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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:01:33pm |
About time you've come to your senses, Chuckieghazi...
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lawhawk Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:03:06pm |
It's amazing that this guy was a baseball stats geek, and is now the prognosticator extraordinaire. Because he lets the stats do the talking and his analysis is pretty good.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:05:20pm |
re: #3 lawhawk
It's amazing that this guy was a baseball stats geek, and is now the prognosticator extraordinaire. Because he lets the stats do the talking and his analysis is pretty good.
His analysis is actually pretty much follow your nose statistics. It works because it is so mathematically straightforward. I'm actually rather shocked that people weren't doing this before.
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:07:08pm |
Sorry, too thin and effeminate-sounding. Can't trust him.
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:07:17pm |
re: #3 lawhawk
It's amazing that this guy was a baseball stats geek, and is now the prognosticator extraordinaire. Because he lets the stats do the talking and his analysis is pretty good.
Think the big part of his appeal is he explains the reasoning behind his predictions, has actually explained his model (bit wordy for my tastes, but still), and doesn't play fast and loose with his own rules in order to junk polls he doesn't like (lookin' at you, RCP).
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:07:23pm |
re: #4 Almost Killed by Space Hookers
His analysis is actually pretty follow your nose statistics. It works because it is so mathematically straightforward. I'm actually rather shocked that people weren't doing this before.
RAZOR TIGHT!
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lawhawk Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:09:34pm |
re: #4 Almost Killed by Space Hookers
Baseball has always been ruled by stats, but it took Bill James to come along and devise a whole different set of stats that can help judge performance better.
Silver is from that school of thought.
Now, if we can get Silver to work on economics, we'd be much better off...
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BARACK THE VOTE Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:09:39pm |
FOREWARNED: Brad Thor: I Have It From A Reliable Source In the Chicago Camp That Obama Plans To Declare Victory Early Tomorrow, In Order to Demoralize Romney Voters. And of course they count on the media. They lie. Ignore them. Get word of mouth out. Tell all your conservative friends and relatives to ignore them too. The answer to this is always “Yeah, Obama voters dominate early voting. And then the conservatives get off work.”
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Sophist is the VillageGreen Preservation Society Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:11:27pm |
Stephen Colbert Interviews Nate Silver: “Are You Trying to Put the Pundits Out of Work?”
If he is, he's got my support. Where do I donate?
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:12:40pm |
Definitely want to read his book and read some of his stuff on baseball. I've never been a big math fan but probability and stuff like that did interest me a little in the few upper division math classes I took.
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sagehen Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:14:08pm |
I also like that he's not shy about his partisan leanings, while making clear that it doesn't affect his analysis. Sometimes he'll say "I'm very unhappy that this is what the data predicts, it's not my preferred outcome but math is math."
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:15:17pm |
re: #12 sagehen
I also like that he's not shy about his partisan leanings, while making clear that it doesn't affect his analysis. Sometimes he'll say "I'm very unhappy that this is what the data predicts, it's not my preferred outcome but math is math."
Which is why he's a better analyst than unskewed polls guy who lets his biases effect his work.
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Mattand Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:15:25pm |
Nothing to say. Just wanted to try out the Benghazi flavored screen name.
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BARACK THE VOTE Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:15:53pm |
re: #13 Gus
So dumb.
I'm seeing it in other places too, it's the conspiracy theory du jour for wingnuts.
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:16:03pm |
re: #15 Kung Fughazi
Nothing to say. Just wanted to try out the Benghazi flavored screen name.
Me too.
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Interesting Times Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:16:32pm |
Think about whatever it is you do for a living, and then imagine the consequences you'd face if you had a track record of "success" consistent with that of the average pundit.*
*Banging-head-against-wall afterwards optional.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:16:49pm |
re: #12 sagehen
I also like that he's not shy about his partisan leanings, while making clear that it doesn't affect his analysis. Sometimes he'll say "I'm very unhappy that this is what the data predicts, it's not my preferred outcome but math is math."
Agreed. I have been a little concerned that his predictions of an Obama win might be a little optimistic but I do think he's honest and thorough. He's a great reminder that being partisan doesn't have to mean being dishonest.
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Mattand Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:17:44pm |
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Skip Intro Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:18:23pm |
re: #5 JamesWI
Sorry, too thin and effeminate-sounding. Can't trust him.
Jonah Goldberg has this leftwing tool in his sights. No one's going to screw with the far right's faith-based math while Lucianne's little boy is on the job.
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Mattand Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:18:51pm |
re: #19 Killgore Trout
Agreed. I have been a little concerned that his predictions of an Obama win might be a little optimistic but I do think he's honest and thorough. He's a great reminder that being partisan doesn't have to mean being dishonest.
Perfect description of Rachel Maddow.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:19:27pm |
A good point to mention to those who think Nate is just being a partisan because he likes and worked for Obama is that he was pointing to a Walker victory in Wisconsin during that recall and he pretty much was accurate about the midterms too. In fact, he actually slightly overestimated how the Republicans would do that year. A partisan hack wouldn't do that. He's good at what he does. Makes me understand and appreciate math more. Plus his articles are always informative because there's some history thrown in there from time to time too.
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:19:28pm |
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Charles Johnson Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:19:48pm |
I love that Silver had his laptop running the numbers back in the dressing room.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:20:04pm |
re: #21 Skip Intro
Jonah Goldberg has this leftwing tool in his sights. No one's going to screw with the far right's faith-based math while Lucianne's little boy is on the job.
Fight the power, Jonah!
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bubba zanetti Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:21:05pm |
re: #5 JamesWI
Sorry, too thin and effeminate-sounding. Can't trust him.
No gay man would go on TV with the tailoring on the jacket. No way.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:21:34pm |
re: #16 BARACK THE VOTE
I'm seeing it in other places too, it's the conspiracy theory du jour for wingnuts.
Instapundit --> Ace of Spades --> The Blaze...
Weapons of Mass Derp (WMDs)
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BARACK THE VOTE Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:21:45pm |
Don't get me wrong; I do understand that math can be ironclad. We know the decay rates of isotopes, how fast things will fall in a vacuum, what compounded interest rates will yield and all that.
But I like to think that people are different, more open to reason, and that the soul — particularly when multiplied into the complexity of a society — is not so easily number-crunched.
God, Jonah Goldberg is such a tool.
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Obdicut Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:22:21pm |
re: #24 darthstar
I love voter suppression logic. Women voting is bad because if they're married and they vote they either annul or double their husband's vote. It's a semantically true statement that is abso-fucking-lutely meaningless. You could use that logic to say that only one person should be allowed to vote, because any other person would just double or annul his vote.
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BARACK THE VOTE Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:22:45pm |
Nate Silver's model is wrong because it leaves out the SOUL! derp
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:23:22pm |
re: #29 BARACK THE VOTE
God, Jonah Goldberg is such a tool.
Shorter Doughy Pantload: I hate these numbers.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:23:39pm |
re: #29 BARACK THE VOTE
God, Jonah Goldberg is such a tool.
You know the more I hear crap like this, the more Nate looks like what he knows what he's doing.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:23:51pm |
re: #31 BARACK THE VOTE
Clearly this means only one thing! Nate Silver is an atheist!
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Obdicut Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:23:55pm |
re: #29 BARACK THE VOTE
God, Jonah Goldberg is such a tool.
The decay rates of isotopes are a probability. After something's half-life, you can predict that about half of the unstable element will have converted, but just 'about'. You might get something decaying more rapidly, or less. Famously, this is why isotope decay is used in some Heisenberg thought experiments as an example of a random and non-predictable event.
So he's like, double-wrong.
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:24:28pm |
re: #21 Skip Intro
Jonah Goldberg has this leftwing tool in his sights. No one's going to screw with the far right's faith-based math while Lucianne's little boy is on the job.
LOL
I'm not saying Silver's just lucky or shoveling garbage. He's a serious numbers guy. But so are the folks at the University of Colorado's political science department whose own model is based on economic indicators. Its Oct. 4 findings predict Romney will win, as do others.
The point is, the models are all over the map. They can't all be right
The models aren't all over the map. There's A model, which simply looks at the economy and says "Hey, the economy isn't great under this President, people probably won't vote for him." And then there's all the other models, which actually look at what voters are actually saying.
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The Questionable Timing of a Flea Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:25:34pm |
re: #32 Gus
Shorter Doughy Pantload: I hate these numbers.
Everything Jonah Goldberg writes should come with a disclaimer reading "This man seriously tried to claim Hitler was a vegetarian, and thus liberals are affiliated with Nazis."
Articles. Birthday cards. Signed receipts.
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:25:40pm |
re: #13 Gus
So dumb.
...
Frank says:
The person who stands up and says, "This is stupid," either is asked to 'behave' or, worse, is greeted with a cheerful "Yes, we know! Isn't it terrific!"
Gosh, that sounds familiar....
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:25:48pm |
They really want this to be Dewey defeats Truman 2.0. Mitt Romney is no Harry Truman.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:26:00pm |
The joys of working with morons:
"ALL YOUR FILES ARE CORRUPTED! YOU NEED TO REDO THEM ALL! YOU MESSED UP!!!"
"I'm in the process of copying the files now, I haven't even sent out the email notification saying they were ready. You were trying to open files which hadn't completely copied over to the group share. Why were you trying to access them before then?"
"Oh... never mind.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:27:10pm |
re: #37 The Ghost of a Benghazi Flea
re: #32 Gus
Everything Jonah Goldberg writes should come with a disclaimer reading "This man seriously tried to claim Hitler was a vegetarian, and thus liberals are affiliated with Nazis."
Articles. Birthday cards. Signed receipts.
He's got a book called liberal fascism out for crying out loud. I mean there's a point that fascism is different from traditional European conservatism but it is not of the left. Doughy Pantload should stick to pretending to beat up vegan student leftists.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:27:19pm |
ON a more serious and somber note about Nate Silver's stats:
He does them seriously. He does them well. He will be the first to tell you that Romney still has a shot.
He is not saying and has not said "Obama will definitely win."
What he said was, in effect, based on the analysis, and all the poling data he could get his hands on, Obama has a 90% chance of victory.
That means there is a one in ten chance of Romney winning.
Hopefully you would not be stupid enough to get on a plane if the pilot said there is a 10% chance of us crashing with a near 100% chance of you dying in a mangled state if we do.
What we are looking at as a nation is still a 10% chance of Romney and his GOP fascist freaks destroying America.
Hence, any "soul" involved here would be best put to those who pray, praying hard.
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:27:25pm |
re: #39 HappyBenghazi
They really want this to be Dewey defeats Truman 2.0. Mitt Romney is no Harry Truman.
And back then, there was pretty much only one, simple, national poll. As opposed to hundreds of polls coming out every single day.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:30:28pm |
re: #43 JamesWI
And back then, there was pretty much only one, simple, national poll. As opposed to hundreds of polls coming out every single day.
There's another point to that too. They were doing only telephone polling. Still a fair amount of families without telephones then. Your point still stands though. Polling wasn't the science it is now back then. Silver's conclusions strike me as absolutely right. If someone is consistently performing ahead in a poll, they are likely to win that election. It's that simple and Nate has shown evidence to support that but his moronic right wing detractors continue to accuse him of being an Obama mouthpiece because he writes for the Times.
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lawhawk Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:31:14pm |
re: #43 JamesWI
That's the strength of Silver's analysis. He subjects those individual polls to scrutiny and then aggregates them to divine trends and projections of outcomes using the MCM. It isn't quite a crystal ball, but it expands the sample size and reduces margin of error in the process.
Well, that and the fact that he's transparent on his methodologies.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:31:50pm |
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:33:41pm |
re: #36 JamesWI
LOL
The models aren't all over the map. There's A model, which simply looks at the economy and says "Hey, the economy isn't great under this President, people probably won't vote for him." And then there's all the other models, which actually look at what voters are actually saying.
Another bit is that the University of Colorado's model is sold on a false premise, namely that it's correctly "predicted" 8 elections. No, what they did was build a model, use it to correctly predict one election, then apply the model to past elections, taking correct "predictions" as vindication of the model.
By contrast, Silver's model has been used in two elections and been 80-90% accurate. And it's built on actually looking at past polls and running the numbers, instead of trying to fit a model to the numbers.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:34:06pm |
re: #31 BARACK THE VOTE
Funny comment:
chunge at 12:11 PM November 06, 2012
Thanks for this complete waste of virtual space, Doughy McPantload. All you managed to say is "Nate Silver is wrong but I can't explain why. Let's just go with because he projects Obama to win."
Tomorrow's gonna be rough for you Mr. Pantload.
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bratwurst Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:35:09pm |
This is the video that just set off the Drudge siren:
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:35:31pm |
Ohio Viewers Hit By Anti-Obama TV ‘Special’ On Election Eve
ABC affiliate WSYX in Columbus aired a half-hour “election special” twice on Monday night — first at 6:30 p.m. instead of World News with Diane Sawyer, and later at 11:30 p.m., during the slot normally held by Nightline. Rather than a side by side comparison of the two major party candidates, however, the special featured some of the most partisan criticisms of President Barack Obama, and spent relatively little time examining Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
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lawhawk Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:36:08pm |
re: #47 Targetpractice
And none on the right would be crapping all over Silver and his methodologies if his outcomes predicted a Romney win. The numbers are what they are. We'll see tonight whether Silver's model holds up.
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:36:35pm |
re: #21 Skip Intro
Jonah Goldberg has this leftwing tool in his sights. No one's going to screw with the far right's faith-based math while Lucianne's little boy is on the job.
Dear Jonah:
Predictably Irrational -- Read it. Learn it. Understand it.
Believe it or not, we're not as clear-headed and rational as we like to think we are.
Also, you're a doughy tool.
No love,
Me
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Batman Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:37:28pm |
I was fortunate to have the day off, and voting was a breeze. Now I can't wait for the circus to start.
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lawhawk Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:37:28pm |
What the Frak. Some people have inane and insane decorating tastes (or think that others will have weird tastes).
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:37:55pm |
re: #51 lawhawk
And none on the right would be crapping all over Silver and his methodologies if his outcomes predicted a Romney win. The numbers are what they are. We'll see tonight whether Silver's model holds up.
I predict that Silver will probably call one, perhaps two states wrong. My money's on Florida, perhaps Colorado running a close second. But as it stands, Willard would need Silver to have incorrectly predicted 5-6 states or more to win.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:38:41pm |
Damn, I just got busted.
"Dude, are you singing a long to a La Roux song?"
"... Noooo."
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kirkspencer Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:39:30pm |
re: #55 Targetpractice
I predict that Silver will probably call one, perhaps two states wrong. My money's on Florida, perhaps Colorado running a close second. But as it stands, Willard would need Silver to have incorrectly predicted 5-6 states or more to win.
So why not North Carolina, or maybe Indiana?
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Sophist is the VillageGreen Preservation Society Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:40:15pm |
re: #55 Targetpractice
I predict that Silver will probably call one, perhaps two states wrong. My money's on Florida, perhaps Colorado running a close second. But as it stands, Willard would need Silver to have incorrectly predicted 5-6 states or more to win.
Seeing as Nate has Florida at 50.3% for Obama, I don't think either outcome would make his prediction "wrong".
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:40:17pm |
re: #54 lawhawk
What the Frak. Some people have inane and insane decorating tastes (or think that others will have weird tastes).
Ew, no. I like POTUS, but I'm not buying any housewares to show it.
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:41:00pm |
re: #57 kirghazi
So why not North Carolina, or maybe Indiana?
Theoretically plausible, but I'm still hanging my hat on Florida if for no other reason than it's a basketcase virtually every election.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:41:02pm |
re: #57 kirghazi
So why not North Carolina, or maybe Indiana?
Definitely wouldn't shock me if NC went Obama's way again. I don't expect it but it wouldn't shock me. Indiana honestly less so but who knows, there could be a large amount of voters there who end up voting against Mitt because he's on the same side as Mourdock and surely they know that Mitt backed Mourdock strongly.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:41:26pm |
LMAO. Read the timeline here.
Sample:
@harrietbaldwin I am humbled.— Brad Thor (@BradThor) November 6, 2012
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Amory Blaine Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:41:37pm |
Yeah I'm not voting because Nate Silver says it's in the bag.
j/k
Just voted. I must've been the last part of the afternoon lull because when I left the line was going out the door and when I came in there was 2 people ahead of me. 2 very gabby people.
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:42:39pm |
re: #58 Sophghazi, Gingham Style (AKA Bronco Bama)
Seeing as Nate has Florida at 50.3% for Obama, I don't think either outcome would make his prediction "wrong".
The 1 state he incorrectly predicted in '08 was Indiana, which he had going for McCain even though it went to Obama by 1%.
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Sophist is the VillageGreen Preservation Society Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:42:48pm |
re: #54 lawhawk
What the Frak. Some people have inane and insane decorating tastes (or think that others will have weird tastes).
Oh, Jesus Christ. Romney soap, for everyone who wants to rub Mitt's face on their junk. Excuse me, I need to go vomitt.
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Schadenfreude 'r' Us Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:43:10pm |
Guam just went Obama. Too bad their votes don't count.
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:44:20pm |
re: #68 Someone Please Benghazi Me Up!
Guam just went Obama. Too bad their votes don't count.
That reminds me, the other thing that should get the wingnut hive in a stir would be Puerto Rico voting today to become a state.
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kirkspencer Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:44:28pm |
re: #60 Targetpractice
Theoretically plausible, but I'm still hanging my hat on Florida if for no other reason than it's a basketcase virtually every election.
You said states Silver gets wrong. But you're hanging your hat on a knife-edge and one that's about the same percentage favoring Obama?
I know, trying to buffer the disappointment. But why not push for a bit of extra hope?
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:46:00pm |
[Link: www.theonion.com...]
This alone is a reason to want Obama-Biden re-elected. With Biden out of a job, no more crazy adventures of Biden on the Onion.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:46:12pm |
voting in L.A. county is such a pain in the ass, at least in my part. got sent to 4 different polling locations only to be sent back to the first one (the one the voting site told me to go to). Turns out the poll worker sent me to the wrong table when I showed up the first time.
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:46:34pm |
re: #70 kirghazi
You said states Silver gets wrong. But you're hanging your hat on a knife-edge and one that's about the same percentage favoring Obama?
I know, trying to buffer the disappointment. But why not push for a bit of extra hope?
I'm a realist, and right now Virginia going blue is about as far as I'm willing to push it. Get my hopes up too high, I'll end up going to bed disappointed.
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recusancy Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:46:51pm |
re: #69 Targetpractice
That reminds me, the other thing that should get the wingnut hive in a stir would be Puerto Rico voting today to become a state.
Are they voting on that today?
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:47:20pm |
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recusancy Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:49:11pm |
re: #75 Targetpractice
Ayep.
Any polling been done on it? I assume even if they voted to become a state our Republicans would block it in Washington. Although I guess I'm not sure how states get added.
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Ben G. Hazi Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:49:23pm |
re: #21 Skip Intro
Jonah Goldberg has this leftwing tool in his sights. No one's going to screw with the far right's faith-based math while Lucianne's little boy is on the job.
Is it wrong for me to want Goldberg to dip his balls in honey and wander naked through an apiary?
///
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:49:23pm |
So if Puerto Rico votes yes on that. They'll become a state? This is the longest gap in history we've had in between statehood for states by the way.
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:49:52pm |
re: #69 Targetpractice
That reminds me, the other thing that should get the wingnut hive in a stir would be Puerto Rico voting today to become a state.
If that vote passes, I will be watching the wingnut meltdowns.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:50:11pm |
Illinois woman votes while in labor
Nothing was going to stop first-time voter Galicia Malone from casting her ballot in Tuesday’s US elections — not even the imminent birth of her first child.
The 21-year-old from Dolton, Illinois, a suburb of President Barack Obama’s adopted hometown Chicago, had been in labor since the middle of the night, with contractions five minutes apart.
But she insisted en route to hospital on stopping at her local polling station — the aptly named New Life Celebration Church — to cast her ballot, Cook County clerk David Orr said in a news release..
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erik_t Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:50:23pm |
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:50:34pm |
re: #76 recusancy
Any polling been done on it? I assume even if they voted to become a state our Republicans would block it in Washington. Although I guess I'm not sure how states get added.
I think I saw something the other day where it looked like it will pass.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:51:04pm |
re: #79 Lidanghazi
If that vote passes, I will be watching the wingnut meltdowns.
"WE'VE ALWAYS HAD 50 STATES FOR ALL OF HISTORY! I AINT CHANGING MY FLAG!"
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:52:36pm |
New Mexico is the State of the Future. At least in one respect;
Hispanics as % of population in NM via @uscensusbureau : 1990: 38.2%, 2000: 42.1%, 2011: 46.7%— Matthew Reichbach (@fbihop) November 6, 2012
OK, maybe two.
I have now received a Certificate of Occupancy on the @virgingalactic Gateway to Space facility at Spaceport America!— Spaceport America (@Spaceport_NM) October 1, 2012
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recusancy Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:52:56pm |
re: #82 JamesWI
I think I saw something the other day where it looked like it will pass.
Really? Cause it's never been above 5% for statehood in past elections.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:53:26pm |
Prediction: Romney 325, Obama 213 dickmorris.com/prediction-rom... #Election2012 #romney #obama @hannityshow @america_live @drudge_report @gretawire— Dick Morris (@DickMorrisTweet) November 6, 2012
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:53:49pm |
Gus! Get out of those archives! They could fall on you!
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:54:05pm |
I have this quirky little Election Day ritual in which I spend the preceding 23 months obsessing over trivial nonsense.— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) November 6, 2012
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recusancy Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:54:16pm |
re: #85 recusancy
Really? Cause it's never been above 5% for statehood in past elections.
Oh my bad... read it wrong.. never been above 5% for total independence.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:54:22pm |
re: #84 wrenchghaziwenchghazi
New Mexico is the State of the Future. At least in one respect;
[Embedded content]
Oh no whites aren't the majority anymore. Will the Hispanics enslave us? //
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danarchy Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:54:31pm |
re: #78 HappyBenghazi
So if Puerto Rico votes yes on that. They'll become a state? This is the longest gap in history we've had in between statehood for states by the way.
I think congress would have to approve it in a straight majority vote? Could be wrong, all that highschool stuff retreats farther in the rearview every year if I have no reason to refresh it.
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:54:50pm |
re: #85 recusancy
Really? Cause it's never been above 5% for statehood in past elections.
Googling it now, I'm seeing a "slim majority" wanting to keep their current status. Not sure if that was what I saw the other day and remembered it wrong, or if I saw something else.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:55:17pm |
re: #77 Ben G. Hazi
Is it wrong for me to want Goldberg to dip his balls in honey and wander naked through an apiary?
///
Colbert Nation may be interested in this...
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:55:25pm |
re: #86 Kragarghazi
[Embedded content]
Prediction: Dick Morris won't be near a camera again for a week after today.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:56:01pm |
re: #94 Targetpractice
Yep. And he will be armed to the teeth with talking points.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:56:28pm |
re: #87 wrenchghaziwenchghazi
Gus! Get out of those archives! They could fall on you!
Ah, you saw that? :D Yeah, pretty weird shit in there.
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:56:49pm |
re: #94 Targetpractice
Prediction: Dick Morris won't be near a camera again for a week after today.
We should all be so lucky.
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Targetpractice Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:57:08pm |
re: #95 Amory Blaine
Yep. And he will be armed to the teeth with talking points.
"Sandy caused Romney momentum to fade! Obama stole votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania! Ohio was totally a con job! There's no way Obama could have legally won! Keep paying attention to me, because I used to work for Clinton!!!"
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:57:14pm |
re: #83 Kragarghazi
"WE'VE ALWAYS HAD 50 STATES FOR ALL OF HISTORY! I AINT CHANGING MY FLAG!"
Most of them Portuh-riccans don't speak English neither, least not worth a damn. If they learned any, it was book learnin' from union teachers. And you know what that means! Yep, they only know gay union book English, not the real stuff like me and my friends. If English was good enough for Jesus and the Apostles, it's good enough for me!
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:57:34pm |
re: #40 Kragarghazi
The joys of working with morons:
"ALL YOUR FILES ARE CORRUPTED! YOU NEED TO REDO THEM ALL! YOU MESSED UP!!!"
"I'm in the process of copying the files now, I haven't even sent out the email notification saying they were ready. You were trying to open files which hadn't completely copied over to the group share. Why were you trying to access them before then?"
"Oh... never mind.
Welcome to the world of Stupid User Tricks.
:p
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:57:47pm |
re: #92 JamesWI
Googling it now, I'm seeing a "slim majority" wanting to keep their current status. Not sure if that was what I saw the other day and remembered it wrong, or if I saw something else.
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:57:51pm |
re: #90 HappyBenghazi
Oh no whites aren't the majority anymore. Will the Hispanics enslave us? //
I think one reason it's gone up so sharply is that it's more clear now on the census forms that you can be Hispanic and white or Hispanic and black or any other combination.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:58:10pm |
Newt Gingrich appeared on Steve Deace's radio program last evening to explain why Mitt Romney is going to win the election, which makes sense given Gingrich's steller* record of making accurate election predictions.
During the discussion, Gingrich said that another Obama administration would be a "nightmare" because an "arrogant" and "divisive" Obama wants to make sure that "the government which is currently failing in Hurricane Sandy" will be delivering your healthcare:
*stellar
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:58:48pm |
re: #96 Gus
Ah, you saw that? :D Yeah, pretty weird shit in there.
CL followed you in there. I almost did too, but I figured, why start? Looks like an all-day job.
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dragonfire1981 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:58:56pm |
re: #105 Kragarghazi
*stellar
Just to be clear we ARE talking about the same government that brutally botched the Katrina response...right?
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:04pm |
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Batman Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:13pm |
Just watched the video and I have to ask if Nate Silver's hands have minds of their own.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:19pm |
re: #105 Kragarghazi
*stellar
I wonder when Christie gets tired of his fellow Republicans saying the government failed on Sandy and tells them to fuck off. He's already pissed at the Romeny staffers who are giving him a hard time for praising POTUS.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:21pm |
Take two.
Nasty people...
Center for American Freedom sending out Iraq-style decks of leading progressive figures twitter.com/BuzzFeedBen/st…
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) November 6, 2012
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:23pm |
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erik_t Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:42pm |
re: #105 Kragarghazi
And I'll tell you what, Gingrich knows a currently-failing government when he sees it.
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makeitstop Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:46pm |
OT: Benghazi Truthers just bug the crap outta me.
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 6, 2012 12:59:53pm |
Reports of high turnout do give cause for hope at this early stage...
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:00:44pm |
re: #112 Gus
Take two.
Nasty people...
[Embedded content]
Ace of Spades is.......SOROS!!!!!! These people are beyond satire at this point.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:01:33pm |
Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
In the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. military developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking Baath Party members or members of the Revolutionary Command Council. The cards were officially named the "personality identification playing cards".
It's an open invitation to violence.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:02:52pm |
re: #117 JamesWI
Ace of Spades is.......SOROS!!!!!! These people are beyond satire at this point.
These are the assholes putting it out...
[Link: americanfreedom.com...]
Notice "Free Beacon" is involved. Remember that next time you see someone here post there news as legitimate news. They're scum.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:03:03pm |
re: #118 Gus
Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
It's an open invitation to violence.
That's a feature. People like this hate anyone to the left of them that much that they want violence committed on them. You just know if Romney wins, that there will be some right wing nuts begging him to arrest the Obamas for "treason"
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BARACK THE VOTE Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:03:27pm |
re: #119 Gus
These are the assholes putting it out...
[Link: americanfreedom.com...]
Notice "Free Beacon" is involved. Remember that next time you see someone here post there news as legitimate news. They're scum.
You should page all that if and when you get a chance, i really think it deserves attention.
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:03:58pm |
re: #74 recusancy
Are they voting on that today?
So if PR becomes a U.S. State will we also have to admit a slave state for balance?
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:04:06pm |
re: #121 BARACK THE VOTE
You should page all that if and when you get a chance, i really think it deserves attention.
We'll see. I'm still a little groggy.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:04:17pm |
Watched Nightline Big Sky, Big Money last night. very interesting if you can get the chance to watch.
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:06:36pm |
Pranksters steal Arpaio signs, rearrange them to spell "Fuck Joe" for commuters' view.bit.ly/RGYyxQ#Phx #MCSO #Tempe— justamexican (@justamexican) November 6, 2012
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:07:19pm |
re: #125 wrenchghaziwenchghazi
[Embedded content]
Wouldn't it be great if this is the year he's finally beaten?
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:09:07pm |
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:09:20pm |
Obama WINS! (In Guam.) Obama 72.39%, Mitt Romney (26.49%, Gary Johnson 1.12%. bit.ly/Ttr1EU #ElectionDay
— Andy Kroll (@AndrewKroll) November 6, 2012
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:09:29pm |
At about 9PM PDT Nate Silver will walk, naked, onto his porch and scream, "I'VE BEEN FUCKING TELLING YOU PEOPLE THIS FOR MONTHS!"— Jeffrey Lieber (@JeffLieber) November 6, 2012
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:09:43pm |
re: #122 Bulworth
So if PR becomes a U.S. State will we also have to admit a slave state for balance?
Nope. The Missouri Compromise got set aside by the Compromise of 1854 IIRC.
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:10:32pm |
re: #131 Felineghazi, Caliph of the Conservative Jihad
Nope. The Missouri Compromise got set aside by the Compromise of 1854 IIRC.
DF?
/
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:12:06pm |
re: #126 HappyBenghazi
Wouldn't it be great if this is the year he's finally beaten?
Yes. I'm not holding my breath for that one, but there's a chance.
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:12:21pm |
BREAKING: Romney schedules Colorado rally for Wednesday morning.— Jed Lewison (@jedlewison) November 6, 2012
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dragonfire1981 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:13:49pm |
Any KT or Dark Falcon sightings yet today?
I can't say I've noticed them if they've been here.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:14:07pm |
Giuliani: Benghazi ‘Most Important’ Election Issue
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the Obama administration's response to those attacks are "the most important issue in the election," during an appearance on CNN.
Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:14:17pm |
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:14:46pm |
re: #137 dragonfire1981
Any KT or Dark Falcon sightings yet today?
I can't say I've noticed them if they've been here.
KT's been around. DF not so much.
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:15:02pm |
re: #137 dragonfire1981
Any KT or Dark Falcon sightings yet today?
I can't say I've noticed them if they've been here.
DF said he was taking a couple of days off from here until after the election, IIRC.
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:15:09pm |
There is no real news until polls close. Enjoy this colorful lizard. 500px.com/photo/17537513— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) November 6, 2012
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:15:12pm |
re: #138 Kragarghazi
Giuliani: Benghazi ‘Most Important’ Election Issue
Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!
Totally what's on everyone's minds.
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danarchy Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:15:26pm |
re: #137 dragonfire1981
Any KT or Dark Falcon sightings yet today?
I can't say I've noticed them if they've been here.
A couple days ago DF signed off and said he was staying away until at least Wednesday.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:16:50pm |
re: #138 Kragarghazi
Giuliani: Benghazi ‘Most Important’ Election Issue
Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi!
Whatever Rudy.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:17:27pm |
re: #132 Ben Jhazi
DF?
/
Correction - Compromise of 1850. 1854 was the Kansas-Nebraska Act which instituted popular sovereignty as the approach and pretty much finished burying the Missouri Compromise. Enter border ruffians and the guerrilla war leading up to the 1860 election crisis and the actual attempt at secession.
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:18:00pm |
My co-worker just left for the day. She was starting to feel sick, so she cleared time off with her boss and left.
I am now alone in the office. Time to turn up my Spotify player and jam while I finish my work for the day.
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efuseakay Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:18:11pm |
re: #105 Kragarghazi
*stellar
So Newt... why aren't the states doing a better job in your eyes, since it should be totally left up to them?
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:18:55pm |
LOL, Christian wingnuts on Twitter telling me that I can't be pro-Obama and pro-Israel.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:19:03pm |
re: #149 efuseakay
So Newt... why aren't the states doing a better job in your eyes, since it should be totally left up to them?
That's what I always ask when someone uses states rights on stuff like this. It's a fucking cop out though is what it is and Newt knows that.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:19:25pm |
re: #133 AK-47%
Wilmot Proviso!
Given your avatar perhaps "Gadsden Purchase!" would be applicable as well.
;)
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engineer cat Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:20:41pm |
note to self:
there is no longer any point in checking polls. why are you doing it?
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Usually refered to as anyways Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:21:01pm |
Its now Wednesday 7th November 8:20am here on the east coast of Australia.
Anyone want to know who the winner is?
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Killgore Trout Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:21:13pm |
re: #137 dragonfire1981
Any KT or Dark Falcon sightings yet today?
I can't say I've noticed them if they've been here.
It's always easy to tell when DF or I are around, just check the bottom 10.
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:21:28pm |
Hurrdurrr!
Image: jpod.jpg
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sagehen Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:22:22pm |
I have returned from voting.
I discovered that polling places were combined in a recent redistricting, and my place that I've been going forever absorbed what used to be 2 other places. So what I believed to be hugely increased turnout... is actually just that my spot has to serve more people now. Plus the storm-displaced people, they have a special procedure and their votes for state assembly and state senator don't count.
But it's been running at fully capacity all day, I waited about 20 minutes and the line was still that length when I was done. (I was #538, I took that as a good omen).
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:22:27pm |
re: #156 ozbloke
Its now Wednesday 7th November 8:20am here on the east coast of Australia.
Anyone want to know who the winner is?
Lotto numbers first.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:22:39pm |
Busy today catching up on work. The components of my new alarm system should be arriving in a day or two. Installation is going to eat up a couple days of productivity.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:23:11pm |
re: #158 Varek Raith
Hurrdurrr!
Image: jpod.jpg
Apples to fucking oranges.Oh and maybe because it's November and it's cold. My precinct is small enough where you can wait inside but some of them are long enough that you have to wait outside.
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:23:23pm |
Um. MT @jeremyscahill: FOX re: Obama mural story. "I wonder why a school of any sort would be having portraits of presidents."--Neil Cavuto
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) November 6, 2012
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:23:49pm |
re: #156 ozbloke
Its now Wednesday 7th November 8:20am here on the east coast of Australia.
Anyone want to know who the winner is?
You for not being stuck in this mess?
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:23:59pm |
re: #149 efuseakay
So Newt... why aren't the states doing a better job in your eyes, since it should be totally left up to them?
I still recall Mitt#s stellar defense of his own Romneycare, namely that it was good because it was a bipartisan bill, whereas obama's bill was "forced down Congress' throat"...
In summation: Dems swallow, Republicans spit.
Who would you vote for?
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Usually refered to as anyways Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:24:21pm |
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:25:07pm |
re: #140 Ben Jhazi
KT's been around. DF not so much.
DF's on self-imposed sequester until Wednesday.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:25:20pm |
re: #161 Killgore Trout
Busy today catching up on work. The components of my new alarm system should be arriving in a day or two. Installation is going to eat up a couple days of productivity.
If you're installing crocs or tigers the installation might be eating other things soon as well...
;)
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:25:36pm |
re: #168 Varek Raith
MAGNETIC FIELDS!
I voted in a Methodist church. The second I walked through the doors I instantly turned pro-life and voted for Romney.
//
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efuseakay Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:25:41pm |
re: #156 ozbloke
Its now Wednesday 7th November 8:20am here on the east coast of Australia.
Anyone want to know who the winner is?
Don't spoil it for China!
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Usually refered to as anyways Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:25:49pm |
re: #164 Felineghazi, Caliph of the Conservative Jihad
You for not being stuck in this mess?
Your kidding me, I'm biting my nails up to my elbows.
Good luck America.
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:26:39pm |
re: #30 Obdicut
I love voter suppression logic. Women voting is bad because if they're married and they vote they either annul or double their husband's vote. It's a semantically true statement that is abso-fucking-lutely meaningless. You could use that logic to say that only one person should be allowed to vote, because any other person would just double or annul his vote.
I love the Isaac Asimov short story where one guy gets surveyed by a mega-computer which then extrapolates the (binding) presidential election result.
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:26:54pm |
I am going to go take a nap before things get interesting. It could be a late night of return watching.
See you lizards later.
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:27:16pm |
re: #172 Gus
I voted in a Methodist church. The second I walked through the doors I instantly turned pro-life and voted for Romney.
//
In Germany they vote on a Sunday. But not in churches. Often in schools, public buildings, community centers, or in the local pub.
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:27:21pm |
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:28:09pm |
Turmoil Follows As Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Meets Reality
The Election Protection coalition’s voter hotline here began lighting up with complaints soon after polls opened. Some voters said they were upset about being asked for photo identification. Others said they had been turned away because they did not provide it.
“We’ve definitely gotten reports about voters being turned away,” Eric Marshall, co-director of the Election Protection coalition, told TPM. “We’ve had reports of people who have shown up, been asked, and when they didn’t show ID they were turned away.”
Marshall said voting rights advocates were working to resolves the issues as quickly as possible. Assistant Philadelphia District Attorney Peter Berson also told the Philadelphia Inquirer that his office had received complaints about poll workers who misunderstood the ruling.
Voting rights advocates had expressed worry about confusion on Election Day as soon as Pennsylvania Judge Robert Simpson issued his ruling in early October. Some advocates blamed state authorities for failing to properly train poll workers.
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:28:18pm |
This result just in: Congratulations to @paulryanvp, who had an under 3-hour finish in this year's New York Marathon!— leo allen (@leopoldallen) November 6, 2012
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:28:37pm |
re: #171 Felineghazi, Caliph of the Conservative Jihad
If you're installing crocs or tigers the installation might be eating other things soon as well...
;)
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Lidane Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:28:47pm |
AFA's @bryanjfischer blasts Gov. Christie because not allowing price-gouging on gasoline after Sandy is "socialism": bit.ly/TtrzLd— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 6, 2012
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:29:14pm |
re: #177 AK-47%
In Germany they vote on a Sunday. But not in churches. Often in schools, public buildings, community centers, or in the local pub.
I think the one day voting date is stupid. It's even dumber that it's held on a weekday when most people are working and it involves long waits. Voting should last at least 3 days IMO with the addition of early voting and mail in voting. A week would be better.
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:29:27pm |
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philosophus invidius Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:30:14pm |
Obama campaign just sent a link to this Will Ferrell video:
"Vote Obama: It's a slam dunk!"
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:30:16pm |
re: #184 Ben Jhazi
Or as PA leadership sees it, everything is going according to plan.
Yep, Obama winning.
...
DAMMIT!
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:30:38pm |
re: #177 AK-47%
In Germany they vote on a Sunday. But not in churches. Often in schools, public buildings, community centers, or in the local pub.
Who handles it, though, the federal government or locals?
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:31:00pm |
re: #182 Lidanghazi
[Embedded content]
" not allowing sellers to charge whatever they want amounts to "socialism" and only serves as a disincentive to the production of more gasoline"
Dumbass
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:31:24pm |
re: #182 Lidanghazi
[Embedded content]
Maybe Armchair General Fischer should actually try to run something rather than his yap for once in his life.
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:31:52pm |
re: #183 Gus
I think the one day voting date is stupid. It's even dumber that it's held on a weekday when most people are working and it involves long waits. Voting should last at least 3 days IMO with the addition of early voting and mail in voting. A week would be better.
I agree. Only problem with Germany is that they are always having some sort of state, regional or local somewhere in addition to the national election every five years...I do appreciate America for holding one election every two years for pretty much everything.
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:32:09pm |
re: #188 Kragarghazi
" not allowing sellers to charge whatever they want amounts to "socialism" and only serves as a disincentive to the production of more gasoline"
Dumbass
Economics; How does it fucking work?
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:32:12pm |
ALERT: Virginia's Board of Elections says turnout is higher this year than in 2008 #WTOPvote— Dimitri Sotis(@dsotisWTOP) November 6, 2012
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:32:38pm |
FUCK YOU PAM
Kapos and Jewicidals, Israeli left worse than TP RT @tp_security: FWIW, Israeli daily newspaper @haaretzonline endorsed Obama #UnderTheBus— Pamela Geller (@Atlasshrugs) November 6, 2012
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:32:54pm |
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erik_t Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:33:47pm |
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:34:02pm |
re: #187 Ben Jhazi
Who handles it, though, the federal government or locals?
Locals. Of course, here everybody has a national ID card issued to them, and everyone has to register a place of permanent residence. You show up, flash your ID and your name is checked off the list, you vote.
And zere iss no AKORN to meddle wiss things!!!
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:34:06pm |
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erik_t Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:34:24pm |
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:34:47pm |
re: #197 HappyBenghazi
and Macaca Allen.
Allen was screwed to begin with, hating on NoVa like he did.
Derp.
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dragonfire1981 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:34:51pm |
re: #182 Lidanghazi
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Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
Mr. Fischer might be in for a rude surprise someday methinks.
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:35:17pm |
re: #193 Alouenghazi
FUCK YOU PAM
[Embedded content]
so Israel is throwing itself under the bus according to pam?
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:35:37pm |
re: #199 Varek Raith
Allen was screwed to begin with, hating on NoVa like he did.
Derp.
Yep. Fucking moron.
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dragonfire1981 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:36:23pm |
It will be interesting too see how badly Akin loses in MO.
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philosophus invidius Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:36:36pm |
re: #188 Kragarghazi
" not allowing sellers to charge whatever they want amounts to "socialism" and only serves as a disincentive to the production of more gasoline"
Words that could have come from Jesus himself.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:36:52pm |
re: #202 Bulworth
so Israel is throwing itself under the bus according to pam?
Pam's basically saying only she can decide who's good for Israel. I don't want to know what that psycho is going to say about Elie Wiesel when she finds out he's writing a book with Obama. Totally expected the usual insults and maybe that will be the thing that does her in since Mr. Wiesel is pretty well respected.
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:36:52pm |
What about Ryan's seat?
How's that seat projected to go?
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:37:49pm |
Would be great if Frank Wolf could get something of a scare this time. I am not naive enough to think he will lose but the guy needs a scare at the polls.
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:38:22pm |
re: #188 Kragarghazi
" not allowing sellers to charge whatever they want amounts to "socialism" and only serves as a disincentive to the production of more gasoline"
Dumbass
Using the US Navy to guard access to sources of oil amounts to socialms and serves as a disincentive to developing alternative fuels and increasing efficiency.
Now go burn some Korans for heat, Bryan...
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:38:39pm |
re: #208 HappyBenghazi
Would be great if Frank Wolf could get something of a scare this time. I am not naive enough to think he will lose but the guy needs a scare at the polls.
Yeah, I voted against him this time around.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:39:35pm |
Just got back home from (a) voting (b) holding signs at two polling places and (c) doing some house-to-house canvassing for Obama and Eliz. Warren. I have really liked all the Dem. volunteers I've met while working this election.
Fingers crossed. It certainly doesn't hurt that 538 now has Obama at above 90%.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:39:56pm |
re: #210 Varek Raith
Yeah, I voted against him this time around.
I did too after voting for him in 2006 and 2008. I still don't think he's a terrible guy but his party sucks and he hasn't been working hard enough to improve it.
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bratwurst Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:40:04pm |
RT @juliecareynbc Reporting from Richmond. Sources in both parties say VA turnout trending more like 2008 than 2004.— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) November 6, 2012
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:40:12pm |
Jan Brewer's SuperPAC is running illegal robocalls in Montana thkpr.gs/VzYZhS— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) November 6, 2012
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:40:17pm |
re: #177 AK-47%
In Germany they vote on a Sunday. But not in churches. Often in schools, public buildings, community centers, or in the local pub.
Well, now I'm off to my local religious institution's hallowed hall to cast my secular vote under a gleaning white cross... this is America.
Anyway, I pretty much gave up trying to research all the individuals running for local boards. The problem here in San Diego is that quite a few theocrats try to plant themselves on local hospital or school district boards, to be used as a springboard for their other agendas.
Plus, many of the local politicians like to be chummy with various "Patriot" groups, so weeding those out is tough too.
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:40:56pm |
re: #215 freetoken
pimf "gleaming white cross", though "gleaning" kind of fits too.
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Varek Raith Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:41:02pm |
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efuseakay Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:42:19pm |
re: #195 erik_t
Open mouth, insert soap. Gawd, Pam.
Insert vanilla scented Romney head soap. (as previously linked to by someone)
[Link: www.etsy.com...]
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:43:14pm |
re: #31 BARACK THE VOTE
I am concerned that souls may be voting without being properly registered. I suggest new legislation requiring the registration of all souls and an inquiry into just who at Acorn registered the souls of Albert Einstein, John Candy and Malcolm X to vote in Pennsylvania. I mean John Candy's soul is Canadian for christs sake.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:43:30pm |
re: #213 bratwurst
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Excellent news for John McCain. Seriously, that's awesome. If Obama wins Virginia and we know it early which is something I think Axelrod was saying, we'll know tonight's outcome early. I'm not surprised. The parts of Virginia that have been growing fast are areas that favor Obama.
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gwangung Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:43:33pm |
re: #213 bratwurst
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Duh.
The only way it'd be more like 2004 than 2008 is if someone was deliberately depressing the non-white vote.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:44:29pm |
In the races I have absolutely no personal stake in, I'm hoping Duckworth annihilates Joe Walsh tonight
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:44:41pm |
re: #220 HappyBenghazi
Excellent news for John McCain. Seriously, that's awesome. If Obama wins Virginia and we know it early which is something I think Axelrod was saying, we'll know tonight's outcome early. I'm not surprised. The parts of Virginia that have been growing fast are areas that favor Obama.
Excellent news for Tim Kaine, too.
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:45:09pm |
Republicans are complaining about being suppressed.
Really:
PA Republicans feel suppressed by elementary school’s Obama mural
A painting of President Barack Obama that elementary students voted in 2009 to put on their school’s wall is now actively suppressing Mitt Romney voters, according to a statement from the Pennsylvania Republican Party.
Numerous complaints from Republicans voting in Philadelphia’s 35th Ward began coming in this morning, giving the Pennsylvania State Republican Committee cause to request a judge intervene. The Democratic City Committee of Philadelphia agreed with their complaint, noting that any campaign images inside a polling place are considered electioneering, which is illegal.
Acknowledging the two parties’ agreement, a judge in Philadelphia ordered poll workers to cover the mural with paper so that its content is not visible, and they did.
“The Obama campaign is 0-for-2 today in trying to get away with their disgusting attempts to suppress Republican voices in Philadelphia,” state GOP chairman Rob Gleason told CBS Philly.[...]
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:45:11pm |
re: #211 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
Just got back home from (a) voting (b) holding signs at two polling places and (c) doing some house-to-house canvassing for Obama and Eliz. Warren. I have really liked all the Dem. volunteers I've met while working this election.
Fingers crossed. It certainly doesn't hurt that 538 now has Obama at above 90%.
Thank you for fighting the good fight.
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efuseakay Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:45:27pm |
re: #222 Kragarghazi
In the races I have absolutely no personal stake in, I'm hoping Duckworth annihilates Joe Walsh tonight
You and me both. He's not in my district, but he's right next door. Way too close to home.
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:45:31pm |
re: #193 Alouenghazi
FUCK YOU PAM
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That is perhaps the kindest way you could have said that. It is far more charitable than the thoughts I have and that I am keeping to myself to prevent myself from being banned, or worse (quoted by wingnuts to prove radicalism at LGF).
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nemus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:45:37pm |
Anyone have any insight on the chances that Michelle Bachmann loses her seat? That's my 'race I have no geographic stake in' interest point .
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:45:44pm |
re: #223 Ben Jhazi
Excellent news for Tim Kaine, too.
Yep. Means we get to see bye to George forever. No way in hell is he running again after two losses in a row. This just isn't "real Virginia" anymore.
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Obdicut Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:47:20pm |
re: #226 Gus
It's satire.
Mitt Romney is by no means a perfect candidate. He may have no coherent or consistent principles beyond a steadfast belief in his own superhuman competence. He may have surrounded himself with charlatans and liars in his pursuit of power for the sake of flattering his staggering self-importance. His vice-presidential nominee may be a bizarre combination of overgrown adolescent Randian and pious ultra-Catholic misogynist. He may have a sociopathic indifference to the concept of honesty.
But there is still a chance that he will magically decide to do all the things that I like and want him to do once he is office.
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:47:35pm |
re: #224 freetoken
Republicans are complaining about being suppressed.
Really:
PA Republicans feel suppressed by elementary school’s Obama mural
i bet the chicago thugs made those kids do that mural and hang it in their communist soshulist school. /
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:47:42pm |
re: #225 Almost Killed by Space Hookers
Thank you for fighting the good fight.
We (my wife & I) do our best.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:47:57pm |
re: #224 freetoken
Republicans are complaining about being suppressed.
Really:
PA Republicans feel suppressed by elementary school’s Obama mural
Suppress? Motherfuckers pull the shit they try to and they're complaining a mural is oppression. Must be nice to be a Republican when you're always the victim and everyone else is persecuting you.
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Kronocide Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:48:07pm |
Today I petted a puppy and voted for 1000 years of darkness. Teeheehee!
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:48:16pm |
re: #224 freetoken
Republicans are complaining about being suppressed.
Really:
PA Republicans feel suppressed by elementary school’s Obama mural
I am not sure how a painting surpresses votes. But I did see that image and it most certainly was inappropriate for a polling station. It was idiotic that whomever was in charge of the polling station allowed it to be visible. If your fucking job is to establish a polling station surely you can know and follow the rules of operating one.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:48:59pm |
re: #226 Gus
It is true that the modern Republican Party is extremist, irresponsible, reckless and wholly unfit to govern. They campaign with grotesque white populism, stoke bigotry and xenophobia, and shamelessly work to suppress legal votes by poor and minority citizens. In Congress their unprecedented obstruction sabotaged the economic recovery and ground even routine federal business to a standstill.
This, again, is why we must elect Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for president.
You see, only with a Republican in the White House is the Republican Party willing to occasionally sometimes act somewhat responsibly. With various worldwide economic and military crises likely to require urgent attention in the coming years, we need our Republicans to be only a little bit reckless and stupid, and not apocalyptically so.
So because the GOP is a bunch of whiny bitches, we need to just go ahead and let them get their way.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:49:20pm |
re: #233 Obdicut
It's satire.
Well yeah. How the fuck... that's unprofessional. Tired of this fucking comedian bullshit.
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Four More Tears Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:49:50pm |
Jesus...
CNN will turn the lights of the Empire State Building into an electoral scorecard tonight cnet.co/PBoZqj #Election2012
— CNET (@CNET) November 6, 2012
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:51:09pm |
re: #238 Petero1818
Even if it is technically electioneering, and everyone agreed it ought to be covered up, it is hardly "suppressing" anyone.
Heck, I'm about to go to a religious institution to cast my ballot - which has been the case for several years now, it seems - and while I think it is a bit crazy I don't feel "suppressed" by all the religious symbols. Perhaps some others might feel intimidated and I wish purely secular locations would be used for polling stations, but it still doesn't count as "suppression".
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:51:27pm |
re: #241 Ben Jhazi
Unfortunately to do so they need to divert electricity from the other parts of the grid, so those of you without power will have to live without it for another night.
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Obdicut Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:52:19pm |
re: #240 Gus
I thought it was good satire, but the thing is, those stupid positions are self-satirizing anyway. It's pretty obvious to point out that people who delude themselves with bullshit like "Romney will bring the GOP back to the middle" are living in a fools paradise. But this one was pretty well done and it's good of him to call out the others who are doing it.
I'll agree that the satirical form doesn't give it much oomph and a straight piece could have done it better.
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:53:33pm |
Probably an indicator of the election outcome:
News Summary: US home prices rise most in 6 years
ANNUAL PRICES RISE: U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006, according to data provider CoreLogic.
MONTHLY PRICES DIP: Prices declined 0.3 percent in September from August, the first drop after six straight increases. The monthly figures are not seasonally adjusted. CoreLogic says the decline reflects the end of the summer home-buying season and not a softening in the recovery.
SUSTAINED RECOVERY: The data suggest the recovery is sustainable. Rising prices encourage more homeowners to sell their homes and entice would-be buyers to purchase homes before prices rise further.
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:53:52pm |
re: #242 freetoken
Even if it is technically electioneering, and everyone agreed it ought to be covered up, it is hardly "suppressing" anyone.
Heck, I'm about to go to a religious institution to cast my ballot - which has been the case for several years now, it seems - and while I think it is a bit crazy I don't feel "suppressed" by all the religious symbols. Perhaps some others might feel intimidated and I wish purely secular locations would be used for polling stations, but it still doesn't count as "suppression".
I agree. In fact there have also been a couple of instances today of signs at polling stations within churches that are clearly meant to sway voters to vote to preserve so called sanctity of marriage and life of the unborn.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:54:05pm |
Hagee: Gay Equality and Abortion Rights are 'Demonic Forces that are Attacking our Nation'
If anyone fits the bill for demonic forces, it would be the Evangelicals.
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:54:13pm |
re: #240 Gus
Well yeah. How the fuck... that's unprofessional. Tired of this fucking comedian bullshit.
Pace yourself. Could be a long night.
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:54:25pm |
re: #245 Obdicut
I thought it was good satire, but the thing is, those stupid positions are self-satirizing anyway. It's pretty obvious to point out that people who delude themselves with bullshit like "Romney will bring the GOP back to the middle" are living in a fools paradise. But this one was pretty well done and it's good of him to call out the others who are doing it.
I'll agree that the satirical form doesn't give it much oomph and a straight piece could have done it better.
I have no idea what's going on sometimes with these emoprog types. Neither am I some cult follower of this guy. Sorry but this kind of BS pisses me off.
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:54:30pm |
re: #237 Ghazicide
Today I petted a puppy and voted for 1000 years of darkness. Teeheehee!
almost forgot all about the 1000 years of darkness. will we never see the sun again?///
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:55:06pm |
re: #246 freetoken
Probably an indicator of the election outcome:
But Rush said just this morning that home prices were down...
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:55:47pm |
re: #248 Kragarghazi
Hagee: Gay Equality and Abortion Rights are 'Demonic Forces that are Attacking our Nation'
If anyone fits the bill for demonic forces, it would be the Evangelicals.
Funny I thought it was ass hats like Hagee who justify the Holocaust as God's will not two people who love each other who want to marry.
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:56:42pm |
re: #248 Kragarghazi
Hagee: Gay Equality and Abortion Rights are 'Demonic Forces that are Attacking our Nation'
If anyone fits the bill for demonic forces, it would be the Evangelicals.
and Benghazi is a demonic force attacking our nation.//
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:57:02pm |
re: #249 wrenchghaziwenchghazi
Pace yourself. Could be a long night.
Dear pundits and hipster "journalists." Today is not a good day for satire unless you're a trained comedian. KTHXBYE— Gus (@Gus_802) November 6, 2012
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:57:22pm |
Well, well...
Ventura County Clerk and Recorder Mark Lunn, who was visiting a handful of the county's 367 polling sites this morning and plans to visit more this afternoon, said although some voting machines had jammed, things were "going well overall."
Lunn also noticed the robust numbers of voters at the sites. He said that today's turnout may come close to the county's record in 2008 when 80.6 percent of registered voters came out for that year's presidential elections.
"A month ago I felt that it would be a while before we would see that (turnout) again," Lunn said. "I don't know whether we'll get to 80 percent, but we'll get a lot closer to 80 percent than I would've guessed a month ago."
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:58:00pm |
Funky music for distraction purposes (the album this song is from is great, btw)
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:58:42pm |
Really seems like turnout may mirror 2008. If that's the case. It's possible Obama could be on his way to another big win.
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:59:28pm |
re: #256 freetoken
Well, well...
too many people voting. dead people voting. ACORN. Where are the vote suppressors when we need them? ///
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:59:52pm |
re: #252 Kragarghazi
But Rush said just this morning that home prices were down...
Me or your lyin' eyes?
Straight choice.
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wrenchwench Tue, Nov 6, 2012 1:59:55pm |
re: #255 Gus
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That's "KTHXBAI"!!!!111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEEZ. GET IT RIGHT, MAAAAN!!!
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Did you notice that punctuation abuse has been enabled? Too bad TFK isn't here to enjoy it.
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:00:07pm |
re: #258 HappyBenghazi
Here in California the hot action is in the Propositions, several of which would significantly raise taxes, and that is motivating some to turn out here, I think.
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:00:23pm |
re: #258 HappyBenghazi
Really seems like turnout may mirror 2008. If that's the case. It's possible Obama could be on his way to another big win.
He needs a solid percentage point in the popular vote to cement his win save for those who still do not want to accept him for who and what he is...
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celticdragon Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:01:11pm |
Voted around noon and just ogt back from canvassing with my 12 year old son here in Greensboro, NC.
Some very irate Romney guy in a work pick up truck stopped in the middle of the road to scream obscenities at us.
My son looked confused and wondered why he was so upset. I said “Because he knows he is losing”.
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:01:50pm |
re: #261 wrenchghaziwenchghazi
That's "KTHXBAI"!!!!111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEEZ. GET IT RIGHT, MAAAAN!!!
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Did you notice that punctuation abuse has been enabled? Too bad TFK isn't here to enjoy it.
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TFK!
I miss that guy!
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:02:29pm |
re: #264 celticdragon
Voted around noon and just ogt back from canvassing with my 12 year old son here in Greensboro, NC.
Some very irate Romney guy in a work pick up truck stopped in the middle of the road to scream obscenities at us.
My son looked confused and wondered why he was so upset. I said “Because he knows he is losing”.
They must have voted for Romney on family values.
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andres Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:02:53pm |
re: #69 Targetpractice
That reminds me, the other thing that should get the wingnut hive in a stir would be Puerto Rico voting today to become a state.
OTOH, I would love to see that referendum go Yes/Statehood. That would make the local right heads go boom.
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:03:22pm |
Hardball just starting, and the first shot of Chuck Todd he looked like someone drank his milkshake.
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DisturbedEma Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:04:37pm |
Taking my 18 year olf son to vote now- I am one proud Momma:)
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:05:18pm |
re: #268 darthstar
Hardball just starting, and the first shot of Chuck Todd he looked like someone drank his milkshake.
Oh man, what will Todd do when he can no longer look at polls showing an Obama lead and say they're tied? He's gonna have the sads tonight
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:05:26pm |
re: #268 darthstar
Hardball just starting, and the first shot of Chuck Todd he looked like someone drank his milkshake.
The New Black Panther Party? /
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:05:54pm |
re: #267 andres
Romney and some Republicans are actually for that. Truth is, and the racists don't like this, that the country club Republicans know that adding PR as a state would not be deleterious to the US and likely would be a slight economic uptick. Many politicians in PR are Republicans, something which the hard core racists acknowledge in their dismissal of both major US political parties.
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Four More Beers Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:06:07pm |
Hey, "Little" Dick Morris! Nate Silver is showing up at your house tonight, and he's going to slap you in the face while constantly yelling "MATH!" "MATH!" "MATH!"
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:07:20pm |
these ads so funny: the one with Billy Graham and him being optimistic or something for Amercia because of Jesus. Didn't know Jesus was an American citizen.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:07:51pm |
re: #264 celticdragon
Voted around noon and just ogt back from canvassing with my 12 year old son here in Greensboro, NC.
Some very irate Romney guy in a work pick up truck stopped in the middle of the road to scream obscenities at us.
My son looked confused and wondered why he was so upset. I said “Because he knows he is losing”.
My wife and I were holding signs at different polling places today. She says one of the well-known local wingnuts (we have them, even in the People's Republic of Massachusetts) came up to her group and started shouting at them about how the people they were supporting were all liars, and how could they do that? Pretty rich coming from someone who supports Romney. My wife declined to engage with the guy. It's probably a good thing I wasn't there, because I'm not at all sure I'd have been that forbearing.
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Four More Beers Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:08:01pm |
re: #274 Bulworth
these ads so funny: the one with Billy Graham and him being optimistic or something for Amercia because of Jesus. Didn't know Jesus was an American citizen.
Naturalized, yes.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:08:01pm |
re: #274 Bulworth
these ads so funny: the one with Billy Graham and him being optimistic or something for Amercia because of Jesus. Didn't know Jesus was an American citizen.
I really don't like or respect Billy Graham at all after what I heard on the Nixon tapes.
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:08:09pm |
re: #270 JamesWI
Oh man, what will Todd do when he can no longer look at polls showing an Obama lead and say they're tied? He's gonna have the sads tonight
Chuck Todd sounds like Michael Steele - only without rhythm.
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DisturbedEma Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:08:10pm |
re: #274 Bulworth
Did you see his birth certificate or take it on faith? ;)
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andres Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:08:33pm |
re: #78 HappyBenghazi
So if Puerto Rico votes yes on that. They'll become a state? This is the longest gap in history we've had in between statehood for states by the way.
My best guess is that it will start a process for the Congress to recognize the bid for statehood. Realistically, it will die there.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:08:56pm |
re: #269 DisturbedEma
Taking my 18 year olf son to vote now- I am one proud Momma:)
I've got a 16-year old who I'm sure would vote the right way if she were old enough. Maybe she'll get a chance to vote for Hillary or Eliz. Warren the next time around.
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:10:20pm |
From MPR News reporter Elizabeth Dunbar:There were scattered reports from voters who saw signs or messages related to the marriage amendment at churches that were serving as polling places. That included Saint John Vianney in South St. Paul, where a banner that read “Strengthen Marriage, don’t redefine it” could be seen by voters entering the church.
“I was shocked, I didn’t think that would be allowed,” said Ivan Kowalenko, who tweeted a photo of the sign. “II was hearing that you’re not allowed to wear any political slogan of your own, so it doesn’t seem entirely appropriate that a voting venue would be allowed to express an opinion.”
Funny, Fox News did not cover that one.....
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OhNoZombies! Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:10:33pm |
re: #264 celticdragon
Voted around noon and just ogt back from canvassing with my 12 year old son here in Greensboro, NC.
Some very irate Romney guy in a work pick up truck stopped in the middle of the road to scream obscenities at us.
My son looked confused and wondered why he was so upset. I said “Because he knows he is losing”.
OMG. They're losing it!
Hubby is still out there, and some crazy Romney supporter just cussed at him.
Mind you, he's been out there since 7:30.
I think he's losing his sense of humor...
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:10:40pm |
Voted early. Did some work-related reading at home. Worked out. Back home watching The World At War on bluray, and pounding the keys on LGF.
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DisturbedEma Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:11:13pm |
re: #281 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
He is a recent convert to Obama- he was never really into Romney but he remembers my conviction last election and thought I was voting the same way. He was surprised to learn I had actually paid attention to the changes over the past 4 years (thanks to you Lizards) and after doing some research on his own, became an Obama supporter
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:11:29pm |
re: #280 andres
My best guess is that it will start a process for the Congress to recognize the bid for statehood. Realistically, it will die there.
Yeah, Congress has to vote. Both Obama and Romney have said they'd support it if it passes.....with a "clear majority." The polls look like it'll only win with a clear plurality, so I doubt it will happen.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:11:48pm |
You guys are lucky. All I got was a Republican precinct worker handing my grandmother a Republican sample ballot under the pretense of a Democratic one.
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Four More Beers Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:12:09pm |
I have had so much fun looking at my wingnut friend's Facebook walls today. One that I dated briefly had a prayer to God that Romney wins. I commented this: "Dear God, You have children with cancer to help as well as starving children in Africa that could really use a bowl of rice. Please ignore all requests from the full metal wingnut amongst us to intervene in our election today, you have much more important things to tend to, and I apologize for the inconvenience."
I was defriended in two minutes.
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:12:54pm |
re: #288 Summer Lovin' Torture Party
I was defriended in two minutes.
And... boom goes the dynamite.
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Obdicut Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:12:54pm |
What's really scary is how close this is despite:
Mitt fucking up so often on the campaign.
And his political philosophy being Gilded Age insanity.
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:13:00pm |
re: #281 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
I've got a 16-year old who I'm sure would vote the right way if she were old enough. Maybe she'll get a chance to vote for Hillary or Eliz. Warren the next time around.
Where is Acorn when you need them....///
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:13:01pm |
By the way, the Republicans seem to have absolutely no ground game here. The lawns are thick with Romney and Scott Brown signs (I think they outnumber the Democratic signs, though I haven't actually counted), but there was not a single Republican sign holder at either of the polling places I visited this morning, except for one guy holding a sign for one of the state legislature candidates. I was told later that that lone guy was the candidate himself.
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Bulworth Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:13:07pm |
re: #279 DisturbedEma
Did you see his birth certificate or take it on faith? ;)
waiting for the long form. /
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:13:21pm |
Robert Gibbs looks like a man confident that his guy will win.
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andres Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:13:23pm |
re: #272 freetoken
Romney and some Republicans are actually for that. Truth is, and the racists don't like this, that the country club Republicans know that adding PR as a state would not be deleterious to the US and likely would be a slight economic uptick. Many politicians in PR are Republicans, something which the hard core racists acknowledge in their dismissal of both major US political parties.
The referendum is a two-part question:
1) Do the voters want to keep the current political status?
2) Disregarding the first question, which non-colonial status would you prefer?
A pro-Statehood win would be meaningless if the first question wins the Yes (keep current status).
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:13:29pm |
re: #290 Obdicut
What's really scary is how close this is despite:
Mitt fucking up so often on the campaign.
And his political philosophy being Gilded Age insanity.
It is. It really is.
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:13:54pm |
re: #286 JamesWI
In the three times it's come up in the recent past, the move towards statehood has inched more popular. I do expect in time a solid majority down there to approve it.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:14:02pm |
LOL, this is going to be fun to watch later
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philosophus invidius Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:14:35pm |
re: #290 Obdicut
What's really scary is how close this is despite:
Mitt fucking up so often on the campaign.
And his political philosophy being Gilded Age insanity.
What's even scarier is how Romney is polling among white men.
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:14:44pm |
re: #290 Obdicut
What's really scary is how close this is despite:
Mitt fucking up so often on the campaign.
And his political philosophy being Gilded Age insanity.
Now, now, be fair. His political philosophy is also centrist welfare statism. And libertarianism. And New Deal progressivism. And...
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:14:57pm |
re: #287 HappyBenghazi
You guys are lucky. All I got was a Republican precinct worker handing my grandmother a Republican sample ballot under the pretense of a Democratic one.
Call Fox News. Earlier today they ran a story about the opposite happening with an elderly voter at a polling station being "guided" to vote a straight democratic ticket. I am quite sure they will be happy to cover your story as well, after all they are all about "fair & balanced"/
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Joanne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:15:00pm |
I haven't read this thread, but does anyone know when the numbers will start to come in? Do they wait for Hawaii polls to close before they start reporting??
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Four More Beers Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:15:21pm |
re: #298 Kragarghazi
LOL, this is going to be fun to watch later
Brian Konash @bkonash
Conservatives like Michelle Malkin are tweeting #HappyRestorationDay, probably unaware this term refers to a democracy reverting to monarchy
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:15:23pm |
Romney tells reporters he's written a victory speech that is 1,118 words long, says it's only speech he's written at this point.— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) November 6, 2012
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Gus Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:15:49pm |
Polarized Election Season Marked by Extremist Candidates
Posted in Extremist Propaganda by Evelyn Schlatter on October 19, 2012
Oh look! Ted Cruz!
Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Office sought: U.S. Senate
Ted Cruz Tea Party-backed Cruz is running as the GOP candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchinson. The Harvard-educated attorney, a former solicitor general of Texas and law clerk for Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, claims that the U.N.’s 1992 non-binding resolution and general guidelines for sustainability and ending poverty is a plot led by liberal billionaire George Soros to “abolish” unsustainable environments, including golf courses and grazing pastures. He co-authored a proposal that would open a way for states to nullify federal laws. Cruz thinks the imposition of Shariah Islamic law in the U.S. is “an enormous problem” (it’s not even possible under the Constitution, let alone a big problem). In his first campaign ad in the GOP primary, he encouraged people to vote for him because he once fought to ensure the execution of an undocumented immigrant in a murder case. He’s tough on LGBT people, too. At the 2011 Values Voter Summit, hosted by the gay-bashing Family Research Council, which the Southern Poverty Law Center lists as a hate group for its defamatory and false propaganda, Cruz railed against the “gay rights agenda” and warned about new threats to “religious liberty.”
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:15:50pm |
re: #303 Summer Lovin' Torture Party
Brian Konash @bkonash
Conservatives like Michelle Malkin are tweeting #HappyRestorationDay, probably unaware this term refers to a democracy reverting to monarchy
They're not that smart are they?
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:16:06pm |
re: #302 Joanne
I haven't read this thread, but does anyone know when the numbers will start to come in? Do they wait for Hawaii polls to close before they start reporting??
Depends on the local poll closing time. Expect after 8pm Eastern to start getting reports in.
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aagcobb Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:16:34pm |
re: #302 Joanne
I haven't read this thread, but does anyone know when the numbers will start to come in? Do they wait for Hawaii polls to close before they start reporting??
No, they will start calling states after the polls in that state close. The earliest will be at 7:00 p.m. ET.
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:16:36pm |
re: #304 Kragarghazi
To be fair to him, there's not much point in spending time on the speech you give if you lose.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:17:06pm |
re: #306 HappyBenghazi
They're not that smart are they?
I'm still waiting for them to charge in like the Light Brigade.
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aagcobb Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:17:37pm |
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:17:46pm |
re: #309 iossarian
To be fair to him, there's not much point in spending time on the speech you give if you lose.
"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, I'm out."
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Joanne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:03pm |
re: #308 aagcobb
No, they will start calling states after the polls in that state close. The earliest will be at 7:00 p.m. ET.
re: #307 Kragarghazi
Depends on the local poll closing time. Expect after 8pm Eastern to start getting reports in.
I thought they had a law or something that they couldn't report until the polls in CA closed...because it affected the vote if someone was losing big time, people don't bother voting.
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Eventual Carrion Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:07pm |
re: #188 Kragarghazi
" not allowing sellers to charge whatever they want amounts to "socialism" and only serves as a disincentive to the production of more gasoline"
Dumbass
Then I'm sure he won't bitch when he is caught in some shit and I want to charge him $25.00 for a 20 oz. bottle of clean water.
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:23pm |
re: #309 iossarian
To be fair to him, there's not much point in spending time on the speech you give if you lose.
Well I suppose it depends on what you intend to do with the rest of your life. If in the end, you will remain in the service of the people in some capacity you should give it some thought. If however you intend to chill in La Jolla, Aspen, the Bahamas and Switzerland, you are right, not much point.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:34pm |
re: #310 freetoken
Yeah apparently Malkin and company are Jacobites. I on the other hand have a t-shirt with Charles I's head on- my favorite pub from studying abroad in Ireland was owned by a rumored executioner of Charles I.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:42pm |
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:55pm |
re: #308 aagcobb
No, they will start calling states after the polls in that state close. The earliest will be at 7:00 p.m. ET.
I thought the convention adopted by most media is to wait until the polls close in Pacific Time Zone out here.
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:57pm |
re: #308 aagcobb
No, they will start calling states after the polls in that state close. The earliest will be at 7:00 p.m. ET.
I thought the convention adopted by most media is to wait until the polls close in Pacific Time Zone out here.
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ProGunLiberal Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:18:59pm |
re: #102 JamesWI
It has to be flat majority for an option. Otherwise, status quo continues. I think it will eventually break through that barrier, but not just yet.
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Joanne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:19:06pm |
You know the greatest thing about an Obama win (please God, please!) is that I want to spend some quality time tweeting to Donald Trump.
Let's think of the things we want to say. That should be fun. Any takers? :-)
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aagcobb Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:19:13pm |
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:19:14pm |
re: #314 Kragarghazi
"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, I'm out."
I just want to say... to all the people... all the people in the world today...
*breaks into song*
I belieeeeve the children are our future -
Teach them well -
Let them seize the dayayaaaay...
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andres Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:19:17pm |
re: #272 freetoken
The apparent Republican majority here is because most people don't "care" enough about national politics to align themselves with one party or the other. Most of the Republican politicians here are pro-statehood.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:19:18pm |
re: #321 freetoken
I thought the convention adopted by most media is to wait until the polls close in Pacific Time Zone out here.
I've heard that too.
Multiple times.
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Four More Beers Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:20:23pm |
re: #313 Gus
I saw one that labeled the swing states different things like- Virginia was "Confederacy," Wisconsin was "Fat, Pasty Drunks," Ohio was "Rust," etc.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:20:28pm |
re: #304 Kragarghazi
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Well we already know his excuse will be if he comes across as a bitter jackass in his concession speech.
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aagcobb Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:20:50pm |
re: #321 freetoken
I thought the convention adopted by most media is to wait until the polls close in Pacific Time Zone out here.
I could be wrong; its been four years!
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:21:09pm |
Getting some international coverage:
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OhNoZombies! Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:21:15pm |
I was supposed to go to the Party party, but little Mr. I Forget Important School Stuff But Can Remember Everything You Don't Want to Know About Minecraft, forgot to tell me about a project that is due tomorrow.
Ah well.
I got my own beer.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:21:24pm |
re: #329 HappyBenghazi
Well we already know his excuse will be if he comes across as a bitter jackass in his concession speech.
He was just being himself?
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:21:36pm |
re: #325 iossarian
I just want to say... to all the people... all the people in the world today...
*breaks into song*
I belieeeeve the children are our future -
Teach them well -
Let them seize the dayayaaaay...
Mitt Romney comes on stage, a single spot light...
"Sandy my darling you hurt me real bad..."
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:21:53pm |
Here is a good one I don't expect to see on Fox News...
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:22:15pm |
re: #328 Summer Lovin' Torture Party
I saw one that labeled the swing states different things like- Virginia was "Confederacy," Wisconsin was "Fat, Pasty Drunks," Ohio was "Rust," etc.
Hey, we aren't all fat.
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:22:36pm |
re: #327 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
I've heard that too.
Multiple times.
I think the media has a tacit (open?) agreement not to release polls, precisely in order to not depress turnout in Western states.
That is one argument, actually, against longer mass-voting windows.
I wonder if people have come up with game theory or other explanations for whether it's better or worse for a political party to publish exit poll information while voting continues?
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philosophus invidius Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:22:42pm |
re: #313 Gus
Plenty of blue states left behind in Jesusland there.
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:22:51pm |
There is a real possibility that courts could tie up voting outcomes in several states, including large EV states like Ohio and PA.
This is best reality tv show to come along since the first seasons of Survivor.
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JamesWI Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:23:14pm |
re: #330 aagcobb
I could be wrong; its been four years!
I don't remember anyone waiting to call states in the last few elections. Maybe I'm just remembering wrong.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:23:24pm |
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engineer cat Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:23:26pm |
re: #331 freetoken
Getting some international coverage:
why do i have to read this story in a ozzie newspaper?
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:24:07pm |
re: #342 engineer cat
why do i have to read this story in a ozzie newspaper?
Because you missed it when I posted it hours ago?
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engineer cat Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:24:14pm |
re: #328 Summer Lovin' Torture Party
I saw one that labeled the swing states different things like- Virginia was "Confederacy," Wisconsin was "Fat, Pasty Drunks," Ohio was "Rust," etc.
how long do i have to live in california before i become a blond surfer d00d?
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freetoken Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:24:15pm |
re: #342 engineer cat
why do i have to read this story in a ozzie newspaper?
You don't. You could try Ireland instead:
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andres Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:24:30pm |
re: #322 ProGunLiberal
It has to be flat majority for an option. Otherwise, status quo continues. I think it will eventually break through that barrier, but not just yet.
The way the referendum is set up, it has a very good chance of breaking that barrier. The current options are (ignoring the first question) 1) statehood, 2) independence, and 3) redefined ELA (which is presented as a form of independence).
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engineer cat Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:25:18pm |
re: #343 Kragarghazi
Because you missed it when I posted it hours ago?
it must have been while i was sleeping in the laundry basket
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:26:02pm |
re: #345 freetoken
You don't. You could try Ireland instead:
Does it come with a scratch-and-sniff Guiness pull-out?
If not I'll stick to the Ozzie one with its tinnies and Sheilas, thanks very much.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:26:04pm |
re: #344 engineer cat
how long do i have to live in california before i become a blond surfer d00d?
Depends on how good your weed is!!
/
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philosophus invidius Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:26:12pm |
re: #331 freetoken
The video:
Can't they put the choices further apart? Like 6"?
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iossarian Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:26:31pm |
re: #347 engineer cat
it must have been while i was sleeping in the laundry basket
I've always wondered what kind of engineering a cat would actually do.
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Ben G. Hazi Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:26:39pm |
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:26:55pm |
re: #304 Kragarghazi
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He'll just insert "NOT" at the end of every sentence to turn it into a concession speech.
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Majacita Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:27:23pm |
The networks have a gentleman's agreement not to officially call a national winner and the candidates aren't supposed to give concession speech until the polls close. Jimmy Carter gave his concession speech while California was still voting and some important ballot initiatives failed.
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Four More Beers Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:27:29pm |
From the woman that I dated briefly and then I got defended today:
The American Way is NOT SOCIALISM MR. OBAMA!
Vote Romney/Ryan and vote for our Country! Take it back and show those "playing the system" for generations and those who feel entitled to take from those who work hard, receive education, and act responsibly that we are FED UP with THE FEDS! TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!!! LET EM' RIOT!!!!!! GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!
Can't imagine why I never married this one.
///
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Joanne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:27:45pm |
RT @badwillhunting: Detroit Free Press: Man dies, revived via CPR at polling-place. First question: "So... did I vote?"t.co/1kn ...— SEZ BluNatic Fringe (@BoiseSEZ) November 6, 2012
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:28:08pm |
re: #353 darthstar
He'll just insert "NOT" at the end of every sentence to turn it into a concession speech.
By the way, I predicted the other day that Mitt Romney wouldn't have a concession speech written, given how he threw his convention speech together at the last minute. Acknowledge a black man for beating him fairly in an election? Never!
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:28:15pm |
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Usually refered to as anyways Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:28:52pm |
re: #336 JamesWI
Hey, we aren't all fat.
Quite right to take offence.
Some relate more closely to obesity, corpulence, stoutness, overweight, heaviness, plumpness, rotundity, portliness, chubbiness, podginess or pudginess, tubbiness, fleshiness, paunchiness, flabbiness.
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Joanne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:29:18pm |
re: #355 Summer Lovin' Torture Party
Uhm, wow. Is she on Medicare and SocSec, too? That would be icing.
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:29:19pm |
Rush Limbaugh: Media ignoring Sandy impact
“I’ll tell you something, that whole Sandy narrative, that it helped Obama, Who started that?” Limbaugh said Tuesday, according to a transcript. “It wasn’t our guys. That was the media that started that, kept hoping and praying that Sandy would give Obama — but they knew last week that Obama needed a boost. They’ve known all along that Obama doesn’t even have his base cemented and tied down.
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darthstar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:29:19pm |
My dog hates me right now.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:29:26pm |
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Kragar Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:29:49pm |
re: #359 ozbloke
Quite right to take offence.
Some relate more closely to obesity, corpulence, stoutness, overweight, heaviness, plumpness, rotundity, portliness, chubbiness, podginess or pudginess, tubbiness, fleshiness, paunchiness, flabbiness.
"I'm not fat... I'm festively plump.
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Joanne Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:30:29pm |
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Petero1818 Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:34:21pm |
re: #314 Kragarghazi
"Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, I'm out."
One of the craziest concession speeches ever. For background, this is Jaques Parizeau former Premier of the province of Quebec and leader of the Parti Quebecois separatist party, shortly after losing the referendum on Quebec independence. When you are old, drunk and calling it quits you can pretty much say whatever you like. Crazy part starts 20 seconds in.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Nov 6, 2012 3:22:16pm |
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