the us election is over (kerry concedes)

dangerman

well ****ing said Sleepy. feel exactly the same.

PH01

BEAT wrote:

We need another Clinton

Mmmmmmm, Chelsea

sceptre

DMC wrote:

do you have wireless broadband with a firewall that will block all news sites, seamus?

Wouldn't a better question be "do the Very Dark Caves have power sockets for charging these laptops?" (er)?

BEAT

seamus wrote:

Right.

I'm off to the Aillwee caves for 4 years. I have an articulated truck filled with 12 tonnes of tinned foods, 200 gallons of vodka, 28 boxes of unused porn and 3 laptops.

Who's with me?

/on my way...

giftgrub

From PA NewsWire Services

Mr Kerry telephoned Mr Bush shortly after 4pm GMT after deciding it was futile
to continue challenging the result in Ohio.

According to sources, the call lasted less than five minutes and Senator
Kerry, from Massachusetts, said: "Congratulations, Mr President."

Mr Bush was expected to address the nation at 8pm GMT and Senator Kerry was
due to speak at 6pm GMT.

The Bush campaign said earlier it was "convinced" Mr Bush had won in Ohio
and had therefore triumphed in his bid to be re-elected as the 43rd President.
Mr Bush won the nationwide popular vote 51% to 48%.

White House chief of staff Andrew Card said: "President Bush has won the
state of Ohio."

He said the Secretary of State for Ohio had indicated that it was
statistically impossible for Senator Kerry to make up his shortfall in the state
from the ballots not yet counted.

"This all adds up to a convincing electoral college victory as well as a
strong endorsement by his fellow Americans in the popular vote," he told
Republican supporters at the Reagan Centre in Washington.
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kerry is now due to speak in boston at around 7 pm irish time

sceptre

giftgrub wrote:

From PA NewsWire Services

"statistically impossible"

Is that the same thing as "impossible" then?

Simi

The horror...

LizardKing

Concession is on Sky News now

flogen

Where the hell was this John Kerry during the campaigning?
He looks human, sincere and almost charming. He's polite and trustable. This is how he should have been rather than trying to attack bush all the time, which made him look like an angry fool. Bush was popular on personality, Kerry seemed like he had none.

flogen

giftgrub

flogen wrote:

Where the hell was this John Kerry during the campaigning?

totally agree with you...thats the best speech hes given

LizardKing

Looks like that came from the heart and wasn't scripted and spun for him , He was very gracious in defeat , I just hope Bush does not gloat too much now :}