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Help, Obama 1 Kinobe... You're my only hope! - Jacob - 11/5/2008 12:22:12 AM

I doubt any of us here truly appreciate how historic this day is... Yeah going out on a limb and predicting an Obama win 8^) - ARRELL - 11/4/2008 6:17:12 PM
- I was thinking today.... - Tonyy - 11/4/2008 8:50:57 PM
  - There were the "Docs". I bet there were others in the Caribbean, as well. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/4/2008 9:16:56 PM
- For millions of African-Americans this will be the greatest day of their lives - z - 11/4/2008 6:38:52 PM
  - I wish I could share your enthusiasm - Lindy - 11/5/2008 12:10:05 AM

May the Best Man win - nick hoffman - 11/4/2008 10:14:32 AM
- Hear! Hear! (n/t) - Eri - 11/4/2008 1:44:41 PM
- Our long national nightmare is over. - ER - 11/4/2008 11:41:37 AM
  - Almost... - Fox - 11/4/2008 6:11:31 PM
    - Just enough time... - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 6:48:33 PM
      - Oh crap! Don't even whisper that! (n/t) - Eri - 11/4/2008 7:46:52 PM
        
        Not to worry. - ER - 11/4/2008 11:25:02 PM
  - Energies are high - Lindy - 11/4/2008 12:12:49 PM

McCain's dirty campaign has made EVERYONE uncomfortable... - ARRELL - 11/4/2008 8:49:42 PM

Where's ACORN when you need them? - ER - 11/2/2008 1:57:51 AM
- Odd, where is the outrage? - ARRELL - 11/3/2008 7:33:09 PM
  - Are you serious? - TB - 11/3/2008 9:35:32 PM
    - Ah, thought so, - ARRELL - 11/3/2008 10:03:44 PM
      - Again... - TB - 11/3/2008 10:50:45 PM
        
        God, you are predictable... - ARRELL - 11/3/2008 11:26:43 PM
        
        Give it up already. - TB - 11/4/2008 12:14:36 AM
        
        Oh? And this? YPM investigations in multiple states - ARRELL - 11/4/2008 8:25:14 PM
- ChirpChirpChirpChirp.... (n/t) - Yeti - 11/2/2008 4:05:37 AM

FYI - keep an eye during the day on Obama/McCain bid/ask quotes on Intrade - z - 11/4/2008 4:45:57 PM
- Exit polls are in quarantine and will be released to news organizations at 5:00 Eastern (n/t) - z - 11/4/2008 7:37:46 PM

I had to wait MAYBE ten minutes to cast my vote... - ARRELL - 11/4/2008 5:27:39 PM
- Zero, here - Robert - 11/4/2008 6:57:34 PM
- About 15, here - Fox - 11/4/2008 6:09:31 PM
- If you are in a non-battleground state, or in an area that favors conservatives... - alcaray - 11/4/2008 6:01:26 PM
  - And to think... - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 6:47:12 PM

Interesting Polling - Yeti - 11/4/2008 6:48:00 PM

Good luck to the US on election day - Laurie Street - 11/4/2008 3:26:21 PM

Alright, we're one week away, and let's each post our predictions... (n/t) - z - 10/28/2008 5:36:56 PM
- It's going to be a nail biter - Buck Galaxy - 11/3/2008 3:24:37 AM
  - I'll give you 2:1 odds that McCain will not win Penn. - alcaray - 11/4/2008 3:05:53 AM
- Perspective - TB - 10/31/2008 8:58:12 PM
  - I love watching you slowly come unglued.... - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 7:35:09 PM
    - You know... - TB - 11/1/2008 11:20:51 PM
      - McCain wouldn't be anywhere within 15 points if Obama were white! (n/t) - z - 11/2/2008 5:11:35 PM
        
        The flaw in the "racism" argument - TB - 11/2/2008 10:37:18 PM
        
        An honest question - Laurie Street - 11/3/2008 5:00:55 PM
        
        re: An honest question - TB - 11/3/2008 5:51:29 PM
        
        PA has a category called "No Affiliation". - Mary Anne - 11/3/2008 11:40:15 PM
        
        Thanks, TB - Laurie Street - 11/3/2008 6:13:08 PM
        
        And another - Laurie Street - 11/3/2008 5:08:27 PM
        
        re: And another - gbaikie - 11/3/2008 7:10:02 PM
        
        Primaries - Mary Anne - 11/3/2008 11:49:56 PM
        
        Democrat racists - Buck Galaxy - 11/3/2008 9:47:00 AM
      - re: McCain shouldn't even be close. - Yeti - 11/2/2008 4:20:50 PM
- What can be the mentality of the "undecided" folks? I think they'll go McCain. - Bowser - 10/30/2008 1:22:19 AM
  - Redefining the "Undecided" vote as the "Leave me the **** alone" vote. - Mary Anne - 10/30/2008 3:19:43 PM
- If anyone remembers, I got the last one exactly right. - REB - 10/29/2008 5:25:48 PM
  - A divided nation (n/t) - E.P. - 10/29/2008 8:01:33 PM
    - It wouldn't be the first time. - REB - 10/30/2008 2:44:10 PM
      - The election of 1984 was something magical. - Lee - 10/30/2008 7:15:40 PM
        
        Yeah, like the tornado in the Wizard of Oz. - Mary Anne - 11/4/2008 1:37:50 PM
        
        More like an obvious landslide for Reagan - Socrates II - 11/3/2008 9:33:06 PM
  - And Congratulations HZ Democrats on Obama's victory... - REB - 10/29/2008 6:11:01 PM
- Are you kidding? I won't even change the calendar month page the day before. - Mary Anne - 10/29/2008 11:27:59 AM
- I think it will be a significant win. - alcaray - 10/29/2008 4:31:15 AM
- "The Messianic Style" - TB - 10/29/2008 4:23:06 AM
  - A refreshing change. - Mary Anne - 10/29/2008 11:19:41 AM
    - Almost every damn tyrant in human history had "charisma" - TB - 10/29/2008 3:06:33 PM
      - So did Alexander Hamilton and John Kennedy. - Mary Anne - 10/29/2008 8:22:17 PM
      - re: Almost every damn tyrant in human history had "charisma" - Marcia - 10/29/2008 7:35:33 PM
        
        You just can't throw accusations like that out Marcia - azstrummer - 10/29/2008 8:18:49 PM
        
        re: - also. - Marcia - 10/29/2008 7:53:29 PM
        
        re: - also, I should have known better (and she does)... it's "believe me"... - Marcia - 10/29/2008 7:56:42 PM
      - Well it was close to responding - azstrummer - 10/29/2008 5:53:53 PM
        
        re: responding - TB - 10/29/2008 10:21:12 PM
        
        Tell you what: - Mary Anne - 10/30/2008 3:04:42 AM
        
        re: Tell you what: - TB - 10/30/2008 4:12:21 AM
        
        The usual result of my "responding" to you is that eventually you throw a tantrum and leave. - Jody - 10/30/2008 12:56:37 AM
        
        Jody - azstrummer - 10/30/2008 4:35:47 PM
        
        I am NOT Mortimer Snerd Art. (n/t) - Jody - 10/31/2008 9:24:05 PM
        
        BTW Art.... - Jody - 11/1/2008 5:03:18 PM
        
        Yuk yuk yuk! (n/t) - TB - 10/31/2008 10:13:33 PM
        
        Just a side comment about the non-existent "crush"... - Mary Anne - 10/31/2008 3:49:45 AM
        
        Shorter version: - TB - 10/30/2008 4:53:35 PM
        
        This whole damn thread's gone to hell - McFly - 10/30/2008 5:49:33 PM
        
        So has my waist... - Jody - 10/30/2008 5:56:55 PM
        
        The check... - Darth TB - 10/30/2008 5:53:55 PM
        
        LOL...woulda gotten away with it except for those meddling Jedi! (n/t) - McFly - 10/30/2008 6:14:30 PM
        
        ROTFLMAO!! - Jody humming..show me the way to go home - 10/30/2008 6:01:34 PM
        
        Cookies - Mary Anne - 10/30/2008 2:22:18 AM
        
        White Flag - Jody - 10/30/2008 4:18:31 AM
        
        A generous reply. Thank you. - Mary Anne - 10/30/2008 3:44:20 PM
        
        You're being much to hard on yourself - McFly - 10/30/2008 1:14:05 PM
        
        Yeah..I always have been McFly...It's a Karma thing. - Jody - 10/30/2008 5:48:53 PM
    - re: A refreshing change. - azstrummer - 10/29/2008 1:57:19 PM
    - Thank you, MA - McFly - 10/29/2008 1:23:03 PM
  - It seems like a typical, 'how do you think the election will turn out' thread to me. - alcaray - 10/29/2008 4:29:17 AM
    - It is precisely the way Palin answers questions. - Bowser - 10/29/2008 6:11:02 AM
    - "You would think one or two..." - TB - 10/29/2008 4:39:50 AM
      - Another cookie!! - McFly - 10/29/2008 1:29:20 PM
    - (I think your head may be exploding) (n/t) - alcaray - 10/29/2008 4:29:55 AM
- Obama by a landslide - Eric - 10/29/2008 2:37:56 AM
- Obama - Eri - 10/29/2008 12:34:15 AM
- Obama wins - Lindy - 10/28/2008 11:42:07 PM
- Sure. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/28/2008 11:09:49 PM
  - Sure sounds optimistic - azstrummer - 10/29/2008 7:35:25 PM
    - Optimism. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/2/2008 6:09:45 PM
- I really don't know - Yeti - 10/28/2008 9:03:15 PM
  - Secret service - azstrummer - 10/28/2008 9:22:10 PM
    - Way back when I had a Secret Service Agent for a roommate. - Bowser - 10/28/2008 11:02:29 PM
      - Hey not that there's nothing wrong with that. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/29/2008 2:45:55 AM
        
        That was 30 years ago - nick hoffman - 10/29/2008 11:11:42 AM
      - That was fascinating, thank you (n/t) - McFly - 10/29/2008 1:58:04 AM
- From Canada, I predict Obama - Laurie Street - 10/28/2008 8:14:15 PM
  - re: From Canada, I predict Obama - azstrummer - 10/28/2008 9:20:19 PM
    - Bring it on. - Lee - 10/29/2008 3:56:06 PM
    - Scenario # 3 - Bowser - 10/28/2008 11:06:28 PM
      - Bush & Cronies - Lindy - 10/28/2008 11:30:36 PM
    - Civil war? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/28/2008 10:29:16 PM
      - "McCain, a closet social liberal...." - Lindy - 10/28/2008 11:32:04 PM
        
        re: "McCain, a closet social liberal...." - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/29/2008 2:34:02 AM
  - Probably I'm all wet on the college.... (n/t) - LS - 10/28/2008 8:58:46 PM
- Here's my prediction - azstrummer - 10/28/2008 8:00:05 PM
- Obama*** - RNE - 10/28/2008 7:34:26 PM
- Obama to win popular vote by 7, and EV by 353-185 (n/t) - z - 10/28/2008 5:38:17 PM

Palin investigation update - TB - 11/4/2008 1:44:38 AM
- Next you'll be telling us she released er medical records.... (n/t) - Tony - 11/4/2008 11:32:07 AM
- In case there's any confusion, this is the investigation done by Palin appointees at Palin's request. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/4/2008 7:20:17 AM
- let me be the first to say it... - James Brown - 11/4/2008 6:11:17 AM

The final countdown for a historic day ! (n/t) - Raoul - 11/4/2008 6:41:17 AM

Gallup poll: Why we're voting for who we are - TB - 11/4/2008 4:54:29 AM

Encouraging people to vote? - Eri - 11/4/2008 12:48:37 AM
- If it fails to work out in the morning... - alcaray - 11/4/2008 2:53:19 AM
- Voting time-off laws - TB - 11/4/2008 2:09:55 AM

A good chance for 60. - Yeti - 10/31/2008 4:43:30 PM
- Is Al Franken qualified to be a Senator? - TB - 10/31/2008 5:31:23 PM
  - That's up to the citizens of Minnesota, don't you think? - Mary Anne - 11/3/2008 11:32:08 PM
  - As qualified as Reagan to be governor? - alcaray - 11/3/2008 8:27:11 PM
  - Ah, yes, this concern from someone whose response to the same question asked about Palin - Yeti - 11/2/2008 4:03:16 AM
    - We're talking about your consistency here. - TB - 11/2/2008 10:31:34 PM
      - Where the hell do you get off, jackhole? - Yeti - 11/2/2008 11:30:04 PM
  - Extremely bright, creative, seems honest and ethical. Now, Palin as VP. Or "Sonny" as Rep. - Bowser - 10/31/2008 9:13:53 PM
    - I notice you don't have tax evasion on your list of moral vices. (n/t) - TB - 10/31/2008 9:56:01 PM
      - A Conservative complaining about tax evasion? Come now. - Bowser - 10/31/2008 10:09:33 PM
  - More qualified than Stevens, I would think.... - ARRELL - 10/31/2008 6:48:50 PM
    - re: think.... - TB - 10/31/2008 6:58:12 PM
      - :^) you like to test my search machine, don't you.... - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 1:24:32 AM
        
        I remember the posts I made. - TB - 11/1/2008 2:04:43 AM
        
        "There's a reason you keep this technique to yourself"- you really want to know? - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 2:27:47 AM

Nail biting prelude to election - JEKing - 11/3/2008 3:47:12 AM
- And this year's "When did you stop beating your wife?" award goes to... - ER - 11/3/2008 9:21:25 PM
- re: Nail biting - TB - 11/3/2008 4:52:39 AM
  - Change is impossible without Revolution - Lindy - 11/3/2008 2:33:12 PM
    - And then there's Lindy... ;) (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2008 5:25:37 PM
  - Erica Jong IS a lunatic. - ER - 11/3/2008 2:17:05 PM
    - The businesses are pretty specific about the reasons. - TB - 11/3/2008 5:24:18 PM
      - Rising unemployment was only one of the factors I mentioned. - ER - 11/3/2008 6:36:40 PM

So, what does Obama mean by "civilian national security force?" - TB - 11/3/2008 12:55:47 AM
- Spies. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/3/2008 4:20:48 AM
- Easy: new name for a Bush program (Civilian Reserve Corps) - dtb - 11/3/2008 3:33:42 AM
- Why not pay attention to what the man said about it. (Hint: Sorry, it's not Blackwater.) - Bowser - 11/3/2008 2:57:15 AM
  - Thanks! - TB - 11/3/2008 4:36:11 AM
    - Thanks to dtb too. (n/t) - TB - 11/3/2008 4:53:32 AM
- When God Damns America ... Again. - Post Sputnik - 11/3/2008 2:55:03 AM
- Probably something akin to Farrakhan's boyz. (n/t) - Lee - 11/3/2008 1:15:20 AM

How McCain could win. - Bowser - 11/2/2008 7:25:58 PM
- A far more likely scenario - Buck Galaxy - 11/3/2008 2:54:53 AM
  - Racism - TB - 11/3/2008 4:39:13 AM
  - I think you're right. That's much more likely. - Bowser - 11/3/2008 3:01:15 AM
- that won't happen this time - Eric - 11/3/2008 12:16:46 AM
  - Another reason why it won't - algorithms - 11/3/2008 12:21:39 AM

Which of these is more damaging to McCain? - ARRELL - 11/2/2008 6:06:32 PM
- Al Qaeda - TB - 11/2/2008 10:27:41 PM
  - :) YOU are the one that thinks we should let terrorists determine how we vote.... - ARRELL - 11/2/2008 11:35:00 PM
    - And behave. No immorality gap for the US! - Bowser - 11/3/2008 3:04:38 AM

The latest Palin-drone.... - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 3:10:29 AM
- So what did you disagree with? - Lee - 11/1/2008 5:11:47 AM
  - "The company a person keeps says a great deal about them."- yup - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 2:24:26 PM
  - "The article seems to back up what Gov. Palin said"- then you cant read - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 2:15:35 PM
    - CNN fact checking - TB - 11/1/2008 3:57:37 PM
      - You KNOW that this tenuous guilt by association can be used to make McCain look even worse.... or to show that you are a neo-nazi skinhead - ARRELL - 11/1/2008 5:02:36 PM
        
        You aren't really that dim...are you? - Lee - 11/1/2008 11:46:24 PM
        
        Ronald Reagan switched from Democrat to Republican in 1966 - Socrates II - 11/2/2008 4:04:40 PM

Petraeus takes over Central Command - TB - 11/1/2008 5:08:31 PM
- More commentary - TB - 11/2/2008 3:34:40 AM
  - War a non-issue? Seen Bush out there lately? - Bowser - 11/2/2008 4:49:39 AM
- The Conservative Messiah comes with guns, doesn't he? - Bowser - 11/1/2008 7:23:26 PM

Global warming legislation in England - TB - 10/31/2008 6:34:18 PM
- And that proves....? - dtb - 10/31/2008 6:58:41 PM
  - Quite a bit about how government works - TB - 10/31/2008 7:09:19 PM
    - re: Quite a bit about how government works - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 8:03:03 PM
      - Cripes, just read the article. - TB - 10/31/2008 8:39:27 PM
        
        re: Cripes, just read the article. - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 10:28:31 PM
        
        Carbon emissions - TB - 10/31/2008 11:05:26 PM
        
        "wrecking an economy" - Doug Ellison - 11/1/2008 8:20:53 AM
        
        re: "wrecking an economy" - TB - 11/1/2008 4:41:06 PM
        
        Europeans are so smug about emissions - Doug Ellison - 11/1/2008 8:15:16 PM
        
        re: smug - TB - 11/1/2008 9:51:03 PM
        
        I guess Europe is in the pocket of "Big Coal". - Lee - 11/1/2008 11:59:04 PM
        
        Interesting words. - Lee - 11/1/2008 2:10:44 PM
        
        a war? - Doug Ellison - 11/1/2008 3:07:30 PM
        
        We're also over twice as productive as the UK. - Lee - 11/1/2008 11:53:16 PM
        
        Lying comes naturally to you, doesn't it.... - ARRELL - 11/2/2008 2:50:35 AM
        
        And France... - ARRELL - 11/2/2008 3:05:09 AM
        
        And Luxembourg! - TB - 11/2/2008 3:09:11 AM
        
        Luxembourg has a population less than that of Oklahoma City and a huge concentration of banking - ARRELL - 11/2/2008 3:23:19 AM
        
        Government owned? - TB - 11/2/2008 3:58:26 AM
        
        Has anyone's economy actually been wrecked by the method you abhor? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/1/2008 12:41:51 AM
    - and was less relevant than a picture of a polar bear clinging to a sliver of iceberg. (n/t) - Tony - 10/31/2008 7:12:09 PM
      - And yet... - TB - 10/31/2008 8:41:37 PM

Obama gets "testy" with reporters? - TB - 11/1/2008 9:18:13 PM
- Former Reagan Chief of Staff endorses Obama. Think about it. Is Palin next? - Bowser - 11/2/2008 12:01:52 AM

The coming economic crisis will destroy the popularity of the Democrats for a long time, - JEKing - 10/27/2008 5:39:23 PM
- Don't bet on it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/27/2008 6:49:31 PM
  - Getting a little frantic? - alcaray - 10/28/2008 2:19:40 AM
    - Let's see. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/28/2008 9:59:51 PM
      - I look forward to some sober analysis from you, then. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/29/2008 3:14:12 AM
  - Barack and Michelle Obama feed on the backs of the hungry masses. - Lindy - 10/27/2008 10:16:29 PM
    - I'm one hell of a community organizer. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/28/2008 10:04:18 PM
- That seems to be the pattern for Dem presidents. - alcaray - 10/27/2008 6:26:13 PM
  - re: That seems to be the pattern for Dem presidents. - JEKing - 10/27/2008 9:40:08 PM
    - What are you saying? (Read this guy's post. Unbelievable.) - Bowser - 10/27/2008 9:57:17 PM
      - Substitute "X" for Obama, - JEKing - 10/28/2008 12:22:10 AM
        
        Yeats is sublime. Your reference is ridiculous. - Mary Anne - 10/28/2008 11:51:37 AM
        
        re: Yeats is sublime. Your reference is ridiculous. - JEKing - 10/30/2008 7:33:21 PM
        
        "Schoolgirl"? - Mary Anne - 10/31/2008 3:18:37 AM
        
        Hi Mary Anne - JEKing - 10/31/2008 5:44:37 PM
        
        Oooh, fun! - Mary Anne - 11/1/2008 1:52:31 AM
        
        re: Oooh, fun! - JEKing - 11/1/2008 8:30:42 PM
        
        Hows that 'New One' working out for you, Mr. King? - Yeti - 10/31/2008 3:51:24 PM
        
        Millennials, aka Generation Y - Mary Anne - 10/31/2008 5:26:30 PM
        
        re: Yeats is sublime - TB - 10/28/2008 2:33:58 PM
        
        Historical drama - Mary Anne - 10/28/2008 8:27:14 PM
- OK...what's the *bad* news? (n/t) - McFly - 10/27/2008 6:23:02 PM
- re: The coming economic crisis will destroy the popularity of the Democrats for a long time, - gbaikie - 10/27/2008 5:56:29 PM
  - Revising history early. "Which is why Obama will cause a depression." - Bowser - 10/27/2008 7:47:11 PM
    - re: Revising history early. "Which is why Obama will cause a depression." - Lindy - 10/27/2008 10:25:50 PM
      - re: Revising history early. "Which is why Obama will cause a depression." - gbaikie - 10/28/2008 12:06:17 AM

Khalid Habib killed in air strike - TB - 10/31/2008 5:50:47 PM
- We'll be cleaning up a few messes... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/31/2008 9:52:37 PM
  - re: We'll be cleaning up a few messes... - Marcia - 11/1/2008 5:05:19 AM

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