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Nov 7, 2006 11:15:00 GMT -5
Post by Patcat on Nov 7, 2006 11:15:00 GMT -5
For those in the US, please remember to vote today.
Some reasons why;
South Africans waited two days in terrible heat to vote. You can take five minutes.
You have no right to complain if you don't.
See that guy over there who you can't stand and disagrees with you on every issue? Annoy him and vote against him.
People have and do die for this right.
Patcat (stepping down from her soapbox)
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Nov 7, 2006 13:12:56 GMT -5
Post by elizabethbay on Nov 7, 2006 13:12:56 GMT -5
Listen to the Lady. She's so right on all counts. Expats around the world voted 60 days ago, jumping through weeks of paperwork hoops to do so. The paltry few minutes you at home spend at a polling booth will make a difference for the years ahead. (returning Patcat's soapbox to her now)
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Nov 7, 2006 14:35:09 GMT -5
Post by SarahIvy on Nov 7, 2006 14:35:09 GMT -5
(Borrowing Pat's soapbox) YES, absolutely please do VOTE today! It's amazing the vast importance of such a simple act. We're in Oregon where we have mail-in ballots (which admittedly doesn't have quite the fun of going to the voting booth), so we voted days ago and dropped off our secrecy envelopes at the library. The mister is a news/politics junky so he actually took today off work so he could sit home and watch political coverage all day. Would you believe I even offered to tape and watch CI later just so he wouldn't miss any of the good stuff this evening? (Ok, I only offered because it's a Logan/Wheeler and waiting a couple of hours won't kill me ) VOTE!!
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Nov 7, 2006 15:57:31 GMT -5
Post by cifan on Nov 7, 2006 15:57:31 GMT -5
I know what you mean SarahIvy. There is just something about going out to the voting polls that seems so, patriotic. I feel very fortunate to have this privledge.
BTW, my husband is a news/political junkie too! He didn't take the day off, but I'm sure he's staying udated.
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Nov 7, 2006 21:37:50 GMT -5
Post by janetcatbird on Nov 7, 2006 21:37:50 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I voted. I'm registered through campus (it was easier to go to the student center than screw with absentee two years ago), so I took care of that around 11:45 this morning. Hardly the wrap-around lines from 2004, but then this is a midterm and I'm at college. (Although several were going home to vote, so that might be it.) And while it certainly wasn't my intention, I think I guilted my roommate into going to vote as well. Turns out we left a lot of the local issues blank because 1) not our taxes and 2) we're both seniors and we'll be gone in six months.
I'm missing CI tonight, elections and late form class and all that. Going to news at 10:00, and then the Midterm Midtacular joint project between "Daily Show"/"Colbert Report". We gotta get some laughs out of this thing.
--Catbird
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Nov 7, 2006 21:38:41 GMT -5
Post by Techguy on Nov 7, 2006 21:38:41 GMT -5
I set aside my cynicism and skepticism just long enough. Been there (polls), done that (vote)!
My local NBC affiliate will air CI an hour later than usual--the time slot CI usually occupies will be taken over for an election special. So don't be surprised if my poll is up later than usual again this week!
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Nov 8, 2006 9:24:48 GMT -5
Post by mimi on Nov 8, 2006 9:24:48 GMT -5
My most sincere canadian congratulations for those who won their elections! Wow talk about a political debacle for Bush.
Last I checked, he was about to lose Senate too. Did he?
Now anybody wants to bet on when Saddam Hussein is going to be executed?
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Nov 8, 2006 10:03:06 GMT -5
Post by elizabethbay on Nov 8, 2006 10:03:06 GMT -5
Mimi, the New York Times latest headline says that the Senate is undecided, with Montana and Virginia hanging in the balance. The Democrat in Montana is slightly ahead of his opponent, so that state may be decided soon. Virgina, though, is so close that a recount may be necesssary, which would push the deciding date forward to sometime in the third week of December. That info could change later in the day. It's wait-and-see.
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Nov 8, 2006 14:15:13 GMT -5
Post by SarahIvy on Nov 8, 2006 14:15:13 GMT -5
It's like Christmas morning in our household...I didn't even mind that they didn't show CI last night due to election coverage
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Nov 8, 2006 14:22:54 GMT -5
Post by janetcatbird on Nov 8, 2006 14:22:54 GMT -5
Update: Montana went to the Democrats. Now it's Virginia as the deciding factor for the Senate.
And they announced that Rumsfeld is out.
I was just astounded that 1/2 of the BBC World News Brief involved American elections. I got to the website to get what's going on outside the country! Well, I guess that's indicative of America's world status, for good or ill, but it just blew me away that BBC people were talking about Montana and Kentucky.
--Catbird
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Nov 8, 2006 14:27:35 GMT -5
Post by Metella on Nov 8, 2006 14:27:35 GMT -5
Did anyone hear what the status of the antiabortion vote is for South Dakota? I did a google seach, but only found stuff leading up the to vote & not how the vote panned out.
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Nov 8, 2006 14:42:39 GMT -5
Post by SarahIvy on Nov 8, 2006 14:42:39 GMT -5
Metella, the last I read was that it was soundly defeated. As was the gay marriage ban in Arizona.
WOO!
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Nov 8, 2006 15:23:23 GMT -5
Post by trisha on Nov 8, 2006 15:23:23 GMT -5
Well, Michigan is still blue (Thank God) but we lost Affirmative Action. The amendment was trickily worded, so some may not have known what they were actually voting for, and there is already a challenge to bring it back. Oh, and congratulations to BTD and all you Ohio people on turning blue (for those who wanted it, I should say.) I see that bastard Boehner kept his seat, though. But, if you're lucky (or unlucky, depending on if you like him) he may get indicted once the investigations start rolling Investigations, indictments, impeachments, oh my!
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Nov 8, 2006 17:50:14 GMT -5
Post by elizabethbay on Nov 8, 2006 17:50:14 GMT -5
I was just astounded that 1/2 of the BBC World News Brief involved American elections. I got to the website to get what's going on outside the country! Well, I guess that's indicative of America's world status, for good or ill, but it just blew me away that BBC people were talking about Montana and Kentucky. Janet, what you say is quite true, but the anti-Administration sentiment aboard is also a factor in this case. It's strong in the UK, and very very strong in Australia, in particular. We're talking wide cross-section, too, from liberal students to metrosexual merchant bankers, to high net wealth middle-of-the-road Baby Boomers and retirees. Apologies to Bush supporters out there, but he's widely despised as a buffoon and a danger. As for Rummy getting the axe, there was positive rejoicing this morning in Oz.
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Nov 8, 2006 18:53:35 GMT -5
Post by member727 on Nov 8, 2006 18:53:35 GMT -5
Yeah, but that's the price you pay for being a world power. Britain, Rome, Egypt, would all have aroused the same hostilities in their time. But, as for Oz, it's pretty much ingrained in the culture - I know a lot of otherwise tolerant, intelligent people who suddenly start spouting stereotypes when talking about Americans. I'm pretty sure most of it goes back to WW2, it seems the older generations are more bitter, while the younger ones are more... I don't know, I can't think of the right word at the moment; if I ever do I'll edit it in Anyway, it's all a bit frustrating, for those of us with more than two brain cells And well done for turning Blue* (sez a Foreigner!). Keep the Reds out, says I *or should I say, 'maintaining a balance between two opposing parties'. Political hegemony is never a good idea, even in the best democracies, but all things change, in time...
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