# Kerry has conceded **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777 "2004-11-03T16:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/1 "2004-11-03T16:05:48Z")
FUCK. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/2 "2004-11-03T16:07:48Z")
Bah. We deserve everything that happens to us. Fools. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/3 "2004-11-03T16:09:28Z")
Crap. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/4 "2004-11-03T16:10:10Z")
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/1234863\_18b82a287c.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/1234863_18b82a287c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/5 "2004-11-03T16:10:52Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > FUCK. A DUCK. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/6 "2004-11-03T16:12:26Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Bah. > > We deserve everything that happens to us. > > Fools. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/7 "2004-11-03T16:14:47Z")
We are now officially the nation who attacks, unprovoked, other nations that present no danger to us. And, officially, we **like it**. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/8 "2004-11-03T16:15:46Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > [http://www.flickr.com/photos/1234863\_18b82a287c.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/1234863_18b82a287c.jpg) Can we straight Americans get a little of that action, too? I’ve got friends here, family here, and a deep attachment to these mountains I live in. If I weren’t so tied to these things, I’d be checking out emigration. I have never had such a sense of foreboding about an election’s results. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/9 "2004-11-03T16:16:23Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > [http://www.flickr.com/photos/1234863\_18b82a287c.jpg](http://www.flickr.com/photos/1234863_18b82a287c.jpg) Problem with that is there are no good beaches in Canada. Even in America, all the best beaches are deep in homophobe country. ---
**Author:** ![Snaggletooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Snaggletooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snaggletooth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/10 "2004-11-03T16:16:46Z")
Ah Ha. Kerry never had a chance. Fuck’n liberals 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/11 "2004-11-03T16:19:33Z")
This is a great day for America. PRAISE GOD! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/12 "2004-11-03T16:20:36Z")
I wonder if the BBC or the CBC is hiring, because I’ve now got the strangest urge to get the hell out of Dodge. Robin ---
**Author:** ![griffen2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@griffen2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffen2)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/13 "2004-11-03T16:22:10Z")
For some unaccountable reason, **Snaggletooth** reminds me of [this guy](http://www.theonion.com/election2004/opinion_4003.php). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/14 "2004-11-03T16:23:28Z")
> [@Snaggletooth](#): > > Ah Ha. Kerry never had a chance. Fuck’n liberals 😃 The one thing worse than a poor loser is a poor winner. And to gloat about the victory of a bigotted war mongering delusional theocratic imbecile is unbecoming. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/15 "2004-11-03T16:26:06Z")
I feel really sick. Like, as in dizzy, and headachy. Waa. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/16 "2004-11-03T16:27:34Z")
> [@Psycho Pirate](#): > > This is a great day for America. > > PRAISE GOD! Whose? ---
**Author:** ![Snaggletooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Snaggletooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snaggletooth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/17 "2004-11-03T16:28:26Z")
> [@griffen2](#): > > For some unaccountable reason, **Snaggletooth** reminds me of [this guy](http://www.theonion.com/election2004/opinion_4003.php). 😛 ouch that hurts. 🆒 good one beter then > [@](#): > > The one thing worse than a poor loser is a poor winner. And to gloat about the victory of a bigotted war mongering delusional theocratic imbecile is unbecoming. blah blah blah 😛 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/18 "2004-11-03T16:28:39Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Agreed. What the hell am I saying? I didn’t vote for that asshole. _They_ deserve everything that happens to us. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/19 "2004-11-03T16:30:50Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > I feel really sick. Like, as in dizzy, and headachy. Me too. Never thought I would tear up over hearing that a candidate had conceded. So there it is. I literally weep for the future. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777/20 "2004-11-03T16:30:51Z")
It’s like you folks never even considered this as a possibility. Did you really have that big of blinders on to think it’d be a landslide for one or the other? I’m not happy about it, but I’m not surprised. I was expecting Kerry to win and I’d not have been happy about that, either, ftr. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-has-conceded/272777.md?page=2)