Bloody hell

[billyskank]

you guys actually won. I mean, I wasn't going to say anything yesterday, but I seriously expected the Dems to somehow piss it all up the wall again. :o

:wow:

Good job! :thumbsup:

[fizzgig]

1. oy!

don't misunderestimate us (even my ugly repuke cow representative somehow won a third term)

:hi: :*

i really hope this makes sense cuz i've been working for 15 hours now and my brain is mushy

[billyskank]

2. kagehime!

Hi babe! :hi: :hug:

I like you mushyfied or otherwise. :loveya:

:D

[TimeChaser]

4. Whoa...

I've used a name very similar to your username in the past...


Don't mind me, my brain's weird tonight :D

[fizzgig]

7. i think everyone's brain is weird tonight

:crazy:

[haf216]

3. I was worried myself.

I'm so happy that I was wrong!! It was all that talk about how good the GOP is at "getting out the vote", that got me!!

[billyskank]

5. Then when I saw a headline yesterday

saying something to the effect that the GOP narrowed the gap in the last days, and remembering people saying "watch out for 'reports' of a huge surge of GOP support in the last few hours, conveniently just enough to put the Repubs ahead." And I thought Rove was leaking his story out to provide cover for the fix being in, AGAIN.

Apparently I was wrong. :D

[haf216]

8. Rove really scares me.

You never know what's up his sleeve, so I was worried about the polls saying one thing and the "votes" saying another. I worked late today and there were all these reports of voting "problems" all over the country and I got worried that we going to "lose" another one.

[SeattleGirl]

6. I had been very optimistic about the House.

But now, it looks like we will have the Senate too!!!! The country was at a tipping point when 11/7/06 got here, and we let know that we are PISSED at Bushco!!!!

[Skittles]

9. DAMN STRAIGHT BILLYSKANK

WE KICKED SOME SERIOUS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arugula Latte]

10. I think we all thought that, frankly, in some part of our brains.

This is too good to be true! :toast:

BTW, thanks for all the support, non-U.S.-DUers! :hi:

[speedoo]

11. You get major credit.

You did not jinx us.:thumbsup:

[billyskank]

12. Told you I was going to keep it to myself

:D

[speedoo]

13. You had to.

You dared not risk jinxing us. All of us here on the other side of the pond would have been after your scalp.

Oh wait.......










:hide:

[tjwmason]

14. O ye of little faith.

Still too close on the Senate (my prediction/guess was 50-50, which will count as Republican); but I definitely thought that the House would be won.

Definite big :thumbsup: from this Limey as well.

[billyskank]

16. That was me

my faith was not strong.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Even the Co. Commissioner candidate that I worked for won!!!

:hi: :bounce: Even though campaign workers tried to make us leave when we were lit dropping. :hug: It's a good day. My kids might have a future yet.

[billyskank]

17. Hey

:hug:

[buddhamama]

18. We Won! And made history !

Nancy Pelosi became the first female speaker of the house. Madame Speaker is the third most powerful person. :woohoo: :hi: :toast:

[billyskank]

20. Hi you!

:hug:

[buddhamama]

21. ...

Hi billy! :hug:

[chimpboy]

19. I was anxious too...

The polls were looking too promising... and then the polls were too close... and so much depends on voter turn-out in those crazy US elections.

[billyskank]

24. Yeah, why do your elections always have to be so damn close? Lol.

In a country with like 300,000,000 people in it, why does it always come down to a few hundred folks somewhere? :crazy:

[Guava Jelly]

25. Welcome to du

It's all about love today :7

[acmavm]

22. Hell, reading some of the posts the last couple of days you

it sounded like it was pointless to vote because the repubs already had it 'stolen' or we should just give up and all go out and buy razor blades or do a collective Jonestown party.

It was really aggravating.

[billyskank]

23. That was why I shut the fuck up yesterday

;)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

26. Hey! We can do SOMETHING! We're not British!

:P :P :P

Thank you very much, billy. :loveya:

[billyskank]

27. Fair comment.

This is indeed the country where it is impossible to accomplish anything.

:hi: WIMR :loveya:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. Ah, you guys will be ass-kicking too, I'm sure.

(Though, admittedly, I know jack about the British political system.)

This feels like the Enlightenment all over again. :7

Thankya for being an overseas progressive.

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

28. BILLY!!

There are many of us who are just as surprised. I got a call from a friend on the west coast who's still up and watching. I was too tired to stay up all night.

:wow:




:loveya:

[billyskank]

30. lizzie!

:loveya:

[lizziegrace]

32. Does the phrase

gobsmacked apply here? (in all areas? :loveya: )

[billyskank]

34. Yes

it most certainly does. :D

[NewWaveChick1981]

29. I kinda expected it too....

...but I'm so glad I was wrong!!!! :woohoo: :bounce: :hi:

:* :loveya:

[billyskank]

31. For once, the fix was not in!

:woohoo:

:hi: Wave! :loveya: :*

[GCP]

33. You weren't the only one, Billy!

I was starting to feel like the Dems were the batttered spouses of American politics - but Americans finally started paying attention - like Clinton said, when Americans think, they vote Democratic!

[billyskank]

37. Can never be too careful

and pessimists are never disappointed. ;)

:D

[Mutley]

36. billy!!!

I can't believe it!

:bounce: :bounce: :loveya: :hug: :bounce:

[billyskank]

38. MUTLEY!!!

:*

:loveya: :hi:

I can't believe it either! :D

[Mutley]

39. I got four hours of sleep!!

I'm a little out of my mind this morning. :D

:* :hi: :loveya:

[billyskank]

40. I think you're doing better than many

We were still on level something or other when I got up and had my breakfast! :o It just never stopped! Many of you never went to bed, apparently.

[Mutley]

41. I would have stayed up all night if I didn't have to work.

But alas, I'm not independently wealthy. *patheticsigh*

:P