Election coverage
I am not going to offer any sort of real election coverage, as that would be presumptuous and pointless. What I am going to offer are quotes and enjoyable bits of copy that I read or hear today, and will link to the source, when possible.
Douglas Hannan, 44, a property manager who was selling baked goods on the line to benefit the school, said “I’ve been here ten years, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a line at all. Sales are going amazing.”
“The pullout was greatly exaggerated,” began Caroline Adelman, Georgia Communications Director, Obama for America.
The town of Hart’s Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for write-in Ron Paul. Independent Ralph Nader was on both towns’ ballots but got no votes.
It would engender, in addition to political chaos; a) four years of very, very hard feelings in this country: b) a steep loss of prestige for the United States in world public opinion; c) the demise of the Electoral College.
My friends, it’s time to turn the page. You betcha, literally.
McCain: You know, I didn’t learn a great deal, Chris, that I didn’t already know.
Berman: Senator, let’s bring it into our arena for a moment.
Colorado is a feisty state — you never know which way it’s going to go.
In Philadelphia, lines were equally long and at one polling place on in the east side of the city several voting machines were not working because there was no extension cord available to help them reach the electrical outlet.
There were also reports of underhanded tactics. Several callers from Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland reported receiving automated phone calls with incorrect polling locations. Dozens of people in Colorado and New Jersey reported not receiving confirmation of their voter registrations or absentee ballots.
John McCain faces not so much of an uphill battle as a vertical ascent wearing two lead boots, one marked “Bush” and the other marked “Palin”.
Karl Rove, the man widely credited with engineering President Bush’s two successful White House bids, is predicting the Illinois senator will take the White House in an Electoral College landslide, winning 338 votes to John McCain’s 200.
Marian Goldberg said she was willing to “stay [there] as long as it takes.” Asked if her boss will be patient with her, she said, “I’m the boss. And I’m going to be patient.”
“Here in Alaska, where we’ve cleaned up the corruption and we’ve taken on some self-dealing and self-interests, we’ve been able to really put government back on the side of the people,” Palin told reporters after voting.
The presidential candidate’s half-brother, Malik, tied a bull to a tree, then hobbled it, and asked me to hold the beast’s head to the ground as he drew a machete across its jugular….But for Malik, one lesson is already clear: Don’t buy a cow on the day your half-brother is expected to be elected President of the United States.
And be nice to the person who gives you an “I Voted” sticker. That person has been up since dawn defending your democracy against the forces of chaos.
When the two-term Republican President has a 20% approval rating and Americans prefer the Democrats’ solution to just about every national problem, Americans just aren’t going to elect another Republican President — especially when the Democratic nominee has raised the most money in the history of money.
“I have the time and luxury to do this,” he said of his four-hour ordeal to vote. “If this is a systemic thing, what does that mean for the country?”
Perhaps the most amusing report came from the suburban town of Brookhaven, in Delaware County, where Committee representatives heard complaints about snakes in the building, and structural problems including a collapsed ceiling and broken lights.
well done