In an honest election I knew he would win.

I didn't think it would be honest.

Maybe it wasn't but there was a limit to what they could fix and he over came those numbers?

Anyway...I am thrilled.

Sad, very sad that. I was sure Ohio SOS Husted & the Florida elections people would supress many many voters and the Ohio computers would steal/change/disable votes.

Also I live in a very red state and almost everyone was for rmoney. It was a very scary time.

But I knew if he just got more than enough votes (1-2 million) and he kept some lawyers in the ground in swing states, cheating wouldn't matter and it didn't

And I'm exceedingly grateful to every person, activist, blogger,
reporter, anyone and everyone who has stayed on top of
the vote stealing & disenfranchisement, such that it wasn't
able to happen as the dark forces intended.

Nate Silver that is!

People were worried about the voter fraud. But, our side had hundreds of lawyers lined up in each of those states. They weren't going to go down without a huge fight, like the Kerry campaign did in 2004. Plus, there were all those long lines that told me that there would be too many Dems voting to let the rethugs steal it. Between that and Nate Silver's predictions, I really wasn't worried. Although, I will admit I did have a bit of anxiety. That came from all of the hand-wringers here who bought into the MSM "horse race" bullshit. As long as I kept hitting "Trash This Thread" and otherwise ignored them, I was fine. I am just glad this week is over. It didn't help that I had other stresses, too.

because of all the great hard workers who made it
possible, and the man who inspired us with hope.

I would call it extreme fear ... I had complete faith in Pres Obama ... I did not have that level of faith in my "fellow" Americans.

And the first state I visited was Oklahoma, where my family lives. Oklahomans are not know for liking Obama, in general. Then I moved to Florida, where you couldn't turn on the tv or radio without hearing a Romney ad. So, I was worried. I am not Obama's biggest fan, but the thought of a Romney presidency made me literally break out in hives. Honestly, it happened on election night while I was waiting for the returns to come in, and the hives went away as the night progressed.

mainly because I was really worried about voter suppression in several key states.

with a RMoney backer. The bet went in 1 week b4 the election & I tried to up it to $500 but despite being SURE Rmoney was gonna win he was afraid to put his money where his hope was.

I offered to bet everyone GOP in my neighborhood & had no takers & now the GOPers look at me, try not to make eye contact, then run away.

The best part of the after glow for me has been explaining to conturds how Fox news was lying to make them feel good & KKKarl Rove was either smarter than all his backers & ripped them off or KKKarl was as dumb as them, it is not yet determined which way KKarl lies.

At any rate I always try to focus on FACTS & just the word "FACTS" makes them whimper & run.

Shut up all my GOP family who were puzzled by my confidence. I knew they weren't looking at Nate, just Fox lol

When i catch the neighbors raking leaves or something outside where they can't run away, I am gonna offer to explain to them how they were duped & why the GOP as a white conservative party is finished.

Maybe I will pay for a few copies of Frums new e-book "why rmoney lost" for them. At any rate I will be sympathetic to their lack of brains & speak slowly & honestly.

sympathetic, speak slowly and honestly

But I had doubts in 2008 as well though and that was a blow-out in the popular vote too.

I was interviewed on Russian Television at the Bris tow Obama rally I was asked what I would do if Romney won, I paused laughed and said he is not going to win!
So I had some faith in American voters.

disenfranchisement activity. I was tense actually....

it was in the bag.

I was in Ohio in 2004 when I was SURE that Kerry had won. I was afraid of a repeat.

after the first debate.

But the concerns about voter suppression were real.

As were the concerns about election fraud--especially after the patches that were installed on the voting machines in Ohio.

I simply can't take anything for granted anymore. If there is room for the republicans to steal it, they will.

As soon as I heard that thousands of lawyers were dispatched throughout Ohio, I knew we were safe.


The media marginalized OWS. I knew the movement warranted much more attention.

This gave me a clue that they would also marginalize the political impact of women and minorities in the general election.

I wasn't worried after the conventions. I wasn't worried after the first debate. I wasn't worried election night.

Even with the data strongly on your side, on a matter this important.

Amazing that most of the other side literally had zero doubt despite the data overwhelmingly being against them.

Nice.

What floored me was the landslide. I did not expect that.

Never had a doubt. I was WAY more worried in 2008.

The only possible wavering sign for me was not knowing how big the bubble was. Sitting in amazement watching Bullshit Mountain spew their crap, just kept thinking it was hilarious (like the Benghazi debate moment, the 'unskewed polls' and all of the other non-reality).

Fortunately, the bubble was small enough and Fox had been completely diminished as a result. Even David Frum is calling them 'entertainment not news' now.

to keep believing in the MATH over the bombardment of Republican spin being picked up and repeated by the MSM

the grotesque impact of voter suppression... I thought that electronic vote manipulation could only go so far, but remain convinced that cost Kerry Ohio in 2004, so I was unwilling to discount the possibility. And, though I thought we would prevail, I feared a close result might occur from their various shenanigans that would give the RW cover for denying a decisive Obama win.

I must say that I am nearly as pleased at the object failure of RW billions$$ as I am that we prevailed. That said, I do believe their ugly $$-driven attack ads did cost us some House seats. Citizens United MUST be reversed.

...or disenfranchise enough Democratic voters. So I was really nervous about that aspect. Kind of a bad flashback to 2000 & 2004.

Tinfoil Hat Moment: I had this feeling they were set to steal it in Ohio, but nixed it after Pennsylvania and Iowa went for Obama. It would be too risky. I loved that Rove was caught off guard and wasn't able to do his spin like he did with Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. It was great hearing about his meltdown.

but I thought the repugs might steal it.

When I saw how the last polls seemed to start breaking to advantage Obama, I then knew Romney was going to have to get lucky to win. Not that he couldn't win, but that the odds were stacked against him.

However, before that happened, I was more pessimistic, and really thought we might have to say hello to a President Romney. Especially after that first debate catastrophe. Obama almost blew the election there. Luckily, there was enough time left to repair the damage and he did so.

Now I just assume it's rigged.

from doubt that he would.

And yes, I'm one of those CTs, who thinks there's plenty of evidence suggesting that '04 and '08 were stolen, so, why not this time.

I burst into tears immediately when it was called. Tears of joy and relief.

they were all sure (including my good friend client) that Romney would win. I offered any or all of them a $100 bet at 2 to 1 odds that Obama would win. There were no takers.

I was sure that the Rove machine would be able to flip the votes. The MSM was totally there to back it up for him.

I do not think the POTUS and his team would have gone quietly, ie Kerry campaign.

They didn't have the electoral numbers, and frankly, Romney was a horrible candidate.

And with all the voter disenfranchisement and voting machines, I was not confident that it would not be stolen

And yet from somewhere, I felt cautiously optimistic that President Obama had the edge. I didn't have that sinking feeling that all was lost. And yet I was trying to talk myself down because I remembered the exultant feelings I had on the day of the 2004 election and also at the time of the Wisconsin recall and how brutally shattered I was when the results came through. So I was preparing for the worst and hoping for the best

it would be an electoral landslide for Romney. Had O losing NY and MA. Fancy that.

And he did.