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seeing leiberman standing behind mccain constantly just cracks me up - dogbert183 Nov 4, 12:03 8
- In a couple hours, Lieberman will be as relevant to modern American politics as Brezhnev -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 12:05 5
  - well, he'll still be a Senator, at least. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 12:06 1
    - you would think that outranks a dead russian guy....nm - x Nov 4, 12:07
  - His vote will be sought after in the Senate -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 12:06 2
    - Not if the Dems get 60+ -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 12:07
    - true, and a fairly important one for the Dems to keep on their side. - znufrii Nov 4, 12:07
- meh, I have nothing against lieberman. he did what he thought was best, that is - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 12:04 1
  - Still find that situation to be hilarious. -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 12:06
At this point in 2004, Drudgereport was abuzz with exit polls saying Bush was leading - Inigo Nov 4, 12:02 3
- I could have sworn that exit polls had Kerry ahead 4 years ago. -- nm - Ender Nov 4, 12:11
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  - Only one hour and fifty-five minutes left till it's called for Obama! -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 12:04
Today, on a Very Special Episode of Fresh Air... -- nm - Max Nov 4, 12:01
Happy Birthday steve114. If you're reading this. Get back to work! -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 11:59 5
- steve114 is probably yelling at some counter girl at Ben & Jerry's for not giving him his free ice cream before the stated timeframe -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 12:02 2
  - "I COULD BUY THIS STORE 10 TIMES OVER!!" *grumble* -- nm - steve114 Nov 4, 12:06 1
    - I'm glad I missed that whole mess. -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 12:07
- I voted Yes on the library money question. -- nm - Dano voted Nov 4, 12:00 1
  - for some reason we get "PeachTree TV" from Georgia. I actually know more about Georgia election issues than i ever expected to. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 12:07
crap, fox news just called the election for mccain. - dogbert183 Nov 4, 11:58 4
- based on my previous experience, this election is way too early to call -- nm - Thomas Dewey Nov 4, 12:01
- Olbermann calls shenanigans! -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:59
- They better add no erasies just to be on the safe side. -- nm - VMan Nov 4, 11:59
- heh. -- nm - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:58
Ok, I have to say it: your voting system is complete and utter nonsense. - M Nov 4, 11:55 24
- what? In your country things run like a Swiss watch?.....oops, poor choice of words :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 12:06
- maybe. this could be why only 4 of the 9 people I voted for presidential elections won -- nm - peglegpete Nov 4, 12:03
- *retargets nucular missiles* -- nm - American Country First Nov 4, 12:00
- if we had a popular vote, people would complain it was unfair to rural areaws. -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 11:58 16
  - Be vewy vewy qwiet. I'm vowting for Owbama -- nm - Elmer Fudd Nov 4, 12:07
  - why would rural areas be ignored? -- nm - M Nov 4, 12:03 3
    - they wouldn't but their votes would be swamped by urban voters. -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:06 2
      - how is this different than any other country in the world? -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 12:08 1
        
        the electoral system balances that effect a bit. -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:09
  - So instead of rural areas, minorities get ignored? - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 12:01 2
    - guess what? every system favors someone. -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:02 1
      - That's what I said. So it should be one person = one vote, not this electoral collge winner take all nonsense. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 12:07
  - it should be a popular vote for each electoral vote, not a winner takes the state system. -- nm - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 12:00
  - if they're too stupid to spell "areas" right, they don't deserve a vote!....nm - x Nov 4, 12:00 4
    - crud -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 12:05
    - she types with a lisp, OK? -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 12:01
    - DOGPILE!!! -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 12:01 1
      - meanie. -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:02
  - But only those dirty rural people would complain. -- nm - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 11:59 1
    - They're likely not smart enough to deserve to vote anyway. -- nm - VMan Nov 4, 12:00
- I'll be the first to agree. - znufrii Nov 4, 11:57 1
  - What might work in one state might not work in another. Yes, there should be guidelines though. -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 11:58
- I voted. It gets counted at my state level. My state votes at the national level. - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 11:56 1
  - it begins with the date - M Nov 4, 12:07
I will say, Palin's Q&A after she voted was not half bad. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:55 9
- She was pretending the whole time. Now that it doesn't matter, the real Palin emerges. -- nm - Mop - I voted! Nov 4, 12:06
- But to be fair, the bar is set so low -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 4, 11:58 4
  - mrs palin, who did you vote for? -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 11:59 3
    - That's one of those "gotcha" questions she hates -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 4, 12:00 1
      - I voted for me......... I mean john. -- nm - sarah palin Nov 4, 12:05
    - You know, that's a question my second grader Piper would ask... -- nm - Gov. Palin Nov 4, 12:00
- did she deliver it in rap form? -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 11:57
- yeah she was good during that. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 11:56
- all bad? -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 11:56
hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm -- nm - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:55
Bery, I don't see the ability to change time zones on Slacker in the Change Info area. I did this at work via IE on Slicker. Is it a Firefox thing? -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 4, 11:53 1
- Uh, neverf mind. It, uh, just showed up. You do some I Dream of Jeannie thing? -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 4, 12:00
At lunch I was behind someone trying to by alchol for election party. It is iilegal to sell alcohol in Indiana while the polls are open. - Spawn Nov 4, 11:52 11
- I know there are no alcohol sales on Sunday here, but not sure about election day. -- nm - Dano voted Nov 4, 11:55
- The only thing remotely close here is my precinct votes in the LDS church. We can't take coffee in with us to vote. - crash davis Nov 4, 11:54
- And on Sundays. Also stupid. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 11:54
- wow, that's dumber than our old blue laws...nm - x Nov 4, 11:53 7
  - Yeah, Sundays as well. - Spawn Nov 4, 11:54 6
    - How do the Colts make money without beer sales? -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:58 2
      - package stores are closed. but restaurants and venues can sell. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 12:00
      - Oh, you can drink *at* places. Just no carry out sales. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 12:00
    - that's what the blue laws werer here too. no booze sales on sunday. for a long time retail stores couldn't be open on sunday...nm - x Nov 4, 11:57 2
      - yeah it was a HUGE deal in the 1980's when the retail stores opened on Sunday. Like wailing in the streets big deal. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 11:58 1
        
        same in MA> -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:04
Hehehehe *constructs a couple of bombadiers in Ikariam* hehehhe -- nm - CQ Nov 4, 11:52 1
- That'll boost your score. - Mel Profit - Votetastic! Nov 4, 11:54
Mop, he's the other guy that worries me somewhat, though he has a big warning to go with him. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 11:51 1
- With the Liberals needing to make inroads in Ontario - AJRimmer Nov 4, 12:12
this just in: people are voting. and there's lines. there you have it folks: people in line. voting....nm - x Nov 4, 11:51 4
- I wont be satisfied until I get sports, weather and traffic in your posts as well -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 11:52 3
  - Don't a small human-interest post about cute puppy adoption, too. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:55 2
    - Err, "Don't *forget* a small human-interest...." (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:57
    - And the segment where hyde is a garbageman for the day is a must as well. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 4, 11:57
non election question - is it paranoid of me to NOT want to fill out a health survey for our new 2009 Healthcare company?? We get a $ 96 credit - Epiphany Nov 4, 11:51 4
- we get a $75 credit. It's supposedly for wellness. - Callisto Nov 4, 11:56
- meh. I did that then I spent the next two years getting literature and phone calls to counsel me about diabetes. - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 11:54 1
  - so that is my big issue - I take a medicine - I do not need them trying to diagnose me with crap I do not have - or withhold future claims for - Pippy Nov 4, 11:59
- Do it. PHIs are pretty standard first steps in a lot of wellness initiatives. - TFox Nov 4, 11:52
voter emotions tag cloud -- (link) - znufrii Nov 4, 11:51 2
- McCain: "terrified", "prayerful", "anxious" -- nm - nubby - I voted! Nov 4, 11:57 1
  - "suspicious" was the first one to come up for me when I switched it just now... -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 11:57
If someone had wanted to disenfranchise Spawn, they should have posted a ridiculously low gas price so he'd spend all day looking for a station -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 11:51 2
- If someone really wanted to disenfranchise Spawn, they would have invited him to a test screening of Wolverine... in Chicago -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:52 1
  - I voted 10 days ago! -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:53
I don't care how transparent the attempt is, trying to disenfranchise a legal voter is about the scummiest behaviour there is. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 11:48 3
- Yes, Bill Maher had a guy on a few weeks ago who admitted to do this for Steve Forbes, iirc. -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 11:51
- Oh come on, it was just a *little* voter disenfanchising. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:50
- Agreed -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:49
*votes for the person with the funniest name for judge* -- nm - Dano voted Nov 4, 11:48
I'm not an Obama fan, but I look forward to his speech tonight. -- nm - Inigo Nov 4, 11:46 11
- I can't wait to hear what Biden has conjured up. That man has got speaking talent -- nm - CQ Nov 4, 11:54 1
  - Dude, is Biden *still* talking? They called this thing for Obama 3 and a half hours ago! -- nm - znufrii at 2am Nov 4, 12:06
- The Inaugural Address, baby. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 11:51 1
  - Amen, that's the one that I'm looking forward to. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:54
- I look more forward to Palin's speech announcing her new sitcom deal. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:50 4
  - David will direct Sarah Palin as Tiny Fey in "Funny? Not!" -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:51
  - It'd pair well with Reba on the CW. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:51
  - talk show. If she doesn't become Senator, she'll get a talk show. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 11:50
  - With a 'B' scratched on her face. -- nm - VMan Nov 4, 11:50
- I am an Obama fan, and I agree with both of your points. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 11:49
- You know, I really hadn't thought about that until just now. - TFox Nov 4, 11:47
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  - This was in Maryland. bunch of crazies there anyway. -- nm - Max Nov 4, 11:52
- "Virginia code" means "The back of my Jack Daniels bottle" -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 11:47 1
  - Lynchburg, TN!!! -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 11:48
The MLB All Stars polls have closed!!! -- nm - Amy--I tried 3 times! Nov 4, 11:45 3
- I mean, it's pretty much the same idea, right? -- nm - CQ Nov 4, 11:48 1
  - I didn't know anyone could vote for that. I thought it was like the Oscars. MLB really needs to rock the vote. -- nm - Amy--I tried 3 times! Nov 4, 11:54
- L4 - TFox Nov 4, 11:45
I got an interesting variant of the nigerian letter today - M Nov 4, 11:45 1
- ...you mean both of them... - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 4, 11:47
oh, for crying out loud, can't these guys take a break? McCain in Colorado, It's Election Day! Get off the bandwagon, already. If people haven't - CrankYanker Nov 4, 11:45 3
- At this point it's a make sure your supporters actually vote effort. -- nm - Dano voted Nov 4, 11:46 2
  - If the supporters need their guy on Election Day, then he'd better be driving the goddam bus to the Polls. jeez! ;-) -- nm - CrankYanker Nov 4, 11:47 1
    - I think the are trying to reach the Will's in those states. - Spawn Nov 4, 11:49
Obama should have not wasted time voting for himself but should have instead been out campaigning. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:44 3
- A necessary photo op. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 4, 11:54
- He's heading to Indy today, then back to Chicago -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 11:45 1
  - I know, but if he had skipped voting, he could have fit Ohio in, as well. Will is onto something. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:46
I am saddened with the propensity of Yes on Prop 8 ads on this board today -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:43 7
- I could only vote for whether to convene a state constitution thingy and to increase the fire trustees to 5 from 3 - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 11:45 1
  - In my district, we had 12 state measures, one county measure, two local school measures and two city measures - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:47
- The board has been filthy with them for the past couple days. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:45
- I like it. They wasted money trying to reach this board. -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 11:44 3
  - heh - don't they know - Pippy Nov 4, 11:47 1
    - LOL... I am now getting a Google text ad for Beryllium Disease Lawyers -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:48
  - Nice. I like this silver lining. - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:45
It's odd - my handle continues to autofill "Darth Cheney" and I've changed my nick many times today...weird. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 11:43 6
- I had that trouble too. -- nm - mara Nov 4, 11:52
- Mine too - Pippy of the Damned Nov 4, 11:48
- will the real diva please stand up. -- nm - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:43 3
  - hey...we never see Diva and Cheney at the same time....hmmmmm. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 11:50 2
    - *shoots remlik in the face by accident at Nobu* -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 11:52 1
      - so that wasn't a cane! I thought it looked funny. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 11:58
Is it odd that I didn't have to show ID when I voted? I thought so. -- nm - CQ Nov 4, 11:42 16
- I had my voter registration card...so didn't need id -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Nov 4, 11:51
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- I voted three times so today and was never asked to show ID. -- nm - Spawn Nov 4, 11:45
- I didn't have to in PA - though I usually personally knew some of the poll workers there - or MD. I did today in GA. -- nm - Dano voted Nov 4, 11:45
- I've never been asked because I always have my ID ready when I get to the sign-in table -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:44
- Me either. I had to confirm the address that was written in bold letters on my sticker though. -- nm - TFox Nov 4, 11:44
- I've never had to show ID to vote. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:44
- I didn't either. -- nm - kelly Nov 4, 11:44
- nope - I've only had to show ID once in my entire history of voting. -- nm - Diva Nov 4, 11:44 1
  - It just seems like they should. I don't know. *shrugs* -- nm - CQ Nov 4, 11:45
- unless you are a first-time voter, you don't have to show ID to vote in NY -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 11:43 4
  - Ah, so that's it. I mean, they compared the signature and all. -- nm - CQ Nov 4, 11:44 3
    - yup, once you're in the book, you're good to go. if you move, they just transfer your registration over to your new precinct. -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 11:45 2
      - I never really thought about it until today. cool beans -- nm - CQ Nov 4, 11:47 1
        
        I don't like it. too much room for fraud. Years ago someone voted in my dad's name. - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 11:53
- ...yes. -- nm - colin Nov 4, 11:43
ok, how about something that all of st can agree on? - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:42 20
- howlingly -- nm - dogbert183 Nov 4, 11:51
- gmt - Old Antarctic Explorer Nov 4, 11:46
- All the time or just when he plays Halo? - eag Nov 4, 11:44 6
  - Wow! - kelly Nov 4, 11:46 5
    - Well its not like I can beat them in the game - eag Nov 4, 11:52
    - well, but its eag - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:50 2
      - Unless its a game just with shotguns like you had this weekend - eag Nov 4, 11:54 1
        
        just keep throwing zingers at will, you have a better chance of winning at halo with him. -- nm - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:58
    - I'm not sure insulting Will's Halo playing qualifies as a zinger or just normal observations -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 11:48
- Boobies? -- nm - nubby - I voted! Nov 4, 11:43
- ....Tombstone is a great movie. (nm) - musubi Voted For Change 2 weeks ago Nov 4, 11:43
- Kelly is a guy? -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:42 8
  - There are quite a few people on this board who have some kind of proof that I am definitely a female. - kelly Nov 4, 11:49 5
    - ..or has one hell of a plastic surgeon - dogbert183 Nov 4, 11:53 1
      - heh heh... -- nm - kelly Nov 4, 11:56
    - I am not disappointed. I am supporting the idea that Will has a penis and uses it for good - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 11:53
    - /finger to nose. -- nm - Remlik Nov 4, 11:52
    - I have no proof, could I get some type of documentary information. - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:50
  - No she isn't, and I can prov.... wait. - TFox Nov 4, 11:44
  - its a cover story. -- nm - tRuMaN - is it over yet? Nov 4, 11:43
I seem to be addicted to playing monopoly at pogo.com -- nm - Todd Manning Nov 4, 11:42
*gets in another kick to the gut* -- nm - nubby - I voted! Nov 4, 11:41 1
- Let's dance, douchebag! *neckchop* -- nm - kat dennings Nov 4, 11:43

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