If we win, how many are planning on being "poor winners"?

[vi5]

I'm neither a dour pessimist nor an eternal optimist about this election. I fall somewhere in the middle of the hope/fear scale. So I'm not saying any of this is a done deal, and I capitalize and bold face the IF part.

But IF we win, will you gloat? Will you as they say "stick it to" any of your freeper aquaintances/friends/family?

I don't really have any freeper friends or family so in real life its not an issue. But there are a few online aquaintances I have who I wouldn't mind sending a knowing smirk their way.

But in any event I think given the way they bush/cheney cult has acted over the past year, that it would be more than justified. I will say that If and when Kerry is president and the first time a criticism is leveled at him, I can't wait to see someone ask them why they hate America since criticizing the president in a time of war was such a horrible thing when it was done to Bush.

[Cyrano]

1. All we'll need is one phrase. "GET OVER IT."

[GumboYaYa]

36. I can not wait to use that phrase over and over again.

But the dems cheated..."GET OVER IT"

Dead people were voting..."GET OVER IT"

But the liberal media ruined it for Bush..."GET OVER IT"

Oh, I just can't wait.

[AnIndependentTexan]

66. actually our first lady gave us the best one SHOVE IT!

[Mojambo]

2. Nah.

Our side should have more class than that.

There is really no time for gloating, this country is seriously fucked up. Kerry won't be gloating, he'll be going to work. We should all do the same.

[Warpy]

26. Class won't fight a bunch of junkyard dogs.

They've murdered our leaders for decades. It's time we started throwing theirs into prison, all of them, on charges ranging from things like insider trading, obstruction of justice and all the way to treason. We can do it and we MUST do it if we're ever to regain the US's reputation in the world.

The whole Bush team needs to be jailed on their abrogation of the Geneva Conventions. A reputation that took nearly a century to build was destroyed within months by that gang. Only when we throw them into prison will the world begin to be convinced that the past four years were an aberration.

Let the right wing howl with indignation. Just let them do it out of power!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

61. I agree entirely

If Kerry wins, November 3 will mark the beginning of the hard work, the same hard work that no one has done for the last four years. There's not enough time to wait until January 20, 2005.

[Not Me]

3. My birthday is 11/3, and I can't think of a better way to spend the day

than to call my repug friends and relatives and gloat my ass off.

Then it's time to get serious and move ahead.

[Caution]

4. me!

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Qutzupalotl]

5. Nah.

We'll need support across the aisle if we expect Kerry to get things done and not have an investigation a week. It's bad enough their guy lost. I know when I've had my face rubbed in it, I NEVER forgave the person who did it.

[Cyrano]

20. The Republicans will NEVER cooperate with Kerry.

The best we can hope for is that we take back the senate, and, during the mid-term elections, take back the house.

The Republican party has become so radicalized that there's just no dealing with them. And remember that they've still got FOX, Limbaugh, Hannity, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, and so many more out there who will still be pushing their propaganda and doing the best they can to destroy Kerry's presidency.

But first things first. Let's win big.

[goodwalt]

68. Think you might be wrong there

WHEN Kerry takes it in an electoral landslide (my guess is 311-350), and WHEN voter turn out hands the Senate to the Democrats- Repugs, like deer in a forest fire, will have to smell the change in the air. With a Dem. controlled Senate, they should be able to submit riderless, simple legislation that Repugs will be afraid to vote against. Like allowing collective bargaining for Rx drugs, or ending all those damned drug commercials, or a NEW assault weapons ban with teeth. Closing overseas corporate loopholes, etc., etc. If done right, they will have to play ball or go home. It also looks like there is some new legal stirring on the Texas jerrymandering front. Oh boy, this is going to be fun to watch.

[meganmonkey]

73. plus, most repugs in congress aren't neocons

i think a surprising number of them will be (albeit secretly) relieved that shrub is out. we might actually be able to accomplish a few things.

[qanda]

6. I really don't have anyone to gloat to

Most of the people I know are voting against Bush. Even the few people I know that may be voting for Bush aren't all that "political" which may explain their ignorance, but I probably wouldn't rub it in to them.

[texasmom]

7. When we win

I will be a gracious winner in public, spreading positive karma. I will not gloat.

[murielm99]

15. I'm gonna gloat.

I hope Kerry does -- for about 24 hours. Then, he needs to be ruthless.

It is time for Democrats to be ruthless.

[The Shadow]

8. Reminds Me Of What They Said In 2000...

When after stealing the election, the repugs said "get over it".
I plan on using that one and one other, like "fuck you".

[HuskerDem]

40. Oh............. laughing too hard............................ ouch.

I'm thinking of songs to start singing to people too

"you can't always get what you want.........."

or how about

"how does it feel?"

[NAO]

52. I Want to Hear Rush Limbaugh Play "The End"

The Doors - The End - modified for Rushbaugh

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
We'll never drive all policy...again

Can you picture what could be
So liberal-less and free
Desperately in need...of some...stranger's hand
In a...desperate land

Lost in a Liberal...wilderness of pain
And all the voters are insane...

(violent insane part omitted)

This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end

It hurts to set you free
But you'll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of nights we tried to die

This is the end!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AntiCoup2K4]

81. Secretly, Mush will be jumping for joy

Job security for the next 4 years. (What would he have to bitch about if Junior won?)

[POAS]

46. Yep I'll say Get the Cheney over it already.

Then I'll add how unpatriotic it would be to not support the President 100%.

[realFedUp]

9. Gloating will be mild....

Shouting at the top of our lungs
with glee, relief, renewed hope for a better
future, backslapping, hugging, dancing
in big packs on the streets...but
gloating, nah....

[maine_raptor]

10. Define "Poor Winner"

If by that you mean tp'ing a place down the road with a BC04 sign on his lawn come the late night of Nov 2, early am Nov 3, then ok, but let me tell you a case of Charmin is NOT cheap!!!!!!!

[LiberalEsto]

11. As long as there's an unassailable win

I need -- REALLY need -- to say "Get over it" to some sulking Rethugs. No need to gloat or smirk.
Just a simple "Get over it" will do for me.


PS. Any DUers in the greeting card business? A "get over it" greeting card would be a surefire hit on this site.

[blondeatlast]

12. Not taking the stickers off of my car until at least January 20.

It will be very difficult to hide my exhaustion and delight at work on November 3, and since 4/5ths of my office is way pro-Kerry, well, I expect 1/5 to call in sick that day!

[Goldmund]

13. Well, I _will_ get a FR account to make that one post.

Classless, I know. But I hafta do it.

[HuskerDem]

41. We should do it en masse

awesome.

[Goldmund]

43. LOL

I'm sure we spontaneously will, with or without any organized effort to do so.

[robbedvoter]

14. We'll need to stay ready for the onslaught of attacks

You don't think they are done after Clinton, huh?
At that time, I'll have ready all the article I saved these years.

[crispini]

16. Well there IS a guy in my office with a

"Flush the two Johns" sticker on his office door.

Nov. 4 (because I'm taking the 3rd off), I plan to stop by his office and at least give him a knowing smirk.

[HFishbine]

42. Stick your head in his offce and say

"Hey dude, looks like you left a couple of floaters."

[crispini]

56. LOL! beautiful! n/t

[AlCzervik]

17. i will be gloat inside a little

but other than that no.

[NC_Nurse]

18. Gloating will not be good

remember, Kerry is inheriting a big mess. I will be praying that he can sort it out and get us back on track. There are no guarantees and being jerks will not get us any cooperation from the other side!

[Thrill]

19. I won't Gloat

I just want to see Bush's consession speech. I would pay to see that

[naufragus]

21. i hope its like Paris

after the revolution. sharpen the gullitones.

[Cyrano]

63. Ummmm, bad idea. History has named that "The Reign of Terror."

[naufragus]

67. exactly

[NMDemDist2]

22. I DO I DO!!!! i am going to smirk and chortle and chuckle and

rub it in and laugh my ass off


then in January I'll start trying to mend fences


I'm Dreaming of a Kerry Christmas
with every Democrat i call
where the treetops glisten
the right wing whimpers
and liberals bring joy to one and all

I'm dreaming of a Kerry Christmas........


Have a Very Kerry Christmas!!

[canuckybee]

23. On the conservative board where I hang out

I have had to listen to so much garbage for months now. I have had to tolerate "na na na na hey hey hey ....." with each friggin Gallup poll. I have been told that democrats cheer each time a soldier dies because it makes Bush look bad. I have had to put up with such an amazing pile of shit, that I have grown to hate some of them. So you bet your sweet ass I will be gloating on Nov 3rd. In real life however, I will behave :-)

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. YES! I will gloat!

I told my son that he can go to school singing "President Kerry" all day long to any miniature little freeper who harassed him when wearing his Kerry t-shirts and there are a LOT of kids who give him grief. He's thrilled that he has permission to rub their faces in it. :7 I will leave my stickers on for a long time to remind the Bushbots who our prez IS. :hi: Can't WAIT to gloat!

[milkyway]

25. count me in.

[Jane Austin]

27. Not me. I'll spend the first two days

being grateful and thanking God.

Then I'll start the vigilance we're going to need to keep the Kerry Presidency from being attacked and stalled like the Clinton one was.

[HuskerDem]

28. Oh GOD YES.......................... I'll be the WORST

Every other sentance is going to start with "Thank God Junior boy isn't in the White House anymore........"

[deadparrot]

29. If we win, I'll be deleriously happy. It may be seen as gloating by some,

but I'll just be blissful. No negativity from me if we win on 11/2.

[FrankBooth]

30. Flaming my local wingnut sports board

Those wingnuts believe God has ordained shrub to win. It is going to be so sweet to rub it in their faces.

[belle]

31. I will graciously continue--accelerate--the work of grinding them into

oblivion and building up a new progressive movement. But i can smile while doing it...

[snowbear]

32. What do you mean "if" we'll win....

you mean.. WHEN we win ;)

[Proud2BAmurkin]

33. HELL FUCKING YES

!

[bluedeminredstate]

34. I have a sibling and friends

that are voting for Bush. If they feel like I did in 2000 there's no way I can gloat.
As for my neighbor with the handpainted 6'x8' sign that says, "God Bless W" - well, that's a different matter. I hate it to be hit with the "Jesus" sledgehammer everytime I drive by his house. I might have to gloat a little...
:P

[LuminousX]

35. First to reach out my hand and say "Help me help America."

We can't fix our problems if we dwell on the rifts.

[HFishbine]

37. No, no, no. Not me!

Oh, I'll gloat till I'm gloated out on DU, but in the real world, it will be time to begin the reconciliation immediately.

[Cheswick2.0]

38. Gloat? Moi?

:7

[RunningFromCongress]

39. Yes, I will gloat, A LOT n/t

[ollie3]

50. Gloat? Who me?

Actually, my Republican "friends" have all told me that Bush is gonna win, that supporting Kerry is a waste of my time, that I would be better served to support a winner. The question for me is not whether I will gloat....it will be whether those who have been gloating at me for months will be humbled enough to....well, it will be nice to see the look on their faces. Would it be gloating to remind them of their previous gloating? Naw....

[flatcoat]

44. Singing

Does a large chorus singing the "Good By" song (Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Hey, Hey George, GOOD BY) in front of the White House on November 3rd constitute being a "poor winner"???

I don't think so .... see ya' there!

[newyawker99]

77. Hi flatcoat!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Zynx]

45. Oh, I'll rub it in the face of my Republican friends because they would do

the same to me.

[SammyWinstonJack]

47. I am not a "gloater" and I don't really have anyone to "gloat" too

Everyone I know is a Dem/Lib, guess I am lucky in that respect. I will just be relieved! And that is enough for me!

[WilliamPitt]

48. I have been saving three really obnoxious emails

I got from people who could do nothing but talk filth about Kerry, me and truthout. They promised certain victory for Bush.

If Bush loses, I am going to reply to those emails.

[Minimus]

49. My repub boss is already setting the stage- last week he said

"I hope Kerry wins just so you get to see how bad he will do as president"

:grr: I was so pissed I had to leave for an early lunch to cool down.

[Guava Jelly]

51. I am gonna be the worlds biggest DICK!!!

HAd 4 years of these right wing retards Eye for an eye.

[dmayo]

53. I've already got plans!

We're gonna break out the Wizard of Oz soundtrack and pump "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" to our culdesac. Can't wait.

[newyawker99]

78. Hi dmayo!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[mitchum]

54. ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY!

[Langis]

55. I am going to be a very poor winner

I am going to rub it in every republicans face I see. I am going to listen to right wing talk radio just to hear them cry, I am going ot only watch Fox for the week following the election to see if I can catch a tear.

[Fleshdancer]

57. I'll be too overcome with relief to gloat...atleast for the first week

But I'll be prepared on inauguration day. :) and in Texas, I'll have a ton of opportunities to be the poor loser.

[Cyrano]

60. Be careful. You've gotta know there's a bunch of

crazy bastards out there who will consider you the anti-Christ and try to shoot you.

[liberal N proud]

58. The smile on my face will be all that is said or done

They will know what happened.
Outside of collecting on a bet that will go directly to a charity, I plan no other action.
It is called chivalry

[Warren DeMontague]

59. I'm gonna be like the Ewoks at the end of Return of the Jedi

n/t

[meganmonkey]

75. that's the party i want to go to!

:)

[IIgnoreNobody]

62. Since I wasn't allowed to gloat when Kerry won the nomination,

I plan on doing plenty of it when he wins the Presidency.

[sofa king]

64. Hell, no. I'm not gloating.

What's there going to be to gloat about?

Say we win, and somehow it's not close enough to steal, and somehow the Bush administration agrees to step down, and somehow they don't put the entire output of the Executive Branch under lock and key in the Idiot Manchild Presidential Library, and somehow we get lucky and discover that the White House hasn't been concealing an economic depression, and somehow drunken rednecks don't take to the streets.

What are we left with? A nation trapped in a war-footing against an enemy we can never confront and defeat. A bankrupt government, diplomatically isolated. A Kerry Presidency left to clean up a thousand toxic messes--both literal and metaphorical--left by the Bush Administration. The right-wing attack machine fueled by the leftovers of a half a billion dollar campaign slush fund.

The only gloating we're going to do is on our hands and knees, working our fingers to the bone, scrubbing the blood stains out of the national fabric while the conservatives point fingers, jeer, and count their payoff.

And that's a job I will happily do, despite the fact that we will be the most destitute of winners.

[jbond56]

71. All good points

I will gloat 2 days for every point we win by.

As far as things already being run down, we all know shrub hasn't worked hard. Much less kept us above water. So it will be challenging but imagine how poorly shrub would do. We have to build from here and take back the house. Otherwise full recovery will be delayed.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

65. Having lived through sixteen years of being told that

Republicans could be overbearing and self-righteous while Democrats had to be "bi-partisan," I will be happy to say sweetly and innocently to any Republican who gives me grief, "Whatever happened to the spirit of bi-partisanship that you've always suggested for us?

And if any pundits come on the TV or radio and start talking about "the failed Kerry administration" as they talked about "the failed Clinton administration" two weeks (two weeks!) into his first term, that media outlet will get faxed and/or phoned so intensely that its communications networks will explode.

[phish420]

69. I will be a VERy sore winner

to my neocon dad anyways...I cant wait!

[XanaDUer]

70. I plan on being as kind, considerate , and tolerant of them

as they have been of me and mine.

:)

[Booster]

72. No. I will be so grateful that I will not gloat. The perpetual

smile on my face will probably drive my repug friends crazy, but I've lost most of them anyway so it doesn't make any difference. If I met Sean Hannity at the airport though, all bets are off - I would definitely gloat.

[indie_voter]

74. I will gloat n/t

[Hans Delbrook]

76. OOOHH YEAH!

I won't have gloated like this since the Montreal Canadiens beat the Flyers for the Stanley Cup
(Long story - I live in Philly - have always been a Canadiens fan - put up with a lot for couple of years then got my sweet, sweet revenge.)

[Lerkfish]

79. One thing: As soon as a freeper disses Kerry, I'll accuse them of being

traitors to the country, unpatriotic, guilty of treason and aiding the enemy.

Just because they deserve at least that much grief, seeing as how they slathered that on me endlessly for criticizing the war in Iraq.

[TheDonkey]

80. "Shove it!" and "Go @&#! yourself" will be my new taglines! GLOATING

GALORE!

I live in thug country and have some thuggie relatives I can't wait to celebrate around. I'm even going to make up post-election shirts.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

82. I will gloat here on DU; maybe register at FR make that one gloat post

Despite this, I will not gloat at the Republicans in my life. However if I'm about and I hear some puke talking trash, then I'll be in a big gloating-mood.

[drdigi420]

83. before or after the huge party im throwing?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

84. I will sing and dance in the streets

But I won't gloat till the cell doors clang shut on every ousted criminal bastard.

[NanBo]

85. I've been wondering what Thanksgiving

is going to be like as I'm hosting it for an entire clan of * supporters--that is, my sicko family. It should be very interesting... }(

[ArkDem]

86. After the landslide just do what feels good!

[The Great Escape]

87. It's The "SORE LOSERMAN" Barb That Stuck In My Gut...

I don't mind being told I lost when my side really lost.

[DaveSZ]

88. No I will not "stick it to" members of my family

We should be above that.

[Carl Yasutomo]

89. I don't have the time or energy to gloat

But I will be privately euphoric for quite a while after the election... And I will secret savor the reactions of Bush & Co on TV as they concede defeat.