I am new at the whole presidential election thing, just coming up on my 16th birthday this Thursday, but I have to ask, when was the last time America was this wound up over a new president? Or does this kind of thing happen more then I know?

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

He's not just the president, he's our Messiah and Big Brother. Dear Leader Obama was chosen, and is now the anointed one who will make our world one great society by helping us to sacrifice our selfish individualism for the common, collective good of humanity.

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Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror, 'cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a hell of a man. Oh lord, it's hard to be humble, but I'm doin' the best that I can.

My official-licensed, third jersey logo-emblazoned, Sabres garden gnome will fix this.

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mechaphil

Liking Obama is about as popular as hating Bush was. We're a country of bandwagoners and extremists.

Please...don't get me started...

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Its NNYFAN, but you can just call me Kris.

To answer that question...No.

I blame the proliferation of cable news and the 24 hour news cycle.
CNN, MSNBC and Fox news are in a death spiral of hatred and dragging otherwise civil people down with it.

The internet hasn't helped either. Now every idiot (like me) has an equally loud bullhorn. Go marinate at Kos or freerepublic for a while. Scary stuff.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Haha right now it's a free for all for liking or hating the man. He can do no wrong except he's always wrong. That seems to sum up the sentiment nation wide. People forget that Obama's popular vote wasn't as overwhelming as his electoral.

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All the things we wanted each other to be we'll never be.

Isn't that the truth. 24 hour news cycles seem to fill their time with sensational reporting instead of facts whether those exaggerations are good or bad it really doesn't matter to them. The news networks have realized that they can pander to people's beliefs and just report anything that strengthens those beliefs to get ratings whether it's true or not. A nasty combination of racism, misplaced patriotism, blind faith, religious intolerance and anger at the current state of the economy have been harnessed by both sides to gain ratings and further political agendas. Finger pointing has become a sick security blanket and it's disgusting to be honest.

This is not how it always is my young friend and it is sad that people your age are growing up with this being the norm. The election of Obama (in my opinion) showed that we have come a long way as a people. That being said, the nasty hate mongering from the right and the blind faith from the left have shown that on the flip side we still have a long way to go as a people. I hope your generation comes through this with an understanding that tactics like this (the hate, the division etc) hurt everyone in the long run.


Wow...listen to me sounding like an adult and shit..

I don't know. While the 24 hour news coverage and internet may have exacerbated things some, I think American politics has always been divisive. We've had Alexander Hamilton killed in a duel with Aaron Burr, fights breaking out in Congress, slanderous political cartoons. Plus, you know, this country ripped itself in half over slavery. So yes, shocking as it may be, politics is always a dirty, nasty business. And I believe it always has been. People just always think it's worse today.

Ham

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Do you believe yet?

Seriously though, every idiot with a computer thinks he knows politics.

I am very into politics, and am going to school for political science, but I stay out of political debates on the internet.

I have my own opinions, and by no means are they simply one way.

Obama is a big thing because everybody with facebook thinks they did their part.

I voted for Obama. How do I feel about him? I'll tell you in 3 years.

I don't think America has always been this polar. Washington did warn against political parties.

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"Go out and run 'em."
- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

Ive watched some House of Commons debates...fuck, those people are passionate and very vocal. They think nothing of calling a colleague an ass or an idiot, including the Prime Minister!

As for this country, mud slinging seems to be the norm. But in todays instantaneous information age and the age of news media ratings for commercial time, ideas and facts become skewed and merged. Add to it the "propagandism" of the government and we have a virtual mess in which the only recourse is to get drunk of course.

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I try to think, but nuttin happens.......Curley Howard
There is no past as it exists merely as a slippery bond tying the memories of the past to the dreams of the future.............Me
If we started life as an old person and lived until we were young, we would eventually finish off fucked as an orgasm.......George Carlin

dont forget about General Jackson's election in 1828

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PSA: I am an overly sarcastic person. If you take me at my word, then i will most likely anger and offend you.

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"Go out and run 'em."
- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007