Barack Obama's 'Ballsy' Victory: A Single-Word Review of What Happened On Election Night

Barack Obama's "Ballsy" Victory: A Single-Word Review of What Happened On Election Night

By Michael Miller Wed., Nov. 7 2012 at 7:00 AM

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Unless you're stuck in some Jack McKeon-like time warp in which Twitter relies on actual messenger pigeons, you've probably heard by now that Barack Obama punched yesterday's election in the crotch. And unless your name is Mitt Romney and you've permanently foregone alcohol and caffeine, your brain is probably a soggy mush of post-celebratory/funereal booze and Election Night energy drinks this morning.

So we're going to make this easy on you. Here's our single-word review of everything that happened last night, starting with Obama's victory.

Ballsy.

Obama's victory speech: Lincoln-y

Obama's margin of victory: Nate-Silver-y

Mitt Romney's Election Day performance: Meh

Romney's concession speech: Short

Romney's face during concession speech: Puffy
(Allergic reaction to losing? Inconsolable backstage sobbing?)

Romney's audience: Chalky

Obama's audience: Grad-student-y

Joe Biden: Plastered

Florida: Clusterf*cked

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Romney's one and only official portrait

Miami-Dade County: Atrasado

Bill Nelson: Grapenuts

Connie Mack: Grapenutted

Allen West: Ballotf*cked

David Rivera: Corruptif*cked

Michele Bachmann: F*cked?

Alan Grayson: Back

County Commissioners: Limited

Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times/Mason-Dixon poll that showed Romney up by 6 percentage points: Oops

Democrats: Resurgent

Republicans: Worried

Latinos: Gracias!

Obama's future: Fiscal-Cliff-Avoidance

Romney's future: Pilates

America's future: Bright

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Boom.

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Barack Obama, Election 2012, Election Day, Mitt Romney

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The American people: "We're Boned"

"“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy,"