Originally Posted By PetesDraggin My local paper, the Sacramento Bee, has Yes leading 56.3% to 43.7% for the No side with 14.89% of precincts reporting. www.sacbee.com
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid I hope so OCdean. The OC doesn't look good though and that makes me upset. I knew it would go this way though, I couldn't drive through Tustin this weekend because of the MOB of Yes on 8 people shoving their crap in front of people's cars.
Originally Posted By markymouse "Here in LA county ... the amount of "No on Prop 8" banners were up by the hundreds .... and if none of our precincts are in yet .... there's going to be surge in the direction of "NO". " I hope ocdean is right. The info I'm reading, which is 45 minutes old, says that with 10% reporting, LA county is leaning toward yes on 8, 53% to 47%. That's not looking too good, so I'm hoping ocdean is right about how LA county will go in the long run.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I'm so happy, Obama is elected AND my pineapple uside down cake turned out perfect...I think it's and omen...
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder It will be a long night. However, even if hate and bigotry prevail, we will have a President in the White House who will appoint justices to the Supreme Court who will see this for what it is, A restriction of rights and therefore wrong.
Originally Posted By mele Now that a black man is our President, it's even more obvious that one day, everyone will be treated equally. It won't happen w/o a lot of work, but it will happen. We'll get there.
Originally Posted By ecdc Exit polls show it narrowly being defeated. But exit polls also seem to lean liberal. I'll be staying up to see what happens. We need to be there for our gay friends who are being told they may lose the right to be equal with their fellow citizens. Appalling.
Originally Posted By oc_dean 18% in .... YES has a 307,838 vote lead. So far a lead .... but there are still OVER TWENTY THOUSAND precincts due to come in ... and we won't know yet if they are areas more progressive.
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid Sadly, I'm not going to get excited about Supreme Court Justices. The Justices that are retiring are liberal and so he'll just be appointing more liberal, keeping the balance even...
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I've got a trial in the morning so I can't stay up. I have to get up at 4:30 a.m. to be in court by 7:30 a.m. I'll be checking the Internets before I leave for work. Hang in there. No matter what the outcome is, this isn't over.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Sadly, I'm not going to get excited about Supreme Court Justices. The Justices that are retiring are liberal and so he'll just be appointing more liberal, keeping the balance even..." My point is two-fold. One, Obama will preserve the current 5-4 presumed moderate construct of the court, and there is the potential for eight years of Obama, and quite possibly he could appoint 3-4 justices before he's done.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>I'll be checking the InternetS...<< And hopefully bigots won't be 'the deciders'.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I can't tell you how much I dislike Mormons, no matter how this turns out.
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid My high is failing from Obama but prop 8 is starting to wear on me...
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Now that sanity is overtaking the country, I'm sure this can be fixed if it is passed.
Originally Posted By markymouse This should have been the happiest, most exciting election night of my lifetime. But instead I'm looking at Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and California. 0 for 4. The predictions were that Florida would fall short of 60% needed. It did not. That Arkansas would turn down something as mean spirited as banning gay couples from helping foster children. But that one passed by a huge margin too. And now we get to watch as we slowly - so slowly - watch California say no to equality for gays and lesbians.
Originally Posted By oc_dean HEH-HEE it's slipping 25% in ... the lead is now down minus: 68,651 with a lead in favor of "YES" by, a now, lesser 239,187.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I have a gay friend in Arkansas .. and he wasn't happy what he was hearing, regarding that proposition. But heck .. what do we expect? It's the South!! Need I say more?
Originally Posted By mawnck LA Times says it's still too close to call, and early returns were from conservative areas. Here's hoping.
