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One hour in. They brought around tea. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:38 6
- 15 minutes in and out -- nm - kilboooo Nov 4, 06:40 3
  - not on your best day. -- nm - mrs kilboooo si Nov 4, 06:42 2
    - Actually... -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 06:42 1
      - (Crap, I read "today" instead of "day".) -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 06:44
- Great. Now y'all are gonna need to pee before you get to vote. -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 06:40 1
  - *pees in the voting booth* -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:42
ST Poll -- Prediction: Biggest election surprise tonight? - znufrii Nov 4, 06:38 4
- Martin lost in the primary and won in a run-off.. I doubt it. - colin Nov 4, 06:40
- With the turnout #'s yesterday, that's not a surprise anymore. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:39
- I hope there are better surprises than that. Down goes Arizona! -- nm - Don Homer Nov 4, 06:39 1
  - that would definitely be a surprise. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:41
110.55 - 110.20 -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 4, 06:37 1
- .35 -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:38
so this mod I have six classes and an independent study and a finance project for the english department. - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:35 1
- did you post those links yesterday? -- nm - zork Nov 4, 06:42
Clinton on CNN "Our Party will wake up tomorrow with a profound opportunity and an enormous responsibility" -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:34 3
- Not sure why you're posting this. It's entirely true; especially if they hit 60 in the Senate. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:35 1
  - I thought it was a good statement on his part to acknowledge both. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:37
- Bill, that is. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:35
Election prediction contest averages and extremes: - Reagen Nov 4, 06:33 5
- Imagine how popular 538 would become if it added an HSX engine for users to help predict race results. - Max Nov 4, 06:50
- Yay! I'm an extremum! -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 06:40
- If he actually wins by 15 points (based on the largest % difference), he's well over 400 EVs. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 4, 06:38
- that average EV should be 344.5 -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 06:35
- oh, frick. I knew there was something I meant to do last night. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:35
Vote yes on 2 in MA! -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 4, 06:33
THIS JUST IN! According to me Obama wins handily. -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 06:32 3
- I said 350 electoral votes six months ago and I'm still saying it. -- nm - David Nov 4, 06:32 2
  - I say 416. That's my guess on my HSBR mail group. - TWuG Nov 4, 06:34 1
    - How would he win two electoral votes in Nebraska? - Roger More Nov 4, 06:47
Hey everybody, I've got a gut feeling that there's going to be an anguished report from townhall about exit polls! -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 06:28 8
- According to anecdotal evidence at my polling place, Obama is doing very well in Georgia. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:30 6
  - I think the strategy here in Jax was for all the McCain supporters to put their yardsigns along the main roads. - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:32 4
    - That seems to be the extent of the ground game for them. Signs and robocalls. -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 06:36
    - because that's *totally* going to change your mind, right? -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:33 2
      - I think it sways those people that don't care one way or the other, honestly. - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:34
      - Good thing Jax already voted. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:34
  - kicking ass in MD, too, using inigo's son's poll. -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:32
- Let's go to our roving reporter, ty97, with this story about anguish over exit polls, at the Austin Town Hall -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 06:29
"It's like it's Christmas eve....I can't wait! I hope an old man isn't my present tomorrow, though." -- nm - Overheard in Office Nov 4, 06:28
lamest election day tradition: photo ops of the candidates themselves voting....nm - mex Nov 4, 06:24 1
- i've got name troubles....nm - mex Nov 4, 06:25
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- Are you questioning the polling accuracy of my Facebook friends' status updates? -- nm - David Nov 4, 06:32
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While taking my clients home from LAX last night in the limo, I paid the toll for the car behind us. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:23 6
- this is my *favorite* thing to do. I hate that PA has variable tolling. in cgo and NJ matt and I used to do this all the time. - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:24 2
  - exactly, it's such a cheap thrill and provides laughter all the way home. Plus, it just makes someone's day for so little. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:28 1
    - I love the look on the faces of other drivers when you're pulling away and the clerk is explaining to them what you've one. I wish more people paid it - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:29
- With the clients money or yours? Does L.A. have easypass? -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 06:23 2
  - We have FasTrak, but I don't have one yet...... so, it was my money. ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:26 1
    - Your a limo driver and you don't have a toll booth badge? -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 06:40
my polling experience: pain... - colin Nov 4, 06:22 2
- How many people were there? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:29 1
  - when i arrived at 6:45, about 200 - 250. there were 6 poll workers, 25 machines. -- nm - colin Nov 4, 06:33
i think you should be able to vote wherever you want and whenever you want.... - media Nov 4, 06:22 1
- sfan...nm - mex Nov 4, 06:22
Canadian monument tweaks American noses on War of 1812....... - Walt_Disney Nov 4, 06:19 5
- I'm still outraged by the WW2 monument in DC saying the war started 1941. - LMS Nov 4, 06:22 3
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  - Parents do care when the kids started fighting, they only care once they have to get involved. -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 06:29 1
    - "Parents *don't* care..." -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 06:31
- The five percent of Americans who understand the point being made are shaking their fists at Canada, I'm sure. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 06:21
40 minutes in... not quite halfway there yet -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:19 6
- Yell if you see Andruw Jones! -- nm - David Nov 4, 06:26
- what location you at? i was at Grady HS... -- nm - colin Nov 4, 06:22 2
  - Senior Citizen Center between Howell Mill and Northside -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:24 1
    - fun! hope you get out soon. -- nm - colin Nov 4, 06:25
- sloth porn -- nm - Max Nov 4, 06:21
- Hump Day's tomorrow, but congrats. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 06:21
Reminder: Krispy Kreme is giving away a free donut if you have an I voted sticker. -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 06:17
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- Did you hear that some fielding ranking of SS came out today and Jeter was 22nd. - Homer Nov 4, 06:31 5
  - He more than makes up for it in other areas. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:34 3
    - I know but it's still annoying to hear this every year and this is the 2nd time this year someone has ranked him so low. - Italians Nov 4, 06:37 2
      - If it's a fielding study; those other things don't matter. - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:38 1
        
        he's not an ambi-turner. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:42
  - *sfan* -- nm - Krusty Nov 4, 06:32
- Well, the Yanks need 2 or 3 starters....he'd make perfect sense if he's recovered from his hysterectomy. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:21 1
  - So funny! -- nm - Homer Nov 4, 06:27
So, today free Baskins Robbins ice cream, Starbucks, and Krispy Kreme when you vote. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:16 5
- Chik-fil-a too -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:22 2
  - short PSU: I bet the chick fil a at the hub isn't free. jerks. -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:25 1
    - It's free, but only on Sundays. -- nm - TWuG Nov 4, 06:33
- BR is the only ice cream I eat. I wish we had one! -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:20
- I should have saved my "I Voted" sticker! -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:18
"Is anyone voting for John McCain?" - Inigo Nov 4, 06:15 1
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I think you should be able to vote at any polling place in your county. They can call up your ballot on the computer. I passed several places with - Amy Nov 4, 06:15 9
- I agree. Our early voting you could go to any location, but then on Nov 4th you had to go to your polling place. - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:20 2
  - I had to drive 20 minutes to my county's early voting place. -- nm - Amy Nov 4, 06:23 1
    - mine was about 15 minutes, instead of the 3 minutes to the one by my house today. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:25
- I agree with this. why can't we just swipe in with our licenses like we do in bars here? -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:15 4
  - I don't think my DL has a swipe stripe. -- nm - Amy Nov 4, 06:17 3
    - the GMan is so not letting you in. sorry. (at least you're not missing anything. that bar sucks.) -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:18
    - Mine has a barcode. -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 06:18
    - mine has a barcode. Although it's one of those newfangled multi-directional ones so I'm not sure if it can actually be called a "barcode" anymore. - znufrii Nov 4, 06:18
- Word. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:15
I'm having a cinnamon roll; hope I don't go into a sugar coma while waiting in line. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:11
election day report: short DONUT in PA. - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:11 3
- they represent the stale choices that voters recieve at the polls....nm - x Nov 4, 06:14
- Leftover halloween donuts. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:11 1
  - they're being patriotic by not being wasteful in these difficult financial times. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 06:12
"Thats it! I am voting for McCain!" -- nm - BCS Computer Nov 4, 06:09
The last 27 status updates on my FB page are voting updates. - David Nov 4, 06:09 2
- "based on early election poll results coming in from david mumpower, we are now calling the election for barack obama"....nm - media Nov 4, 06:16 1
  - The primary difference between me and Joe the Plumber is that I'm good at math. -- nm - David Nov 4, 06:25
Fence.... approved. Wooooohooooo! - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:08 10
- OMG, does this mean I might have a grill by Christmas? WPPHOO!!!!! - kelly Nov 4, 06:10 3
  - This weekend. I figure go shopping for the stuff on Friday, Start the work Saturday and likely into Sunday. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:18 2
    - *grabs a hammer* - kelly Nov 4, 06:20 1
      - hammer in the morning, hammer in the evening -- nm - colin Nov 4, 06:28
- That'll keep those Mexicans out! -- nm - David Nov 4, 06:09 5
  - heh, we're the only country that builds a wall to keep people out.... other countries build walls to keep people in. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:19
  - Around here, it's more the 15 year old yutes who believe the world is their trash can - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:17 2
    - I thought that was what the shotgun was for... -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:21 1
      - Likely, they're more heavily armed than me with the shotgun. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 4, 06:22
  - *filthy* Mexicans, mind you. we don't mind the clean ones. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:10
Great music Tuesday: New music from Shiny Toy Guns, Dido, and Mutemath/Paramore/Perry Farrell (Twilight soundtrack $3.99 on Amazon)! - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:05 5
- I totally bought the twilight soundtrack. I am so cheesy. -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:08 4
  - I'm looking forward to hearing the Mutemath song. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:10 3
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      - yeah, I was disappointed it wasn't up last night. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:20 1
        
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Jax, I don't appreciate the connotation I procrastinated by waiting until today to go and vote. - Cuzzin Todd Nov 4, 06:03 1
- Sorry, it wasn't at all. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:05
Tennessee's political behavior is all my fault! -- nm - David Nov 4, 06:02
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- eff you, jackhole!....nm - x Nov 4, 06:03
- They should have moved the sample size beyond Shades. -- nm - David Nov 4, 06:02
Howdy. -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 06:00
Total wait time was one hour. Thank the Lord it was in the 60s this morning. -- nm - nubby Nov 4, 05:59 2
- Nubby's Life on Mars -- nm - Max Nov 4, 06:13 1
  - up early to vote, LL? -- nm - all the candidates loves mandy lane Nov 4, 06:19
Election day should be a paid holiday. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 05:59 9
- or on a Saturday and/or Sunday - znufrii Nov 4, 06:09
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  - Hey!!! -- nm - Italians Nov 4, 06:35
  - Who gets Columbus Day? I never have. -- nm - Amy Nov 4, 06:12 2
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      - It's weird. Banks are closed, stock market is open. - znufrii Nov 4, 06:16
  - Let's just get rid of columbus day entirely. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 4, 06:03
- Agreed. There should be a consitutional amendment spelling out the process to make things easier and simpler and to make it consistent across states. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 4, 06:01
- Our office is closed. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:00
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- Vote NO on 2 (in FL). -- nm - JaxSean Nov 4, 06:01 6
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    - Why is only CA's proposal getting attention? Is it just because it is the bigger state, or what? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 4, 06:03 4
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      - Because CA's proposition is the only one eliminating a current right to marry. -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 06:07 1
        
        and in alot of ways, it sets the standard for the rest of the country, being as large as it is. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:13
      - There are no gay people here, so it's kinda odd. - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:04
- If you vote NO on 8 we can have a ST gathering in CA for a ST gay wedding. - Dano Nov 4, 05:59 1
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- Will someone please think of the sanctity of marriage?? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 4, 05:58 1
  - yes, and that's the best reason to vote against it. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 06:11
- will do -- nm - budice Nov 4, 05:57 1
  - I do. -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 06:00

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