Open Thread
By bluegal Monday Nov 03, 2008 8:30pmh/t Brilliant at Breakfast. Happy Election Eve. Open thread below...
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A Desperate McCain Throws the Ultimate ‘Hail Mary’
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=4229
Next to last "Honest McCain Campaign Poster":
http://gopnot4me.blogspot.com/2008/11/honest-...
Vote early and vote often!
Senator McToast and his wife Milquetoast.
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Ooooooops another duplicate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89lFQkQPDbU
That is some impressive technology. If the lips and facial expressions are toned a bit.. you could make people do things they never did before...
I really enjoyed that.
And with this, off to bed I go. Sweet dreams all.
Already? We will miss you tonight. GN.
Pleasant dreams. And I hope that you have a good election day. :)
and these people are friggin' crack of dawners.
Before I go, Ceci, would you provide your blog link again? I will grab it tomorrow when I logon but I haven't seen you in a while and wanted to ask you for it.
Now...I must poof. 'Night all my favorite people!
It is:
http://thepoliticalmegaphone.wordpress.com
Thank you for thinking of my blog. I've been writing little stories here and there since it opened. And of course, I've been dealing with some Republicans who want to post all sort of nonsense about Barack Obama. :-P
But otherwise, it is going well.
I wish you luck on your blog. May it be very successful.
Again, I hope that you will have a wonderful night and good election day. :)
Fun video. Great way to end the day.
remind everybody you know to VOTE! (except for the republicans, of course)
I VOTED FOR OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS!
I hope tomorrow is a day you will fondly remember.
:<[)
This has been a rather long and profound day. I plan to vote early tomorrow. And then, I plan to keep a watch on the election before and after work tomorrow. I feel that it will be a very profound day for me as an American. But it will also be a very important day as a Black woman too. I don't know what the outcome will be, but I don't want to miss a moment of it. And I hope that we will get the change we need tomorrow.
I wish the Dems, Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden luck. We've waited eight long years for this moment. :)
I just thought I'd tell you.
Very well done. Sleep well, Ms Joanne. Good thoughts for tomorrow!
I feel like a schoolgirl the night before she starts third grade.
I am pulling a late night tomorrow because of my jobby-job, and I voted last week, so fortunately I don't have to wait in line today.
Oh I am so excited!
Here's my pep talk:
Let's go change the world.
How did they do that?
GObama!
thank you.
here in PA, outside of Philly where I live the Rev. Wright
ad has been playing all day..... I am glad to see Republicans '527' ads
staying with a losing 'strategery'...
It will be an Obama day in PA !!
MSNBC has been running that ad throughout the Rachel Maddow show.
They just reported the first returns from a resort in NH. Obama 15, McCain 6, they then proceeded to play the "Wright" ad twice in the commercial break.
Whet your appetite a little with these 20 "greatest" political ads... some dripping with poetic hyperbole but also scummy "southern strategy" and (I'll give away the number 1 here) unbridled fear mongering of the highest degree - the infamous "Daisy" ad - keep in mind that little girl by the way is still alive and is older than most of you - you'll sleep better!
Boston Legal rocked tonight. In it's own crazy story line, the election was at the forefront. Shore and Crane fight about Republicans and Democrats with Shore pointing out McCain's problems including Palin. Even the battle state of Colorado was mentioned with Shirley casting her vote in Colorado. In the end, Crane says "I crossed the aisle" meaning he voted Obama.
This is probably, on the eve of the election, one of the best Boston Legal episodes, if you were a Dem. If you were Republican you probably will never watch it again.
Its going to be one nerve wracking day tomorrow, then the MSM circus begins.
We have the chance to undo eight years of Republican failure, and attempt to rebuild for the future.
Watching Chocolate News, quite a surprise to watch an interesting comedy sketch show, SNL just doesnt cut it for me. Been spoilt by decades of Britcom.
The documentary has been running for a week in HBO's rotation and though two years old, not much has been done to safeguard our elections. It's my only worry for election day.
Electronic voting is a failure. When can we go back to paper ballots?
Canada votes completely on paper ballots and they have their results within 24 hours - maybe even less. Rachel Maddow's commentary on how the long voting lines are a default "poll tax" is excellent --
The New Poll Tax -- Rachel Maddow
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I'm astounded that they are still used. Paper ballots are the only way to go.
Here the early election offices are county election offices. The regular voting places will be open tomorrow and will help spread the voters around. They will vote in their regular precinct voting places.
Obama:15 votes
Mccain:06 votes
Nader: 00 votes
21 ballots
and prayers for Obama and family. I'm sure you all have heard his grandmother passed today.
In the earlier thread on Crooks and Liars, I expressed my condolences to his family.
Like I said there, how he looked during the North Carolina speech tonight was heart-breaking. It brought me to tears as I saw him speak about his grandmother.
LANDSLIDE!!!!!!!!! Woo hoo.
ʍoɹɹoɯoʇ dn ʞɔ*ɟ ʇ,uop :ssɐ ɹnoʎ dn pɐǝɥ ɹnoʎ ǝʌɐɥ ןןıʇs oɥʍ noʎ ɟo ǝsoɥʇ ɹoɟ
You made a funny. I had no problem reading this (where is my head?)
Oh, thats right, I voted early, all is well.
It works both ways, copy paste into the top box, flipped text appears in lower. click (flip) if copy pasting rather than typing.
http://swizzy.frih.net/tools/49/flip
Theres also a million and one online text translators out there, redneck, klingon, gibberish, latin etc.
Some are so so , some hilarious and work very well.
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˙sɹǝuıɥʍ ʇuǝuıɯǝǝɹd ɟo ʎʇɹɐd ǝɥʇ - sɔılƃnɥʇ-ǝɹ
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ʎɐp uoıʇɔǝlǝ sıɥʇ uo ɹǝʇʇǝq ɥɔnɯ ƃuılǝǝɟ ǝɹ,noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ǝdoɥ
oɹɹǝɟ 'sʞuıl ǝʇıɹoʌɐɟ ʎɯ ɟo ʎuɐɯ os ʇsod noʎ
:<[)
http://thisfuckingelection.com/
Those of you on Facebook -- remember to change your status tomorrow to "Working on Getting the Vote Out"
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Hungry, hungry Congo...
The EU's the next domino in the recession game. Obama's got the edge, while the Repugs have the delusions of grandeur.
They plan to steal it again.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/466.html
THAT is practically vomit-inducing. Such unbelievable tripe. If they can get it close enough to steal - they want people to think it was legitimate all along.
Re-thug-lics -- the party of immature, voraciously rapacious, despotic, doughy white, cowardly, angry troglodytes, bigots, racists, perverts, xenophobes, pedophiles, murderers, war criminals, homophobes, misogynists, self-hating women, fetid wombs and consummate chronic liars and preeminent whiners.
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I voted a week ago. So have many of you, but you're NOT done yet! My polling place is a block away. I plan to be there to see that everyone gets to vote. Drive one person. Drive a car-full. Heck, make runs. Do whatever you can. Pass out water bottles to voters waiting in line. Help them with voter info. If we all just do one thing we will achieve CHANGE! Get involved tomorrow because then you can say you made a difference!
Peace!
Just another example of Republican whitewashing IOKIYAR
nothing to see, move along.
http://www.bigbrassblog.com/index.php?itemid=...
http://media.adn.com/smedia/2008/10/10/16/Bra...
palins appointees find her and every other state employee...innocent
tell you what...she best not ask favors of the troopers...they dont like it much when one of their own gets effed over
and they released a medical report...as it were
palin is healthy...she did birth babies....she has boobies...she does not have a penis
..that doctors could not definitively locate Sarah's penis with all of the advanced technology available in this scientific/medical age.
Earlier tonight I stopped and contemplated what it would mean if Obama pulls this off. The utter unexpectedness and historical importance, the profound impact on the rest of the world's opinion of our country, the joy and hope instead of disgust and embarrassment, the chance for meaningful change in our energy policy and hope for redesign of our fractured health care system, the lives saved by getting out of the wars in the Middle East.....all of this...was rather overwhelming to me. I don't care if people think I'm naive or accuse me of being unrealistic in my expectations. I'm tired of having to tone down my enthusiasm. YES WE CAN!!
I'm a Canuck so I cannot participate but I'm all pins and needles hoping for an Obama win tomorrow. Happy election day!
Expecting presents tomorrow of Obama in the WH, 60 in the Senate and 2/3 majority in the House.
A certain duo deserve a meeting with a grand jury.
I'm sure they're busy burning and shredding evidence of many more crimes that we will never know about.
planning for more mischief before they leave.
they'll come up with something, seevee.
CBC's The Hour had Matt Taibbi on tonight. He was talking about how McCain's campaign would provide daily box lunches for the press entourage. After the press angered McCain on one particular occasion, they all received EMPTY boxes. Nice, eh.
Taibbi is an interesting guy with great inside stories. He's got a new book out that I plan on buying.
..for a resounding victory for Obama/Biden.
Every vote cast for this ticket is a vote for change and reform. It's the closest thing to a 'clearing of the board' that America can realistically achieve at this point in her still young history.
In any case, I've got my razor blades handy.
It will be such a relief to finally get to be able to shave off the beard I've been growing since last spring.
Better yet, give them to repugs so they can slit their own throats.
Dixville Notch NH: Obama 15, McCain 6
Link
Wow, for political junkies you are sure missing the significance of Dixville Notch. They've been the first place in America to vote in every election since 1960 and have only once before (1968) voted for a Democrat and now again 40 years later they've given Obama a resounding victory, and it wasn't even close.
We have a long way to go. When they cheat, old traditions go away.
Looks like he won Hart's Location, the other early voting town in NH, 17-10.
ron:
Cheating is an old American tradition.
Let Dixville Notche be an energy boost as the fight to the finish ensues. :)
so they havent been perfect
and they use paper ballots
After the complete, or should I state ongoing, fiasco revolving around Hurricane Katrina and the lack of support for the City of New Orleans, why oh why, does the State of Louisana support the Republican ticket.
Why the hell is LA red?!?
other states and provided no provisions for their return. thank karl rove for that. landrieu lost the governorship and nagen(did he switch parties again?) barely won again.
Saw a piece of it on CNN but the entire thing is really impressive. Thanks for posting it, BG
From its inception, America has been a battle between hope and hate. From the very moment an otherwise stubborn John Adams yielded to the demands of southern slave holders --- sacrificing the freedom of generations of African Americans lest our country conceived in liberty be stillborn --- hate and hope have vied for American dominance.
With hope embedded into our Declaration of Independence minus the clauses that would have shared it with our African American brethren, it was left to later generations to continue the battle. As played by Anthony Hopkins in Amistad, Adams' son, John Quincy, implored an America fearful of civil war to "let it come" if it must. Their forefathers had pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honors to principles of equal freedom once. It was their turn. It came. Hope conquered.
As the torch was passed, subsequent generations were more fortunate in their attempts to form a more perfect union. As the battle between hope and hate shifted to women's rights and civil rights, the battlefield shifted from the trenches to the protest marches to the campaign headquarters. To shine light on our right to marry the partner of our choice, we have not had to go to war; we only had to go to court.
Over the grueling course of the last several months, we have watched Barack Obama and John McCain mobilize respectively --- and quite literally --- the forces of hope and hate. It is the quintessential American election. I have watched it unfold both amazed and aghast, tears of both joy and sorrow dripping from my eyes, sometimes simultaneously.
What a glorious privilege to be alive and American at this time! The battle now proceeds to the 21st Century, the marching orders given to us, to encourage not violence, but voting! Breathe that in!
True, some are wary of the road ahead: The soft voter suppression of dirty tricks, the gut-wrenching national conversation in which we still must engage about race, the potentially riotous nature of the Palin mob that will indeed turn out on the side of hate. I say, "Let it come!"
Now is our moment. Tomorrow we battle.
Fear not!
Choose hope!
Thanks Karen. If I might add:
Tyranny – from the Latin tyrannus: an illegitimate ruler.
As a nation, we’ve fought many battles and wars against tyranny. We hold tyranny to be as vile as we hold Liberty and Freedom dear. We celebrate our Freedom and our Liberty with picnics and parades and rejoice in the fact that we once overthrew Tyranny with courage and resolve while proudly waving our Flag.
It’s been a very long time since we, as a Nation, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all, have been required to throw off the shackles of subservience. We’ve fought many wars and many battles, but seldom have the consequences of directly losing our Freedom weighed in the balance. We fight for our flag, for our patriotism, for our country, without remembering what it means to lose our Liberty and Freedom. At times we have celebrated victory without knowing what we’ve won – or why we fought.
So we remember the Flag, and the picnics, and the parades. We learn our history as we learn our multiplication tables and remember them similarly – with dispassion and disregard. Soon, all we have left is our Flag, and our picnics, and our parades. We forget what it means to be One Nation, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All. We have difficulty relating to our forefathers who struggled so desperately for the opportunities which we expect. We no longer recognize tyranny.
Tyranny is not a word shadowed in historical context. It is not an ethereal concept to be studied in philosophy 101. It is a very real human condition. It is the rule of a few over the many – for the benefit of the few; and we are not immune. We can be led into tyrannical rule by those waving the Flag, and providing the picnics and parades just as by those who would point a gun and pull the trigger. We can be made to accept tyranny as normal because we have picnics and parades. We can be tricked into thinking that rule of the few over the many is acceptable as long as we might be included with the few. We can be convinced to vote for the few – as long as they wave a Flag.
Tyranny: the rule of a few, for the benefit of the few, over the many.
Yes, tomorrow we battle. Tomorrow we vote – not for Flags, or picnics, or parades, but for the true American ideal. We battle so those who have fought for Liberty and Justice for ALL before us will not have fought in vain. We vote so that the tightening shackles of tyranny will not forever rust around the ankles of Democracy. Tomorrow we vote not only against the few, but for America, with Liberty and Justice for ALL.
Frankly, I don't know if I will be able to sleep tonight. Obama/Biden all the way!
I'll be watching all day.
Remember Diebold when McCain takes office.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=55086...
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25 Reasons to VOTE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEmlPdVVXZQ
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An Open Letter to Barack Obama
Between Hope and Reality
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/arti...
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I guess he's aiming for Governor-for-life.
ny would never have given him a third term. he knew that. he should be brought up on charges for repeatedly violating the laws of ny and circumventing all local jurisdictions, which he has done. he lied about the cost of yankee stadium to the ny taxpayers. and more.
but since he runs the media, whose to stop him. ny has more stoopid sheeple than I thought.
Certain laptops once again have hazardous batteries. More vote-rigging.
...look over there, it's Acorn and it's seven cases of registration fraud.
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It is no surprise that the John McCain - Sarah Palin ticket has gone increasingly negative down the home stretch. They really don’t have any other options to close the gap. However, a new negative advertisement is particularly disturbing in its hypocrisy.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Leaked_Ad_f...
Sarah Palin has consistently advocated abstinence-only education in schools, despite the fact that this philosophy has resulted with both Palin and her daughter conceiving out of wedlock. Clearly, abstinence-only has not worked for the Palin family, yet Sarah Palin wants to prescribe this in place of comprehensive sexual education for other young Americans.
This advertisement came from the same 527 group that put forth this anti-Obama spot last week…
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Leaked_Pro_...
I have a fervent desire to see a bumper sticker on a car before the end of the month. I could stand to see it on hundreds, but just on one would be enough.
YES WE DID!
xoites:
Yeah, I was thinking that too. (No, really, I was.) :)
And not just bumper stickers. Signs. T-Shirts. Etc.
And for a slightly more petty jab, I'd like to see:
Joe the Plumber . . . meet Barack the President.
"Joe the Plumber . . . meet Barack the President."
That would be SWEET!
good one!
:<[)
Yes We Can!
has obama been sucker punched? Mccain is hitting the airwaves with all kinds of smear job ads at the last minute. What a disgraceful pos this ahole is.
Yes he is and he is desperate too [also].
Fuck him!
He sold his soul to the devil months ago.
May i be wrong (as an Athiest) and may he burn in Hell!
And if i am right may he at least lose the election.
VOTE!
Try over 50 years ago. And that is by giving him the benefit of the doubt of ignoring his pre adulthood years, and by all accounts he sounded like a complete prick of a teenager.
I don't think I have seen as much benefit of the doubt awarded to such undeserving character ever in my life.
This guy was a piece of shit from way back, let's all be grown ups and stop pretending this is a "recent development." Yes recognizing the truth about his true rotten nature will reflect bad on us, as it will lead to the logic conclusion that our society enabled him... and thus we really are not that much better than him. But truth shall set you free as they say...
mcc*nt has been a POS for some time now. how he treated his first wife is a certain indicator of the man now.
It just make them look pathetic
america. home of democracy spreadism. where election day isnt a national holiday.
It will be. :)
My polling place is across the street, and it looks like people are starting to show up. It may not be a holiday but it feels like Christmas.
Dancing in the street.
(Corrected.)
GO DO YOUR THING GUYS AND GALS!
Two weeks ago. We have early voting in Nevada and i have been busy waiting for everybody else to catch up! :)
there are already long lines at 6:00 AM in NJ.
They get fired when they come back from service.
WOW!
So that they are except from abuse like that?
I am sure some of these poor guys had insult added to injury when they were fire, after returning from a deployment in hell, by a CEO driving a nice car sporting one of them big honking yellow ribbon.
the soldiers who go to court are apparently winning, but many give up for lack of time or money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgECKj9LSH4
RACHEL MADDOW POINTS OUT THE NEW VARIATION
Can you afford to lose a days pay(like florida?)
(stupid conference paper deadline)
... but somehow I have a bad feeling about this.
The boldness of the GOP denial leads me to believe they were seeding the mindshare for the "upset" we will witness tomorrow night.
The ironic part, as Americans... we can't vote for president in a presidential election. Am I the only one who is bothered by the whole concept of elector and why every state is so hand-wavy about them?
same smug repugs.
when the smoke cleared and the ballots were counted, there were four less repugs in the senate and 9 less repugs in the house!
:<[)
I am more concerned about the trend than the single point error.
Plus having Pelosi and Reid in 2006 really did change nothing.
but the blue dems are accumulating. the old guard will be gone in two more cycles. we have to keep the pressure on.
I'm afraid if this election is stolen, there will be violence in the streets.
And I may be leading the charge.......
Do it for the brothers and sisters who have to endure institutionalized racism
on a regular basis.
and beaten by mobs and police and deputized KKKlansmen
and bitten by police dogs
and shot
and lynched
and bombed in church
and bombed in their homes
do it for medgar evers
do it for emmet till
do it for martin luther king
do it for robert kennedy
do it for the children
and do it for yourself.
The racists
The prejudiced
The ignorant
Let's open some minds and pour some enlightenment in!
another reason to dump the repugs
What's Already Gone Wrong at the Polls? A compilation of voting problems, so far
Problems to date include technological glitches, long lines, intimidation and malfeasance, bad handwriting (? and, of course, bad ballots.