Video: Romney concession speech
posted at 1:40 am on November 7, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
We heard it as we were going off the air on the Hugh Hewitt Show marathon — a classy end to a disappointing evening. Mitt Romney graciously conceded defeat to Barack Obama in the presidential election after nearly two years of campaigning, offering his prayers for Obama’s efforts and for America’s future:
“Paul [Ryan] and I have left everything on the field … we have given our all to this campaign,” he said, adding, “I so wish I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead this country in a different direction,” but that he would pray for the current president.
He also thanked his chosen running mate, saying, “Besides my wife Ann, Paul was the best choice I ever made.”
He went on to thank his family, especially his wife, Ann. “She would have been a wonderful first lady,” he told the crowd.
He cautioned against partisan politics in the days and months to come, saying the he would “pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation.”
“We can’t risk partisan bickering … we citizens have to rise to the occasion.”
I’ll have more thoughts on this in the morning, but figured you’d want a chance to comment on the speech tonight.
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All I know is Palin was the reason the 2 folks in my family voted Obama last time. They just didn’t vote this time.
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:25 AM
Absolutely none of it makes sense to me. But then, if it did, I would not have been so wrong. I cannot understand how Mitt did not get a massive majority of Indies, for example, or how so few middle class suburban white voters failed to show up.
Americans are united in their disgust with our government and yet we voted to give them all another term in office. We have the government we deserve.
MJBrutus on November 7, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Problem is that most “swing voters” would not have believed it. You would have. I would have. But most of them would not have.
VorDaj on November 7, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Sounds great. I only wish.
Dongemaharu on November 7, 2012 at 6:27 AM
One reason it’s a mystery is that we were exceeding our 2008 numbers in early voting, and in absentee ballots. And the fact that Mitt was drawing huge crowds right up until the day of the election. And every poll showed that we had more intensity/enthusiasm than the Dems.
TarheelBen on November 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM
Did Chris Matthews really say that he was glad the storm happened last week? Can you imagine if one of ours said that?! Theyd be fired and thered be a firestorm
bucsox79 on November 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM
Yeah. By all means compare it to 2008. By all means.
promachus on November 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM
i’m shocked and disgusted.
ted c on November 7, 2012 at 6:29 AM
Bush. And it will probably work. The electorate clearly isn’t getting any smarter.
xblade on November 7, 2012 at 6:29 AM
Romney’s speech said it all. The typical “nonpartisan” bull. Sure. Don’t fight it. When the bus is going over the cliff just grin and bear it if half the passengers refuse to use the emergency brake.
This is no longer Americans bickering over small things. THIS IS OUR SURVIVAL AS A FREE PEOPLE. In 1800 there would be militias in the street. But today it’s the moderate loser telling us to just settle back and conform to a new unconstitutional system. Sure. Just blow off the constitution.
But our problem has not been Romney. IT’S THE PEOPLE STUPID! Or, more to the truth; IT’S THE STUPID PEOPLE!. Now we don’t need appeasers. We need a fighter. Obviously there are none in today’s Republican Party.
This will finally split the party and it will take two election cycles to form a fighting coalition against those who will turn their head and conform. And in eight years it will be too late. Many of us said this election would tell us what kind of people we have become. And now we know.
It’s everyone for himself.
artman1746 on November 7, 2012 at 6:29 AM
Mourning in America…
OmahaConservative on November 7, 2012 at 6:30 AM
Me too ted.
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:30 AM
So let’s wonder now.
Will the MSM finally cover Benghazi? Nah.
Will the folks on Staten Island get help? Nah.
Welcome to Obamaville. Food stamps on the left, disability on the right and free obamaphones for everyone! Let’s party down. Obama da man!
/I am going to puke, and today is my birthday.
Key West Reader on November 7, 2012 at 6:31 AM
bring on the persecution stalinists. this is going to be great!
tom daschle concerned on November 7, 2012 at 6:31 AM
We are all terrorists now.
Except for those who chose to stay home.
All of who voted are on the Black List.
tomas on November 7, 2012 at 6:31 AM
And Dick Morris is a complete idiot
Key West Reader on November 7, 2012 at 6:32 AM
Happy birthday, KWR. I wish you had more reason to celebrate.
MJBrutus on November 7, 2012 at 6:32 AM
Happy Birthday KWR…
OmahaConservative on November 7, 2012 at 6:32 AM
I am so disappointed. My husband is inconsolable. I think Romney would have made a far far better president than Barack Obama. America has made her choice, now we all have to live with it.
Terrye on November 7, 2012 at 6:33 AM
It took a Crucifixion to get to the Resurrection… I have no idea what God is doing here, but I trust He is doing something… All I pray is that I can see it and accept it… Thy will be done, means Thy will be done… The walk to the Cross is horrible to reflect on, but with out it there could have been no Resurrection…
Pisio808 on November 7, 2012 at 6:33 AM
Thanks, MJ.
Key West Reader on November 7, 2012 at 6:33 AM
Hasn’t early voting been expanded dramatically in several states this election cycle?
Large crowds don’t always translate into votes but even so how did they compare to Palin’s in 2008? That would be the measure wouldn’t it?
Lastly voter intensity isn’t voter numbers. Those who were going to vote for Romney may simply have been the more dedicated Republican core.
I would have to see some evidence of widespread corruption to believe that those votes were just ‘disappeared‘ somehow. You can’t do something that big and leave no trace.
sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 6:34 AM
Just change your birthday with an EO. Problem solved!
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:34 AM
Something don’t compute.
VorDaj on November 7, 2012 at 6:34 AM
Thanks, OC :o)
I’m going to go buy an Obamamobile with my food stamps LOL
/Ugh.. I am literally, literally ill.
Key West Reader on November 7, 2012 at 6:34 AM
All this banging the table and saying the Medja are mean to Republicans won’t get us anywhere. Democrats will laugh at our whining and the Medja will just do it all the more because it’s so effective. Not a strategy. Calling out the media didn’t work for Palin and it won’t work for anyone else.
Obviously something went very wrong somewhere. I honestly don’t know the answer yet. It’s probably somewhere in the middle of Obama cheated and Romney and the GOP made a blunder. But I don’t accept that the Obamacare repeal was high on Americans’ agenda and yet we just voted Barry in to keep it. I don’t believe that all those small crowds and generally dejected appearance by Barry meant he was right all along. However, the answer won’t be found tonight.
I hope we can keep up this debate, we need to.
Ozwitch on November 7, 2012 at 6:35 AM
+1
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 6:35 AM
TELL ME IF THIS MAKES SENSE:
POTUS VOTE TOTALS:
1996 – 94,683,948
2000 – 101,455,899 (+7%)
2004 – 121,069,054 (+19%)
2008 – 129,389,711 (+7%)
2012 – 115,562,372 (-11%) <<< WTF?
So after at least 7% voter growth every election since 1996, in 2012 we drop 11%!!!! Has anything like this ever happened before? If you look at voters as a % of population the drop is even more staggering.
And yet, polling stations had to remain open extra hours because of their sheer volume of voters?
mitchellvii on November 7, 2012 at 6:35 AM
The problem is we have surrendered the issue. That’s not the way to win elections, as we’ve discovered yet again.
xblade on November 7, 2012 at 6:36 AM
Nebraska went Deep Red yesterday. Small Consolation…
OmahaConservative on November 7, 2012 at 6:38 AM
amen
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 6:38 AM
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:25 AM
And why the f**K did they not vote this time? Oh, Palin right?
HerneTheHunter on November 7, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Many are saying it was the women’s and Hispanic vote that put O up. Makes sense to me. Here in Wi the Women’s issue was talked about a lot in gatherings. And of course the rich people need to pay more. It was more so that than anything. Work is going to suck. And we are going to see even more job losses here now. Small employers are going to lay off rather than comply with O care. Welfare rolls will increase.
wi farmgirl on November 7, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Happy Birthday KWR!!
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morning OC, glad deb won for nebraska
the HA crew is still together through thick and thin
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Good question. The only answer I got was that they didn’t like either candidate. They are low-information voters.
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:41 AM
America shot herself in the head last night.
ted c on November 7, 2012 at 6:41 AM
Four more years of grief
And to all of you women out there who voted for this POS you are a shame to your gender and you will regret your vote. Enjoy your birth control and your abortions and big bird. Scum.
Key West Reader on November 7, 2012 at 6:42 AM
If you look at normal voter growth (+7%), we should have had 138,446,990 voters in 2012.
So we underperformed just normal growth by 22,884,618!
What the hell happened to 22 million voters?
I vote for alien abduction.
mitchellvii on November 7, 2012 at 6:42 AM
I am sick, need to go back to bed…
OmahaConservative on November 7, 2012 at 6:42 AM
50/50 chance Rush is going to say today it’s time to panic.
Folks… it’s been a nice country. The magnitude of what took place last night just cannot be understated. America is officially over. We all lost. The Supreme Court will now go truly Marxist. Our economy is going to go third world. Our military will be decimated. Our nuclear warheads are going to be dismantled. The DOJ is going to be emboldened. None of these investigations are going to go anywhere.
I also firmly believe that individual Republicans are going to be targeted by Obama.
Obama has nothing to stop him. Nothing. Not the press. Not the GOP. Not the Supreme Court. Not the American people because they just voted to re-elect him. In his first term, as bad as it was, he still had an election to face. Now he doesn’t.
And whether the Democrats won this by fraud or a stupid electorate.. it’s over. Because if it was fraud the fraud will only escalate and the people are not going to get any smarter.
God have mercy because Obama is not going to.
JellyToast on November 7, 2012 at 6:42 AM
A sad day for the Republic…
Khun Joe on November 7, 2012 at 6:42 AM
Agreed…
OmahaConservative on November 7, 2012 at 6:43 AM
i hear ya….had a throbbing headache last night and it’s still there…
*sigh*
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 6:43 AM
TELL ME IF THIS MAKES SENSE:
Wow, I agree with you. It makes no sense at all. And for commenters on here who simply say it’s because Mitt sucked, that doesn’t fly either. Mitt was a MUCH better candidate than John McCain any day.
TarheelBen on November 7, 2012 at 6:44 AM
I think America is going to make it thru the next 4 years. It’s gonna
But, we’ll make it.
Of course, I also thought Romney was going to win in a landslide. So, maybe I will go crawl under a rock and hide.
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:44 AM
We’re screwed.
lea on November 7, 2012 at 6:44 AM
+1
mr cmsinaz called it last night…obama and his ilk used scare tactics to win it….
and we continue to play mr nice guy
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 6:45 AM
The political machine the Democrats have built was simply too powerful.
rob verdi on November 7, 2012 at 6:45 AM
I’m over it. The blue collar worker spoke in the midwest, and we’ve got to do something to win them back, or republicans won’t be winning elections for quite some time.
Also, the hard right got smacked in the jaw last night. We have to stop the Allen West’s of the world being spokesman for the republican party. Well, the voters accomplished that.
rubberneck on November 7, 2012 at 6:46 AM
agree
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 6:46 AM
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:41 AM
No f**king shit, they are!
HerneTheHunter on November 7, 2012 at 6:46 AM
mitchellvii on November 7, 2012 at 6:35 AM
good point.
ted c on November 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM
Ed, one of the guys on your show last night said it best (I think it was Adam?)paraphrasing here….
the captain of the titanic decided let’s rip up the other side of the ship
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM
If a lot of Republican votes “disappeared”, it would have had to have happened in a lot of states – Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Colorado – states that most of “us” said Romney would win.
VorDaj on November 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM
It’s hard when the scales are lifted from your eyes, isn’t it?
I’ve just finished re-reading “America Alone” and “After America” by Mark Steyn. It is scary how both of these books predicted most of what we’re seeing.
The country may have just sealed its fate last night. A toast to the childless: they have no heirs to reap the whirlwind spawned last night.
PD Quig on November 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM
No he wasn’t. Romney lost to McCain and he has lost just about every political race he has ever been in.
Romney was hated in the primaries and people were desperately trying to find ANYBODY other than Romney to support.
ABR Do you know what that means? Anybody But Romney
That isn’t what I would call a strong candidate.
sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 6:49 AM
I really do not understand their reasoning or lack thereof, but I was raised differently. My folks taught me well and I found Rush at age 16.
txhsmom on November 7, 2012 at 6:51 AM
I am telling you folks, SOMETHING is wrong here.
There are 23 million missing voters!
There is simply no way with Romney’s money, his GOTV and Republican enthusiasm we turn out 3.5 million fewer voters than McCain.
mitchellvii on November 7, 2012 at 6:51 AM
And I keep telling folks like you. Tat doing it more left isn’t working for you as you lose the “hard” right like me. I know you think Big deal.. but someday you might get a clue.
Noelie on November 7, 2012 at 6:51 AM
It’s called “early voting” and it needs to stop. Romney was consistently up 6 in FL, and …. ? What happened to my vote?
Key West Reader on November 7, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Okay buddy, you made your point. You hate Mitt Romney.
TarheelBen on November 7, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Really hard to savor Deb Fisher’s big win this morning…
OmahaConservative on November 7, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Someone needs to do a state by state comparison of 2012 v. 2008 vote totals, especially in a few of the swing states, otherwise we are chasing our tails.
VorDaj on November 7, 2012 at 6:54 AM
The commenters saying that are likely ‘nistas who didn’t bother to vote this time or went third party. They didn’t want Romney to win in the first place, so their opinions on his campaign don’t mean anything.
The vote totals are a surprise given everything we saw with enthusiasm numbers, early voting, etc. We know it wasn’t a shift TO Obama, but I guess we’ll find out who didn’t vote for Mitt that did vote for McCain and why in the coming days. It’s possible Republicans out west stayed home once they saw the results coming in back East, but I don’t know.
I think Romney won indies, but it’s clear the base did not come out in the numbers it needed to. So, not only can we thank Obama sheep for voting for four more years of garbage, we can also tip our hat to Republicans who sat it out. Heckuva job, guys. We’re not winning national elections again until portions of our base stop making the perfect the enemy of the good.
changer1701 on November 7, 2012 at 6:54 AM
I still have major concerns about widespread voter fraud and voter machine manipulation, but it doesn’t really matter. I saw nothing to suggest Obama would be able to honestly win the popular vote, even with his media support.
How many fewer American jobs will there be after another four years?
Where will we get our electricity when all those coal powered plants fo off line in a few years?
I posted a lot of other questions aout one in the morning.
Hey Patrick, how about a new survey-The OBama apocolypse version?
Unemployment numbers
The deficit
The number on food stamps
The number on unemployment
The number of lobbyists employed in the white house
When he’ll cancel all White House press briefings and ust have a Ministry of Truth
talkingpoints on November 7, 2012 at 6:54 AM
THINK ABOUT THIS:
This year was the most money ever spent on political advertising. People on both sides were hyper-motivated. Polling locations were jammed.
23 million fewer voters than would have voted based upon normal growth.
IT SIMPLY DOES NOT ADD UP. Something very strange and very corrupt happened with the vote counting this year. I am willing to bet the software was named Rapture because 23 million voters simply disappeared.
mitchellvii on November 7, 2012 at 6:55 AM
Not saying you might have a bit of a point. However, not buying it. First, 2 million are short in NY and NJ. Second, they are still adding votes in Cali, Wash, and Oregon. Thats another 4 million. Then there might be some absentee and provisional ballots. A few states are not at 100%. Etc. I predict a month from now it will be near 125 million, with the NE hurricane factor on top.
Second, I think the Palin, Mormon, and Obama factors helped in 2008 and hurt in 2012. I am not surprised at a lower turnout.
Finally, I can buy them cheating in one or two states. But every battle ground state? We underperformed everywhere.
KMav on November 7, 2012 at 6:55 AM
It’s nice to see you admit that you have no idea
promachus on November 7, 2012 at 6:55 AM
Say goodbye to the republic…
zoyclem on November 7, 2012 at 6:55 AM
The media did lie to you, but not in the way you assume. The MSM lied to you by acting as if the election was closer than it was, because a close election = ratings, = money for them via advertisements. You were also lied to by conservative bloggers and pundits who saw poll after poll and just said “I refuse to believe it.” You bought into scam artists like unskewed polls.com. You listened to B.S. about “party ID” in the polls over sampling Republicans. In short, you got hoodwined by the conservative media.
How can you trust the conservative media on anything when they have proven to be so entirely wrong in this election.
libfreeordie on November 7, 2012 at 6:56 AM
Something seems wrong with the vote totals.
There more I think about it, something is queer.
It definitely needs to be explained. What it’s saying is that John McCain & Sarah Palin brought out a lot of voters who decided to stay home.
That’s giving me a problem.
1. Those who voted for McCain for military/patriotic reasons, after seeing 0bama’s bungling of the military, would seem even MORE likely to vote R in 2012, to preserve the nation.
2. Those who voted for McCain for experience reasons, having seen 0bama’s amateur performance, would be more likely to vote R in 2012.
3. Those who voted for McCain because they hate black people would not likely be converted by 0bama’s performance.
4. Those who voted for Palin because she was a woman would have been traditionalist women, because Palin opposes hardcore feminism.
5. Those who voted for Palin because she brought real conservatism to the ticket, after seeing how much WORSE 0bama is than advertised, would certainly vote in even greater numbers to eject 0bama.
I can’t think that more than a very small quotient actually would stay home/vote against Romney, when 0bama poses so much more of a threat to traditional values.
Add in that Romney is 100x more well spoken than McCain, better looking, for a matinee-idol country, is knowledgeable.
Man, if I didn’t hope better, I’d say that this election was stolen by massive vote fraud.
Something really, really is eluding me here.
cane_loader on November 7, 2012 at 6:57 AM
Why f’ing bother… Seriously, this just disgusts me. Umm. Have you seen are 2016 field?? They suck. I mean Ryan’s official a loser, Rubio’s vapid, and Christie is dead to me.
Illinidiva on November 7, 2012 at 6:57 AM
Wrong is wrong. I’m not about to try to polish my own turd.
MJBrutus on November 7, 2012 at 6:58 AM
Leet’s just pray for the President to stay safe. As bad as it is, I don’t even wanna contemplate the awful specter a Biden administration.
surrounded on November 7, 2012 at 6:58 AM
*of*
surrounded on November 7, 2012 at 6:58 AM
The vote isn’t entirely in yet, the West coast hasn’t counted all the vote.
libfreeordie on November 7, 2012 at 6:58 AM
So did millions of others which you cannot, or will not understand.
They said Anybody But Romney and they meant it.
sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 6:59 AM
Congrats…you now have President Obama again. Happy?
changer1701 on November 7, 2012 at 7:00 AM
In my experience, when something doesn’t make sense it doesn’t make sense.
Don’t forget, just 2 years ago we took back 63 seats in the House. In 2008 the base was utterly unmotivated. In 2012 the base was rabid, but no one votes?
The pieces do not add up.
I am sure this will be studied to death in the next few months by those who are really good at such things and there will be a lot of head scratching going on.
mitchellvii on November 7, 2012 at 7:01 AM
I feel the same way.Very sorry to hear that. I feel nauseous and almost depressed. I just keep remembering that half the country likely feels the same way.
I still believe we can come back stronger.
bluegill on November 7, 2012 at 7:01 AM
The ghost of Katrina….another issue republicans surrendered on. Wonder if Christie has gotten his thank you call from Obama yet?
xblade on November 7, 2012 at 7:01 AM
I feel the same way, only because I just can’t accept that this is what the majority of voting americans want.
surrounded on November 7, 2012 at 7:02 AM
This is exactly what happened, if the vote totals can be trusted.
I am very aware how dumb it looks to call, “stolen election,” but I have to ask the questions.
Where the heck are all the votes, when this election was so controversial?
Did George Soros truly hijack them?
I mean I know that fire + av gas can melt steel. But did that many folks who voted for McCain or Palin for various reasons really not vote, after seeing how horrible 0bama turned out to be?
Can that total be correct?
cane_loader on November 7, 2012 at 7:02 AM
Happy F@cking Birthday, I knew one day I would hate being born on erection day
screwauger on November 7, 2012 at 7:02 AM
No. I would have been happy with an actual conservative. Choosing between a liberal and a socialist just doesn’t cut it.
sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 7:02 AM
Can we blame Roger Goodell?
cane_loader on November 7, 2012 at 7:03 AM
The Captain hasn’t been on board since he took office. He’s golfing.
talkingpoints on November 7, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Voting for Obama again is like backing up the Titanic and hitting the iceberg a second time for good measure.
cane_loader on November 7, 2012 at 7:03 AM
i wonder how many provisional ballots still need to be counted…don’t know if that would make any difference
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 7:04 AM
I don’t think that’s it at all. Obama’s turnout was way down as well. This decline in the Obama’s turnout is about the only bright spot from last night’s debacle (aside from holding the House). It suggests that there could a fairly large disaffected group of folks out there looking for another way; it suggests a possible way of forming a winning coalition if we can figure out a way to reach them. The alternative is to find a way to peal off some members of the Dem coalition, because right now, the demographics are kicking our ass…
ghostwriter on November 7, 2012 at 7:04 AM
Welcome to my world LOL Happy Flipping Birthday
Key West Reader on November 7, 2012 at 7:04 AM
I didn’t believe that Romney would have fixed Social Security and Medicare.
I didn’t believe that Romney would have cut the debt.
I didn’t believe that Romney would have nominated strict constructionists to the Supremes.
I didn’t believe that Romney would have done what a President would need to do to make this government smaller and more efficient.
I didn’t believe that Romney would have fixed our broken immigration system.
For me, the bottom line is that I don’t know what Romney really believes in. So I didn’t believe in him. That’s why he didn’t get my vote.
NorthernCross on November 7, 2012 at 7:05 AM
The decrease is not all that much of a mystery. Look at Bill Keller’s site. he has 1.7 millions evangelicals pledged publicly not to vote for Romney because he is a Mormon. Many evangelicals supported Romney , but there are many like those at Bill Keller’s who stayed home. Add the Tru-cons and the ABRs, the decrease is not all that unexplainable.
bayview on November 7, 2012 at 7:05 AM
Katrina happens on the Republican watch and Republicans take the blame and now Hurricane Sandy happens on the Democratic watch and the Republicans take the blame. WTF?
When do Republicans stop letting themselves be punching bags?
sharrukin on November 7, 2012 at 7:05 AM
oh yeah
cmsinaz on November 7, 2012 at 7:05 AM
We may be chasing our tails. I just looked at the Fox News web site and only 64% of California is in. When the other 36% get added that will be 4 million right there.
VorDaj on November 7, 2012 at 7:05 AM
In World War 2 a company of men were fighting the Japanese and a scout reported to the commanding officer that they were surrounded. His reply, “Good, then we can attack in any direction!” That is the spirit we need as the sun rises on America this bright and beautiful morning. Be of good cheer my fellow HA bloggers and don’t give up in despair. The darker it gets, the brighter the glow of liberty and freedom become and there will always be a need for the remnant to lead our fellow citizens once the present situation has played its course. We will someday look back on this election and wonder why we wasted so much time wringing our hands over the outcome of this election when will see it was simply necessary in order to provide fresh opportunity for others to wake up from their slumber. I refuse to let this get me down and I hope you will also. Have a wonderful day!!!
Deano1952 on November 7, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Happy fcuking birthday…
OmahaConservative on November 7, 2012 at 7:06 AM
I am just saying this may be the most focused and motivated the Republican base has ever been for an election.
Pew
Gallup
Rasmussen
All said party affiliation had shifted dramatically to Republicans since 2008. You can see that in the dramatic decrease in Obama voters. But Republicans just didn’t vote?
A FEW NON-CONSPIRATORIAL EXPLANATIONS:
1) Independents which polled for Romney simply did not vote.
2) Evangelicals did not vote because Romney is a Mormon and Ryan is a Catholic. If so, f*ck them.
3) Those massive lines in Republican districts on ED were a hologram.
mitchellvii on November 7, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Happy Birthday KWR, you have two things to celebrate, unlike the rest of us.
Romney was right, although he didn’t mean it that way.
47% of the people of the United States want something for free.
And Obama promised to take it away from you and give it to them.
THAT was the election.
Now he has nothing to lose. God save us all.
Tenwheeler on November 7, 2012 at 7:06 AM
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