies. We aren't in a republic now, The Constitution is dead.

142 posted on 11/07/2012 5:42:14 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: A CA Guy

“Why would so many who should vote Republican in this case not vote?”

Because there were two leftists at the top of the ticket?


143 posted on 11/07/2012 5:50:37 AM PST by Psalm 144 (See Psalm 2 for final election results.)
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To: Arthurio
No, it looks like Republican votes were either not counted, or Republican votes were counted as Obama votes.

Republican turnout was record high.

144 posted on 11/07/2012 5:56:59 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: NFHale; Political Junkie Too; Liz; sickoflibs; Impy; stephenjohnbanker
To paraphrase Moochelle: For the second time in my adult life, I’m disgusted with my country... Well, half of the country, anyway

When I started traveling around the world after the 2000 election, I was surprised how much many Europeans disapproved of the election of GWB. They are probably very happy now:

Kremlin Cheers Obama Election

145 posted on 11/07/2012 6:03:38 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Fool me once, shame on you -- twice, shame on me -- 100 times, it's U. S. immigration policy.)
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To: abercrombie_guy_38
And look at where staying home has gotten us. Not just a president. A complete change to this country.

In 50 or 100 years will the people of this new nation celebrate November 6, 2012 the way we once celebrated July 4?

146 posted on 11/07/2012 6:04:23 AM PST by CMAC51
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March; NFHale; sickoflibs; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Arthur Wildfire! March on another thread: “Were Christians divided over the Mormon faith? “

Well some conservatives must have sat out. Many since Romney did much better among indies (right?).

Whether it was because of his liberalism or religion I don’t know.

If it’s his religion that pisses me off. That’s would be retarded. Please let it be his boring establishment liberalism or something.

Hurricanes and he’s a Mormon. Really? Can this really be the reason? New Jersey and New York, Obama did better than in 2008 in terms of percentage.

Anyone who voted for Obama cause there was a hurricane and Christie kissed his foot is too dumb to live.

Anyone who stayed home rather than vote for a Mormon when they would vote for a “Christian” RINO like McCain is as well.


147 posted on 11/07/2012 6:13:23 AM PST by Impy (Boehner for President - 2013)
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To: Impy; All
“Anyone who voted for Obama cause there was a hurricane and Christie kissed his foot is too dumb to live.”

My public school teracher sister said last week, “Sandy is helping Obama.” She was right. Women saw that sh*t and lapped it up.

Christie is a traitor, period. May he lose reelection in an embarrassing manner.

148 posted on 11/07/2012 6:30:32 AM PST by GOPsterinMA
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To: abercrombie_guy_38

Democracy is the theory that the people know what they want,
and should get it good and hard.
—H.L. Milken


149 posted on 11/07/2012 6:43:29 AM PST by fireforeffect (A kind word and a 2x4, gets you more than just a kind word.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; sickoflibs; fieldmarshaldj; justiceseeker93; Perdogg; AuH2ORepublican; ...

I would maybe vote for black democrat Cory Booker (his likley opponent) just to beat him if I lived in NJ.

I hate to say it. I was never in loooooove with him like many idiots but I defended his fat ass many times. WHOOPSIE. My bad everyone who said from the start he was a RINO. You was right, I were wrong.

Jersey GOP are slime. We should primary him but he will win the primary.

BRET Schundler, that was a conservative man who was elected mayor of a mostly Black and Hispanic city by a landslide 2 or 3 times. Sounds like Presidential timber right? Who better to run against Obama in 2008?

Well he could not win The NJ Governorship over that Queero McSkeevy in 2001 after the Jersey GOP kneecapped him.

See Jersey City which is heavilly democrat elected him several times but he was too conservative for Jersey Republicans!


150 posted on 11/07/2012 6:55:15 AM PST by Impy (Boehner for President - 2013)
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To: Northern Yankee

Interesting numbers I’m seeing this morning. Obama got 10K less votes than in 2008 and Romney got 3K less than McCain did. I think if R. had just gotten all the votes McC. did he would have prevailed.

It’s just a very disappointing outcome all around.


151 posted on 11/07/2012 6:55:24 AM PST by jocon307
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To: Impy; All

“I would maybe vote for black democrat Cory Booker (his likley opponent) just to beat him if I lived in NJ.”

Yeah...or just don’t vote. By the time the next elections come around, gas should be, oh $6/gallon. Save a few cents.


152 posted on 11/07/2012 7:02:10 AM PST by GOPsterinMA
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To: over3Owithabrain

Politico said the day after the election in 2008 that 130 million voted. Wikipedia says the final result was about 131 million. So these numbers probably won’t go up.

Have we seen numbers to show the base stayed home? It’s possible that Obama’s negative campaign drove down turnout of independents who disliked Obama but thought Romney was an unacceptable alternative.

Some of the negative campaigning was trumped-up garbage like the war on women. But some of it was extremely predictable and was used against Romney in the primaries, like his flip-flopping (Romnesia) and his record on Bain Capital, easily spun as someone who lays off workers, as shown by the ads Newt used in South Carolina.


153 posted on 11/07/2012 7:08:13 AM PST by JediJones (Vote NO on Proposition Zero! Tuesday, November 6th!)
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To: GOPsterinMA

My polling place is half a block from my house.

If it wasn’t, I might never vote again.


154 posted on 11/07/2012 7:09:26 AM PST by Impy (Boehner for President - 2013)
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To: zt1053

Obama went down 10 million votes from 2008, Romney went down 3 million from McCain. If this was a war, you’d have to say conservatives have gained ground since 2008. Obama suffered over 3 times as many casualties as we did. It just wasn’t enough to best his huge base of support as an American Idol, celebrity president and a clean, articulate candidate of color that gives a lot of emotion-based voters a tingle up their leg.


155 posted on 11/07/2012 7:55:14 AM PST by JediJones (Vote NO on Proposition Zero! Tuesday, November 6th!)
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To: null and void; All

” MASSIVE fraud, for starters, there were multiple reports in multiple states of electronic voting machines repeatedly registering a Romney vote as an Obama vote. “

Obama and his Marxist cohorts perfected the art of vote fraud. Don’t forget that Obama spent the past month begging for the illegal immigrant vote as well, and apparently, he got a few million of them.


156 posted on 11/07/2012 7:57:03 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker ((God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.))
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To: JediJones

Maybe Kevin Madden shouldn’t have dissed Sarah a few days before the 2008 election and suggested that McCain should have picked someone to be VP “who has been a governor for a long time”. Sarah’s support probably could have put Mitt over the top.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandacarpenter/2008/10/28/romney_supporters_trashing_palin


157 posted on 11/07/2012 7:59:20 AM PST by IM2MAD (IM2MAD=Individual Motivated 2 Make A Difference)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Political Junkie Too; Liz; sickoflibs; Impy; stephenjohnbanker; ...

” I think it’s open borders. “

#1

2) Left wing press. The truth never got out.

3) Romney never fought as a street fighter. Obama did.


158 posted on 11/07/2012 8:15:31 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker ((God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.))
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To: wastoute; over3Owithabrain

I saw that too...Fox was calling states with only 1% of the vote in - 1%!! - for FuBO early on.

I’m having a difficult time reconciling Michael Barone, Gallup, Rasmussen, and other polls having Romney ahead with this outcome. Doesn’t make sense.


159 posted on 11/07/2012 8:42:03 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I still have a hard time digesting these numbers this morning.... less votes than McCain is impossible for me to swallow. I know Obama voters in 08 that voted for Romney.

There are numerous factors that influence the race, but if the numbers from last night are correct, there is one major cause that we will not overcome.

The takers outnumber the makers.


160 posted on 11/07/2012 8:43:07 AM PST by volunbeer (We must embrace austerity or austerity will embrace us)
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