It's Nov. 3rd now, and we have no president: the second official election day thread

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i admit i'm clutching the final fibers of the straw here... but still.

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I forgot to mention that at this point, these other states are all actually CLOSER than Ohio.

It doesn't matter - if Bush wins Ohio he wins the whole thing.

I know, but I'm assuming that Ohio will be contested. The problem is if everyone focuses on Ohio's absentee and provisional ballots, Kerry still needs to pick up one other state. Will the Republicans complain that Wisconsin, for example (which is leaning Kerry right now), was ultimately "too close to call" and demand a recount?

my bad.

If I heard CNN correctly a few minutes ago New Mexico has a Dem gov and senator who said they won't announce any victor until tommorrow.

Later ya'll - it hasn't been fun, and I'd never like to do this again. Thanks.

Gabbneb is right, Wall Street would (or will be) have been fine with Kerry as a winner, because there is no way he was (or is) going to raise taxes for the next two years with the increased strength of the Republican Congress.

"opened up for drilling"

"conservative judges"

"Thank god we won't have Terry MacAuliffe to kick around anymore."

Overturn of Roe
Draft in some form or another other
No real health plan, but perhaps the ones that get drafted will get some medical benes
Increase in environmental crises, increased loss of species
Foreign debt currency crisis
False claims of impending bankruptcy of Social Security resulting in its diminishment or recission
State religion formalized
Ever-widening wealth gap
Patriot Act all up their sphincters
The general hostility of the community of the world

Oh yeaaah. Jesus arrives. YAY!

Don't worry. I have been up since Sunday. And it's 9:26 am and i just bought a magnum of wine. Because I am very upset and angry, and the wine tempers my desire to go out and do a Squeaky Fromme.

Has someone photoshopped him onto Gareth's body? Oh do say yes!!

I am not....for instance, going to kill myself. Nor am I going to act on any homicidal impulses towards the idiot in chief. However, the latter is not far from my mind. I have slept maybe three hours in two days. All election all the time.
Not that it's over, but it's over. Bush stole the election four years ago, but this time the people have spoken. I guess the rest of the country really wants a fundamentalist wing nut to continue his personal holy war.
I am going to get so drunk today. I wish i could go to the Comet.
100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed - and we can't see the coffins of the 1'200 dead Americans who come home to be buried.
Wait a second - wasn't this war over, like, last year? Mission accomplished?
No, the mission was not accomplished. FUCK the mission.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK.
There was, in my heart, a brief feeling of hope - that we, America, could remove the idiot from office and try to regain some credibility in the world.
I think the whole world should be able to vote in a referendum - just so Americans see how much the rest of the world relies on us.
Life goes on. Everyone is going to wake up and go to work - IF they have a job - and try to do the right thing.
But everyone knows there is a wrong thing at work. A president who cares nothing for his basic constituents. A president who wants to polarize poor people against rich people. A president who is determined to ruin what natural environment we have left. A president who thinks God has given him the right to unilaterally invade countries. A president who thinks Christianity can replace every New Deal policy that FDR created.
A president who states, publicly, that he might not be so bright, but God has anointed him to run a country that USED to be a democracy.
I'm too broke to run away. I guess I'm going to have to fight.
This is, possibly, the worst day of my life. At least when i was raped it was just me - not the whole country and the rest of the world. That sucked, but this sucks more.
I feel like knocking on doors and confronting people and I feel like kicking random objects and i feel like screaming.
"People have the power.." yeah, whatever.
I have been scared, for three years, to even state my opinions because i don't want to offend anyone, and, y'know, you never know who's listening. This administration has made it possible for library book choices to fall under government scrutiny. I'm sure Katie has an opinion about this - and i would love to hear it. Librarians are the new radicals - they proudly display banned books and encourage people to read them. Y'know, like "Catcher In The Rye", "Beloved", Invisible Man" etc.
Subversive literature!
I am so upset and angry and miserable right now. If I were with you and, say,Jessie, you would encourage me to take a walk, do something nice for myself, take care of myself...and I would do exactly what i am going to do.
Which is anticipate the moment when i can purchase some booze. That's not neccesarily my instinct these days, but it is today. So call me. I am very upset and angry love, Alison PS say hi to Bill

(Ha, I sound kind of pompous - that's what politics does to some people I guess.)

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Kerry 67-33 Bush.

i thought that poster was suggesting that Optimus Prime is just a warmongering hypocrite just like Bush (which is true)

I should note that after that it has to go to the states. Now that might not be cause for celebration either.

I feel like I'm pounding on a big door
No one can hear me knocking
I feel like I'm falling flat to the floor
No one can catch me from falling
The hourglass has no more grains of sand
My watch has stopped no more turning hands
The crew have abandoned ship
The lights are on but no one is in
Take it to the bridge
Throw it overboard
See if it can swim
Back up to the shore
No one's in the house
Everyone is out
All the lights are on
And the blinds are down

I feel like I'm calling on a telephone
No one can hear the ringing
I feel like I'm running up a steep hill
No one can stop me from running
The hourglass has no more grains of sand
My watch has stopped no more turning hands
The little hand shakes its fist
The face is hanging out on a spring

The hourglass has no more grains of sand
Little red grains of sand
My watch has stopped no more turning hands
Little green neon hands

This is the only thing that has made me smile today. Thanks, everyone, for letting me rant. It's nice to know I can share.
I was hoping we could talk about something else for the next four years, but at least we have fodder for our threads. That's my only hopeful thought today. The wine and cigaretttes are calling...

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