November 5, 2008

POLITICS: The Facebook reaction to the election

I was happy to hear that Obama won presidency tonight, yet I can't say the same about everyone. One aspect that our media class has focused on is the new technological advancement in media, so I'd like to share with you a collection of Facebook statuses I saw throughout the night:

"Nick is polishing his sniper rifle..."

"Ally is quiting her job, president Obama will take care of me."

"Bobby is bend over america. the terrorists are behind us.. and their pants are down. McCain was the only protection."

"Krista is so disappointed in america's bad decision. atleast when obama's change doesnt come, we can say "i told you so". ireland here i come."

"Kyle is go learn what socialism means...then change your status."

"Katie is our country is about to be a shit show."

"Maya is saying look republicans on fb with ur ignorant statuses we dealt with Bush's ish for 8 years...& now it's OUR TIME..get over yourselves OBAMA 08.'"

"Matt is OBAMA! WE DID IT!"

"Aaron has seen better days."

"Jenn is so excited for America. YES WE CAN!!"

"Sarah is soo moved. YAYY OBAMA :)"

"Eric says John McCain gave a great speech, but Obama will do America well."

"Stephen better see some damn change . . . for the good of america."

"Joey is really happy everyone is giving me some entertainment through these status updates. Keep em comin!!"

"Jaime is not looking forward to becoming a slave!"

"Dan is tentative about Obama... if he ends up touching my 401k or taxing my stock market gains, or rewarding people for being mediocre, i'll be against him."

"Caitlin is moving to australia w/nikki and catie..this country is royally screwed."

"Ashley: I love all the disappointed McCain voters. Real easy to vote for a man when you dnt have to worry about fighting his war."-Current Soldier

"Ronnie is feeling disappointed in his country."

"Alex is so happy right now that America (and OHIO!) finally decided to change from its dracionian ways of the past eight years and elected a true leader. OBAMA!!!!!"

"Amanda is not becoming a doctor thanks to universal healthcare! HOORAY OBAMA"

"Chris is oh well, it won't last long haha."

"Trevor is moving to canada cuz the american dream is over. i dont get why people wanted change and therefor elected a bunch of bullshit."

"Kiley can't believe socialism is the new democracy."

"Alicia is like all things are possible. It's official..BARACK OBAMA '08."

"David is hello socialism."

"Matt is OBAMA won. Get over it. Quit ripping on our new president. If you don't like it then you can get out."



It was a battle of words tonight when Obama was elected. I was entertained by the responses from the Facebook world, and I hope this entertained you. Incase you're wondering what my status read, here it is:

"Aaron is going to put up an election status too. Congrats Obama, go change the world!"

8 comments:

jim said...

I have always felt that the president is like a baseball manager, way too much credit when they win big or loose big. The power is in the American people who are represented by the Congress and that is the only true place change can come from. The president can lead in a crisis like Bush the first did in the Iraq war, or he can not lead in a crisis like Bush the second did in New Orleans. Our country will be fine with Obama leading us and would have been fine with McCain leading us, Palin I didn't think could lead us out of a paper bag.

A few of the comments show how easy it is to be an idiot when your anonymous. I never felt a quote in a paper carried value when it was supplied by an anonymous person.

And directly to Krista, feel free to go back to a country your ancestors felt was so crappy they left it generations ago, maybe you can make a go of it better than them. Dan if the only thing you are worried about with your 401k is it being taxed maybe you should look at your statement, I think you lost more money with our current financial plan over the last month than you than you would have ever been taxed. And for Nick he must really be impressed with Aboma using that euphanism.

Anonymous said...

right jamie...because congress will let every white person become slaves because they dont read or vote on legislation...the ignorance of some people amazes me oh and nick don't worry i will be contacting the FBI and you can explain your funny little facebook joke to them...muahaha

Lee said...

I want to punch that Jamie girl in the face.

Anonymous said...

This is funny/sad/terrifying. On the plus side, if all those folks talking about fleeing the country actually do, we'll be better off for it. Then they can enjoy being the illegal immigrants... irony's fun.

Anonymous said...

Bob showed me this. I just wish people were more responsible with their voting. Im not complaining or anything cause the party i wanted didnt win, im just sayin people should be more educated with their issues (or at least know who their party VP is).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvqhdllXgU

Aaron said...

i love the "lets move to canada"...

which is more liberal/socialist

yeah, i thought this facebook reaction was funny/scary/entertaining and sometimes slightly ignorant

Cassie The Venomous said...
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Cassie The Venomous said...

Oh deary me. Half of those people sound like my mom.
This was my status:

"Cassie is so glad it's over. Will rip down every useless political flier she sees tomorrow."

The campaigning was overkill; that was my only strong opinion.