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catscradle Nov. 2nd, 2004 08:56 am)
catscradle Nov. 2nd, 2004 08:56 am)Well, it's election day here in the US. Though I suppose if you're reading LJ right now, it'd be hard not to know that. I got a call this morning from Madeleine Albright urging me to vote Democrat. Were it not a recording I would have told her I already voted, but it was nice she remembered me. This was my very first political phone call. I guess they think amendment 36 will pass here and they're already discounting Colorado as a useless state. *ONE* political call this entire election season. My parents in Ohio get at the very least 10 political calls a day. And they're unlisted.
It's getting very cynical out there. They're already running scenerios for ties and recounts and whatnot. My own prediction is that the media is largely ignoring the fact that due to the enormous amounts of new voter registrations and the new do-not-call lists and caller id and such, all those polls of likely voters are completely skewed. The election isn't going to go anywhere near like they thought it would and tomorrow they're all going to be scratching their heads wondering what the hell happened and why they couldn't predict it. But I'm just being contrary.
The Bin Laden tape that the GOP was tauting as a gift to Bush? Seems to now being calling Bush and his administration Nancy Boys. Heh. So much for the October surprise.
Lots of reports of voter intimidation in Ohio under the guise of vote challengers. According to my dad, Ohio is being totally swamped with both sides of the ticket just hassling any person they can cling to long enough to give them an earful of voting advice. For many in showdown states, Novemeber 3rd can't come soon enough.
If nothing else, today is going to be interesting...
Go vote.
It's getting very cynical out there. They're already running scenerios for ties and recounts and whatnot. My own prediction is that the media is largely ignoring the fact that due to the enormous amounts of new voter registrations and the new do-not-call lists and caller id and such, all those polls of likely voters are completely skewed. The election isn't going to go anywhere near like they thought it would and tomorrow they're all going to be scratching their heads wondering what the hell happened and why they couldn't predict it. But I'm just being contrary.
The Bin Laden tape that the GOP was tauting as a gift to Bush? Seems to now being calling Bush and his administration Nancy Boys. Heh. So much for the October surprise.
Lots of reports of voter intimidation in Ohio under the guise of vote challengers. According to my dad, Ohio is being totally swamped with both sides of the ticket just hassling any person they can cling to long enough to give them an earful of voting advice. For many in showdown states, Novemeber 3rd can't come soon enough.
If nothing else, today is going to be interesting...
Go vote.
