Poll on the election

[muichimotsu]

Ten years ago, the results of the elections were simply accepted. The outgoing president courteously conceded.

I mean, technically it was 12 years ago in an election I should've voted in, but I didn't (busy with college, slipped my mind), if you're referring to Bush graciously accepting his transition and being very courteous to Obama, I imagine.

And he was the subject of many a joke, yet honestly he or even his younger brother would be preferable in an alternate universe where our choices were between him and Hilary back in 2016

 

[mmksparbud]

I mean, technically it was 12 years ago in an election I should've voted in, but I didn't (busy with college, slipped my mind), if you're referring to Bush graciously accepting his transition and being very courteous to Obama, I imagine.

And he was the subject of many a joke, yet honestly he or even his younger brother would be preferable in an alternate universe where our choices were between him and Hilary back in 2016

I was not referring to Bush or anyone else really---I was actually meaning more of the state of mind of the American people back then. They simply accepted the outcome of the votes---no rioting not refusing to admit defeat, none of the garbage going on now.

 

[jayem]

I mean, technically it was 12 years ago in an election I should've voted in, but I didn't (busy with college, slipped my mind), if you're referring to Bush graciously accepting his transition and being very courteous to Obama, I imagine.

And he was the subject of many a joke, yet honestly he or even his younger brother would be preferable in an alternate universe where our choices were between him and Hilary back in 2016

It was John McCain who lost to Barack Obama in 2008. You are absolutely correct that McCain was gracious in defeat. Obama definitely had the charisma factor. Unfortunately for him, McCain was saddled with Bush's misguided Iraq war, which was going nowhere. And he was also hurt by the not-ready-for-prime-time Sarah Palin.

 

[muichimotsu]

It was John McCain who lost to Barack Obama in 2008. You are absolutely correct that McCain was gracious in defeat. Obama definitely had the charisma factor. Unfortunately for him, McCain was saddled with Bush's misguided Iraq war, which was going nowhere. And he was also hurt by the not-ready-for-prime-time Sarah Palin.

I guess the way I was thinking was the previous president, not Obama's opponent, but both are still accurate in each context

 

[muichimotsu]

I was not referring to Bush or anyone else really---I was actually meaning more of the state of mind of the American people back then. They simply accepted the outcome of the votes---no rioting not refusing to admit defeat, none of the garbage going on now.

The more misinformation spreads through the internet, which arguably was still a bit in its infancy back then, the more emboldened people become in thinking they know more than they do.