Slog - Comments on Omahamobama

Comment by 9/11 truther

9/11 truther — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:18:09 -0800

311 are from Omaha. COINCIDENCE?!

Comment by Suz

Suz — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:23:41 -0800

Proud to be from Nebraska! Go Obama!

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:25:11 -0800

NC, NE, NM, hmmm, can I buy another N?

Plus, for good measure, add in an OR senator ...

Comment by Dundee Alum

Dundee Alum — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:27:55 -0800

Nice job second congressional district! You've made a native Omaha-an proud.

Comment by sepiolida

sepiolida — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:34:34 -0800

The electoral college makes no sense! Everything should be decided by popular vote.

Comment by STJA

STJA — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:48:12 -0800

Can we repeat the "holy fucking shit" part, plz?

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:49:03 -0800

Will, you forgot NY, NJ, and NH. Not to mention NV. Why are you so fucking stupid?

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:03:59 -0800

the only state he didn't win a county in was OKLAHOMA. mccain failed to win a county in VT, NH, MA, RI & CN.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:18:49 -0800

Obamaha's not part of Real America.

Comment by johnnie

johnnie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:27:24 -0800

Um, this will not be the first time a state has split its electoral vote. It was very very common before the 1900's. Michigan and North Dakota did it in 1892, for example.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:28:40 -0800

It's the spirit of Malcolm X hovering over his hometown...

Comment by johnnie

johnnie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:28:49 -0800

Addendum: Alabama split its vote 6 to Byrd, 5 to JFK in 1960 as well.

Comment by laterite

laterite — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:35:52 -0800

I'll always be grateful my parents moved away from there when my siblings and I were young.

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:49:55 -0800

Nebraska? For "That One"? Holy fucking shit indeed.

Comment by blank12357

blank12357 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:58:48 -0800

I think you meant to say "Obamaha".

You're welcome.

Comment by laterite

laterite — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:23:26 -0800

@15 wins

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:03:01 -0800

@7 - because they were already in the bag, Fnarf.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:07:06 -0800

mccain failed to win a county in VT, NH, MA, RI & CN

Damn. Too bad I hate East Coast weather.

Comment by Erin

Erin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:29:16 -0800

Holy fucking shit indeed. For us little blue dots floating in a sea of red (literally on game days), seeing that blue square on fivethirtyeight.com is the best we could hope for here in our state. Oh, NE also voted to abolish affirmative action in state hiring this election.

Comment by guy

guy — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:01:32 -0800

Greetings from Obamaha! it's nowhere near as bad as some here claim. I wish our local weekly (the reader) carried savage love, though.

and yeah, that uncle ward connerly sponsored initiative sucked. a lot of people were confused about what they were voting for.

Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay

Catalina Vel-DuRay — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:13:04 -0800

That's wonderful news. It almost makes me take back all the horrible things I have said about Omaha over the years.

Almost.

Actually, I wouldn't mind Omaha if they didn't have this annoying habbit of tearing every single interesting thing in town down.