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[Macho Madness]

So I was just at a store downtown and as I was getting rung up I hear the two customers behind me:

"So you voting tomorrow?"
"Hell yeah! Obama!"
"I didn't know you was registered."
"I ain't registered. I'm gonna register tomorrow when I go down there."

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You can in some states. I live in Idaho and registered on election day in 2004.

 

[Pancakes]

This might be a dumb question, but are polling locations usually packed on Election Day? I read the stories of 3 hour waits over the weekend to vote; I just don't have that kind of time to wait in line. This will be my first time voting but I'm not going to vote if I have to wait more than 10 minutes. Luckily my voting location is right in my apartment complex so I'll try getting there first thing in the morning.

 

[Trakdown]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/obamas-grandm-1.html

Obama's Grandmother's Absentee Ballot will be Counted by State of Hawaii

While Sen. Barack Obama's late grandmother Madelyn Dunham will not live to see the outcome of this historic election, her 2008 vote will count.

That's why she left. She already did everything she had to so that her grandson could make history, including voting. :']

 

[C.Dark.DN]

This might be a dumb question, but are polling locations usually packed on Election Day? I read the stories of 3 hour waits over the weekend to vote; I just don't have that kind of time to wait in line. This will be my first time voting but I'm not going to vote if I have to wait more than 10 minutes. Luckily my voting location is right in my apartment complex so I'll try getting there first thing in the morning.

I know about 10 people who have random excuses of why they can't make it tomorrow to cast their one measly vote.

 

[Tamanon]

Can someone sum up which Chicken Little talking points Maddow was spewing? Probably nothing I haven't heard before, but I'm morbidly curious.

She suspects a huge hidden GOP turnout machine that nobody knows about or notices.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

It's his vote, he can do what he wants with it.

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Interesting article on the "rebirth" of the paper ballot in America



Dammmmn, they spent 100 million dollars overall.

It isn't his vote if he doesn't actually cast it. It would be his failure, though.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

I know about 10 people who have random excuses of why they can't make it tomorrow to cast their one measly vote.

Punch everyone of them in the face.

 

[Bernbaum]

I'm in Australia, trying to watch every aspect of the US election online. I've got tabs open with the NYT, LA times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Drudge Report, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Moore, BoingBoing, CNN, MSNBC, news.google.com, theaustralian.news.com.au, fivethirtyeight.com but I'm getting most of my media coverage from GAF.

Also,

Spoiler

I’ve never even been to America

. All I know is that America is where

Spoiler

Curb Your Enthusiasm and Oreos come from

.

Additionally, I’m assuming that most of the post-polling analysis will begin at around 5pm New York time which correlates to exactly 9 am here. I am not planning on doing any work tomorrow.

Go GAF.

 

[Hop]

Is this his actual reaction?

That was my exact reaction when I lost my grandma.

Well, I was standing in my apartment, not sitting on a plane, but still. To carry on a campaign right now makes him so much stronger than me, I couldn't even do my homework that day.

 

[Nicodimas]

(I am bit disheartened that you all don't take some of the preping stuff a little bit more seriously as it is important. All I ask is put 2-3% towards it and you will be much better off...you all have various insurances right? Insurance is not based off fear, but rather intelligence that knowing the unexpected happens)

Seriously though *Poly* my biggest statement that I can make is small goverment is a important thing for America to get back to. Its like the opposite happened in America in the last eight years as we are voting for a candiate who wants to swell the size of the goverment more? It just baffles me.

 

[besada]

I'm in Australia, trying to watch every aspect of the US election online.

Go GAF.

On behalf of America, I'd like to thank you for your interest, and apologize for all of the stupid you're going to have to wade through.

 

[polyh3dron]

Los Angeles GAF, if you want to go to a phonebank tomorrow to help GOTV there's one at Sunset Gower Studios on 1438 N Gower St from 6pm to 8pm, it's also the same lot that they shoot Heroes on so you could possibly catch a glimpse of some cast members over there. I work on that lot so I'll be over there once I finish work.

 

[Gruco]

Hey did anyone realize that McCain puts "country first"? He only mentioned it three times in one answer!

He puts country first? Well shit, I'm convinced.

 

[DEO3]

Terry McAulliffe was confident even before the last primary. Exceedingly so.

 

[Cyan]

(neutral) Red Scarlet
THIEF
(Today, 07:14 PM)

:lol Awesome.

 

[DarienA]

McCain always remember to do the honorable thing eh?

Let's talk about some of these ads and robocalls.....

 

[Stoney Mason]

(I am bit disheartened that you all don't take some of the preping stuff a little bit more seriously as it is important. All I ask is put 2-3% towards it and you will be much better off...you all have various insurances right? Insurance is not based off fear, but rather intelligence that knowing the unexpected happens)

Seriously though *Poly* my biggest statement that I can make is small goverment is a important thing for America to get back to. Its like the opposite happened in America in the last eight years as we are voting for a candiate who wants to swell the size of the goverment more? It just baffles me.

Republicans don't shrink government. Only you people buy into the myth that they do along with the fact that many of us don't agree with a small government that does nothing in the first place. If you want to be baffled, be baffled at President Bush and his bogus war.

 

[Cyan]

It just baffles me.

Holy crap, your avatar is freaking me out.

 

[maximum360]

NFL...Redskins winning on the Monday night before the election = 13 out of 13 times the incumbent party has won the popular vote. So root against the Redskins!

I live in DC. I loathe the Skins.

No worries in N. VA though. On the way from school in the Ballston area I saw three supporters with signs at a major intersection and two blocks towards the metro I saw no less than 5 people who were obviously volunteers doing their thing. At the metro I saw a few older voters there with "Veterans for Obama" signs and some others with "Latinos for Obama" signs.

I think VA is a lock.

My vote in DC might take Obama for 95-95.001% in DC.

 

[ephemeral garbage]

I'm not going to vote if I have to wait more than 10 minutes.

Urinary incontinence is a terrible thing I feel for you.

 

[ToxicAdam]

It isn't his vote if he doesn't actually cast it. It would be his failure, though.

A vote is a choice. Not participating in a vote is also a choice.

 

[Nameless]

Marijuana will get me through this. Illegal Hopium is the only true substitute for Inspirational Hopium. I turned to CNN, like usual, Anderson Cooper said something to make me turn the station, rolled a blunt and have been watching season 2 of Lost on Sci-Fi. Now I'm watching Bams and I'm feeling better than I was an hour ago!

 

[Ether_Snake]

Why is outside... inside the plane?

 

[polyh3dron]

Seriously though *Poly* my biggest statement that I can make is small goverment is a important thing for America to get back to. Its like the opposite happened in America in the last eight years as we are voting for a candiate who wants to swell the size of the goverment more? It just baffles me.

Bush ran on the same platform of shrinking government and look where that got us. Same thing with Reagan and H.W. When's the last time we've had a Republican who actually reduced government spending and reduced our deficit? I think the last Republican one to do that was Eisenhower.

Republicans get just as much, if not more out of control with spending as the Dems do, only difference is that they put us in debt and the Dems pay for their spending. And the Dems usually have a whole lot more to show for their spending.

Government is only the problem when Republicans are running it.

 

[Tobor]

A vote is a choice. Not participating in a vote is also a choice.

And being disgusted with someone for not voting is a choice.

 

[Trakdown]

I wonder what happened to Terry. Odd that he was so fired up to help Obama out after the DNC and then...nothing.

 

[MetatronM]

Seriously though *Poly* my biggest statement that I can make is small goverment is a important thing for America to get back to. Its like the opposite happened in America in the last eight years as we are voting for a candiate who wants to swell the size of the goverment more? It just baffles me.

If you really believe John McCain is going to do anything to get you to "small government," you're fairly deluded. And have apparently missed the last 28 or so years of Republican policy and actions.

 

[Gary Whitta]

You can in some states. I live in Idaho and registered on election day in 2004.

This is in CA, where registration closed a while ago.

 

[sangreal]

I wonder what happened to Terry. Odd that he was so fired up to help Obama out after the DNC and then...nothing.

Rumblings of a 2009 VA Gov run

 

[Spire]

I started crying at my desk today. I know it's premature but the reality that we'll probably elect an african-american president tomorrow finally hit me. I've had my head totally in the campaign for the past year or so, worrying about news cycles and polls and registered voter ratios. I guess now that we're at the end of all of that I was finally able to put this election in a real historical perspective and that choked this blindingly white texas nerd up. I haven't gotten choked up like that in a long, long time.

 

[Cloudy]

Hey, he's changing up the stump speech since it's the last. So awesome..

 

[Tamanon]

I wonder what happened to Terry. Odd that he was so fired up to help Obama out after the DNC and then...nothing.

He's helping out on the back-end of things. Although remember, his wing of the party was basically squelched by the Dean wing.

 

[typhonsentra]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFYAuRwPLSs

:lol

 

[ZeoVGM]

This might be a dumb question, but are polling locations usually packed on Election Day? I read the stories of 3 hour waits over the weekend to vote; I just don't have that kind of time to wait in line. This will be my first time voting but I'm not going to vote if I have to wait more than 10 minutes. Luckily my voting location is right in my apartment complex so I'll try getting there first thing in the morning.

Pathetic.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Obama is doing that Epic thing again

one last time....

 

[Saint Gregory]

The game has turned the Steelers way. Obama victory (almost) assured.

 

[Crumpet Trumpet]

I'm so excited for tomorrow, and all you guys should be too.

 

[Fio]

Interesting article on the "rebirth" of the paper ballot in America



Dammmmn, they spent 100 million dollars overall.

That's weird. Here in Brazil, where nobody gives a shit about efficiency when public money is involved there is a very good electronic voting system. 3 hours after the end of the voting period there's already full results available.

 

[pxleyes]

Pathetic.

And that's being kind.

 

[Keylime]

Holy fucking McCain sleaze ads Batman...

HOLY SHIT

"Terrorists will test Obama" biden ad
"Obama kills babies" ad
"Wright is a crazy dude" ad

All in a row.

 

[Stoney Mason]

Pathetic.

Not to mention none of us are magical predictors of voting lines since they vary from state to state and city to city. So dumb question combined with apathy.

 

[Nicodimas]

fact that many of us don't agree with a small government that only does nothing

Why is this such a bad thing? I mean I dont mean literally nothing...but I would much rather live under a goverment that doesn't advocate tyranny.

We are going to get the same wars don't you all worry:
http://socialistworker.org/2004-2/515/515_07_Obama.shtml

I really ask if you want change you all need to voluteer some more and don't force a larger goverment on us.. Here is a great one here:
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/content/view/543/907/

 

[TDG]

Republicans don't shrink government. Only you people buy into the myth that they do along with the fact that many of us don't agree with a small government that does nothing in the first place. If you want to be baffled, be baffled at President Bush and his bogus war.

Yep. This has been a misconception for a very long time. The GOP has moved from actual conservatism to "convenient conservatism." The embrace a few conservative ideas, but they're largely just for bigger government in different areas than Democrats are.

The fact that people still believe this shit is proof that very few people think outside of talking points and what the MSM tells them.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Why is this such a bad thing? I mean I dont mean literally nothing...but I would much rather live under a goverment that doesn't advocate tyranny.

You can live under a large government that doesn't advocate tyranny.

 

[Draft]

It's his vote, he can do what he wants with it.

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Interesting article on the "rebirth" of the paper ballot in America



Dammmmn, they spent 100 million dollars overall.

Don't worry about it, buddy.

We're getting slots.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Obama: "Vote muthatfuckas, ya need to fuckin vote, get yo ass up n vote"

 

[polyh3dron]

The game has turned the Steelers way. Obama victory (almost) assured.

Gee, d'ya think the Skins could be throwing the game?

 

[Macho Madness]

Obama's Speech about his Grandmother: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEFgHskgOFQ

 

[DEO3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFYAuRwPLSs

:lol

I saw this on CNN earlier. I was just hanging out not really paying attention, drinking some Ovaltine, and then BAM - They flash that pic and it hits you. Such a great ad. One of the best this year.

Edit: These guys also did the Reagan video: http://www.betteroff08.com/index1.html

 

[Stoney Mason]

Why is this such a bad thing? I mean I dont mean literally nothing...but I would much rather live under a goverment that doesn't advocate tyranny.

We are going to get the same wars don't you all worry:
http://socialistworker.org/2004-2/515/515_07_Obama.shtml

I really ask if you want change you all need to voluteer some more and don't force a larger goverment on us.. Here is a great one here:
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/content/view/543/907/

I don't have a problem with people who want small government. Just trying to hip you to the fact that a lot of us don't. My mother worked for the HeadStart program from its inception and only retired about 7 or eight years ago. First hand I've seen that government can make a positive difference in lives. You are free to disagree of course. Just saying many of us don't want the government to run as if it is 1802. We are not the same nation.