The South does not disappoint, does it.

[fencesitter]

I thought Georgia might have chance too.

[JeanGrey]

1. No way. I always knew that.

[camera obscura]

2. I didn't

I was a total pessimist in my projections, and Obama still wins.
as long as he gets VA... that's the ticket.

[RollWithIt]

3. Gonna carry Florida....

Watch.

[Sugar Smack]

5. AND NC.

[ncgrits]

23. Yep. I'm not disappointed here in the great southern state of NC!

Dole is gone. And even if Obama doesn't take the state, we made McLoser spend time and money here that he didn't wanna spend.

I'm not disappointed at all.

[Sugar Smack]

27. Right now, Obama's leading in our state.

:hi: And THE HELL with the divisive remarks. GO NC!!!!:bounce:

[ncgrits]

28. I'm with ya Sugar!

:hi:

[BreweryYardRat]

34. Sure looks that way.

51-47 Obama's favor, with 48% of precincts reporting.

[Naturyl]

7. VA looks a bit shaky.

But we're in good shape elsewhere.

[fencesitter]

4. Where is the "New South?"

c'mon, the war is over!

[Athens30603]

10. Oh, come on...

Everyone I know voted for Obama. We're the New South. There may not be millions of us yet but we're here.

[Texasgal]

13. Exactly.

My county is VERY blue as well.

[ncgrits]

24. My county went 78% for Obama! I'll put that up against any other county in the nation!

[mitchum]

16. The exceedingly fecund rednecks are outbreeding us

[Athens30603]

6. My county went for Obama!

[fencesitter]

15. I love Athens.

[Touchdown]

8. I may even learn to like grits.

Nah! But I do love you southerners!:hug:

[Athens30603]

12. Thanks!

[calmblueocean]

9. I was thinking Georgia might surprise us, too. Maybe in 2012. n/t

[CitizenPatriot]

11. the internals had GA for Obama

if a certain percentage of the 400,000 newly registered voters GOTV.

this is very disappointing. We had so much support for Obama here.

We have to be suspicious due to Karen Handel's horrific handling -- her purging of hundreds of thousands of voters, etc. And we had the Diebold flipping device -- per Spoonamore.

[morillon]

21. The big Georgia counties haven't come in yet.

http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_1104/001.htm

Those are Dem strongholds. The ones posted right now are the loser racist counties, for the most part.

[CitizenPatriot]

29. wow! Really?? Thanks!

I was wondering WTF??? Also, I couldn't figure out how they had Atlanta tallied yet, when the lines were so long. Thanks for the info!

Toast!

[morillon]

31. CNN's projecting a McCain win in Georgia, but

I don't see how they can do that with Chatham totally out, DeKalb and Fulton mostly out, and even MY county totally out. I think their projection is premature.

[Crazy4sea]

14. Today, being from the south, I'm so proud!

I think we are going to take Fl and Ga. My SO is working the polls in GA and I haven't heard from him yet which means there are still people at his polling place voting even though the polls have closed. And he is working in a heavily black poll location. I'd think there are alot more like that occuring.

[morillon]

35. The lines were HUGE in Cobb today.

A friend of mine showed up hours early to vote, and by the time the doors opened 500 people were in line. There were hundreds in line at 7 AM at the precinct near where I work. These are both in Cobb.

[Crazy4sea]

37. WOW!

My SO is in Chatham and is suppose to call when he leaves - I still haven't heard from him.

[Hawkeye-X]

17. Well, here's to hoping 2008 is the last year of the Diebold tentacles in GA

I'm sure there are plans in progress to crush 'em into small bits.

Hawkeye-X

[morillon]

25. My loathing for those machines knows no bounds.

I'm a gadget freak and total early adopter, for the most part, but THOSE MACHINES. They should be turned into a bunch of bricks.

[depakid]

18. It sure dosen't

The region's drug the rest of America down for 150 years- and isn't going to change the pattern anytime soon.

[Politicub]

19. My county hasn't reported yet - DeKalb

But when it does, it's going to be 1,000's of blue votes!

[Honeycombe8]

20. No. There was never any evidence that O would take GA. Or KY. Or TN. nt

[Crazy4sea]

26. Actually...

Ga was within 1pt. The Obama campaigned beefed up volunteering there over the weekend once those last numbers came out.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/poll_obama_grabs_lead_in_deep-.php

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/ga_mccain_48_obama_47_iadvanta.php

[morillon]

41. Yep. I just don't trust election results here with these Diebold machines.

Oh, and our LOVELY Rethuglican Secretary of State, the Voter Suppressionist in Chief. Georgia results cannot be trusted until the machines are gone.

[AngryOldDem]

22. Someone (I think it was Todd) was saying today that the South will be the only bastion the GOP has

[Courtesy Flush]

30. Well I'm disappointed!!!!

I'm still waiting on word from Louisiana, where my wife canceled out my vote. I'll win her over in the next four years!!!

[Donkey_Punch_Dubya]

36. If the South could secede from the Union,

and I don't include Florida, they would be a 3rd world country in 25 years.

They contribute the least per capita.

They overwhelmingly voted for Bush twice.

They have the highest percent of people who are both the most certain of their opinions, and least informed - the so called "peseudo-certainty", aka being a fucking moron.

[Courtesy Flush]

38. You give us too much credit

We'd be lucky to hold out for five years. You don't visit here often, I suppose.

[tiddlywinks]

32. i'm sorry Tennessee!!

my home state! waaaaaaa riddled with redneck redstate voters!!! waaaa!!

[TwilightGardener]

33. No, sure doesn't. Which is why I flew like a bat out of hell from South Carolina after 4 years.

[Kingofalldems]

39. Civil War fighters

Longest war ever.

[Nevernose]

40. Whew! Almost a whole night w/o a South-bashing thread!

But one more night makes it, let's see... 7 1/2 years running.

It got old a long time ago.

[QC]

42. Amen. It's time to boot *all* bigots off DU. n/t