Meltdowns galore by the fring lunatics of the r-wing. Very amusing reading.
Freaking Out: The Best of the Worst Responses to Obama's Win - Yahoo! News
Freaking Out: The Best of the Worst Responses to Obama's Win - Yahoo! News
Mitt Romney gave a brief and graceful concession speech Tuesday night after it became apparent that President Obama had won a second term in office. Romney's campaign went a step further, livestreaming the president's remarks from Chicago a little while later. But not all of Obama's opponents have been so willing to let the results pass quietly.
Rush Limbaugh and "the Elves"
Surprising precisely no one, the syndicated radio host didn't take Tuesday night's decision well, saying Wednesday: "I went to bed last night thinking we're outnumbered. I went to bed last night thinking all this discussion we'd had about this election being the election that will tell us whether or not we've lost the country. I went to bed last night thinking we've lost the country. I don't know how else you look at this."
Limbaugh then moved on to an "Obama-as-Santa Claus" metaphor:
"[Obama supporters] think that the only way they're going to have a chance for anything is if somebody comes along and takes from somebody else and gives it to them. Santa Claus! And it's hard to beat Santa Claus. Especially it's hard to beat Santa Claus when the alternative is you be your own Santa Claus. 'Oh, no, I'm not doing that. What do you mean, I have to be my own Santa Claus? No, no. No, no, no. I want to get up every day and go to the tree. You're the elves,' meaning us."
University of Mississippi Students "Riot"
"Hundreds of Ole Miss students exchanged racial epithets and violent, politicized chants in response to the announcement of the re-election of President Barack Obama," student reporters from The Daily Mississipian wrote early Wednesday morning.
After getting the call, the University Police Department "forcibly dispersed the crowd," threatening students with a trip to jail if they didn't go home. Two people were arrested...