{"id":9300,"date":"2012-11-07T11:15:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T01:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=9300"},"modified":"2014-06-02T14:39:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T04:39:20","slug":"u-s-presidential-elections-2012-live-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=9300","title":{"rendered":"U.S Presidential Elections 2012:  Live Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagusa20121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8079\" title=\"tagusa2012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagusa20121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagusa20121.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagusa20121-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>3.25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HVwte.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">HURRY UP AND CONCEDE ROMNEY<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2.52<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Qywtw.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"436\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2awX0.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vc2xG.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/N9b4A.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/forums.somethingawful.com\/attachment.php?postid=409338141\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2.51<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Donald Trump totally delivers on the bitter tears<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fox anchors are starting to turn on one another.\u00a0 Karl Rove still reckons Romney is a chance and Megyn Kelly is just laughing at him<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2.50<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>SECOND TERM CONFIRMED<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1.55\u00a0 <\/strong>&#8220;Panic has set in at Fox News.\u00a0 The news anchors are wondering around in a dazed stupour, touching screens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">California and other West Coast votes coming in five.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also, Todd &#8220;Legitimate Rape&#8221; Akin has lost his seat!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>1.36\u00a0 <\/strong>Back from lunch and its looking good for Obama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That&#8217;s without California&#8217;s 55 votes yet to come.\u00a0 Ohio and Florida still remains a toss up.\u00a0 I was switching between channels but now am sticking with Fox News for the meltdown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People bailing at Romney HQ&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/KrFSJ.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Nz9Oe.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11.39\u00a0 <\/strong>Meanwhile, in Germany&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/9DfXL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11.37am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/szZsK.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11.30am\u00a0 <\/strong>Goddamn, Florida is toying with us.\u00a0 The lead has changed hands three times in the last thirty minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Remember, if you&#8217;re on Twitter and want to see the Republican&#8217;s reaction to the election, check out GOP Tears:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOP_Tears\/republican-tears\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOP_Tears\/republican-tears<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Edit:\u00a0 and on Tumblr\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/conservativetears.tumblr.com\/\">http:\/\/conservativetears.tumblr.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also, there are some people that don&#8217;t give a shit about voting entirely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FqL4p.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But seriously Florida&#8230;don&#8217;t let us down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/8dtwd.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11.15am\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2012\/11\/6\/1352245069344\/Us-elections-carousel-cro-007.jpg\" alt=\"Us elections carousel crop\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>11am\u00a0 <\/strong>Florida is ridiculously close.\u00a0 Obama up by 130k but less than a third of the votes counted.\u00a0 After spending all the pre-show coverage bitching about p0lls, Fox News seems to be calling the results a lot quicker than the other news shows.\u00a0 I&#8217;m guessing their heavily reliant on exit polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Obama picks up Illinois and is predicted to take Romney&#8217;s home state of Massachusetts.\u00a0 #Awkward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2012\/11\/6\/1352213627647\/d811ce3d-4420-4a53-9266-7135b9c062ed-460.jpeg\" alt=\"Virginia residents wait in line in the early hours to vote in the at Nottoway Park in Vienna, Virginia\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>10.30\u00a0 <\/strong>Mitt picks up all the early votes and races out to a 30-3 lead.\u00a0 Early days, no surprises so far.\u00a0 Although Romney looks to pick up Indiana (11 votes) which voted for Obama in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.25 HURRY UP AND CONCEDE ROMNEY 2.52 2.51 Donald Trump totally delivers on the bitter tears Fox anchors are starting to turn on one another.\u00a0 Karl Rove still reckons Romney is a chance and Megyn Kelly is just laughing at him 2.50 SECOND TERM CONFIRMED 1.55\u00a0 &#8220;Panic has set in at Fox News.\u00a0 The news 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