Some new poll has McCain ahead of Obama. Good.

Individual rights, fiscal responsibility, and government transparency.

re: #1 Backstaber

Some new poll has McCain ahead of Obama. Good.

It's a Zogby poll. I hope its accurate.

For Robert

re: #2 Sharmuta

Word.

OK now, this is the FNDT. Don't go ruin it by splodeyposting!

Zogby calls leadfor McCain on Drudge

During the last week of school before summer I'd always think "next week will be completely different monday/tuesday..." I'm getting the same feeling now. Only this time I'm not exactly looking forward to the summer.

Ah, a new thread. The last one started to taste bad thanks to a certain poster.

Washington Post profits plummet

Zogby now has The Post trailing the local Wasilla paper, 49% to 48%.

Just some thoughts of mine;

Figured I'd post some them after "meditating" on this election so much lately.

I have not been on this earth for that many presidential elections, but I feel something brewing akin to a sleeping, un-tapped energy that awakens close to the general election without fail each and every time:

It's the steady heartbeat; the rhythmic daily plodding of conservatism. Not slumbering, but rather manifest throughout much of the seasons and subsequent years between elections not as political activism, but rather as the everyday activities of the Common Man.

This conservative "energy" has no time for making paper-mache geese, screaming at passers-by, igniting flags, or pooping on sidewalks. Rather, it exists in the day-to-day simplicity of getting up every morning, rather than sleeping in. Of working, rather than holding out it's hand. Of raising and teaching it's own children rather than finding someone else to do so. Of walking, cycling, or driving to a dayjob; opening a shop, digging a ditch, perfecting an invention, and responsibly saving for it's own retirement. Of loving and providing for it's own family the way God (or nature, if you will) intended.

...Day-to-day, week-to-week, with the methodical yet unstoppable force of a glacier.

That is the thrust, the essense, the "energy" of what real American conservatism is, and it pervades the fabric of this country from coast to coast in more ways than the screaming "anti-matter" of this energy can imagine. So, for one day every 4 years, it slowlly turns it's head, puts down it's plough of every-day-ness, and casts a ballot for itself.

This is the "silent majority" that makes this nation great. This is the steady, un-wavering energy that will, nay, must save this country next Tuesday.

re: #3 Dark_Falcon

It's a Zogby poll. I hope its accurate.

Me too, live in New Jersey so The One is going to win here, but my vote is going to McCain no matter what anyway.

re: #4 Sharmuta

Nice. I'm partial to Birdhouse.
/Geek rock rules.

re: #7 Pepper

Zogby calls leadfor McCain on Drudge

IIRC Zogby was the only election day poll in 2004 that said the race was too close to call. The rest had Kerry winning comfortably.

I need to get up early in the morning.

Good night.

ZOGBY: MCCAIN MOVES INTO LEAD 48-47 IN ONE DAY POLLING Let's see where this goes..........

Tomorrow begins McCain's 72 -Hour PUSH

What
Will
YOU
Do?

Click and decide and get to WORK !

GO GO GO GO GO

You can rest next week at work !

re: #8 bosforus

Love your avatar...

"Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror or Nosferatu) is a German Expressionist vampire horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was in essence an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel (for instance, "vampire" became "Nosferatu," and Count Dracula became Count Orlok)."

re: #7 Pepper

Zogby calls leadfor McCain on Drudge

I sure hope it is so.
I might even cut McCain some slack for a month or two if he pulls it out.

re: #13 Killgore Trout

I LOVE Spider

And it's Halloween, so it's fitting.

Folks:

On the subject of silencing dissent at LGF, I don't think it's a very good idea. A straight-up echo chamber does nothing but breed nutty conspiracy theories. While the majority of posts here are entirely sensical, sometimes I see stuff that gets a little too theoretical. Whenever I feel myself getting that way, I make sure to get away from the keyboard and take a walk around the city. When you're posting political theory, you have to remember that you're dealing with people and culture. This is why liberal social engineering never works, but this could also damage our cause greatly. We need a plan that we can (in crude language) explain to the political neophytes that dominate this country. That sounds snobby, but I don't mean it like I say it. Some people don't have time to tune into the political scene so we need to be able to take it to their level. All of this rhetoric about American exceptionalism and spreading democracy is essential, but when it gets down to the nitty-gritty, what people REALLY want to know is who will lower their taxes, who will allow them to prosper, and who will make a better school available to their children.
And back to the idea of silencing dissent at LGF. Dissent isn't only just a great way of bringing our rhetoric back down to earth as it confronts us with a human opponent, but it's also a great way to practice critical thinking. Being confronted with an opposition point of view allows us to defend our position and, in doing so, recognize new facets of our ideas that we never thought about before. It can also help us refine our ideas to connect with Joe Six-Pack, like I talked about above. When someone attacks your position, it forces you to think of a way to defend it. Doing so enriches your understanding of your own position as well as the strengths of the opposing position.
There are a lot of election-year issues with gray area, especially when it comes to social issues. Abortion is cruel and disgusting, but is it worth destroying a teenager's life to bring a life into the world? Gay marriage may or may not be forbidden by the Bible, but is it worth splitting the country over? And while stem cell research may seem like a scary concept, isn't it worth it if it saves someone's life? We need to get away from the 'Abortion is cruel, disgusting, wrong, etc.' rhetoric and get into REAL solutions to REAL problems. Being a teenager myself, I know that abstinence-only education has a lot of drawbacks. Did you know that 25% of the teenage female population from the ages of 12-18 have some kind of STD? Once again we're at a crossroads between rhetoric and reality. The fact is that hormones are hormones and kids will be kids. I don't deny that there is a cultural problem, but I think that no political party can overcome base human desire.
I do, however, think that there are clear and definitive solutions to the problems of connecting rhetoric and reality. Instead of teaching abstinence in our public school systems, why not teach the virtues of personal responsibility? Sure, it won't get to all the potheads and other fringe societal groups, but it can make a difference. And instead of an absolute policy on abortion, why not go for a pragmatic solution? Perhaps one that allows abortion in the first trimester? It's still horrific, but the fact of the matter is that there are girls and women that really screwed up and are really pregnant. That's going to remain a problem until we teach proper use of contraception and the virtues of personal responsibility. We, as conservatives, have GOT to strike a balance between theory and reality. Conservatism has a bright future in this country, but only if we can pull away from absolutism to deal with issues.

In conclusion, I'd like to reinforce the fact that yes, I am a conservative. I am fairly socially liberal (or apathetic, I guess), but I don't feel that the government should have to pay for abortions. Politically I am conservative- On the War in Iraq, the economy, and more. I'm out of space. Thanks for reading.

re: #11 astronmr20

Great Post. And true.

I guess inviting racist wingnuts to the previous open thread was taken up by a real one. Freaking nuts

re: #18 Walter L. Newton

Love your avatar...

"Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror or Nosferatu) is a German Expressionist vampire horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok. The film, shot in 1921 and released in 1922, was in essence an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with names and other details changed because the studio could not obtain the rights to the novel (for instance, "vampire" became "Nosferatu," and Count Dracula became Count Orlok)."

A stellar movie for any number of reasons. Creepy as can be too!

Here's your chance to join Obama on election night!

re: #10 solomonpanting

Washington Post profits plummet

Zogby now has The Post trailing the local Wasilla paper, 49% to 48%.

can you subscribe out of state?

re: #19 spidly

I sure hope it is so.
I might even cut McCain some slack for a month or two if he pulls it out.

Let's not go crazy now...

In the words of one of the greats...

Heh™

Drink.

Can We Get A Volunteer?:

October 31, 2008
Huff Po Needs Election Reporter, Pronto

"The writer who was tapped to cover the election for the Huffington Post probably won't be able to make the gig. The HuffPo reporter-to-be, Carol Anne Burger, stabbed her lesbian ex-lover 222 times with a screwdriver. Update: Ms. Burger killed herself with a gun after her murder was completed."
...The HuffPo better check its office coffee pot to make sure it's damn well caffeinated. I'm not so sure Ms. Burger was the only one ready to blow.

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re: #21 ClosetConservative

This is not about silencing dissent, it's about not wanting to be associated with racists.. or people who stick up for them. Or people who stick up for people who stick up for them

It's Charles' blog, and he can "silence" whomever he wants. It's not a democracy. It's only an open "forum" at Charles' whim.

re: #10 solomonpanting

Washington Post profits plummet

Zogby now has The Post trailing the local Wasilla paper, 49% to 48%.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of partisan jerks. I can't even read the newspaper when I go visit the MIL. It's totally over the top.

re: #20 Sharmuta

Thanks, I've never heard that one before.

blockquote>XXII

Once I saw mountains angry,
And ranged in battle-front.
Against them stood a little man;
Aye, he was no bigger than my finger.
I laughed, and spoke to one near me,
"Will he prevail?"
"Surely," replied this other;
"His grandfathers beat them many times."
Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers --
At least, for the little man
Who stood against the mountains.

re: #26 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Here's your chance to join Obama on election night!

I'm betting whoever gives the most money wins.

re: #25 bosforus

A stellar movie for any number of reasons. Creepy as can be too!

And look at a "normal" picture of Max. Not to far from the actual character.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #27 spidly

can you subscribe out of state?

I believe so. Look here.

re: #35 arethusa

I'm betting whoever gives the most money wins.

No no, it isn't giving, it's investing. ;)

Attention New England Lizards!

Final New Hampshire *Straight Talk* Town Hall
with Senator John McCain and
special guest, Red Sox Pitcher Curt Schilling

Sunday, November 2, 2008
4:30PM Doors Open

Peterborough Town Hall
1 Grove Street
Peterborough, NH 03458

Tickets are not required; however, arriving early is encouraged as seating is limited.

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

re: #36 Walter L. Newton

And look at a "normal" picture of Max. Not to far from the actual character.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Oh wow, hadn't seen that before.

re: #28 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Let's not go crazy now...

Spidly must have meant the two months between winning and being inaugurated!

My vote for an OCTOBER (or November) SURPRISE:

HILLARY ENDORSES MCCAIN!

re: #33 Killgore Trout

I introduced you to a song? Cool.

Could someone find that old movie clip and re-dub it for us:

"Marxists? We don't need no stinkin' Marxists!"

re: #35 arethusa

"Loving You" has got it in the bag then.

/Or maybe "Doodad Pro".

re: #11 astronmr20

You posted something similar a few days ago. It really struck home for me. I saved it. Yesterday I showed it to my 18 year old son. He just looked at me when he finished reading it. "WOW" was all he said. And then he sent your post to all of his friends.

Thanks astronmr.

re: #38 Backstaber

No no, it isn't giving, it's investing. ;)

Actually, it's spreading the wealth.
/

Well, the good thing is - now that the election's nearly here, Michelle's kids can soon get their promised doggy. Or will that promise also get broken?

re: #40 Charles

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

I missed the last thread.
What'd you do, ban a bunch of fascists again?

re: #40 Charles

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

No you haven't Charles. They have.

Spencer is my hero, but you are doing the right thing.

IMO.

re: #11 astronmr20

Just some thoughts of mine;

Figured I'd post some them after "meditating" on this election so much lately.

I have not been on this earth for that many presidential elections, but I feel something brewing akin to a sleeping, un-tapped energy that awakens close to the general election without fail each and every time:

It's the steady heartbeat; the rhythmic daily plodding of conservatism. Not slumbering, but rather manifest throughout much of the seasons and subsequent years between elections not as political activism, but rather as the everyday activities of the Common Man.

This conservative "energy" has no time for making paper-mache geese, screaming at passers-by, igniting flags, or pooping on sidewalks. Rather, it exists in the day-to-day simplicity of getting up every morning, rather than sleeping in. Of working, rather than holding out it's hand. Of raising and teaching it's own children rather than finding someone else to do so. Of walking, cycling, or driving to a dayjob; opening a shop, digging a ditch, perfecting an invention, and responsibly saving for it's own retirement. Of loving and providing for it's own family the way God (or nature, if you will) intended.

...Day-to-day, week-to-week, with the methodical yet unstoppable force of a glacier.

That is the thrust, the essense, the "energy" of what real American conservatism is, and it pervades the fabric of this country from coast to coast in more ways than the screaming "anti-matter" of this energy can imagine. So, for one day every 4 years, it slowlly turns it's head, puts down it's plough of every-day-ness, and casts a ballot for itself.

This is the "silent majority" that makes this nation great. This is the steady, un-wavering energy that will, nay, must save this country next Tuesday.

Great post Astro! "Me hats off to 'ye!

re: #48 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Actually, it's spreading the wealth.
/

True.

re: #43 wun wabbit wun

Won't happen. Hillary's campaigning for the O.

/Half-heartedly.

re: #40 Charles

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

But it's robert who left the reservation- to go join the fringe.

re: #42 arethusa

Spidly must have meant the two months between winning and being inaugurated!

there you go

re: #46 mitthrawnurdo

"Loving You" has got it in the bag then.

/Or maybe "Doodad Pro".

What, not jjjjgggtty (or whatever it was)? S/he/it is my favorite Obama donor!/////

Friend (to his little boy): "Now lets just be quiet, Mr. Steve can tell the scariest stories on Halloween."

Me (Knowing I'm at a party with other bitter, Bible thumpin' gun totin' Rednecks): "Ok, here's a really scary one for you..... President Barak Obama."

Friend: "Damn! That scared ME!"

re: #47 pink freud

You posted something similar a few days ago. It really struck home for me. I saved it. Yesterday I showed it to my 18 year old son. He just looked at me when he finished reading it. "WOW" was all he said. And then he sent your post to all of his friends.

Thanks astronmr.

LOL I was hoping no one would have noticed me posting my own post a second time.

I'm both grateful.. and now embarrassed as well!

re: #51 astronmr20

No you haven't Charles. They have.

Spencer is my hero, but you are doing the right thing.

IMO.

No offense, but.... you might want to rethink about your hero.

re: #36 Walter L. Newton

wasn't exactly the pierce brosnan of his time, was he?

I just checked Real Clear Politics and they have Zogby at Obama +7, so if Drudge is right, that's a heck of a move.

re: #25 bosforus

A stellar movie for any number of reasons. Creepy as can be too!

Oh, those B&W movie will scare the pants off of you!

re: #45 The Archivist

Could someone find that old movie clip and re-dub it for us:

"Marxists? We don't need no stinkin' Marxists!"

Just play the clip of Tito the Builder. He says it better anyway....

re: #52 LoFlyer

Great post Astro! "Me hats off to 'ye!

Thanks.

So...

You are perhaps a crop-duster, an amateur astronomer, AND a pirate?

(:

re: #50 looking closely

What'd you do, ban a bunch of fascists again?

Heh, yes.

re: #40 Charles

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

what reservation? you voting 0bama? Or are you talking about the reservation that some have set up in Dachau?

re: #43 wun wabbit wun

My vote for an OCTOBER (or November) SURPRISE:

HILLARY ENDORSES MCCAIN!

My very same idea. Considering how Bill has been slinging left handed complements at Obama, I had this nagging little thought that he and Hillary might appear on the Sunday talk shows and jointly endorse McCain. To see the look on Obamalamadingdong's face if that was to really happen. Maybe, just maybe, they may actually have some concern for the nation's future.

re: #42 arethusa

Spidly must have meant the two months between winning and being inaugurated!

Well, that I could live with... but I'll be watching. ;-)

re: #21 ClosetConservative

Folks:

On the subject of silencing dissent at LGF, I don't think it's a very good idea. A straight-up echo chamber does nothing but breed nutty conspiracy theories.

Wha'?

re: #21 ClosetConservative

What are you talking about? "Silencing dissent?"

You do NOT have the right to post anything you like at LGF, and I'm not willing to have the reputation of the site dragged through the dirt, because people insist on posting conspiracy theories, racist crap, or support for genocide at my site.

If you don't like that, you're welcome to find somewhere else to post your comments.

re: #62 gregg

I just checked Real Clear Politics and they have Zogby at Obama +7, so if Drudge is right, that's a heck of a move.

No - that's the daily poll, based on 3 days' interviewing. The Zogby one-day is based on today's interviewing only.

re: #7 Pepper

I wish it was IBD or Gallup's....., Zogby was so not even close with '04's calling it for Kerry.......

re: #60 Sharmuta

No offense, but.... you might want to rethink about your hero.

Well, I should have said "was." My jury is out. I don't think Robert is a Racist, but he is making friends with the wrong crowd.

re: #40 Charles
What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is going on? Just got here, tried to catch up on the last thread. Some idiot was advocating genocide and now you're gonna get slammed for kicking the nut out? Bah!

re: #43 wun wabbit wun

My vote for an OCTOBER (or November) SURPRISE:

HILLARY ENDORSES MCCAIN!

And the November surpirse will be that she's Sec of State!

re: #74 astronmr20

I read one of his books last month. He's very smart but he's going to places I can't follow.

re: #67 spidly

what reservation? you voting 0bama? Or are you talking about the reservation that some have set up in Dachau?

Charles de-linked Robert Spencer. Robert posted on the last thread and basically said "goodbye." Robert suddenly feels the need to buddy-up with some un-savory characters.

re: #26 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Raffles are illegal in my state..... can we go pick him up?

re: #59 astronmr20

Just read the piece in this thread - well-put! I believe there's enough information out there (no thanks to the MSM, but in spite of them) to put Obomber into second-place.

It's the right thing to do. But I'll LOVE to see the media recriminations and second-guessing as to why they couldn't push him into first.

re: #40 Charles

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

First thing that crossed my mind.

re: #62 gregg

I just checked Real Clear Politics and they have Zogby at Obama +7, so if Drudge is right, that's a heck of a move.

RCP is a moving average and includes polls that are modeled expecting Dem turnout to be 10 or more points higher that GOP. It is almost always only 2 to 4 points.

re: #35 arethusa

I'm betting whoever gives the most money wins.

In time honored Chicago fashion. I expect that the winners will not enjoy themselves much at the rally. Well, after Obama loses, hopefully they'll have time on 11/5 to visit some of Chicago's fine museums and see something worth seeing.

re: #61 bosforus

wasn't exactly the pierce brosnan of his time, was he?

No, but that was when movies were more interested in grit and grim instead of glamor and greatness. I love all the early German expressionistic (sp?) film. Of course, I would say Metropolis has to be on top of my list.

re: #75 pingjockey

No- because of robert spencer.

Lizards,

Please join me for a moment in encouraging Charles in that he did the right thing.

Some 'conservatives' have yet to grasp the concept of private property rights when it comes to a weblog.

re: #76 spirochete

She won't endorse him, but I'd bet big bucks that in the privacy of that booth, she damn well pulls the lever for him.

re: #68 Dublin(CA)Dude

My very same idea. Considering how Bill has been slinging left handed complements at Obama, I had this nagging little thought that he and Hillary might appear on the Sunday talk shows and jointly endorse McCain. To see the look on Obamalamadingdong's face if that was to really happen. Maybe, just maybe, they may actually have some concern for the nation's future.

Naw. They can't do that openly (OK, maybe Bill can get away with it)... Hillary wants her chance for 2012. She needs to remain a team player... at least in name... to do that.

re: #86 astronmr20

Done.

re: #40 Charles

In Soviet Russia, reservation leaves you.

/seriously Charles it was a stand that had to be taken.

re: #71 Charles

What are you talking about? "Silencing dissent?"

You do NOT have the right to post anything you like at LGF...

Makes sense to me. You wanna play in Charles' backyard, you play by his rules. Most of us learned that in Kindergarten.

re: #79 tradewind

Raffles are illegal in my state..... can we go pick him up?

I think so. He can't weigh more than what? 190lbs?
/

re: #59 astronmr20

LOL I was hoping no one would have noticed me posting my own post a second time.

I'm both grateful.. and now embarrassed as well!

It is very worth reposting!

The kid has been really fretting over the possibility of Zero winning. I am of the mind that McCain will landslide it, but for some reason he doubts. *smile!*

Your post really impressed him. Now he knows that I am not alone in my unconventional thinking.

re: #63 SteveC

Oh, those B&W movie will scare the pants off of you!

They're super cheap too if you buy the movie packs. Heck, you don't even have to buy 'em. You can find tons of them on Google Video or publicdomaintorrent.com.

re: #43 wun wabbit wun

My vote for an OCTOBER (or November) SURPRISE:

HILLARY ENDORSES MCCAIN!

She's been awfully quiet, no? And the Clenis has nothing but weird, back-handed compliments for the Messiah.

Heh. I love the PUMAs.

I tell ya, after I hooked up with a particular woman I re-examined my "principles". (rimshot)

re: #26 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

*spit*

re: #40 Charles

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

Charles. Darling. Repeat after me.

Fuck. Them.

I have some work to do tomorrow vis a vis this nonsense. Somewhere in the hundreds of links I've kept about this is Fjordman on immigration, etc.

Ok. Repeat the above again.
Off to bed. Love you madly.

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

I've seen people say before that robert was there hero.

Well- Charles is my hero, and this is a big reason why.

re: #68 Dublin(CA)Dude

My very same idea. Considering how Bill has been slinging left handed complements at Obama, I had this nagging little thought that he and Hillary might appear on the Sunday talk shows and jointly endorse McCain. To see the look on Obamalamadingdong's face if that was to really happen. Maybe, just maybe, they may actually have some concern for the nation's future.

Not going to happen.

If they did that, they'd totally alienate the Dem base, and never get elected as a Dem again.

But you just know, even though they'd never admit it publically, that BOTH of them would much rather have McCain in the White House, not only because it then makes a 2012 run for Hilary possible, but because its just better for the country.

Pollsters make their money off getting it right. The consortium polling is over and now it is everyone for themselves. The Paid performances are finishing. These guys need to be accurate now. Everyone remembers the the pollster who got it right. Time to make the donuts.

Every election shares this aspects in common. Maybe not as slanted as this one, but each gets more canted.

This is the election to the finish. Do your part talk to your friends, get out the vote, and remember winners never quit and quitters never win.

re: #83 Dark_Falcon

In the current murder capital of the US, the visitin' folks BEST be wearin' Obomber paraphernalia while they're seein' the sights.

re: #40 Charles

I'm expecting some seriously vicious attacks to take place now.

I've left the reservation.

Please elaborate.

re: #86 astronmr20

Lizards,

Please join me for a moment in encouraging Charles in that he did the right thing.

Certainly. It's his site. We post only at his pleasure.

It's good for the site to keep the real nuts away.

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Congratulations. :-)

re: #45 The Archivist

Could someone find that old movie clip and re-dub it for us:

"Marxists? We don't need no stinkin' Marxists!"

"I don't have to show you any stinking badges."

re: #62 gregg

I just checked Real Clear Politics and they have Zogby at Obama +7, so if Drudge is right, that's a heck of a move.

Drudge has the one day poll from Zogby... I think Real Clear shows a longer polling time for Zogby ...

re: #71 Charles

I'm guessing that A LOT of braindead lizards with very few posts and long registration times have been coming back to LGF the closer it is to election day.

re: #86 astronmr20

Lizards,

Please join me for a moment in encouraging Charles in that he did the right thing.

A-OK from me. I won't take note with anyone who will side with those VB sort of people, even if I was the last man standing.

re: #79 tradewind

Raffles are illegal in my state..... can we go pick him up?

Raffles are illegal? How do you have holiday bazaars? Never seen one without a raffle.

re: #40 Charles

Courage!

re: #96 Palandine

She's been awfully quiet, no? And the Clenis has nothing but weird, back-handed compliments for the Messiah.

Heh. I love the PUMAs.

Obama was a fool to think that the Clinton's wouldn't seek payback for thwarting Hillary. Well, I am thankful for their non-support of Obama, even if their reasons are less than noble.

RE: HILLARY endorsing McCain/Palin on Sunday Talk shows...

I guess Bill and Hill would NOT be on Chris Wallace :-)
If she REALLY cares about our country that's what she should do...I don't expect much from Bubba.

Have you checked out [Link: hillbuzz.wordpress.com...]
Disgruntled Hillary voters for MCAIN...

re: #107 Backstaber

TYVM !

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

That's great, congrats and I hope momma and daughter are both healthy!

With my usual cunning I posted my longish comment on what was instantly the Dead Thread. Its a gift I have.

re: #95 bosforus

They're super cheap too if you buy the movie packs. Heck, you don't even have to buy 'em. You can find tons of them on Google Video or publicdomaintorrent.com.

Available on DVD now...

In 2007, Kino International released Nosferatu: The Ultimate Edition, derived from a new high-definition transfer of the film. This double-disc collection presents the film with the original German intertitles as well as with newly-translated English intertitles. Accompanying the film is a 52-minute documentary by Luciano Berriatúa which provides a detailed account of the production and explores the filmmakers' involvement in the occult.

re: #26 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Here's your chance to join Obama on election night!

I wonder what that would go for on E-Bay?

XXIX

Behold, from the land of the farther suns
I returned.
And I was in a reptile-swarming place,
Peopled, otherwise, with grimaces,
Shrouded above in black impenetrableness.
I shrank, loathing,
Sick with it.
And I said to him,
"What is this?"
He made answer slowly,
"Spirit, this is a world;
This was your home."

re: #113 swamprat

Courage!

And the Lizards have your back.

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Wonderful news ! congratulations on your little Halloween Treat ! :)

re: #12 Backstaber

Me too, live in New Jersey so The One is going to win here, but my vote is going to McCain no matter what anyway.

Hell, I'm in North Cali, and the Moonbat factor here is off the f***in' hook! I know tons of people who blithely ignore Comrade Obama's doctrine, who think he's a calm, reasonable, rational guy, who think that it really is about time that we provide universal health care and that having a common pool nationwide on the plan will make it CHEAPER (yet at the same time you can't mention the messes of Medicare or Medicaid to them because they get befuddled and irritated), and who actually believe that Sarah Palin is a subhuman moronic psychopath who abused her Governor office powers viciously and cynically, while Obama is a fully qualified candidate who will do a great job healing the earth.

F * * * M E R U N N I N G .

I dread the future.

re: #85 Sharmuta
Well I wasn't gonna wade through 1000+ posts, just saw that some idjit was advocating genocide. I will have no problem if we have to use nukes to take out a buried site unassailable by any other means. I would have trouble with taking out a city however. Actually more than trouble. I was part of the handling crew for "special weapons" on my Destroyer in the late 70s and those damn things bothered me to no end.

re: #65 astronmr20

Thanks.

So...

You are perhaps a crop-duster, an amateur astronomer, AND a pirate?

(:

Just a damn good network engineer working in "pirate" mode, mate! Ex USN and having a great time! Many thanks to all LGF'ers for helping me through the bad times!

re: #100 right_in_canada

Congrats - I wish the best for mom, baby, and soon-to-be insomniac dad!

re: #31 astronmr20

I'm not talking about racists. I'm talking about moderates and even liberals.

Racists deserve to have a hat rack shoved up the rear.

I've heard a lot about how a lot of Democrats are going to vote McCain based on what the Obama side of the party did to Hillary.

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

No, but that was when movies were more interested in grit and grim instead of glamor and greatness. I love all the early German expressionistic (sp?) film. Of course, I would say Metropolis has to be on top of my list.

Ha ha, would you believe I had Brigette Helm as my avatar for a while after seeing that for the first time with her quote.

There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Congratulations!
And just think, Zoey will always have interesting birthday parties!

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Great news! Congrats!

re: #100 right_in_canada

Congratulations! Zoey is a lovely name.

re: #100 right_in_canada

Hey congratulations. Have a cigar. :)

Being Halloween, I'm spending the night watching horror TV marathons. I'm watching things that scare the heck out of me down to the depths of my very soul! It's amazing how there's so much footage that plays to my fears available on Halloween!

Fortunately, mot 0bama commercials end after 30 seconds, so I don't stay scared too long.
;)

After being subjected to yet another Hollywood numbskull's thoughts on politics earlier this evening, I will sum up my opinion of these people with a line from one of Denis Leary's stand-up routines:

So Don Henley wants to tell me how to vote, huh? I've got two words for you, Don: Joe fucking Walsh. Okay?!?

re: #43 wun wabbit wun

My vote for an OCTOBER (or November) SURPRISE:

HILLARY ENDORSES MCCAIN!

Absolutely, she was a victim of the Obama bus as many have become casualties.

re: #117 SteveC

That's great, congrats and I hope momma and daughter are both healthy!

Yes it was a tough go but we both got thru , my wife god bless her did a great job, she is strong and our new daughter is a very happy and quiet healthy baby !

re: #100 right_in_canada
CONGRATULATIONS!

re: #125 pingjockey

Robert Spencer is making apologies for fjordman.

re: #21 ClosetConservative

Who's silencing dissent? There are some folks that get dinged down, and there are others (e.g. previous thread) that get the stick for using the forum Charles built for things that are well beyond the editor and proprietor's generous latitude of what he's willing to allow the forum to be used for, or that he wants to pay for.

The Internet's vast. One can find almost every viewpoint expressed somewhere. The participants here are far from being a homogenous grouping on issues outside the threat from jihad. (Stick around long enough, and you'll see.)

re: #104 apb1

In the current murder capital of the US, the visitin' folks BEST be wearin' Obomber paraphernalia while they're seein' the sights.

The Museum Campus is quite safe. I'd suggest the Field Museum: they'll be preparing spaces for Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers in the dinosaur hall.

re: #118 lifeofthemind

With my usual cunning I posted my longish comment on what was instantly the Dead Thread. Its a gift I have.

That's alright. I was getting paranoid thinking that everytime I started ranting with a long post, or shooting my mouth off about some shameless self-promotion, that Charles was purposefully starting a new thread just to waylay me.

I got to get out more often.

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Best wishes mate to your new family!

re: #63 SteveC

Oh, those B&W movie will scare the pants off of you!

The's no good horror movies on tonight. What's the point of Halloween with no good horror movies? They are showng those 100 Scariest Movie Moments specials on Bravo, but still. The awesome Poltergeist was on earlier, but other than that TCM is showing The Dunwich Horror at 11:30, which is just so-so.

I own the Exorcist, and I'm thinking about putting it on, but I don't know...

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Congrats!

re: #71 Charles

I'm afraid my comments were rather misconstrued. What I intended to say was that we ought to let moderates and liberals run free as they desire on the site.

As I stated before, racists deserve to... well, insert your own imagination.

I'm sorry that I wasn't clear.

Happy Birthday Zoey!

re: #128 ClosetConservative

I agree with ClosetConservative. I've been called 'moby' a few times just for disagreeing.

F*ck the racists, but general political debate shouldn't scare anyone.

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Congratulations!

re: #100 right_in_canada

Great news; congratulations!

re: #119 Walter L. Newton

I buy a lot of old movies mostly because I enjoy the campy mystery science theater entertainment of them but it's not uncommon for me to come across some actual gems. I love 'em.

re: #124 StudSupreme

I dread the future.

I dread the future for me state. A lot of people I know don't like Palin (more like hate) because she enforced a law that controlled predators in Alaska, IE wolves. This especially holds true with my Girlfriend unfortunately. :/

re: #21 ClosetConservative

Folks:

On the subject of silencing dissent at LGF, I don't think it's a very good idea. A straight-up echo chamber does nothing but breed nutty conspiracy theories. While the majority of posts here are entirely sensical, sometimes I see stuff that gets a little too theoretical.

Since when is "sensical" an English word?

re: #133 pink freud

Ty ! I think this little lady will be the next Sarah Palin ! ;-)

re: #141 Dar ul Harb

Urgh, I really regret posting now. I'm not saying that dissent IS silenced, but rather I'm saying it SHOULDN'T be silenced.

re: #140 Sharmuta
Gaaaaaaaaaah!

re: #89 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

Maybe, just maybe, they may actually have some concern for the nation's future.

' And monkeys might fly out of my butt'.....
......

(Sorry, I know it's really awful, but somehow, it just fits..and it is the Clintons, after all).

re: #100 right_in_canada

I and Happy Halloween my fellow LGF lizard friends !

Just had to share the great news my wife gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl here in Hamilton , ON Canada! We named her Zoey ! 6 lbs 5 oz born 2:18 PM today (halloween) I call her my lil' Pumpkin ! :-)

Congrats! and cool she will get to costume up every birthday ...

re: #40 Charles

I've left the reservation.

We can handle your light work. Stand by by with the stick.

re: #82 spidly

RCP is a moving average and includes polls that are modeled expecting Dem turnout to be 10 or more points higher that GOP. It is almost always only 2 to 4 points.

That's correct, but they show the individual polls at their site. They currently have Zogby at Obama +7. As arethusa mentions, that is a 3 day rolling average, so it's not really an apples to apples comparison.

re: #154 Moe Katz

Since when are typos a capital offense?

Happy Birthday Baby Zoey!

re: #81 MandyManners

I thought of the song Cherokee People (or whatever the heck it was called.) ;)

re: #129 Backstaber

I've heard a lot about how a lot of Democrats are going to vote McCain based on what the Obama side of the party did to Hillary.

PUMA.

re: #157 pingjockey

He put GoV and Brussels Journal back on his blog roll, too.

re: #100 right_in_canada

Cheers.

re: #96 Palandine

She's been awfully quiet, no? And the Clenis has nothing but weird, back-handed compliments for the Messiah.

Heh. I love the PUMAs.

Obama is going to be really sorry he didnt pony up for Hillary's campaign debt!

This bitter gun owner clung to his religion and voted today. OORAAAH!

re: #159 JacksonTn

Ya her favourite day ! LOL

re: #74 astronmr20

You'll be judged by the company you keep. And racists aren't company I'd want to keep.

re: #165 MandyManners

PUMA.

Good. I guess this would be a time to team up (only temporarily) to defeat the enemy. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." :)

re: #94 pink freud

It is very worth reposting!

The kid has been really fretting over the possibility of Zero winning. I am of the mind that McCain will landslide it, but for some reason he doubts. *smile!*

Your post really impressed him. Now he knows that I am not alone in my unconventional thinking.

I do believe it's so hidden, because it's so common. We see it in Democrats as well, and more manifest this time in "PUMAS," if you will. It's quite pervasive in America, which is what sets us apart from a lot of the rest of the world. Oh I believe it's in otherplces, too, but in those places, it's finally been driven into hiding, with the most conservative major parties over there being even more liberal than our Democrats.

As with Europe, before long, this mindset of using those boot-straps, of taking care of ourselves, of making our OWN communities and nation great-- can be driven under ground by incessant whiners, government-glorifiers, and people who scream "racist" when we dare to question Islam.

We can't let that happen here. We are not over that cliff yet.

re: #142 Dark_Falcon

I always liked the Museum of Science and Industry better - Field Museum always seemed so...dried-out, I guess. Although the Field Museum / planetarium / Shedd aquarium were a great trifecta...

re: #112 arethusa

Can't do it with a true raffle, there has to be some kind of loophole thingy in there...violates some kind of betting law. But there are ways to pull off nearly the same thing, I forget 'zackly how.

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

Obama was a fool to think that the Clinton's wouldn't seek payback for thwarting Hillary. Well, I am thankful for their non-support of Obama, even if their reasons are less than noble.

Their reasons are as noble as yours or mine.

So is this Zogby poll "reliable" or what?

re: #144 LoFlyer

TY vm Lo and happy halloween ! 8-)

re: #164 poopeedoo

I thought of the song Cherokee People (or whatever the heck it was called.) ;)

re: #177 TheMatrix31

Zogby has a good record. If this is a one day, Zogby only poll with no reuters and no c-span, then I think it's good.

re: #162 ClosetConservative

Since when are typos a capital offense?

That's a typo? What word was mistyped?

re: #166 Sharmuta
Well crap. I thought Spenser was articulate and reasonable. GoV is 'right out'. Don't know about the other one. I have read some of fjordmans' stuff and it was inarticulate at best and damn near unreadable at worst.

re: #147 ClosetConservative

As I stated before, racists deserve to... well, insert your own imagination.

Genocidal fantasies are best posted at Robert's site where they are welcome. If you can expand your genocidal fantasy to 800-1,000 words he might make a post out of it.

re: #158 tradewind

' And monkeys might fly out of my butt'.....
......

(Sorry, I know it's really awful, but somehow, it just fits..and it is the Clintons, after all).

I don't know if I could handle the shock.

/but am willing to try. Hillary, ball's in your court.

Good night all, got a Halloween party to attend to! Stay safe!

To bed, have a 7:30am call at the theatre, got to watch a rehearsal for the new show opneing on Nov 7th (Xmas show, I know, kinda early for a Xmas show), a dry tech from 1-4, then set up and then run a folk concert at 7:30. Gonna be a long day tomorrow.

re: #100 right_in_canada

Congratulations!
You have received a precious gift.
Pretty name for a pretty daughter.

re: #100 right_in_canada

Adorable name, Zoey! Congratulations.......

re: #182 pingjockey

BJ attacted Charles and Bruce Bawer and links to fjordy all the time.

Happy Halloween! So far no kids dressed up skanky of offensive for Halloween in my neck of the woods. Which surprise me since I live in Olympia where I thought The parents would be irresponsible of what their kids wear but so far so good. At lest I am not getting little 7 year olds saying am hot at the end of the driveway this year.

re: #180 Sharmuta

Zogby has a good record. If this is a one day, Zogby only poll with no reuters and no c-span, then I think it's good.

Let's just hope the states "follow the lead".

re: #185 bosforus

Good night all, got a Halloween party to attend to! Stay safe!

Er, "to attend". D'oh!

re: #162 ClosetConservative

Since when are typos a capital offense?

16:40 GMT 5 June 08.

Up against the wall with you... ;-)

re: #172 Backstaber

Good. I guess this would be a time to team up (only temporarily) to defeat the enemy. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." :)

Strange politics....

re: #187 Pepper

"Zoe" is greek for "Life". Very apropos.

re: #191 TheMatrix31

Let's just hope the states "follow the lead".

Let's hope Eeyores cheer the f*ck up.

re: #65 astronmr20

Thanks.

So...

You are perhaps a crop-duster, an amateur astronomer, AND a pirate?

(:

This reminds me of a Halloween episode of Roseanne where Rosie dresses D.J. up as Alfalfa from the little rascals. He's upset, however, as most of his friends are dressing up as the Terminator. Dan even tries to tell him that "Alfalfas can beat up Terminators." Finally, they give up and let him go change into his terminator costume.

While he's gone, Jackie comes in and talks to Roseanne. They talk for a while, and the D.J. comes back in.

D.J. has put on lots of Terminator gear, but has also obviously left much of the Alfalfa costume on, including the hair spike in the back. Jackie sees this bizarre costume, and asks Roseanne what he's supposed to be.

"I don't know . . . the Alfalfinator?"

It still cracks me up twice every time I see it! First, when I see the costume itself, and 2nd when I hear the line.

re: #175 tradewind

Can't do it with a true raffle, there has to be some kind of loophole thingy in there...violates some kind of betting law. But there are ways to pull off nearly the same thing, I forget 'zackly how.

Usually (not always) : Prize has a value of $100. Tickets are sold. Winner has the "right" to buy the prize for $20. If the winner doesn't want it, (Someone not really interested in the prize, but just wanted to contribute to the organization) you draw again.

re: #177 TheMatrix31

So is this Zogby poll "reliable" or what?

Well, presumably he uses the same methods as for his 3-day poll, so why not.

I have some issues with Zogby as a pollster. He does the usual number-crunching, but admits that he weights his results with his own sense of "what's happening on the street." (Perhaps working with Reuters and C-SPAN on his daily poll mitigates that tendency of his.) That said, he was right on the Presidential election in 2004, right in 2000 (if you accept that saying Gore would win the popular vote "right"), and called 17 of 18 Senate races correctly in 2006.

re: #195 Sharmuta

"Zoe" is greek for "Life". Very apropos.

I didn't know that. I have a kitten named Zoe, she's not bright but she's full of love.

re: #191 TheMatrix31

Let's just hope the states "follow the lead".

It's all up to the Reverend Wright now. His words will play in the battleground states for the rest of this election.

Catch you on the flip side mates! Thanks to all that straightend me out on the previous thread!

re: #195 Sharmuta

:-) We saw it too ! :-)

re: #181 Moe Katz

'Sensible'.

re: #186 Walter L. Newton
Nite Walter. Got to go to the theatre last Friday. High school production of Arsenic and Old Lace. The kids did a bang up job. Good luck with your new show.

re: #169 clayusmcret

This bitter gun owner clung to his religion and voted today. OORAAAH!

Sam here! Welcome, fellow voter!

Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm a little kid listening to her parents fighting downstairs.

re: #156 ClosetConservative

Urgh, I really regret posting now. I'm not saying that dissent IS silenced, but rather I'm saying it SHOULDN'T be silenced.

Well, you sure picked the wrong time ta' come out with that one, little missy. ;)

/John Wayne

re: #100 right_in_canada

Awesome! congratulations!

re: #199 arethusa

I thought Zogby had Kerry ahead all the way in '04?

re: #203 right_in_canada

Give her a kiss from Auntie Shar?

re: #165 MandyManners

PUMA.

Senator Government said this during the primary ...

"I am confident I will get her votes if I'm the nominee," Obama stressed. "It's not clear she would get the votes I got if she were the nominee."

***

I am thinking he might not be feeling so great about that about now ...

re: #189 Sharmuta
Are they all advocating wiping out the islamists as their solution to the problem? Madness.

re: #180 Sharmuta

Zogby has a good record. If this is a one day, Zogby only poll with no reuters and no c-span, then I think it's good.

The best part of that McCain lead is the hope it gives. The Obama camp is counting heavily on dis-spirited McCain supporters staying home.

It only takes one or two polls like this to energize the base and get them to the polls on Tuesday.

re: #210 tradewind

I thought Zogby had Kerry ahead all the way in '04?

No

All you lizards in solid Dem country go VOTE!

DO NOT give Zerobama and his Chicago thugs even a whiff of winning the popular vote but losing the Electoral College, or we'll have a gazillion lawsuits mucking up the transfer of power.

re: #194 MandyManners

Strange politics....

More like using them, once the party is splintered, it is easier to defeat in later elections. I think this election, if McCain wins, may be the one that weakens the Democrats enough to defeat them later on. I hope that right now, since the 2006 election, that this will be the furthest in power that they will get, and the become progressively weaken from here on out.

# 34 x-wing,
I just (thought) of somethiing. Can anyone here access Arab t.v. and see if this was shown in the Middle East anywhere?

/sorry if this idea was already brought up.

X-wing has a good idea here. Does anybody know how to research Arab media databases? What about MEMRI, have they been made aware.

/ will copy this to other threads. I don't have comp skills to look for this type of info

re: #210 tradewind

I thought Zogby had Kerry ahead all the way in '04?

Zombie is the resident expert on the polls, but I think Zogby was the only poll that was close on election day 2004.

re: #209 FrogMarch

TY vm Frog and to all well-wishers here ! You are the best ! :-) :-)

re: #214 stevieray

Hillbuzz a few days ago said they were fearing this headline. That day has come.

re: #212 JacksonTn

Senator Government said this during the primary ...

"I am confident I will get her votes if I'm the nominee," Obama stressed. "It's not clear she would get the votes I got if she were the nominee."

***

I am thinking he might not be feeling so great about that about now ...

Senator Government is about to be in the biggest political plane crash in my lifetime (I wasn't here in 1948).

re: #201 unrealizedviewpoint

Well let's just hope that those right-wing chickens......come HOME....to ROOST! If 14% of the electorate is really undecided, and they inform themselves even minimally, Barry O. has got to seem like a huge risk. I'm hoping these voters are as traditionally skeptical of government as the rest of us.

re: #205 pingjockey

Nite Walter. Got to go to the theatre last Friday. High school production of Arsenic and Old Lace. The kids did a bang up job. Good luck with your new show.

Ok, I lied, was reading a few more posts. That was the show that got me interested in theatre when I was 17. I played "Teddy." Yes, it was high school. I didn't get the part because I had any interested in drama, I was told by the drama teacher that I was playing "Teddy" becuase I was the only fat kid in the school.

It worked out ok. Thank goodness, at least I had a career to fall back on when my programming career went south 5 years ago.

I guess I should thank that teacher. You never know how those marbles smack each other and where they end up down the road.

re: #100 right_in_canada

my b-day today, too. may your daughter be blessed. may she grow to be a strong lizard.

Yo!

Drinking wine in a Buenos Aires bar, blogging (slowly) by iphone and wifi.

re: #208 Dar ul Harb

Sounds like it's time to revise my statement, eh?

Revised:

Liberals and moderates should not be silenced on Little Green Footballs. Racists should. Capisce?

See? I followed my own advice and reduced a 4000 character long statement down to a two-liner.

That title Senator Government sure has stuck, hasn't it?
I guess, if does win ..we'll be calling him President Government ..among other things.

re: #3 Dark_Falcon

Yea - but you know that those pollsters wanna save face.. so they will come clean towards the end. Mind you this is the first poll probably that is actually accurate and sine they provide a 3 day trailing poll - it is a perfect time for them to start reporting properly so that by the 3rd day (monday) the 3 day average will be close to the actual election result. To me this is no accident.

re: #211 Sharmuta

U bet ! ;-)

re: #219 Mich-again

IBD was the closest, with less than a percentage point of error between their prediction and the result.
I haven't gone back to look at the rest, it might be interesting.
Not that any of them actually can know, in this environment with all the huge early vote factor going on.

re: #221 Sharmuta

Hillbuzz a few days ago said they were fearing this headline. That day has come.

By "they" I assume you mean "the Obama camp", and not HillBuzz....

re: #152 bosforus

I buy a lot of old movies mostly because I enjoy the campy mystery science theater entertainment of them but it's not uncommon for me to come across some actual gems. I love 'em.

Love old movies! Character development...actual plot movement that doesn't require explosions and automatic weapons fire...love em.

Of course some of them I love because they're so bad, they're good, but that's a different story.

re: #197 gmsc

This reminds me of a Halloween episode of Roseanne where Rosie dresses D.J. up as Alfalfa from the little rascals. He's upset, however, as most of his friends are dressing up as the Terminator. Dan even tries to tell him that "Alfalfas can beat up Terminators." Finally, they give up and let him go change into his terminator costume.

While he's gone, Jackie comes in and talks to Roseanne. They talk for a while, and the D.J. comes back in.

D.J. has put on lots of Terminator gear, but has also obviously left much of the Alfalfa costume on, including the hair spike in the back. Jackie sees this bizarre costume, and asks Roseanne what he's supposed to be.

"I don't know . . . the Alfalfinator?"

It still cracks me up twice every time I see it! First, when I see the costume itself, and 2nd when I hear the line.

There's a lesson in that.

I spent over $80.00 for The Kid's Darth Vader costume. He's worn it around the house for about two weeks, during the day and at night with the lights off. Tonight, when we get to doing the ToT, he refuses to wear the gigantic mask because "I can't see anything".

ACK.

re: #204 ClosetConservative

'Sensible'.

Okay. I copy edited for Cambridge University Press in NYC for over 9 years and I can't stop correcting people. CAN'T STOP, I TELL YOU!

re: #210 tradewind

I thought Zogby had Kerry ahead all the way in '04?

No - scroll down to the bottom of this page at his site for a list of his successes.

Money quote: "Zogby’s final ’04 results, Bush 49.8%/Kerry 48.6%--election results Bush 50.8%/Kerry 48.4%."

re: #153 Backstaber

I dread the future for me state. A lot of people I know don't like Palin (more like hate) because she enforced a law that controlled predators in Alaska, IE wolves. This especially holds true with my Girlfriend unfortunately. :/

Amazing what we are willing to endure for some tush.

More geek rock....
Boss Of Me

re: #219 Mich-again

Zombie is the resident expert on the polls, but I think Zogby was the only poll that was close on election day 2004.

As I recall, the best poll in '04 was IBD (Investors Business Daily), within 0.4% of the actual count. Zogby has always had a heavy Democrat bias and if memory serves, did indeed call it for Kerry all the way to the end. Which makes this one point lead for McCain so encouraging.

re: #180 Sharmuta

Zogby has a good record. If this is a one day, Zogby only poll with no reuters and no c-span, then I think it's good.

Concur, but it is still only a snapshot.

re: #221 Sharmuta

Hillbuzz a few days ago said they were fearing this headline. That day has come.

What, PUMAs fearing that the Obama camp will rush to the polls now, instead of being complacent as "front runners"?

re: #224 Walter L. Newton
Heh. My sons best friend is playing the crazy doctor. They are having a ball.

re: #217 Backstaber

More like using them, once the party is splintered, it is easier to defeat in later elections. I think this election, if McCain wins, may be the one that weakens the Democrats enough to defeat them later on. I hope that right now, since the 2006 election, that this will be the furthest in power that they will get, and the become progressively weaken from here on out.

Are you proposing a one-party system?

According to Dick Morris, there's been a surge of young voters to the McCain camp (via Gateway Pundit).

re: #169 clayusmcret

This bitter gun owner clung to his religion and voted today. OORAAAH!

My mon went early and apparently it was mostly obama nuts there. They showed their obama type class as well.

One lady who had moved from California constantly and loudly badmouthed McCain. One couple wished for McCain to lose AZ so he'd be humiliated. What she saw most was people holding a place in line for familly and friends. Not a big deal when it's a short wait, but many waited 3+ hours to vote. Good thing I wasn't there. If I'd been in line for hours and the family/friends of the person in front of me showed up and got in line ahead of me, I would have been pissed and spoken out.
Typical dem/obama lover behavior--screw everyone else, me, me, me.

re: #225 hermit

Happy birthday and Halloween ! All the Best !

re: #239 Dublin(CA)Dude

As I recall, the best poll in '04 was IBD (Investors Business Daily), within 0.4% of the actual count. Zogby has always had a heavy Democrat bias and if memory serves, did indeed call it for Kerry all the way to the end. Which makes this one point lead for McCain so encouraging.

No on Zogby - see my #236, with a link.

re: #104 apb1

In the current murder capital of the US, the visitin' folks BEST be wearin' Obomber paraphernalia while they're seein' the sights.

Chicago?   Murder capital of the US?   Hardly.

Unless you ignore Detroit, Baltimore, St. Louis, Newark, Washington, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Cleveland, Buffalo, Memphis, Cincinnati, Miami, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh.

re: #225 hermit

my b-day today, too. may your daughter be blessed. may she grow to be a strong lizard.

Happy Birthday Hermit ...and many more ...

Larry Sabato has Obama horsewhipping McCain in the electoral college. :(

I like Sabato; but I hope to heavens he's wrong.

re: #234 MandyManners

There's a lesson in that.

I spent over $80.00 for The Kid's Darth Vader costume. He's worn it around the house for about two weeks, during the day and at night with the lights off. Tonight, when we get to doing the ToT, he refuses to wear the gigantic mask because "I can't see anything".

ACK.

He got two good weeks and lots of good memories.
Happy Halloween.

re: #242 pingjockey

Heh. My sons best friend is playing the crazy doctor. They are having a ball.

Dr. Einstein, originally played by Peter Lorre in the movie.

re: #237 lummox

Amazing what we are willing to endure for some tush.

No, not at all. She just loves animals, she has no knowledge of Politics yet, I will help with that. :)

re: #236 arethusa

No - scroll down to the bottom of this page at his site for a list of his successes.

Money quote: "Zogby’s final ’04 results, Bush 49.8%/Kerry 48.6%--election results Bush 50.8%/Kerry 48.4%."

He is indeed better than most.

An adept statistician in American Politics. Not something easy to do.

re: #251 unrealizedviewpoint

He got two good weeks and lots of good memories.
Happy Halloween.

Well, there is that.

Next year, he's gonna' do it himself.

re: #242 pingjockey

Heh. My sons best friend is playing the crazy doctor. They are having a ball.

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re: #250 SteveC

Larry Sabato has Obama horsewhipping McCain in the electoral college. :(

I like Sabato; but I hope to heavens he's wrong.

He's basing it on poll averages.

re: #236 arethusa

Thanks.
How ironic that his logo for the polling site is zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, the exact response that these damn polls are starting to elicit from a weary electorate.....