<font color = lightgreen>Just after 1100 EST (1600 GMT), John Kerry called President Bush to concede the election; this has been verified by two news services.
I give a [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] to Kerry for taking the high road. I knew he would because now he can focus on 2008.

Sorry to our detractors, but the American people have spoken and the word they spoke was "Bush". [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] </font>

Still nothing on CNN, strangely enough... Not that Kerry gains anything from postposting his concession, though.

I thought the word they spoke was "war."

Or maybe "death."

Or maybe "death to homosexuals."

Or, something like that.

Sorry, there's a mention of it right now on CNN. [img]smile.gif[/img]
No footage of Kerry conceding yet, though.

Yeah, those referendum results on gay marriage were rather embarrassing. It only emphasises the major differences between Western Europe's progressive elements and the US's more traditional ones...

*A little piece of Sigmar dies upon reading the news*

Well...it's over.

I have now given up on my fellow man, good day people [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Does Kerry conceding mean that the remaining votes do not need be counted? Or shall they be counted? And if they are counted and it turns out that Kerry has won will he still be able to claim presidency, disregarding that he had abandoned?

[ 11-03-2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: dplax ]

<font color = lightgreen>No, even if every vote is recounted and Kerry winds up with a majority a concession is legally binding, akin to waiving your right to do something. Of course, that doesn't mean that a lawsuit can't reverse it, but it wouldn't play well in the press and would make you look like a sore loser.

Sorry, Timber. I wish our choices had been better, but it was either Tweedledum or Tweedledumber. :rolleyes: When are we ever going to have a major candidate who is actually worth anything?

Homosexual marriage should never have been on any ballot anywhere. It is a personal issue, not a political one.

Like I said earlier, conceding now makes it easier for Kerry to run in 2008. At least, if I were a Kerry advisor that would be my advice at this point.

Quatro anos mas of Novus Ordo Seclorum! [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img] </font>

Kerry running in 2008? Doubt it's gonna happen... I personally expect Jeb Bush running against Hillary Clinton in '08 (how that for a nightmare scenario? :eek: ;) ).