# The official election day 2012 thread: 11/6/12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045 "2012-11-06T04:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/721 "2012-11-07T05:10:15Z")
NPR’s Ohio numbers have swung back to Obama, although they kept it called for him throughout. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/722 "2012-11-07T05:10:30Z")
Fox News has bravely called Ohio for Obama. Amazing they’d stick their necks out like that. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/723 "2012-11-07T05:10:36Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Colorado is now high in the middle, and after legalizing pot they sure aren’t a bunch of squares! A Democrat wins his second term, and we are much more likely to have John Denver called to mind than recently. I have the strangest feeling of _déjà vu_. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/724 "2012-11-07T05:11:34Z")
Now a Faux News pundit is saying, ‘oh, those polls were right after all!’ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/725 "2012-11-07T05:11:37Z")
283 to 203 now. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/726 "2012-11-07T05:11:48Z")
Just heard on Fox: “Not a single state that was in question went for Romney… so _what does that mean_??” ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/727 "2012-11-07T05:11:49Z")
There is a guy on Fox who is expressing sincere disbelief that the polls turned out to be an accurate reflection of the electorate. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/728 "2012-11-07T05:12:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Trump on Twitter: > > “He lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election. We should have a revolution in this country!” > > “The phoney electoral college made a laughing stock out of our nation. The loser one!” > > “We can’t let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided!” > > “Lets fight like hell and stop this great and disgusting injustice! The world is laughing at us.” > > “More votes equals a loss…revolution!” > > “This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!” > > “Our country is now in serious and unprecedented trouble…like never before.” > > “The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.” Why is Trump babbling about the 2000 election? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/729 "2012-11-07T05:12:40Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Fox News has bravely called Ohio for Obama. Amazing they’d stick their necks out like that. Romney’s dead to them now, a week and he will have been swept from thier memories. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/730 "2012-11-07T05:12:49Z")
Mitt Romney was too classy to win, according to bespectacled Fox commentator. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/731 "2012-11-07T05:13:49Z")
Romney didn’t have to release his tax returns, so he counts the election as a win. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/732 "2012-11-07T05:13:53Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > There is a guy on Fox who is expressing sincere disbelief that the polls turned out to be an accurate reflection of the electorate. Yeah, some shocking honesty by some of them. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/733 "2012-11-07T05:13:57Z")
People in FL are STILL in line waiting to vote! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/734 "2012-11-07T05:14:15Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > Faux on line has just said goodnight to their election coverage. CNBC here: [US Top News and Analysis](http://www.cnbc.com/id/24494689) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/735 "2012-11-07T05:14:49Z")
Hey, we’re thirteen minutes into that New Tomorrow Romney’s been talking about. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/736 "2012-11-07T05:16:37Z")
I didn’t want to reveal this before the election, but it is now time: Nate Silver doesn’t predict the future. He _creates_ the future. I’m on my way to his house to force him to predict my marriage to Natalie Portman. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/737 "2012-11-07T05:16:45Z")
The cynical part of me thinks Romney is in the hotel suite selling off mentions in the concession speech… Just think of that product placement, in a speech that will be replayed millions of times… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/738 "2012-11-07T05:16:56Z")
the “better tomorrow, tomorrow” thing he nabbed from mr colbert? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/739 "2012-11-07T05:17:39Z")
The “great big beautiful tomorrow” he stole from the Sherman brothers? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/740 "2012-11-07T05:17:45Z")
I’ll never be able to name a cat “Mittens” because of Romney. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=38)