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Forums - General - Election 2008: winners and losers (What do you think?)

winner:

Talk Radio.  conservative talk radio was not big in 1992 but started to grow when Clinton was elected.  Now it's going to get even more popular.       Maybe nancy Pelosi will force it to shut down.

 

Loser:  Jesse Jackson.   He lost big time when he ran for president and now he probably lost a lot of audience.

 

 



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biggest winner is Palin, she went from a nobody to a household name.



Jesse Jackson is extremely bitter and has been completely emasculated by Obama. Its all for the best.. to me he represents the old Democratic party, that is to say a bunch of disparate interest groups without a common goal. Obama speaks to pretty much everyone (or means to) His "cut his nuts off" comment exposes him as a petty, bitter man.

Pelosi nor any other congressional Democrats DO NOT want to ban talk radio. Some would like to bring back the fairness doctrine but that's not the same as a ban on anything.

 



damkira said:

Jesse Jackson is extremely bitter and has been completely emasculated by Obama. Its all for the best.. to me he represents the old Democratic party, that is to say a bunch of disparate interest groups without a common goal. Obama speaks to pretty much everyone (or means to) His "cut his nuts off" comment exposes him as a petty, bitter man.

Pelosi nor any other congressional Democrats DO NOT want to ban talk radio. Some would like to bring back the fairness doctrine but that's not the same as a ban on anything.

 

fairness doctrine is kinda like banning conservative radio.  It will force radio stations to get rid of some hosts to make room for others.  Pelosi will try to bring back the fairness doctrine.

Any other winners and losers?

I agree that Palin is a winner too in that she is now a national figure.

another loser will be the republican party.  maybe this will wake them up.

 



oh, and another loser would be the Christian right.
they failed this time to relay their message.
and to even mention Obama as an Anti-Christ. geez.

I remember some called Ronald Reagan the anti-christ

btw, where is NOW?



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Winner: Poor people.
Loser: Everyone else.



Biggest loser: The Religious Right. But they had been winning for the last eight years, so they needed a loss.

Biggest winner: Obama. I mean who would of thought America would elect a black guy with Hussein as his middle name, certainly not me. It helped that he went to Harvard Law and was the editor of the Harvard Law Review. I think the Colin Powell endorsement settled some people's fears too.

Biggest joke: Sarah Palin.



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akuma587 said:
Biggest winner: Obama. I mean who would of thought America would elect a black guy with Hussein as his middle name, certainly not me. It helped that he went to Harvard Law and was the editor of the Harvard Law Review. I think the Colin Powell endorsement settled some people's fears too.

 

Colin Powell cried when Obama was elected, so I am not sure how logical of a choice it was for him. I think the historic opportunity for a black man to win this election was more of a factor for him then his qualifications.

As for Obama being the biggest winner, we will see. Bush was president twice, and now has to live the rest of his life. Not sure if he feels like a winner at the moment.

Obama has a shit load of promises he now needs to deliver on.



Winner: The world. They are more excited than some Americans that we have a leader that will end cowboy diplomacy.

Runner up: The people who exercised their right to vote - and can vividly remember hatred, racism and bigotry get to see a black man lead this nation.

The losers: The far right and religious right, for claiming Obama's the antichrist and saying he will be bring socialist ideals - and ideas that aren't like most Americans. They are so trying to scare people. Not this time, fools.



akuma587 said:
Biggest loser: The Religious Right. But they had been winning for the last eight years, so they needed a loss.

Yeah, but they scored victories with their anti-gay amendments.. Funny, they never seem to have victories without screwing somebody else over.