Posting this mostly for journaling purposes — I was looking at the 2008 and 2004 elections from my heavier-blogging days, and realized that I really should have something here on 2012. Rather than go through the time and trouble of saying things that other people have already said, or that I said myself on social media last night, I decided that I’d use the opportunity to instead just copy my twitter posts from election night, as it happened (tweets from others are, obviously, things that I re-tweeted):
…aaaand we sit and watch the CSA fill in bright Romney red.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
…also watching Evangelical Christian votes flooding in for a guy whose religion they considered a "cult" pre-2012. #yayprogress?
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
Seriously proud of my oldest, @askarka, who worked as a legal observer today in PA.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
https://twitter.com/bobbyfinger/status/266001246715015169
Bill O'Reilly claims Obama will win "because it's not a traditional America anymore. White establishment is minority. People want things."
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
No, I'm not kidding: http://t.co/sAEj4x02
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
98% of America right now: pic.twitter.com/60NNkKTf
— Aaron Levie (@levie) November 7, 2012
Although losing a Senate race is a horrible thing, the resulting spare time to spend with family and reflect is a gift from God …
— John Rogers (@jonrog1) November 7, 2012
https://twitter.com/dizzyjosh/status/266008121619644417
UTAH GOES FOR ROMNEY! Mittmentum Lives!!!
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
MSNBC just called MO Senate: Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin has gone down like a fat kid on a teeter-totter.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
Walsh, Mourdock and Akin all defeated? That makes me smile like Mitt Romney at a butler hunt.
— GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) November 7, 2012
I love Elizabeth Warren, but I really do keep expecting her to lead a discussion of 100 Years of Solitude
— John Hodgman (@hodgman) November 7, 2012
this is how Nate Silver's projection have worked out so far: pic.twitter.com/crDgoBzW
— Christoph Niemann (@abstractsunday) November 7, 2012
Obama takes OH & IA. He's over 270. It's all over.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
https://twitter.com/Tepper/status/266027719085658113
Obama wins Ohio! THAT'S NUMBERWANG!
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 7, 2012
Obama's HQ crowd is rocking out to "How Ya Like Me Now". Heh.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
Bad couple of weeks to be a math-and-science-denying conservative, huh? Climate change and statistics are real, bitches.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
Hey cool, it turns out that YOU CAN'T LIE left, right & sideways to the public and still become president. #RomneyLoses #ObamaElected
— Laura H Skarka (@lhskarka) November 7, 2012
Here we go, folks. Romney is refusing to concede Ohio. His rules-lawyering in the debates should've made us see this coming.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
So at this point, the GOP strategy comes down to "Nuh-uh, I *called* it."
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
https://twitter.com/chrisfholm/status/266040612967555074
Not holding breath for responsible GOP leaders to step forward & repudiate Trump's call for revolution, or for Mitt to gracefully concede.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
With cries of "illegitimate!"&"revolution!" coming from mainstream GOPers, if Romney doesn't concede, that's dangerously fanning the flames.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
Puerto Rico has voted to become a state — but it would have to be approved by Congress. Not hopeful, given lunatic fringe in House.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
Romney has called Obama. He has conceded and will address his supporters in 5 minutes. Thank fucking god.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
'I Want To Congratulate The President,' Romney Says In 240,000th And Final Lie Of Campaign http://t.co/SFtksZmM
— The Onion (@TheOnion) November 7, 2012
Credit where due, though: A classy concession speech, which hit the right tone.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
Last time we'll see a presidential candidate address an all-white crowd of supporters.
— Frank Rich (@frankrichny) November 7, 2012
Closing with Springsteen's "We Take Of Our Own". Nice touch.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012
I'm proud to have voted my conscience for @jillstein2012 , given Kansas' solid-red status, but I'm equally thrilled by tonight's result.
— Gareth M. Skarka ↙️↙️↙️ (@gmskarka) November 7, 2012