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My Predictions
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 10:47PM What good is a political blogger who won't share his or her predictions? That's right -- not much.
So, here are mine ...
Random Thoughts As We Wait for Tuesday
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 09:02PM Bullet list of stuff:
- Is anyone else sick of Joe Lieberman? I mean, looking at his grinning face, nodding approvingly behind McCain, I just want to throw something at the television. Does everyone remember that Lieberman calls himself a Democrat, and caucuses with the Dems in the Senate? No matter what happens tomorrow, I hope the Senate Dems throw him under the bus come 2009. I hope we don't need his vote. (I know, I know -- not going to happen. But I swear, I'm going to give to his primary supporter next time around.)
- Rachel Maddow is one of my favorite people, even though her concern troll schtick from this week is getting a little old. She's performing a public service, though, calling out the issues we're having with the election system in this country. Her "special comment" yesterday called the multi-hour wait a "poll tax," and she's dead on. We've got to fix this thing.
- I swear, all I've done for the past month is eat junk, look at polls, blog, and do campaign work. I'll be glad when this is finished so I can get back to eating right and exercising.
- But -- I reserve the right to kill a pint of Peanut Butter Chip from Graeter's to celebrate Obama winning.
- How anyone can vote for John McCain at this point is completely beyond me.
The Antidote for PESD
Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 10:52AM Anybody else going crazy waiting on this thing to be over?
All the signs point to an Obama victory. And this isn't Kerry in 2004, where we were all HOPING for a win. This is every national poll, every EV site, every indicator everywhere showing Obama with not only a win, but possibly a l**dsl**e (the word that shall not be named). So why am I compulsively looking at polls and news, and reading all over the web?
VIPPs Wear Me Out
Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 09:48PM You know who wear me out? VIPPs. Who are VIPPs, you ask? Why, Very Important Political Persons, of course.
You know who I mean. They're the ones who show up late, and leave early, because they've got Somewhere Important to go to. They like being In The Know, and they especially like Being Seen.
But you know what really wears me out about VIPPs? They think they're too important, or special, or busy to actually do the work that they ask the rest of us to do.
Why am I ranting about this? Because this past Wednesday, I saw a whole bunch of VIPPs in the back of the room, and it wasn't pretty.
Can They Steal It?
Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 10:36AM The polls look good. The map looks good. The early voting looks good. All signs point to an Obama victory, even a possible Obama l**dsl*de (the word that shall not be named), and yet many of us of the blue persuasion are not sleeping, are overeating, and generally are stressed out of our minds. Why?
"Those damn Rethuglicans are going to steal this election, just like they stole 2000 and 2004."
So, let's look at that.
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