# The 2012 Election Schadenfreude thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156 "2012-11-06T23:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/21 "2012-11-07T03:26:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Virginia is not yet demonstrating Silver’s prediction at all. Virginia’s rural, sparsely populated, Republican counties reported early on. They got everything wrapped up when the polls closed at 7:00, of course. No sweat for them. Virginia’s densely populated (and Democratic-tending) urban counties, however, mainly in Northern Virginia and the Richmond area, have lines out the door and around the block, and Virginia called a halt to reporting until everybody’s vote had been cast. Virginia late returns have got to favor Obama. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/22 "2012-11-07T03:28:56Z")
More delicious freeper tears [here](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2955604/posts?q=1&;page=1995#1995). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/23 "2012-11-07T03:31:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Every time I hear that word, I picture Julie Andrews in the Alps, singing the _Edelweiss_ song but with _schadenfreude._. > > Schadenfreude, schadenfreude > At long last you greet me > Bitter and bright > Rattlesnake’s bite > All your base are belong to us… > > OK. needs work… I thought _Edelweiss_ was Christopher Plummer’s big number, not Julie Andrews. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/24 "2012-11-07T03:31:41Z")
Man, I thought tequila and bongwater was buzz. But Maker’s Mark and Freeper tears? Who says you have to die to go to Heaven? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/25 "2012-11-07T03:33:38Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > . . . and bought about 5 guns to get ready for the Obamaclypse . . . Living well is the best revenge: one guy I know (a liberal, and a supporter of gun control legislation) bought stock in Smith & Wesson, shortly before the election of 2008, and laughed all the way to the bank. And, hey, it provides jobs, right? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/26 "2012-11-07T03:34:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought _Edelweiss_ was Christopher Plummer’s big number, not Julie Andrews. Not really up on show tunes, I defer to your expertise. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/27 "2012-11-07T03:35:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Man, I thought tequila and bongwater was buzz. But Maker’s Mark and Freeper tears? Who says you have to die to go to Heaven? Shit. I started with Wild Turkey about 4pm and haven’t stopped yet. ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/28 "2012-11-07T03:38:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I just don’t comprehend this behavior. What’s the rationale behind the Obamacalypse not coming about during the first term? I mean, why would you wait until the second term to destroy the nation? More space? Flexibility? [QUOTE=President Obama] “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for [Putin] to give me space. This is my last election, after my election, I have more flexibility.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/29 "2012-11-07T03:40:13Z")
Looks like Akin and Mourdock both lost. I can see Karl Rove or somebody taking the future Republican candidates aside in a big room someplace and saying “Dammit, guys, _stop talking about rape!_ Talk about jobs, talk about the economy, talk about Benghazi–Don’t use the damned R-word!” I mean, geeze, the morons lost _Richard Lugar’s_ seat. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/30 "2012-11-07T03:59:18Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Looks like Akin and Mourdock both lost. > > I can see Karl Rove or somebody taking the future Republican candidates aside in a big room someplace and saying “Dammit, guys, _stop talking about rape!_ Talk about jobs, talk about the economy, talk about Benghazi–Don’t use the damned R-word!” > > I mean, geeze, the morons lost _Richard Lugar’s_ seat. Clowns. But the circus has left town. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/31 "2012-11-07T04:00:18Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Looks like Akin and Mourdock both lost. > > I can see Karl Rove or somebody taking the future Republican candidates aside in a big room someplace and saying “Dammit, guys, _stop talking about rape!_ Talk about jobs, talk about the economy, talk about Benghazi–Don’t use the damned R-word!” > > I mean, geeze, the morons lost _Richard Lugar’s_ seat. +1. Hard to believe they lost this seat; and it took REAL stupidity to let Claire McCaskill win again. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/32 "2012-11-07T04:48:51Z")
I don’t have all the links, but excellent schadenfreude all over Fox News, plus WPost’s Jennifer Rubin’s blog, and anything related to that bitter, shriveled little man, Charles Krauthammer. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/33 "2012-11-07T04:59:37Z")
This is pretty much the definition of fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/34 "2012-11-07T05:00:57Z")
Perhaps my favorite bit of schadenfreude so far- [Donald Trump’s meltdown](http://www.salon.com/2012/11/07/donald_trump_loses_it_calls_for_revolution/singleton/). ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/35 "2012-11-07T05:03:33Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > "Just had a baby girl so I won’t be committing suicide. We have to look out for ourselves, our loved ones and each other now. " Ah, but there’s still time. Perhaps some day, his baby girl will settle down with a nice young lady of a different race, and his head will explode. > [@elucidator](#): > > Man, I thought tequila and bongwater was buzz. But Maker’s Mark and Freeper tears? Who says you have to die to go to Heaven? Personally, I find their tears too earthy. I’m having a nice almond tequila with their crushed dreams around the rim. ---
**Author:** ![LinusK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/36 "2012-11-07T05:18:00Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Here’s a little appetizer of schadenfreude from [Free Republic](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2956071/posts). Wow. First it was funny, then it got depressing. The consensus: if our side can’t win, I hope America burns. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/37 "2012-11-07T05:28:12Z")
For: Karl Rove Koch Brothers Sheldon Adelson Mitch “One-term president” McConnell and for poor loser Mitt Romney, who won’t concede Ohio. [Suck it. Taste it. Feel the pain. More. MORE!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HAUzVJPM2g) ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/38 "2012-11-07T05:35:20Z")
Does anyone else find it strange that the Fox talking heads were saying it’s time to start reaching across the aisle and start working together? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/39 "2012-11-07T05:53:54Z")
> [@justrob](#): > > Does anyone else find it strange that the Fox talking heads were saying it’s time to start reaching across the aisle and start working together? No… I think this will happen. (Cockeyed optimist…) They see the writing on the wall: they can do what’s best for the country, or they can stall and fight and delay…and it will hurt the country. I think they have a _little_ true patriotism left. If they had participated in the health care debate, they could have contributed to “Obamacare,” and helped make it less odious (to their tastes.) By sitting it out entirely, they let the Democrats fashion the program we ended up with. The duty of the “Loyal Opposition” is to choose fights wisely. Give in on some things, and only stonewall the things that matter the most. “He who defends everything defends nothing.” Attributed to Frederick II. I think they learned from history. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2012-election-schadenfreude-thread/640156/40 "2012-11-07T06:00:50Z")
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