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County Where Palin Hailed "Real America" Voted Overwhelmingly For Obama
Remember Guilford County, North Carolina, the place where Sarah Palin said she was happy to be in "Real America"?
Well, the North Carolina numbers are now all in, and guess what: Obama won this "Real American" county -- by a landslide.
Yep -- Guilford County voted 59%-41% for Obama.
In Palin's defense, maybe her "Real America" line didn't refer to this specific municipality, but was generally referring to North Carolina as a whole. Oh, wait...
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She's so fucked. Matthews was talking about the Africa thing.
LMAO!
November 6, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm curious if she thinks "Asia" is a country, too....or she may just think it's a bad 80's supergroup.
November 6, 2008 5:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL
and
{groan}
It's funny but it still scares the fuck out of me that that woman was running to be vice president.
November 6, 2008 5:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
It scares the fuck out of me that 46% of this country thought that was a good idea.
November 6, 2008 6:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think that you could divide those people up between her and McCain, actually.
Some old time Repuglicans voted for him, I expect.
November 6, 2008 6:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Asia rocked, man. The appropriate example of "bad 80's supergroup" is Damn Yankees.
November 6, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey...don't mess with "The Nuge" or he'll field dress you like one of Palin's moose.
November 6, 2008 6:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I do hope she runs in 2012. The spectator sport of watching the GOP Ops from the other campaigns eat her up in the primary will be a hoot. She thinks Katie Couric was mean? Wait until she gets swift boated by the pros of dirty campaigning. The MSM and the Obama Campaign largely "played nice" with her. I suspect there's a slew of operatives from the McCain campaign that want to take her down and will stop at nothing to help out. Great entertainment value. :)
John
November 6, 2008 7:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Greg, you're a gentleman to come to Palin's defense, but I hope it won't be a habit!! LOL
November 6, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ahahahahaha, that's SO cute! Thank you America!
November 6, 2008 5:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
To expect her to know the electoral preferences of individual counties/states/countries is expecting too much from her.
November 6, 2008 5:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Expecting her to know the difference between reality and whatever dim-witted fantasy world she inhabits is too much to ask.
November 6, 2008 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Apparently expected her to know what continent she lives on is too much for her.
November 6, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know, I'm actually rooting for her to run in 2012 just so I can see that cocky, arrogant hillbilly flop worse than Giuliani!
The fact that an attorney has to send a team up to Alaska to retrieve clothes she and the Toddster weaseled up north with them is pathetic enough!
Palin 2012 - Endorsed By The Country of Africa
November 6, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She's a simpleton, but a demagogic one. I wouldn't want her elected as Wasilla dogcatcher.
November 6, 2008 6:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't worry - she's as over as Joe the Plumber.
November 6, 2008 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well if she's drowning, throw her an anchor. In four years, she should be the $1000 Jeopardy question--followed by the statement, Gee, I wonder whatever happened to her?
November 6, 2008 8:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's now reaping what she's sown. Remember though, she's said she isn't going to be negative, it's not what she's about. Ha!
As Jon Stewart pointed out. She's a grifter. Her husband is a grifter and she's got little grifter children (courtesy of Miller's Crossing).
She knew she couldn't keep those clothes, yet she took them anyway. I can just see her, "Their mine, their mine, I deserve them." Heavy emphasis on deserve.
Sarah Palin, Welfare Queen and Hillbilly Tart.
November 6, 2008 6:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
They are the Riches.
The Eddie Izzard show about the IrishAmerican travelers who take over the identities of an affluent family?
I love Eddie and the rest of the Riches, but I swear to god, that's who the Palins are. They are grifters, pure and simple and goddamn it - why couldn't other people besides me get that the moment they looked at them? It's written all over Todd, if you never see her.
And don't get me started on those kids. Oy. I saw a picture of Rahm and his children - god, those children are gorgeous. Gorgeous names, too: Zacharia, Ilana, Leah. With Sasha and Melia - those are some great names. There are going to be hundreds of thousands of babies named Sasha and Melia in the next 8 years and beyond.
November 6, 2008 6:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought of the Rich's too. The parallels are just too good.
November 6, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
O/T--- On Charlie Roses's show last night, Jake Tapper gave a very insightful view of Obama's campaign and what to expect going forward in President Obama's administration. It's well worth watching if you can spare about 12 minutes:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/
November 6, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
How perfect is that!
You know, the longer she stays around the more fun she is. Just so long as she stays north of the border keeping an eye for Putin raising his head!
November 6, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is the ultimate LOL!
November 6, 2008 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
In addition to NC, it appears one more EV may be headed his way. He looks about to pick up one of the five Nebraska EV from the Omaha area.
November 6, 2008 5:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
How many votes, total - you know? I'm loving watching that number grow =
This has got to be scaring what's left of the Repugs to death.
November 6, 2008 5:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nate's got him at 364 right now.
November 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
{{{{{SWOON!}}}}
November 6, 2008 5:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
One more from NE would make 365. That should be the final number.
November 6, 2008 5:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's a good number.
November 6, 2008 6:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
It seems half of them are in deep denial. Two years ago it was the sex scandals. And that Iraq thingy. Otherwise they'd have been fine. This year the only reason they lost is because the economy was in the toilet. (Nothing important, mind you, just a recession, unemployment and an economic meltdown.) That half will never get it. Not ever.
Fortunately, I think the other half are pooping their drawers and will be eager not to appear to be obstructionist. It's going to be interesting to watch which half gains control. The cuckoos aren't going to go down without a fight.
November 6, 2008 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
I had heard this from a friend, but couldn't find any corroboration on any of the news sites.
This is the Omaha congressional district we're talking about, right?
November 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just saw now you said Omaha...DOH!
November 6, 2008 5:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Check out the map and Nate's commentary over at 538.
November 6, 2008 5:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
To all those who may have thought his campaign was wasting time organizing in such a small, red state: *this* is what a 50-state strategy looks like!
Oh, I'm so happy, and I am so proud. So very proud!
November 6, 2008 6:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's so cool! I'm so happy for you.
And for all of us!
November 6, 2008 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
"...the longer she stays the more fun she is..."
No kidding! I really hope SNL runs that Masked Avenger telephone call to Palin once every SNL show until the end of Palin's term as Alaska governor. Something's gotta make up for Tina Fey's "early retirement" from the role.
November 6, 2008 5:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here's the problem with that: we've already seen all there is. She's a one-trick pony, we've seen it and that's it.
She's not coming back. She's as gone as Joe the Plumber is.
November 6, 2008 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Icing on the cake! Thank you North Carolina. I know I shouldn't but I also think it would be fun to have Sarah Palin run in 2012 only because it would be an easy win for President Obama. But the truth is, I hope she stays in Alaska for the rest of her governing days.
November 6, 2008 5:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can I just say, I absolutely LOVE these TPMtv "The day in 100 seconds" clips. I've been watching them for about 2 weeks now. There was a time I was very hesitant to watch them, thinking I'd just be repulsed, but man, they are hilarious. They allow you to see pretty much everything you need to see from the cable news outlets, without requiring you to waste your whole day (and your sanity). In other words, they distill it to its essence, and in very entertaining fashion.
They watch it all, so you don't have to. Bravo, TPM - well done!
November 6, 2008 5:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
In the precinct I watched in Guilford, it was a little more one-sided: 457-15.
November 6, 2008 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin Bachmann 2012! We could make the campaign a reality TV show. If TPM Media produces it, we could make millions on ad sales.
Who do you think would buy 30-second spots? Pepto Bismal? Preparation H? Contraceptive Pharma Companies?
November 6, 2008 5:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Metamucil
November 6, 2008 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nah. The Committee to Re-elect Barack Obama will buy up all the time. And they won't even ask to run commercials. Just keep the two nitwits in front of the cameras as long as possible.
November 6, 2008 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is real American change we can believe in.
Y'all come!
November 6, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you North Carolina!
November 6, 2008 5:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama is considering the creation of an Energy Security Council:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081106/pl_politico/15369;_ylt=AmaSKpt28WZVnDMeDW591T.s0NUE
Any guesses on whether Palin asks to be on the Council? After all, energy security was supposedly her area of expertise.
November 6, 2008 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
What would be the reasoning for a move like that? If he wants a shift, then maybe revamping/gutting/retooling the DOE might be the way to go. This seems kind of like Homeland Security was supposed to make us safe but instead just added even more bureaucracy.
November 6, 2008 6:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
If any agency desperately needs to be eliminated and its name made forever a curse, it's DoE. Those assholes are way WAY more secretive, deceptive and rogue than DoD ever imagined being.
We absolutely need a brand-new energy agency that takes as its motto: whatever DoE did, we do the opposite.
November 7, 2008 10:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
God, I love this country!
November 6, 2008 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, me too.
Feels good -
November 6, 2008 5:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well thats where Greensboro is, which is largely Democratic. She also did the pro America thing in Ashville, and that county also when heavy Obama.
November 6, 2008 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not ready for prime time.
Or, any time.
November 6, 2008 6:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ha-ha-ha-ha-HA-ha!
November 6, 2008 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love this country! I love the fact that I witnessed 3 firsts in my lifetime...
July 20,1969 -- Lunar landing
January 1,2000 -- a century and millennium flipped
But most important...I saw the Civil War come to an end on November 4,2008 and America finally grew up and elected someone who truly is one of the people.
Take a bow my fellow Americans and stand proud because we might just have saved the Union! God, Allah, Bugs Bunny bless America and all the kool Democrats....and have mercy on the gop for they know not how to get off the planet Stupidity.
November 6, 2008 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Um, the century and a millennium flipping was not exactly a 'first'... but it doesn't happen very often for sure!
November 6, 2008 6:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I said a first for me. Sorry you didnt get that but then thats your fault not mine!
November 7, 2008 10:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think it is a crying shame that a GOP attorney has to go up to Alaska to fetch those clothes.
The more efficient and less costly procedure? Perform the audit with the clothes you have and if she doesn't return what is missing, issue a 1099 for what she kept. Very easy. She keeps the clothes, she pays taxes on the clothes.
How hard is that?
November 6, 2008 6:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where's the justice? Palin is going to make a small fortune for herself -- she's being inundated with requests for interviews:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/ap_on_el_pr/palin
November 6, 2008 8:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'll say. What is with this idea that a loser with gross ignorance should be *rewarded* for it?!
November 6, 2008 8:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
I want her to run in 2012 simply because Obama just isn't that funny to make fun of. Palin? Oh man she is comedy gold.
November 6, 2008 8:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent point.
Yeah, I want Palin in 2012, too - not just to guarantee Obama a 50-state landslide, but to keep in front of people the spectacle of what the real repug party is like - proudly bone-ignorant, racist, hateful and profoundly un-American.
November 7, 2008 10:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
My home! I'm so proud!
But seriously, Greensboro, which dominates almost all of Guilford County, isn't the redneck burg you might think it is if you're not from the area. It's where NC A&T is, one of the most famous historically black universities, as well as artsy-fartsy UNCG (my alma mater), and black women's college Bennett. It's where the Woolworth's sit-in took place, and it's home to a huge immigrant population which includes lots of SE Asians, West Africans, and Yugoslavians (many of whom I taught English for over 10 years). It's also historically been more dependent on manufacturing as opposed to the rest of North Cackilacky, which is in large part historically agricultural (although not so much nowadays).
November 7, 2008 12:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
I LOVE that electoral map! The blue spread out in every region is so perfect! A huge smashing win ... what a great thing for our country.
November 7, 2008 12:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
Guilford traditionally is a blue county.
http://www.city-data.com/county/Guilford_County-NC.html
November 9, 2008 10:37 AM | Reply | Permalink