• May 25, 2012

Liveblogging The 8:00 (ET!) Wave Of Unimportant Results

by Jim Newell  

The only question we have for this latest batch of states is: will Maryland stay in the Democratic column? What? Exactly. Now let’s watch the CNN people eagerly discuss how there will not be projections re: Florida or Pennsylvania for another FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. Roland Martin probably has an interesting take on this!

8:00 — Oh crap on a stick, there are a million projections: Obama — IL, MA, DE, NJ, ME, DC, MD; McCain: TN, OK. No surprises. UPDATE: Liberal MSNBC calls PA for Obama, CNN does not.

8:02 — Ha ha, the old CNN guy is “shocked” to see that McCain won 71% of white voters in South Carolina. Apparently he has never been to the United States of America.
8:04 — As we just updated above the jump, the liberal media establishment MSNBC, a subset of the communist “NBC News” has called Pennsylvania for Obama. They are probably wrong, because NBC News literally fucks these early projections up every year. If it holds though, then… wait, no, NO CHAMPAGNE.
8:06 — John King draws these green lines across Florida on his fancy digital map. It looks like he is trying to slice a penis in half. This is a terrible sign for Ralph Nader.
8:08 — We do not every want to look at pictures of dumb Indiana counties every again. John King says, though, that McCain is underperforming Bush2004 in all of the red counties. This is going to be such an anticlimactic close, and thank God. This monstrous election needs a soft landing, to prevent global self-implosion.
8:12 — Dana Bash is at the Phoenix hotel that will host the McCain rally. Deadly schoolchidren are singing gothic German funeral rites in the background.
8:15 — CNN cuts to commercial… or is it a hologram of them cutting to commercial? This is a real Pandora’s Box they’ve opened tonight.
8:18 — Liberal MSNBC yet again calls a race in freakishly record time: Democrat Jean Shaheen beats incumbent Sen. John Sununu in New Hampshire. Ha ha, sucks to be a moderate Republican.
8:20 — David Axelrod is on CNN, let’s see what’s up with that guy.
8:21 — “Uh uh, Pennsylvania, that’s huge, that was… big thing… uh uh, North Carolina looks interesting, uh, so we’re hopeful.” David Axelrod clearly wants to shout, “WE WON, DUMB WOLF BLITZER, SUCK IT MCSHIT, PALIN — GO EAT AN ASS.” He is not wearing any pants and is holding two bottles of Cristal between his thighs.
8:22 — Axelrod: “Oh yeah Barry misses his grandma too… Did I mention that we’re winning the shit out of this election?”
8:24 — Fine, we give up — CNN is officially too boring to watch. Surely MSNBC will be better?? Oh, GREAT, it’s just dumb David Gregory and… Ann Curry? Ha ha, everyone has been fired from this shameful network. Let’s keep watching it.
8:26 — David Gregory asks Eugene Robinson, who is black, what he thinks about black people. Everyone at the table laughs, and a commercial. So many commercials. It seems so… empty tonight.
8:28 — Hey everyone, we have a special treat for you in our 8:30 liveblog. Presenting, for the first time ever — THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE ON THE INTERNET — your liveblog will be written by… A HOLOGRAM OF KEN LAYNE. Just kidding. The next liveblogger will be Intern Juli, in her Wonkette liveblogging debut! So go check that out and be nice to her while the editors chug rum for a few minutes.

{ 110 comments }

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Tennessee, of course.

PerhapsSo November 4, 2008 at 8:01 pm

PA is a very important result.

Time to riot, Philly!

ct03 November 4, 2008 at 8:02 pm

Why is CNN showing Family Guy at the top of their giant magic screen?

hobgoblin of little minds November 4, 2008 at 8:02 pm

Uh, what the hell is up with the picture. Is that a male or female bitter?

gurukalehuru November 4, 2008 at 8:02 pm

Fuck CNN! BBC is practically calling the whole election for Obama. We’ve got Pennsylvania!

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:02 pm

Say wut now? MSNBC just declared for PA. The grim new will be sent to AZ by Pony Express.

KristaJulieva November 4, 2008 at 8:03 pm

Fuck you, Pennsylvania for Obama.

Rukasu November 4, 2008 at 8:03 pm

CBS getting ballsy…72 votes for Barry already!?

Beef Supreme November 4, 2008 at 8:03 pm

Whoa, I took a shit and now Barack has 103 EV’s!

Juan McMaverick November 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Hopey just won PA.

hrhkingfriday November 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm

golden palace, nice.

Mighty Rex November 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Boobs! Me want BOOBS!

Arturo Bandini November 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm

CNN says white evangelical born-agains choose McCain over Obama?! My god, this night is full of surprises!

Lazy Media November 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm

They can’t call Alabama yet? WTF? George Wallace is sitting up in his grave, scratching his moldy skull with his skeletal finger.

loganmo November 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm

MSNBC has called PA for hopey

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Florida lookin good

Garyosu November 4, 2008 at 8:05 pm

NBC called Pennsylvania for Hopey too!

Lord Foppington of Dandyshire November 4, 2008 at 8:05 pm

Skeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!! Yay for Pennsylvania.

HedonismBot November 4, 2008 at 8:05 pm

Greetings from Jesusland; I’m in the redneck/cowboy/macho warmonger state of Wyoming, but I just wanted to gloat to somebody about having proudly voted for Hopey today and canceled out some red-state bitter’s vote for McDick.

Sarah Palin (vp@whitehouse.gov) November 4, 2008 at 8:05 pm

I would SO DO Campbell Brown!

-SP

splittter November 4, 2008 at 8:06 pm

The pinko commies at the BBC just all but called it … sorry if us limey’s are tempting fate … but, fuck yeah!

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:06 pm

Gov. Rendell pulled it out in PA (walkin’ around money in Philly still works).

bluetom00 November 4, 2008 at 8:06 pm

If we’re lucky SC will secede again. Then we can send the Presidential Muslim Terrorist Death Squad in to take all their white women.

Hairy Reed November 4, 2008 at 8:07 pm

Jim, why do you make me look at that horrendous picture while I obsessively refresh???

quixoticfilibuster November 4, 2008 at 8:07 pm

Anyone else noticing that Obama has more votes in SC but it’s been called for McCain? I’m looking at msnbc BTW.

OffTheRecord November 4, 2008 at 8:07 pm

Oh Pennsylvania, you make Ashley Todd very very sad.

Itsjustme November 4, 2008 at 8:08 pm

Tweety has got to share the microphone or it is off to Alaska for him.

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:08 pm

I hate Matthews referring to Gov. Rendell as “Eddie.” What a turd.

quixoticfilibuster November 4, 2008 at 8:09 pm

Never mind.. guess the numbers on the website weren’t quick enough.. Or I wasn’t.. Did anyone else wake and feel like it was christmas morning?

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:09 pm

MSNBC is hatin on McCain’s chances

Itsjustme November 4, 2008 at 8:09 pm

New Hampshire hearts Hopey

WeDeserveThisFate November 4, 2008 at 8:09 pm

Oh it’s all coming apart on FOX! Oh, thank you Jesus!
Oh, oh, I feel a hopegasm comin’!

slappypaddy November 4, 2008 at 8:10 pm

Only 71% of the crackers in South Carolina voted against the dark-skinned fellow? That’s real progress to report from the state that brought us the Civil War (which is rumored to have been about dark-skinned folk).

Murph November 4, 2008 at 8:10 pm

ABC is calling PA for Hussein too..

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:10 pm

Magic finger sez: bad time for McCain in Indiana.

AfghanVet November 4, 2008 at 8:11 pm

Game over man…game over.

Itsjustme November 4, 2008 at 8:11 pm

Howard Dean is very stiff for Obama

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:12 pm

Wow…Hagin is stomping Dole so far in NC. That’s great!

AfghanVet November 4, 2008 at 8:12 pm

Chris Matthews is a douche.

Rukasu November 4, 2008 at 8:12 pm

DC FTW!!!!

bluetom00 November 4, 2008 at 8:12 pm

Suzanne Malveaux is taking my order at Burger King.

mirrorball November 4, 2008 at 8:13 pm

NBC and ABC have called Pa. for Obama. But not CNN or CBS. Not sure about Fox. But I’m sure they’re in denial.

cutnutinthebutt November 4, 2008 at 8:13 pm

look at the toothless chick behind the reporter in grant park. scary.

KublaKant November 4, 2008 at 8:13 pm

choir boys singing in the Biltmore. Those repubtards like them some choir boys.

Wonks Adventure November 4, 2008 at 8:13 pm

The poor CNN lady … not the holographic one, the other one … sounds like she’s in a warzone at Hopey’s victory rally.

ct03 November 4, 2008 at 8:14 pm

Chris Matthews just called Howard Dean “the John the Baptist to Barack Obama’s…” and then realized where that was headed and stopped.

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:15 pm

Dana Bash looks like an alien. What gives? Plus, that boys choir of Phoenix adds a spooky patriotic feel to the festivities, no?

Rukasu November 4, 2008 at 8:15 pm

Tweety: “So he IS an elitist!?”

what a turd

Itsjustme November 4, 2008 at 8:15 pm

[re=164717]WeDeserveThisFate[/re]: I am waiting until it gets closer then switching.

Lionel Hutz Esq. November 4, 2008 at 8:16 pm

FOX is now projecting New Hampshire for Obama.

And FOX has also projected Hagan over Dole.

Sean O November 4, 2008 at 8:16 pm

Swear to god, sounds like the Phoenix Boys’ Choir was singing Tomorrow Belongs to Me.

fuckinredneck November 4, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Actually, communist NBC News is owned by hardline Soviet Shinehardt Wig Company (“Not selling American atomic secrets to the commies since 1955″). So you know which side their borscht is buttered on!

102415 November 4, 2008 at 8:17 pm

[re=164688]HedonismBot[/re]: sweetie pie, thankyou!

answerbird November 4, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Stick a fork in McNasty, he is done. The Mac is back….in the Senate!

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:17 pm

[re=164762]Sean O[/re]: I think it was “This is My Country”. As long as it’s not Lee Greenwood, sing on oh choir boys!

Giant Robot November 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm

[re=164715]Itsjustme[/re]: True dat. Live free or die. Suck it Megan McCain!

Lionel Hutz Esq. November 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm

Hey Jim, Why the picture of Giuliani for the top of this thread.

JoeFannyPack November 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm

My 11 year old son just had the line of the night. My wife and I were telling him that if Hopey takes Va. it is probably about over, and his reaction, as we were planning an election night party, “but you haven’t even served the hors d’oeuvres yet!!” Probably funnier here in person but wanted to share anyway. Come on Obama, give us a chance to party before winning!!

Lemur November 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm

[re=164734]AfghanVet[/re]: Agreed…he’s SO DRAMATIC!

HottMcClellan November 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm

[re=164665]gurukalehuru[/re]: I’ll drink to BBC. To Hopey!

Cathangover November 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm

Someone get Lester Holt on MSNBC a goddamn glass of water.

Lionel Hutz Esq. November 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm

Bill Kristol on FOX says it looks like a bad night for Republicans. No Bomb, Bomb Iran.

answerbird November 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm

Check out ths website (sorry my southern brethen): Fuck the South. Sort of sums up how I felt in 2004.

brain meats November 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm

I feel like my head is going to explode. There is nowhere near enough medical marijuana to help with that.
I’ve talked to at least one voter who was frauded tonight while calling and pointing bitters & others to their polling places and reminding them that Team Unicorn needs them. I fixed those republican’s red wagons in Ohio and told her to she could vote!

Is Indecision ’08 on yet?

WeDeserveThisFate November 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm

Fox has not called PA. But they are so sad!

El Bombastico November 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm

[re=164773]JoeFannyPack[/re]: Your son sounds like an elitist. Can he also pronounce “arugula”?

Seishi November 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm

[re=164673]Beef Supreme[/re]: Go take another shit!

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm

NCarolina wouldn’t that be something! They can stay in the union. But Tennessee… buy-bye!

AfghanVet November 4, 2008 at 8:20 pm

4 more Senators for the Dems!

PerhapsSo November 4, 2008 at 8:20 pm

[re=164773]JoeFannyPack[/re]: Tell your son that it’s ok; the party will last at least four years.

Texas2Step November 4, 2008 at 8:21 pm

OMG! I half expect the boy’s choir at the Biltmore to break into “Nearer My God To Thee”, and for them to start loading the women and children first.

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:21 pm

[re=164773]JoeFannyPack[/re]: Oh, we’ve seen the hors already, but fortunately, they are staying in alaska and north carolina… yuk yuk.

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:21 pm

[re=164778]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]: And he is a Hah-vard PhD, so he must know what he’s talking about.

Terry November 4, 2008 at 8:22 pm

CNN showed N.C. running at 58% for Hopey.

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:22 pm

Wolf is talking superstition. Don’t claim victory early, and… carville here… don’t change your undies. Ewwww.

Dr. Zoidberg November 4, 2008 at 8:22 pm

Dole is gone! Whoooooooooo!

Mistrez_Mish November 4, 2008 at 8:22 pm

“8:12 — Dana Bash is at the Phoenix hotel that will host the McCain rally. Deadly schoolchidren are singing gothic German funeral rites in the background.”

LOLZ! The first things that my hubby said when CNN panned over to the McCain party was “what is this, a funeral?”

Oh… it’s funny because it’s true

Chad San Marino November 4, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Knocking off moderate Senators may not be a great thing in the long run. All that’ll be left is the crazy assholes who jerk off to pictures of Jesse Helms.

Dreadful Gate November 4, 2008 at 8:23 pm

I live in Canada! I don’t get MSNBC! Tell me who they’ve called!

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Oy, now we are on Obama’s grandma. And she’s dead, too.

smellyal8r November 4, 2008 at 8:23 pm

So, Axlerod…wonk or nerd?

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:25 pm

Did you see the ballot on MSNBC for Florida? Connect the dots and make an arrow? WTF?!?!

OffTheRecord November 4, 2008 at 8:25 pm

I’m sorry. The ballots in Palm Beach County appear fucked. Who is designing these things in Florida? You color in between two boxes? What the fuck is that?

Dubya's Pusha Man November 4, 2008 at 8:25 pm

Holy crap! Ted Koppel on the BBC. This is awesome…he’s lecturing on American history to the drunken English guys. That rules.

Lionel Hutz Esq. November 4, 2008 at 8:26 pm

FOX just called Shaheen over Sununu.

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:26 pm

I am so glad Dole is out. Now she’ll have time for Viagra ads and reconstructive face work.

Kazoom November 4, 2008 at 8:27 pm

CBS just announced the defeat of Libby Dole. Schadenfreude, I has it.

funkyj November 4, 2008 at 8:28 pm

Does anyone remember the scene from Ferris Bueller’s day off where, as the principle (?) is looking at Ferris’s number of absent days, Ferris (who has hacked in) is modifying the computer record?

I expect the same thing any minute from our Diebold overlords

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:28 pm

Damn, they are piling on the commercials tonight. At least we don’t have to see any more Rev Wright ads.

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Ads are on ALL channels at this very second.

JoeFannyPack November 4, 2008 at 8:29 pm

[re=164783]WeDeserveThisFate[/re]: neither has CNN, not even holographically!

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:30 pm

McCain desperately wanted NH…. and lost it 6 to 4. LOL.

Dreamer November 4, 2008 at 8:30 pm

I just came home – what did I miss? Are we going to bomb Iran?

Sean O November 4, 2008 at 8:30 pm

cnn calls NH! Yay NH, you still get my money!

Them November 4, 2008 at 8:31 pm

The long sad faces at Fox just called Pennsylvania for Hopey.

memzilla November 4, 2008 at 8:31 pm

It’s so delicious watching Faux News. They’re running about 15 minutes behind the predictions of NBC because they just can’t deal with the ‘Bamatudity.

God, will I go to hell for loving the schadenfreude? Will I have to change planes at O’Hare?

JoeFannyPack November 4, 2008 at 8:31 pm

CNN says educated voters like Hopey!! Bad year for dumbasses!!

Dreamer November 4, 2008 at 8:31 pm

the godless lady won in NC.

Lionel Hutz Esq. November 4, 2008 at 8:32 pm

I went to college in New England in the late 80s, and at the time, New Hampshire was as conservative as anywhere in the South, they just had better teeth. To think that it is now joining Massachusetts and Vermont in Socialism, what a world we live in.

We are all comrades now!

simetrias November 4, 2008 at 8:32 pm

Wishin’ it were champagne time already, but I don’t feel like popping my cork early. LOL.

President Beeblebrox November 4, 2008 at 8:33 pm

Ho ho ho, the BBC coverage is great. They just asked their reporter at McCain HQ if there’s an “air of desperation” there.

Weird, Ted Koppel is co-anchoring BBC’s coverage…

Czn939 November 4, 2008 at 8:35 pm

Karl “Goo” Rove on FNC!

Lazy Media November 4, 2008 at 8:35 pm

[re=164762]Sean O[/re]: I LOLd

HottMcClellan November 4, 2008 at 8:37 pm

GA for the Crypt Keeper? I can’t take this! More alcohol!

Lazy Media November 4, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Oh, ho, ho. McCain’s 13-point lead just evaporated to 3 points. Come on, Commonwealth.

Jim Newell November 4, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Dreamer November 4, 2008 at 8:39 pm

[re=164850]President Beeblebrox[/re]: He’s originally from Britain – he is a naturalized citizen so he is right at home with the elitist BBC.

forgracie November 4, 2008 at 8:45 pm

[re=164845]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]:
I have great teeth…

Texas2Step November 4, 2008 at 8:47 pm

[re=164840]memzilla[/re]: No, O’Hare is Hell. You’ll be fine.

juan pueblo November 4, 2008 at 8:48 pm

how about beaming the intern over here …

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