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Old 11-02-2004, 02:48 AM   #916
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California ballot questions

Mark Kleiman's discussion of the ballot questions prompt me to change my mind on 60, 62 and 72 (i.e., yes on 60, no on 62, yes on 72).
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Old 11-02-2004, 02:48 AM   #917
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Old 11-02-2004, 03:25 AM   #918
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Ohio Flip Flop

The 6th Circuit sez challengers are okay. Have fun, spooky.
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Old 11-02-2004, 04:49 AM   #919
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Your grasp of the futures markets rivals Hillary's.
I wish I could trade influence over my husband for $$$ like Hillary. Then maybe I could move out of my parent's basement and into my own place where I would have enough room to set up all my model tanks.
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Old 11-02-2004, 04:56 AM   #920
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The 6th Circuit sez challengers are okay. Have fun, spooky.
I have a fine bottle of champagne chilling in the fridge for election night. I predict a Bush win and/or a Bush loss.
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Old 11-02-2004, 08:11 AM   #921
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Ohio Flip Flop

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The 6th Circuit sez challengers are okay. Have fun, spooky.
I spend all day yesterday posting about Ohio. I am the Ohio mod. And you say have fun spooky????????? Goddamit I feel like Eric Fingerhut! I'm going for a walk around Ohio now. See y'all in about 12 weeks.

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Old 11-02-2004, 09:56 AM   #922
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I spend all day yesterday posting about Ohio. I am the Ohio mod. And you say have fun spooky????????? Goddamit I feel like Eric Fingerhut! I'm going for a walk around Ohio now. See y'all in about 12 weeks.

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In fairness, I complain more loudly.

And I live in a community where a lot of these shenanigans are going on and where the challenges are the subject of the litigation.

So I wouldn't feel too badly if I were you, my friend.

Incidentally, for anyone interested, here is a brief field report from the battleground.

I usually do my voting first thing in the morning. Polls open at 6:30 around here. I arrived at my usual polling place around 6:25 this morning, hoping that by some miracle, I might be able to vote and still make it to work close to 7:30, when I usually start. The parking lot was absolutely jam-packed, and the line was already two deep and snaking around the corner of the building. There had to be, at my estimation 150 people already in line and there were numerous cars moving in and out of the parking lot looking for spaces.

I decided, for the first time that I can remember, to vote after work. I realize that there is no guarantee the lines will be any better then, but I really didn't see another alternative.

The termperature here is a comfortable 66 degrees (at least as of 7 this morning) and overcast. I don't think the weather will be much of a factor in keeping people away from the polls.

Going with the conventional wisdom that a higher turnout will favor Kerry, I am predicting that Kerry will win Ohio.

Remember, you heard it here first.

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Old 11-02-2004, 10:38 AM   #923
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Old 11-02-2004, 10:38 AM   #924
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Old 11-02-2004, 10:43 AM   #925
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Going with the conventional wisdom that a higher turnout will favor Kerry, I am predicting that Kerry will win Ohio.
This is more of a FB-type post, but I'll say first, yay for higher turnout.

Question: Is it wrong to be glad you voted if only because you stood in line behind some smoking hot 19 year old?

Followup question: Is there anything better than killing time standing behind a stripper-hot person of your preferred gender, where (in this case) she's flushed with the pride of exercising her patriotic duty, and you're just, well, flushed?

At this point, I hardly care who wins.

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Old 11-02-2004, 10:45 AM   #926
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"You're old enough to get married to your cousin in my state, darlin', so of course you're old enough to vote!"
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Old 11-02-2004, 10:46 AM   #927
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"That's right, keep stretching those arms. Next, do some jumping jacks and go for the straight ticket. Isn't votercising fun?"
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Old 11-02-2004, 10:48 AM   #928
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OK, I went to vote this am. Longest lines in memory. Phenomenal turnout.

I almost didn't vote for that local R I have been planning on voting for. When I got to my precinct, there were probably 100 to 150 yellow envelopes with the names of challenged voters on them. That is a large portion of my precinct. I saw the list, and it included many people who had lived in the precinct their whole lives -- including one who is a lawyer who works with the Republican governor but is a D. Apparently, wholesale challenges have become their tactic du jour.

Tell me, Bilmore, when you were preparing your challenges, did you do things like look up people's address in the phone book, in past election records, or in any other records before challenging them? I just want to hear that not everyone does it this way, that some people make a good faith effort to identify someone before challenging.

In the end, I voted for the R, because the Democratic incumbent is just too much of an imbecile. But boy, I expect all those voters who show up and find yellow envelopes are going to think twice.

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Old 11-02-2004, 10:56 AM   #929
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Exhibit A: Roe v. Wade.

Exhibit B: Roe v. Wade
In regard to Roe, the "judicial activism" which steams Jesus Nuts and sexist frightened males is actually more a "recognition of the practical necessity of giving women control over their bodies."

But hey, feel free to call it activism if it helps you keep the bitch down on the farm with her mouth shut.

I know one way to keep all the states from infringing on abortion rights - tie a rider to each state bill outlawing cialis/viagra in the state.
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Old 11-02-2004, 10:59 AM   #930
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That's an interesting group of "conservatives" you found there, Hank. I wouldn't have picked any of them to be big Bush-backers. Well, except the guy in the Sansabelt slacks and the scowl.

I mean, no offense, but most conservatives I know just aren't that hot. Most Dems I know aren't that hot either, but there's a greater likelihood. I mean, just look at the women on this board: we've got RT, E/O and Fringy, you've got a guy in DC pretending to be a woman in SF. WTF?
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