Are You Happy Now?

I am not happy the with Obama winning!

I am not happy with Obama winning because he did not do a good job with the economy.

Country is more than likely over! Private sector is over and inflation is going to hit hard in the next couple of years. But at least the people that voted for him will have to go through all this too! Funny thing is they wont be able to understand why all this bad stuff is happening. Dumpster diving here we come

Yes I'm happy. My state legalized sanity. Now we will gain millions of dollars from something that was costing us millions with no real benefit. as far as the pres goes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_1B0w7Hzc Win for Abe

I supported and voted for a third party. I knew I wasn't going to get what I wanted from the beginning.

This thread was too late. We have a much better political fight going on over on the other one.

Have we moved here? hehe

This has been one big trigger fest..I feel so strongly on these issues. I want to have faith but it is too bleak unfortunately from what I have seen in the past 4 years..

As a New Zealander (yes not everyone here are Americans), I'm stoked about Obamas reelection. Our govt has forged a strong working relationship with the president in the past four years and it would have been a huge step backwards had Romney been elected. Plus we still didn't have much clue about Romneys stances on foreign policy. For a little insight on some outside perspective, much of the world is collectively breathing a sigh of relief today. Thank you America for making a good choice that the rest of the world is happy with.

No, I am angry. But this, too, shall pass. I am not going to fight with others about it.

I feel happy to be able to process my anger here..My anger has moved to feeling calm..sigh of relief..I feel grateful for the good things in my life.. I love my viewpoints and I stand by them and value them..

OK. Here is my take. I know I am going to take a lot of heat for this. In my view, the fact that 75% of Latinos and Asians and Blacks have voted for Obama, doesn't really bode well for the country. You got to have a look at who these people really are. I used to think that the US only attracts top notch immigrants, but during my last visit, I was shocked to see how many businesses, hotels, motels, were run by immigrants. Most of these people come from the dirt and filth in their countries of origin, and they do not know better than recreating that dirt and filth in the US. I swear I will never in my life spend another night in a motel or hotel run by Indians or people from Middle Eastern origin. It is not really much different from Europe. The most run down parts of the city are always, always in the hands of immigrants from the Middle East, Asia, or India. A couple of weeks ago, I have been to Denmark. There are basically no immigrants, everything is clean and nice and safe, people are well educated, and it is just almost too good to be true. Most Scandinavian countries are like that. Switzerland, another example, is really tough on immigration. Unless you are really rich, you basically don't get in. Everything is well maintained and filth free. I am not kidding. Romney wanted to get tough on immigration, I believe that would be a huge step towards restoring America's wealth. Obama got elected BECAUSE of the immigrants. Now: I know that as soon as you say anything bad about Blacks, you can be sure to be called a racist. I am just stating the facts: there are eight (!) times more Blacks incarcerated than Whites. Latinos, by the way, also seem to have an affinity with correctional facilities. Black men always seem angry, and always seem to think that they are entitled to something. They also always live in the poorest, most run down parts of the city. WTF. Why is that ? To summarize what I said: a US president elected by the people who more often than not live in worse conditions than some animals (and most animals are very clean), that cannot possibly mean good things. Now shoot me down.

Donald Trump was an asshole and dumbass calling climate change a hoax created by the chinese to limit job growth. Hope he realizes he called a large part of his own citizens idiots as well. As a Canadian, I'm glad obama got reelected. Romney was only a puppet for those who I name The American Taliban (aka the tea party and far right.) They only pass laws that limit those people who can oppose them in the voting booths. They want control of the country and consider the bible their main form of weaponry. Religion and politics should not be one in the same entity, even Thomas Jefferson highly opposed that. Everyone in the American Taliban goes against that. For anyone that believes that the US was founded as a christian nation, Jefferson again said it was not (may be another founding father, but you get the drift.) The right to control women's bodies and abortion rights? ARE YOU INSANE?! that is a huge step back in women's right's and they would not even stop there. Limiting Gay marriage, again stupid. Love has nothing to do with sexual orientation, my generation is the ones that get why obama pushes for certain policies. Romney would take rights back a step, obama pushes them forward. Oh and socialism, everyone in the world uses socialist programs at some point in their lives. Food stamps are a socialist program. The bachman's who are part of the American Taliban practically live of them. If you want everyone who's poor to hate you, be anti socialist. Americans in general by a margin of 2:1 want more spending in medicare and government health programs. Romney would have run the country further into the ground and made the world dislike American's even more. Believe me as a Canadian, i know how much the world bashes the U.S for being stupid. Give obama his next term and then see what the economy looks like. Even when he took office, he said that not all the goals he set could be met in 4 years or even if he was in office for 2 terms. He said they would be met. Like David always says, be patient, listen and observe. Economies cannot be fixed in 4 years. Oh and john, if they hadn't have saved the auto industry, where would you have bought your camaro? Not to mention the crapload of jobs that would have been lost.

Detroit WENT BANKRUPT under Obama. Even AFTER all of the bailout money. Mitt Romney's father, George Romney was the president and CEO of American Motor Corporation. He, and his father loved Detroit, and loved the Auto industry. Are you people really gullible enough to believe Obama when he said Mitt Romney wanted the auto companies to just disappear? C'mon. Mitt Romney wanted Detroit to go through a structured bankruptcy, with the help of the Federal Government to allow them to re-structure, eliminate a lot of their debt, and come out stronger, (Which is what happened in the end) without the taxpayers having to buy the companies. And as far as your socialism, and social programs go.. We are almost 17 TRILLION DOLLARS in DEBT. We have a GDP of around 15 trillion dollars. What part of "there IS no more money do you people NOT understand???" You think your going to confiscate everything the rich have to pay for that? The rich don't have enough COMBINED to even come close. What part of TOTAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE do you people not get? Look at Europe. Look at Greece. Look at the problems they are having because of a social drain on their economies? Seriously, this is getting tiring. Where do you people not understand that when foreign countries no longer want to purchase our debt, the government has to PRINT IT. The more they PRINT, the less it is WORTH. When the dollar goes down.. Inflation goes UP... ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IS THE RESULT. It's simple economics 101. Hate me and my party all you want. This idea that the government is Santa Claus and everything is free is going to be our RUIN. Jeez.

I'm going to re-post the important part of that.. For those that don't get it, and didn't read all of that post... What part of TOTAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE do you people not get? Look at Europe. Look at Greece. Look at the problems they are having because of a social drain on their economies? Seriously, this is getting tiring. Where do you people not understand that when foreign countries no longer want to purchase our debt, the government has to PRINT IT. The more they PRINT, the less it is WORTH. When the dollar goes down.. Inflation goes UP… ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IS THE RESULT. It’s simple economics 101. Hate me and my party all you want. This idea that the government is Santa Claus and everything is free is going to be our RUIN. Jeez.

"Even when he took office, he said that not all the goals he set could be met in 4 years" KC, you are lying.. Obama did NOT say he couldn't fix this in one term. He did not say he needs two terms. You are bold faced lying. "If I don't have this fixed in three years, then this is going to be a one term proposition." -Barack Hussein Obama Don't believe me ,, here it is straight from the man's mouth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRAMdUNo2Cg&sns=em

I cant beleive that ignorance has taken over this country!! the obama phone blacks and the freeloading hispanics have ruined this country!! I am hispanic and ashamed of my peoples ignorance. What happened to hard work and self reliance.God will judge America for countless murders of unborn babies thanx to planned parenthood, and the legalization of same sex marriages by supported by the Democratic party. God have mercy in us!!!

Listen to the inauguration speech "The challenges we face are real. are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America: They will be met." You cannot hope to fix an economy completely in 3 years. I won't deny that he did say what he said. But like everyone, sometimes people overestimate what they are capable of. Maybe my wording was wrong. But hey let it go man. You need to chill out and stop crying and whining, let things take their course. This is why I hate politics, nobody is willing to let bygones be bygones, especially in the U.S. How exactly have the republicans done anything to HELP the democrats lower the debt? Romney said he would close loopholes, but he would not say which ones, that's why everyone around the world didn't like him, he couldn't take a stand, made him look weak. If you own the house how bout letting some of these propositions like gay marriage and pro choice go through, then play hardball on the big economic issues. Why can't the republicans let those things go through and then get to the more important issues instead of worrying about smaller issues that upcoming generations have no problems with. We inherit what you leave us, your job is to leave us in a better place than you were. Obama may do that in 4 years, maybe he wont. Don't cry about it and try to help him leave the country in a better place than it is now, instead of trying to undermine all the good work that he has already done.

Ok, that's it. I'm done with politics on here for today. I'm going to bed. Republicans, conservatives, Democrats, and Liberals are just never going to agree. I wish we could get past all of the hatred, the name calling, the mud slinging, and all the arguing.. But it is never going to happen. The left had a good victory last night. I hope they succeed. If America falls apart in the next four years though... Don't blame me. I voted for Romney.

Then maybe America needs to realize it's time to lead the world is over and let someone else step in to take it's place, since the way you put it, it sounds like the U.S. is never going to recover and it will continue to get worse. GET SOME FUCKING OPTIMISM going and abandon the defeatist attitude. Think and know that it will get better. I can honestly say I realize why no women is attracted to you now John, it's not because of your looks, its because of your pessimism. You have no confidence, no swagger and no faith in anything around you and you have no faith in yourself. I dare you to be happy that obama won and continue living they way you want, and not worry, know that everything will work out for the best. If you want the U.S to succeed then how bout supporting the man you don't like and help him build a better country instead of bitching that everything has gotten worse, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MAKE IT BETTER?

As someone whose not from the us im glad obama won. In canada our politicians dont waste time on issues like gay marriage, abortion or fake outrage. To an outsider like me the republicsn party is nothing more than anti science, civil war reenactors, flat earthers and creationists.

yes, anyone who dares defy the pc democrats and vote republican - as seen on this blog - must naturally be the very definition of anti-science and poor schooling. and throw in the racist card while you're at it, why don't you. please pick up a dictionary on your way out - it's just so unbecoming to throw stones, when you do live in a glass house, darling. it makes me cringe my toes on your behalf. obviously, the man in the hot seat represents the majority of the people. interpret it as you may. as someone who is not from the states, you must surely know how deep shit europe is in these days - socialism is not working there by any means. i too am born and raised in europe and their system sucks - why i moved to the states. anyway. i'm off. i have more important things to do. like, eat ice cream. or vacuum or whatnot.

Here's my two cents: My Canadian conservative government has managed to navigate the world-wide recession and kept the economy growing. Sometimes not by much, but it did keep growing. They've done this by cutting taxes 144 times and raising taxes 0 times. They also kept a banking system that didn't force banks to make bad loans to people who could never pay them off. Economically, Canada is doing the best in the western world. While you were voting, my Prime Minister was in India fostering deeper trade relations with India. Why? Because we're trying to move away from trading so much with America. America is only weeks away from falling over the financial cliff. Not only that, in 2 years time the debt will be at $20,000,000,000,000. It will be the brokest country ever in the history of the world, and there is not enough money in circulation worldwide to pay off that debt. Canada has to anchor itself to other countries while America goes over the cliff because we don't want to go down with it. I imagine we will go down because our two countries are so close together. I realize that America elected the man that makes them feel good, but that won't count for much when every other country stops using American dollars as the global reserve currency and the value of your dollar drops. And it might be nothing... but I noticed in your election a distinct shift from praising those who built their own companies and lives to demonizing them and glorifying those who would take from them. It's a troubling observation and I hope it was only a one off occurrence. Entrepreneurs are the perfect embodiment of the best of America. At least as I see it from up north.

Even though the election didn't go in the right direction and the stock market crashed on post election day (as investors are wary of President Obama), there are still good people in the Senate and House. The US is on course to go bankrupt, I don't think it will happen in the next four years, but not long after that unless some real changes take place. In Greece, they ran out of money, were bailed out once, did the Greeks try to live within their means? No! They spent that money, and then were bailed out again on a condition from foreign countries, the government had to make cuts. Many Greeks protested the condition. Can you imagine, someone borrowing from you, spends it all, can't pay you back, but demands more of your money? Would you keep loaning money to that person? The Greek mentality concerning other people's money is alive and well in the United States, that is why deficit spending doesn't bother them as much and that is why Obama won the election. You can't say his stimulus worked, because it had not, bailing out car companies doesn't help the rest of the nation get out of a recession and help them find work. Increasing government jobs doesn't get you out of a recession. There was a lot of companies that got federal money that went out of business. This is the slowest economy ever, after the depression the economy was better than this one! This election was something different, it wasn't about the economy, but people voting for government programs, for present and future. During the depression, my grandfather shoveled sand to put food on the table. In fact, my grandfather was never laid off during the depression! He took any job to make ends meet. He didn't have that entitlement mentality (like the Greeks).

I'm not happy Obama won, he hasn't done anything productive the last 4 years. Yes he took over an ailing economy, but 4 years is enough time to show somekind of progess at least. He should of been voted out. If you recall to those who are old enough when Clinton took office in 92 the economy was also in the toilet, but he got it on to recovery rather quickly.

I am so glad to see so many conservatives, and maybe some conservative leaning moderates here, on this blog. I am taking most of the leftist hatred.. ie.. no woman wants you, idiot, illiterate, racist, etc. It is just appalling how mean, and disgusting those on the left can be.. Ex. Pam's hate .. "lyin' Ryan.. racist, fucktards, looney toones, and all the usual accusations, racist, bigots, woman haters, etc. " I'm just glad to see that there are so many of you here who understand the situation we are in, and understand that conservatism, (cutting taxes on everyone, including job creators, getting a grip on entitlements, living within our means, energy independence, etc. ) is the answer. Not bigger government, not socialized healthcare, expanded welfare, and expanded dependency on food stamps.

I'm pleased Obama won. It seems to me he's more progressive on social issues and that's obviously important to a lot of people around the world, not just half of Americans. I'm not surprised to see a lot of insults being thrown around to be honest. Neither side is innocent. What I am a little bit more surprised about is how people expect Romney would have delivered on everything he has said. Politicians make promises they can't keep and I'm under no illusions that Obama is going to keep all of his. Even if you think Romney's economic policy is flawless (the Economist and Financial Times backed Obama by the way), there is no evidence to suggest he would have kept his word when in office. There are problems with American politics which cannot be solved by either of these men and the whole thing is a bit of a circus at times. I urge people to listen to 'the pale blue dot' by the great Carl Sagan to get some perspective on all of this. "There is perhaps no greater demonstration of the folly of human conceits, than this distant image of our tiny world."

Blog title reminds me of this song by Elvis Costello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwGdB4Gj7Js

I have no problem with conservative policies at all, I live in a country where we have a conservative majority going. The reason why I'm glad Obama won, was because I thought he was the lesser of 2 evils. The media in the U.S does a really great job at bringing in alot of negatives into the discussion, and for me the negatives that were brought on by the democrats and pointing out flaws in the republicans and being stuck in their time warp buble, really screwed them over. Romney and the republicans ran a campaign that did not speak to most of the common ground or what actual americans wanted. Many people reluctantly voted for obama, because they figured Romney would take back many rights that are already going and waste time on them rather than fighting for what really matters. If their campaign was more in touch with voters, maybe they would have won. Conservatism does have it's place, but it does not have a place on the furtherment of rights, when it comes to a country going broke, everyone brought up great points, and I see why conservatism is a good idea for the US. Let's see if obama can agree with some conservative policies that allow the U.S to get back on track. If he can't everyone can blame him and his policies which is the right call. The problem with republicans in this election was the way they portrayed themselves, if they continue to do so in this way and remain in a non progressive mood, (which in my opinion was how they were portrayed), they won't win. Am I pleased with obama leaving the American economy in the tank, hell no. I want the U.S to thrive but everybody needs to keep everything together and moving forward not backward to make it happen.

K.C. Most of the mainstream media in America supports Obama or any other Dem, the only outlet that is right leaning on tv is Fox News. You say, Americans were afraid that Romney would take rights away from them, what rights are you talking about? In my home state which is considered to be the center of the political universe, had a recall election for governor. One of which would of been very enlightening for you. You know what the recall election was all about? My state had a 3 billion dollar deficit which needed to be addressed. Unlike the federal government, it can't print more money. So a law was passed that required teachers and state workers to contribute more for the pensions and health-care.The percentage was 12, which is about 50 percent less than what the average worker in the private sector has to contribute for their health-care! Also 5 percent more for their pensions. The law also reduced the union's power to structure future contracts. Back in the 90's the union rejected to pay 12 dollars a month for health-care. The unions here went crazy over the "Act 10" law. Major protests at the capital, people curing out a 14 year old girl who was speaking support for the governor. Teachers walked out of the classrooms to protest. Out of state special interests got involved. A recall drive to collect people's signatures was implemented. They gathered enough signatures to force another election about a year later. Interesting enough, the new law saved 1.1 billion dollars in that year which included paying down the teachers and state workers pension funds which was projected to be in the hole by 2.4 billion dollars this year. Did the liberals in my state care about that? No! They wanted the conservative Republican Governor out of office because he is making them contribute more for their pensions and health-care was a pay cut to them. So it was all about the money! It is projected to pay down the 3 billion (which is currently at 1.9 billion) dollar deficit but the projected surplus depends upon the national economy. So we had a recall election in June, the Republican governor was re-elected again, this time by a wider margin! The only thing that goes backwards in the economy is liberalism.

We can't sell our debt fast enough to foreign countries still willing to actually take a net negative interest rate to buy it! What the hell is all this nonsense about anyway? We loan as much money as we can print for no interest, and still our treasury auctions are oversold a hundredfold and always will be!! Best house in a bad neighborhood. Quit panicking about our debt. Countries, hedge funds, and super rich will continue to hord it. No bid deal. Helicopter Ben will bale us all out. Print Print Print!!! They can't buy enough of our money!!

For the more conservative: instead of pointing out Obama's mistakes, could we have one comment explaining how Romney would have fixed it