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Video: The House Certifies The Electoral College

January 8th, 2009 History President Obama 27 Comments

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27 Responses to “Video: The House Certifies The Electoral College”

1. Jay Tea says:

   January 8, 2009 at 4:56 pm

   A great day, indeed.

   Another affirmation of the greatness of the American system — the smooth transition of power, often across party lines, with absolutely no violence. America is, indeed, a nation of “institutionalized revolution.”

   I did not vote for Barack Obama. Given the chance to again, I would still vote for McCain.

   Regardless, I hope he is successful as president (if not necessarily on the issues he ran on), he is my president, and I look forward for arguing against his re-election and voting for his opponent in four years.

   Unless, of course, the Republicans put up an utterly unacceptable candidate like Buchanan or Paul or their ilk, or Obama utterly surprises me and ends up pushing for the issues I believe in most strongly.

   Congratulations, President Elect Obama and Vice President Elect Biden.

   Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to make my way to the peanut gallery roped off and marked “Loyal Opposition.”

   J.
2. ed says:

   January 8, 2009 at 5:23 pm

   Regardless, I hope he is successful as president

   Wow. How incredibly gracious of you.

   I hoped George Bush, Jr. would have been successful as president too. But he wasn’t. He was a total fucking disaster. I wish him well as a Former President, though. You know, because I’m such a mensch.
3. Jay Tea says:

   January 8, 2009 at 6:36 pm

   I have a hunch that Dubya will be more like his father as an ex-president, and not like Carter and Clinton.

   I miss the old days when former presidents just quietly faded into the history books…

   J.
4. ed says:

   January 8, 2009 at 7:06 pm

   I miss the old days when former presidents just quietly faded into the history books…

   You and me both. What’s with those do-gooders trying to do good with their positions anyway? Why can’t they just collect their exorbitant speaking fees and sit on company boards and be done with it. Sheesh.

   I predict that Commander Bunnypants, the worst president ever*, will slowly drink himself to death from the comfort of his well air conditioned manse. Jackass.

   *he was only nominally president, of course. He didn’t make any decisions apart from maybe The Rug.
5. Jay Tea says:

   January 8, 2009 at 7:17 pm

   Carter has never recovered from the Iranian hostage crisis. He was stunningly wrong then, and he is stunningly wrong now.

   Bill Clinton has turned the ex-presidency into a money-making engine.

   Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon — they all did their time and retired quietly. Reagan and Bush too. That, historically, is what ex-presidents did. The most notable exceptions were J. Q. Adams and Taft.

   J.
6. Oliver Willis says:

   January 8, 2009 at 7:34 pm

   Bill Clinton has turned the ex-presidency into a money-making engine.

   Unlike Poppy Bush, who is a paid speaker and a board member of multi-million dollar corporations like The Carlyle Group. And I’m sure he wrote all three of his books for free.
7. Oliver Willis says:

   January 8, 2009 at 7:37 pm

   I should also note I don’t find anything wrong with an ex-prez making his opinion known, though I will laugh my ass of at the first chance when Bush I or II may criticize Obama and the right treats it as if its gospel. And the idea that Bush I never criticized Clinton is a myth.
8. Duros62 says:

   January 8, 2009 at 7:48 pm

   I have a hunch that Dubya will be more like his father as an ex-president, and not like Carter and Clinton.
   

   Indeed. He can pal around with terrorists and their families, like Poppy.
9. Jay Tea says:

   January 8, 2009 at 8:14 pm

   Not a bad idea, Duros. I hear William Ayers has some openings in his calendar. And Carter would probably welcome the company on his next trip to issue excuses for Hamas and Hezbollah and their ilk.

   J.
10. daniel rotter says:

    January 8, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    “I hear William Ayers has some openings in his calendar.”

    Maybe unrepentant convicted burglgar, unrepentant would-be firebomber, unrepentant would be-kidnapper, and unrepentant would-be murderer of Jack Anderson (as atrocious as Ayers’ bombings were, he never killed or even planned to kill anybody) G. Gordon Liddy has some too!
11. Jay Tea says:

    January 8, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Nice whitewashing, rotter. You have managed to force yourself to forget just who the Weathermen tried to bomb — a judge and his entire family and a dance for enlisted soldiers, just to name two.

    Liddy did his time. Ayers, though, in his own words — “guilty as hell, free as a bird.”

    J.
12. Jay Tea says:

    January 8, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    Back to the point, though — yup, a great day for our nation. And January 20 will be another one — like a lot of other January 20s before it, and (I hope) many more in the future.

    J.
13. Bruce Henry says:

    January 8, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    “Carter has never recovered from the Iranian hostage crisis. He was stunningly wrong then…”
    So please tell us, Jay Tea, if you were POTUS in November 1979, what would YOU have done? Nuke Isfahan? Or would you, presaging GWB’s propensity for attacking an unrelated target, have invaded Grenada 4 years early?
14. daniel rotter says:

    January 8, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    “…tried to bomb-a judge and his entire family…”

    It was never proven that the Weathermen were behind that bombing.

    “…and a dance for enlisted soldiers…”

    Ayers was not part of that plot. Not all of the Weathermen acted in accordance with each other.

    “Liddy did his time.”

    And was (and still is) completely unrepentant about the crime that led to his doing time. The big rap on Ayers wasn’t that he didn’t do any time. but that he was unrepentant about his illegal activities.
15. daniel rotter says:

    January 8, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    By the way, Liddy didn’t do “his time” for plotting to kill Jack Anderson, or plotting to firebomb the Brookings Insitution, or plotting to kidnap “leftist guerillas.” Saying that “Liddy did his time” in response to all the crimes I mentioned implies that he served time for ALL of them, not just one of them (burglary).

    To be fair, though, in my last post, I should have mentioned that, like Liddy, Ayers not only was, but still is, unrepentant.
16. michael says:

    January 8, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    Nice video, but it brings back sad and painful memories of Al Gore having to stand there and die a million times inside while he certified Bush’s “victory”. While one Black Congressperson after another tried in vain to throw him a lifeline. Sigh.
17. Jaim says:

    January 8, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    George W. Bush will do the world a favor and quietly drink himself to death, shunned, hated, and loudly booed on the rare occasions he does decide to go out in public.

    Clinton makes lots of money as a speaker because _people want him around_. He presided over a great era of peace and economic prosperity for our country.

    Bush II won’t get invited anywhere, because even Republicans don’t want to remind people that he’s one of them.
18. ed says:

    January 8, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Carter has never recovered from the Iranian hostage crisis October Surprise.

    fix’d.

    So Jay Tea, how do you see Commander Bunnypants, the Worst President Ever, spending his post-presidency? How will he apply the massive accumulated acumen regarding politics, the national economy, post-modern warfare, and what have you? Will he write a extensive series of tomes on how the the planet may achieve worldwide peace and prosperity? Translate ancient Greek poetry? Tirelessly strive to wipe out poverty in the hardest hit areas of the country and world? Sculpt?

    And speaking of Republican Frauds, how is it that a former Attorney General of the United States of America and one-time prime nominee for the Supreme Court can’t find gainful employment? That is seriously fucking embarrassing. That is George Bush, Junior Embarrassing.
19. daniel rotter says:

    January 8, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    “George W. Bush will do the world a favor and quietly drink himself to death,…”

    Ugh. Let’s be more responsible than that, Jaim. Let’s try not to be the liberal eqivalents of walking advertisements for birth control like Ann Coulter.
20. Quaker in a Basement says:

    January 8, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    Worth an estimated $21 million (£10.5 million) – made mostly before he took office in 2000 – he said that to begin with, “I’ll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol’ coffers. I don’t know what my dad gets – it’s more than 50-75 thousand dollars per speech.” He also noted: “Clinton’s making a lot of money.”
21. ed says:

    January 8, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    “George W. Bush will do the world a favor and quietly drink himself to death,…”
    Ugh. Let’s be more responsible than that, Jaim. Let’s try not to be the liberal eqivalents of walking advertisements for birth control like Ann Coulter.

    Indeed. I think that’s a very possible scenario for WPE, but I wouldn’t wish that on him.
22. ed says:

    January 8, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    Worth an estimated $21 million (£10.5 million) – made mostly before he took office in 2000 – he said that to begin with, “I’ll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol’ coffers. I don’t know what my dad gets – it’s more than 50-75 thousand dollars per speech.” He also noted: “Clinton’s making a lot of money.”

    What a colossal douche is George Bush, Junior. Bad president. Spoiled, rich-ass royalty, frat-boy douche-bag to boot.
23. Jay Tea says:

    January 9, 2009 at 3:24 am

    Those who mock at “Bush Derangement Syndrome” should look at this thread. It’s all the proof anyone should need to prove that it exists.

    J.
24. Jaim says:

    January 9, 2009 at 3:34 am

    Would you deny the fact that Clinton makes money because he’s a popular, beloved figure who’s eagerly sought on the lecture circuit, and that George W. Bush will be routinely booed and picketed and any public appearance he makes for the rest of his life? And that more simply, people just don’t want him around (including Republicans)?

    See Jay, these things called “facts” give you a lot of trouble. People don’t hate Bush for irrational, made-up reasons. The majority of Americans hate him for being incompetent. For being a failure. For embarassing both the country and the office with his mere presence.

    But it’s always cute to see you try and make logical arguments.
25. Oliver Willis says:

    January 9, 2009 at 3:50 am

    I just want to say this is dead on:

    People don’t hate Bush for irrational, made-up reasons. The majority of Americans hate him for being incompetent. For being a failure. For embarassing both the country and the office with his mere presence.

    Cons hate people like Obama and Clinton for imagined fantasy scenarios. We hate Bush because he fucked up America.
26. ed says:

    January 9, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Cons hate people like Obama and Clinton for imagined fantasy scenarios. We hate Bush because he fucked up America.

    Plus he’s, objectively, a spoiled douche-bag.
27. somejackass says:

    January 9, 2009 at 10:47 am

    Elector-eee-al, gah! Flippin’ pennsylvanians