There is Not Enough Coffee and/or Booze in the World
This is the hard part.
First, you spend months ignoring the polls, because the election is just too far away for them to mean anything. And then you live and breathe the polls, because Election Day is coming up all-too-quickly. And you look at the headline numbers, and you dig through the crosstabs and the voter samples and you try and tease out the truth. “It’s got to be buried in there somewhere!”
And you start, after a while, thinking you’ve found at least part of a pony underneath all the horsecrap. You’re pretty sure you’ve got a handle on this thing, and you go into Election Day with a decent idea of How It Will All Go.
Then suddenly it’s Election Day and it hits you with full force that you really don’t know anything. It’s in the voters’ hands. They’ll do what they will, and no thousands of polls or multi-layered Excel spreadsheets can tell you what that is.
So you sit down. You turn on the TV. And you wait.
And you hope, win or lose, the damnable process is over the day it began.
That’s where I am right now. Where are you?
I want it over tonight. The only problem with that is that if it is over tonight, Election 2016 begins tomorrow.
No, the wailing, the gnashing of teeth, the pulling of hair, the rending of garments, and the recriminations begin tomorrow and should last about a week, a week of yummy goodness.
Will the 2016 campaign start then? Don’t think so. If the Dems are drubbed again, like in 2010, they will be in total disarray. Yeah, I think they will be rather subdued for awhile, as they nurse their bruises in their blankets.
And after that week, hopefully the adults can get around to fixing things without the children throwing tantrums at every turn.
Generally we’re you’re at, Brother. I am trying to calm myself by drawing upon all the gut instincts that tell me this one is Romney’s for a variety of reasons and the polls be damned — they amount to a wash. Going to be surrounded tonight by a bunch of charter members of the VRWC watching the returns — best support group in the world! Be of good cheer…
I could use that. The Very Wick (How my son pronounces it, normally referring to me, which is unkind, since I’m merely chubby)I mean.
I’m trying to figure out how I neither drive my family insane nor give myself a coronary before then. I can’t start drinking before noon!
The problem is that I want it over BUT with a Romney win. And the problem is that all I have for a Romney win is “gut feeling” and my head has never trusted my gut. Of course the other side has nothing either, but they have the MSM and fraud.
“I can’t start drinking before noon!”
Why not? Just pace yourself.
I feel EXACTLY the same way you do, but am going about squaring the circle differently. Normally I’d be glued to the radio and the computer simultaneously all day (where I work, we lazy-ass civil servants get Election Day off, because otherwise most of us “don’t have time.” Yeah, right). Not this time. The lawfully wedded swampcat and I will chow down at the local glatt kosher Chinese joint, then head off to see “Wreck-It Ralph.” Not until tonight will I consider the possibility of falling into the hands of Wreck-It Barack for another four years.
But this morning, I recited my prayers with greater passion and focus than I have since my mother beat cancer…
P.S. I picked a hell of a time to stop drinking!
I’ve voted and reached out to Romney voting family to make sure they get out to vote. Now I am at work and will do my best to just focus on work and block the election out (yeah right) until I head home. Then I will pour myself a drink, sit myself in front of the tv/computer, and pray my gut and your electoral map are right.
GET…OUT…OF…MY…HEAD!
I try to keep politics on the backburner as much as possible, but I can’t resist a good mystery, and polling this year has been fascinating from a logic puzzle standpoint. So I get sucked in. And then weeks go by and, why hasn’t intrade started to reflect reality yet? Don’t they know D+8 is absurd? And damn I’m tired of this and why do I keep looking at it again? D+8 is absurd, isn’t it? Right? Please be over soon.
Basically right where yu are.
Yes. I have been watching that too and I don’t get it. D+8? How? Maybe conservatives don’t gamble? Maybe we are too smart to give all our personal data to some unknown guy in the Bahamas?
What, your haven’t started drinking yet Stephen, what gives?
I have to tape a set of five Trifectas soon, followed by voting, followed by a haircut. But believe me when I tell you I know how to make up for lost time.
Well, as long as you’re not cutting your own hair, you can start drinking before the haircut.
Good call. Just like getting a tattoo. In fact, if you drink enough, you can do both.
I think he lacks sufficient arms to drink, give himself a haircut, and self-tattoo all at the same time. I have a math degree, so I can state this with 99.7% certitude.
It would be funnier if he did.
I’m apparently finding out how long I can hold my breath.
I’m hoping it’s all done today, but I’m not confident. Among other reasons, I was in line when my polling station opened this morning. I’ve been voting there for the last several years, but this morning, the 13th voter in line was the first one who *didn’t* have to cast a provisional ballot. I was 8th.
I’m concerned and unhappy – I always vote in person because I don’t like and am not willing to depend on mail ballots – and I’m wondering if my vote will count this year. I’ve been registered independent (called “unaffiliated” here in Colorado) for most of my voting life. I received my card in the mail earlier this year telling me I was registered, and what all my districts and polling station are, so I know the state knew about me a few months ago. I did, however, recently tell two callers from Obama for America that there’s no way I’d ever vote to reelect him, and I can’t help but wonder if someone screwed up, or if I was screwed with.
THIS doesn’t surprise me. ALSO this is what terrifies me. If they pull a Chicago this turn, you might as well sleep through the rest of your life on election day. The machine will do it. Your vote will never count again.
The only problem we had in Old Colorado City was the guy with the thick accent coming out to tell us to go to the station with the last letter of our first name.
TO: Sarah Hoyt
RE: Shenanigans in Pueblo County?
Voted early this morning.
There’s a new ‘station’, i.e. hurdle, to go through voting on election day in Pueblo County, Colorado.
Seems you have to go through something called ‘voter verficiation’ now before you to to your precinct station to get your ballot.
At this NEW station—I’ve voted in every election here since 2004 and I’ve never seen this one before—you have this poor girl working an iPad without external keyboard looking you up on the SecState’s voter information web-page. Takes about a minute.
It’s a choke point in the process. Consider a minute per person and a long line of 60 people….to be expected with good, honest, hard-working Republicans get off work to go vote.
I’m curious:
[1] Are other counties in Colorado experiencing this?
[2] What happens at 7 pm, and the polls officially ‘close’?
In the former question, is anyone else seeing this sort of ‘station’ where they vote today?
In the latter question, if voters didn’t make it through the choke point, are they not allowed to vote?
By the way, I was up in the Pueblo County elections division last week. I saw the Early Voting Practices;
[1] There was no such station for ‘voter verification’ for Early Voting there.
[2] There was no requirement for a signature from the voter to vote there either.
[3] The official ‘observer’ from the Colorado SecState didn’t find item #2 ‘unusual’ when asked. [NOTE: She's probably a Democrat…..]
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[Be Prepared.....]
You should investigate this. How did this happen? Also, never let anyone outside the family know your business.
Did you receive your CO voter registration statement in the mail a few weeks ago?
Also, did you check the CO online voter registration directory? http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/
If you received either/both forms of confirmation then something strange is definitely going on – not good!
Yes, I received it. I even verified that the state has me still registered, and assigned to the polling station I went to.
TO: Wheels
RE: When You Voted…..
….did you have to first go through a ‘voter verification’ station where they checked your authenticity as a registered voter in Colorado with the SecState before you could go to your precinct station to get your ballot?
I had such. It took about a minute for the poor girl to look me up using an iPad without external keyboard. Talk about a ‘choke point’ in the process.
Imagine what will happen when all the hard-working Republicans get off work and show up all at once…..and what happens when the polls ‘close’? Do those who didn’t get through the choke-point in a timely manner get to vote anyway?
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[Enquiring minds want to know....]
Nope, no separate voter registration station. Some years (and a few elections) back, I was registered in Denver District 1, which went 78% Democrat and 22% Green for the House one year. They had a laptop-based verification that took several minutes per voter; I had the impression that every station using that system was hooked into a single server, causing it to be so slow.
Where I am now in Jefferson County, they have printed books of registered voters, with each one noted as Early Voter, Mail Voter, or eligible to vote today. I, and several of the others around me, were not listed in the books or the supplements. As I noted in my original comment, I did receive my registration information in the mail some time ago.
Sorry, I meant no separate voter verification station.
Wheels,same thing happened to me 4 years ago, although no one knew how I planned to vote. Turned out my voter registration number was given to someone else. I firmly believe that it was because I was registered Republican and the person who got my number was Democrat. Neighbors had same thing happen that election, but caught it before election day. I wisened up this election. Changed my affiliation to Democrat the last day to register. I figure that they are less likely to cheat on you if there is a D behind your name. At least got counted this time.
I am at work clicking refresh on links as fast as I can for no real reason.
I’m right there with you. Looking for ANY good sign to ease the tension. Taking a little comfort right now in the early voting enthusiasm in OH posted on NRO.
I voted this morning and waited in line for 45 minutes. I have never waited more than 10 minutes at my polling place. This afternoon, I will be knocking on doors for the Romney campaign…Keep praying and lets’ keep the faith. May Romney (and the USA) be victorious tonight.
At my home office, trying to do real work, but spending more time refreshing RSS feeds and checking all the usual sites for updates … even though no one will know nothing until late. My own anecdote from voting this AM – in a town of 2500, there were 24 people waiting in line when I got there, and 40 minutes later, when I finished voting, there were still at least 24 people waiting in line. This 2 hours after polls opened.
I’m cautiously optimistic, but this year I’m doing the same thing I do every election year. I go about my day, go vote, go home, and go to sleep. It’s not that I don’t realize the stakes or don’t care, it’s just that my obsessing about it won’t change anything. Chewing my nails, holding my breath, pacing my floor, none of this is going to affect the outcome. Tomorrow I’ll wake up rested and ready to either rejoice or endure. A disappointingly dull approach, perhaps, but I’m a Happy Girl, everybody knows.
Smarter than me, that’s for sure.
Hey, somebody’s got to be the designated driver (metaphorically speaking).
I am at the point of relief. I swear I was getting ready to send diseased rats in return if I got one more political flyer in the mail.
Stephen:
Please look at this analysis and tell me where I’m wrong…
http://anti-republicanculture.com
There hasn’t been much movement in the SOS data in Colorado over the last week, and I don’t expect much change today. Romney will win Colorado.
Amen Brother! Amen!
I’ve been both longing for and dreading this day for months. It’s true…no matter what you think you know, in the end, you have no idea.
I know my vote doesn’t count for anything today since I live in California, but I’m casting it anyway. The biggest fear I have this morning is fraud at the polls. My vote may not make a difference, but I sure hope everyone else’s will get through…
Another Californian, nervous as hell. My sister wanted me to drive up to her place (100 miles away) early in the day so we could party over the victory, but I was afraid to do it. Whatever happens, we’ll have to Skype.
The only thing I’m sure about is that Californians aren’t stupid enough, and they is stupid, to vote themselves higher taxes under Prop 30.
I think.
The number one characteristic of California voters is schizophrenia, not stupidity (which is a close second). They demand every freebie and boondoggle under heaven, and then refuse to fund it. It makes me wonder why anyone wants to be the Democrat governor of this place.
Speaking of which, I just got back from voting here in San Diego. No line, no shenanigans, Republican yard signs right up to the no-propaganda barrier. The most exciting thing that could possibly happen specific to my corner of the world is the election of libertarian-Republican-out-gay Carl DeMaio for mayor. Polls say he’ll lose by about five points; his opponent was backed by unions and a Clinton endorsement. Cuss.
According to polls, support for Prop. 30 has dropped below 50% in the past few weeks, but a higher percentage of registered voters support it than oppose it. So who knows. There’s no telling what Californians will do. (If this were only about income taxes, passing it would be a slam-dunk, but the sales tax affects everyone and is in many ways regressive.)
I’ve been pretty optimistic for a while. My gut feeling is that there is a very large but unvocal crowd dying to vote out President Yellow Stain. Romney comes on strong.
Yesterday at our new Wegmans grocery (amazing store!) I bought two 2 1/2 inch $36-a-pound steak filets, a handful of gigantic $20-a-pound shrimp, gobs of whipped mashed potatoes for the wife and me. I plan on putting on the Frank Sinatra CD I bought at Stephen’s advice a couple weeks back (one of the jazz cocktail segments) while I sip on some Absolut martinis (actually trying their new CherryKran something–had some chilled at a freind’s place recently and it’s not gross like it sounds–spearing 4 blueberries on one of those sword toothpicks for garnish) with the TV on and sound down. About 8:45 the grill should be ready for those high-priced babies to start burnin’!
They’re gonna smell like Victory!
I want to hang with this guy!
at Brad’s house. Let’s go.
Oscillating between “Ride right through ‘em!” and reading up on how to build a clandestine still in case we’re assigned to the same reeducation camp. Thanks again for making the whole thing more bearable with your humor and WGEC posts.
Working at home today. Clicking all the usual links. I keep telling myself
that if the wrong guy wins it’ll still be OK.
If waiting for us is so bad … imagine what it must be like for a candidate at ANY level. Those lucky ones running un-opposed sure have it easy.
fingers crossed here!
At least I can post HERE to help relieve the tension …
Well thank god somebody discovered you can mix coffee with booze. Probably Cortez.
A neighbor asked if I would be watching the returns. I told him no. He became angry with me, “Oh! Well then! You don’t give a damn!”
I responded, “What? There’s a button on the remote that lets me add percentage points to the results? There’s a rewind button that lets me make things unhappen? Cause if there was, I’d set it back to ’86 and start fighting to keep Bush from getting the GOP nomination. What the hell is watching the returns going to do but drive up my Blood pressure? It’s over now, all we can do is sit back with DVRed shows, a few beers, and a loaded shotgun should someone take umbrage with, or get too excited by, the results. So basically, I’ll be moving my Friday night to Tuesday.”
He went away grumbling. I will say I have a sense of calm that I did not have in 2008. Now, is that calm due to, “I feel good about our chances,” or, “We know we’re doomed, so enjoy the little things?” I have no clue. Maybe a little from column A and a little for column B.
You asked.
I had a sense of calm in 2008. I knew McCain was going to lose and had no idea how bad Obama was going to be.
Now I know Obama and think Romney’s gonna win. I’m a bit tense.
This to me is exactly like the 2006 BCS championship game.
We knew being the SEC we had a the best team. We where the best team in the best conference. The perennially over-rated so-called “Big” Ten Ohio State team was ranked number one.
I had no doubt we would win, no doubt. But I was edgy right up ’til game time.
On the opening kickoff some OSU ran it back 93 yards for a TD. I immediately thought, “that’s all you got.” Totally relaxed from that point on and totally enjoyed the drubbing the Gators dealt them.
That is how I feel today about Obama’s campaign, “Hey Obama, that’s all you got.” I can’t believe how calm I am today.
Sorry about the typos. Hit the wrong button.
Here I was assuming that SEC schools can’t teach spelling. I’m relieved to learn that the shortfall is really in typing and editing.
I’m worried about Arizona. I remember watching an interview by some little democratic weenie in an interview. He said that Obama would win the race in Arizona. Seeing how bold the cheating is, I wonder if he might be right. IIRC, the democrats were successful in strong-arming a prevention of their voter ID law. Ugh. Make this over.
Obama WILL NOT win Arizona. Carmona WILL NOT win Arizona. My concern is that we could lose a couple of Congressional seats.
Courage good citizens. Precious Token’s days are numbered. He has lost all thinking people of good will, and has probably failed to gain a single voter who did not vote for him in 2008. This might not be close.
…also homping they pass ammendment 64, so I can “drown” my sorrows if Obama wins.
I am hoping not homping.
“hoping”+”hemping”=”homping”?
Oh, go ahead. Homp a little! It’s good for the joints.
I have voted and I’m eagerly awaiting the returns to start. Nervous about what those returns may show. My gut tells me that there is no way Obama can get re-elected given the state of the economy, the ridiculousness and bitterness of his campaign, Benghazi, his lack of vision for the next 4 years and his overall divisive nature while in office the past 4 years. But then I think of my friends who are voting for him and just shake my head with despair.
Basically I want a tall glass of bourbon, but if I start drinking now I’ll be out of it when the returns come in (I’ll also will probably get fired!!!).
I feel the same way–obsessively checking news sites, trying not to bite my nails, and wondering how I am going to get through the next zillion hours until the polls start to close. Perhaps I should sort through the kids’ toys and clothes or something that takes forever to accomplish.
I didn’t feel this way four years ago (of course, I gave birth to my fourth child the very next day, so perhaps I was preoccupied), and didn’t feel this way four years prior that. Was I just not as in tune, or is this really different?
It is really really different…we have now a Fast and Furious totalitarian leader who promises “revenge” and who has shown that he has no respect for the Law, for the Constitution, for America (Benghazigate).
It is the battle for Freedom, now.
Call me crazy, but since I showed up at Chick-Fil-A on August 1st to purchase a sandwich I’m not particularly crazy about and waited almost 30 minutes for, something tells me there has been a silent groundswell of support bubbling; perhaps the palpable feeling millions have had about enough what’s going down in their country, and without making a stink or a show for the cameras are ready to make a stand.
I figured, well that’s Oklahoma. But then I get home and see nobodies like me on TV politely and without protest, wrapped around Chick-Fil-A buildings all over this nation…even in places that stunned me.
Call it a conceit, maybe even a wing and prayer. But I got this gut feel that tells me I’ve got a lot of company about a memory of bitter clingers, George Bush being mocked leaving the White House with Hey Hey Hey – Goodbye, and four years of jackbooted behavior that are about to receive some blowback and taken to the woodshed.
That’s the refrain that keeps playing through my head. Those Chick-Fil-A voters, those Wisconsin voters. With any luck we’ll hear MSNBC anchors talking about them tonight, too, and another political analysts for many years to come.
And the whole 2010 thing!
About 50 people at my polling place in Tampa, Florida, at around 7:30 AM, including a line of about 25 outside (in the rain- thanks weather- we may not have to crawl over broken glass but we will deal with the rain). Florida’s ballot, unfortunately, is a bloated mess, with 11 state constitutional amendment provisions, so voting is slow here. I’ve never had to wait in line at my polling place before. If I was to judge based on the general makeup of the crowd, plus the bumper stickers on cars in the parking lot, I’d say it was a very Romney centric voting group.
I woke up with a terrible case of diarrhea. Don’t know if it was nerves or a bug, but it delayed my trip to the polls by an hour. I was tempted to go to the drug store first to buy some Depends, just in case. But there was no way I was missing out on this.
Had to wait in line about 45 minutes, which is much longer than typical. And thankfully, no need for the Depends! Our precinct went about 80% McCain the last time, and I bet it will be even bigger for Romney, so that’s a good sign.
The line was too long when my wife was there this morning, so she is going to wait it out tonight after work. We’ve got to do everything we can to counter the Philly shenanigans!
I’ve got a twelve pack of dark beer and a couple of high point twenty two ounce craft beers, as well as a box of lower end, but fairly decent cigars. I was in pretty high spirits this morning (and no, I haven’t started drinking yet) but after reading about the democrats massive vote fraud effort involving the Black Panthers in Philly, I’m really getting worried that my prediction of democrat vote fraud at an unheard of level and visibility would give the election to the democrats. We have to implement serious voter ID laws in all fifty states (fifty seven if you’re democrat) because we are going to lose our republic if this outright fraud continues.
THAT, to me, is one of the most important reasons we need to win this year. We’ve got to dismantle the machinery that would ensure Democrat majorities in perpetuity.
When I voted this am I was actually nauseous and had to go get a Coke to settle my stomach. I live in deep blue maryland, but in my little town on the Eastern Shore there are twice as many Romney signs than Obama. Further, at the poll (three machines!), there were 20 people ahead of me. That’s about 18 more than in 2008. So I am feeling a little better now.
Liz,
I’m in Anne Arundel County, and I’m hoping we at least take it. No way we get the state, but wouldn’t that be something! I, too, see Romney signs at a ratio of about 10 to 1 in my neck of the woods (and despite the cost of my Victory steaks and shrimp up in comment #17, I’m not in the tony part of the county). Marriage and work moved me here from Northern Virginia. My mom lives in NoVA and when I go see her, I see more Romney signs there than Obama signs, but far more Obama signs in Virginia than I see in AA County in Maryland. Who’d have thunk it?
I am mainlining coffee at the moment. This will be replaced with my liquor of choice once the kids are in bed and I am feverishly banging away on this very keyboard I am now.
I am nervous, cautiously hopeful but not all that confident that Romney will win.
I have to agree that there isn’t enough coffee and booze to help.
My husband voted this morning, and I am heading to the polls before I take my son to the Doctor. Doing our part to hopefully paint NH red this time around.
“So you sit down. You turn on the TV. And you wait.
And you hope, win or lose, the damnable process is over the day it began.
That’s where I am right now. Where are you?”
Steve, as one who appreciates what you offer here and wants you to be around a long time I strongly urge you to turn that thing off, put the glass down, leave your phone/iPad/etc. on the table and go for a long hike through the mountains nearby. Seriously, you do not want to be tempted in any manner to hear the mindless droning chatter of those talking heads who breathlessly report every rumor as “newsworthy”. Don’t even think of tuning in until there are hard numbers available.
At least that is how I plan on doing things here.
I will do the same.
I don’t want the TV idiots to mess up with my mood/blood pressure.
I will watch the results pretty late, after nine for sure.
Agreed. It’s a warm, sunny day here in northern California. We spent the morning out after dropping off our absentee ballots and are headed out again this afternoon.
In ’04 I worked for the Republicans at the polls and getting out the vote, so I missed all the scary exit polling and by the time I finally made it home, they had called it for Bush. In ’08 we all knew it was likely to be an up-ticket/down-ticket slaughter, so no pins and needles there. But this time, this time it’s an honest-to-God nail-biter and so very important. My head and gut are fighting it out with no clear winner in sight.
Voted this morning. some woman who had requested an absentee ballot but claimed she never got it held up the line for 15 minutes as she argued that she shouldnt have to submit a provisional ballot, but vote on the machine like everyone else. In my little town, population approx 6000, this is the first time I have ever seen a line this long. not many Obama signs in town either, way down from 4 years ago, when you couldnt throw a rock without hitting one. slow day at work, have my hip flask full of Templton Rye (hey it’s local) trying to find some news other than Democrat “voting irregularities).
So…
In Philly the Democrats are throwing out the Republican “minority party representatives” and replacing them with Democrats.
I hope it’s not today; I really do, and I don’t think it’ll be today…and I’m in NC which is going Romney, so it won’t be in my state anyway…but I have to ask: At what point does all the cheating mean that “voting” is a sucker’s game, and one is morally obligated to go shoot all the leftists?
I do not want to do this. And it is normally morally wrong to do it. It is even morally wrong to do it when there is a small amount of vote fraud. Which means it’s almost certainly morally wrong, today.
But I have trouble with just committing vote fraud right back at them. I will not do that. Better war than dishonesty.
Yet, what are the good folks supposed to do, when the amoral folks keep using the good folks’ moral code as a weapon against them?
Elections are a civil and courteous way to have a revolution.
If they take elections away from us, what do they imagine the alternative will be?
I’ve been kind of chicken to say this, especially after getting kicked off of Ace for saying this one particular traitor should be shot, but my close relatives and I got around to accepting the possibility of a civil war if it’s really the only solution. Well, that’s what we say. One thing’s for sure, we won’t go peacefully.
Not sure why this wandered into my head… But here goes.
To the tune of Don Henley’s: Not Enough Love in the World.
Sometimes I wonder where it is votes go.
I don’t know if even Heaven knows.
But I know you had some dreams,
That didn’t quite come true.
And now I’m not the one, little girl,
Who’s lying to you.
We were either standin’ in his shadow,
Or blockin’ his light.
Though we kept on tryin’,
We could not make it right.
For the polls-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
I know he hurt us,
So bad.
He don’t know the damage he can do,
And it makes us so mad.
How he knocks us all down,
Just like a bully on a playground,
Even when his teleprompter went down.
We were either standin’ in his shadow,
Or blockin’ his light.
And we keep on trying,
So we can make it right.
For the polls-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
Oh darlin’, he’s just a shady little clown,
And sometimes it’s so hard to wait-
For the votes, for the counting-
And still have something left.
You don’t have to prove nothin’ to “Tingles”,
Just vote to set free yourselves.
He’s not easy to live with,
You know that it’s true.
But we’re no picnic either, babe,
And that’s one of the things he loathes about you.
But the time has come around when we need to vote him down.
Got to get off this merry-go-round.
We were either standin’ in his shadow
Or blockin’ his light.
Now there’s no more trying,
We just pray we did right.
Oh, this wait-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
What’s at stake-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
For these polls-
There’s just not Sometimes I wonder where it is votes go.
I don’t know if even Heaven knows.
But I know you had some dreams,
That didn’t quite come true.
And now I’m not the one, little girl,
Who’s lying to you.
We were either standin’ in his shadow,
Or blockin’ his light.
Though we kept on tryin’,
We could not make it right.
For the polls-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
I know he hurt us,
So bad.
He don’t know the damage he can do,
And it makes us so mad.
How he knocks us all down,
Just like a bully on a playground,
Even when his teleprompter went down.
We was either standin’ in his shadow,
Or blockin’ his light.
And we keep on trying,
So we can make it right.
For the polls-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
Oh darlin’, he’s just a shady little clown,
And sometimes it’s so hard to wait-
For the votes, for the counting-
And still have something left.
You don’t have to prove nothin’ to “Tingles”
Just vote to set free yourself.
He’s not easy to live with,
You know that it’s true.
But we’re no picnic either, babe,
And that’s one of the things he loathes about you.
But the time has come around when we need to vote him down.
Got to get off this merry-go-round.
We were either standin’ in his shadow
Or blockin’ his light.
No there’s no more trying,
We just pray we did right.
Oh, this wait-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
What’s at stake-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
For these polls-
There’s just not enough booze in the world.
Not enough booze in the world.
Not enough booze in the world.
Voted in Delaware County PA today (right outside of Philly). Polls opened at 7 am; by 7:09 there were 40-50 people in line. Many, many Romney signs – and this is a county that was majority Obama in 2008. Right now I am just trying to stifle my outrage and indignation at the idea of GOP election officials being tossed out of Philly voting areas and the Black Panthers showing up. Driving in to work, I passed several voting places in West Philly where the voters at that time were just ordinary folk, dressed up to go to work and doing their civic duty beforehand. The idea of them potentially needing protection from thugs, just to be able to vote in safety, pisses me off. It’s stunts like these that make Philly seems like a third-world nation on national news. Grr.
I was vote #73 in my rural central Illinois voting place at 7:30am. The atmosphere was friendly, and the road outside was lined with signs for Republicans. There were doughnuts, and it smelled like someone had brought in a crockpot of chili for lunch. In local races here, many Republican incumbents run unopposed. On the way out The comment was made that we were just doing our civic duty to try and negate some of the dead Chicago votes. Head shaking and knowing chuckles were the replies.
Dan Rather said it’s “going to be a good day for Romney”.
Hahahaha. that’s what they released the Benghazi tapes. They know it’s going to blow when Pres. Romney is elected and the press turns on Obama like a pack of snarling dogs.
But I will refrain from drinking until after 5pm.
Then you find out that pony you thought you were unearthing was really a horse’s head left there courtesy of opposition party thugs.
Five Easy Pieces
1. Vote before work.
2. Avoid all MSM web and TV
3. Purchase Guinness on the way home from work.
4. Drink them all while playing some mindless first person shooter on PC until I pass out – w/o once looking at the returns.
5. Wake up the following morning and turn the TV on…
I went with a good imported Oktoberfest, but I’m with you on all the rest.
Check plus!
Where’s the “like” button when you really need it!?
Except for step #4….
….that’s my plan.
In lieu of a first-person shooter computer game I’m alternating between reading Tom Clancy and checking and cleaning weapons…..
Sort of. But I’m taking my cleric into (DDO’s) Mabar’s Endless Night and take out Undead like there’s no tomorrow.
Weather is crisp and clear in Ohio.
I voted mid-morning. There were 30-35 people voting or waiting when I arrived and the same or more when I left. A constant, steady stream during a non-peak period. Turnout appeared the same/better than 2008.
Poll workers were polite and efficient, and every voter I saw produced a photo ID.
Ohio has a digital system with a printed confirmation ballot. I took time to confirm the printout line by line to make sure it was accurate. It was.
On my way back to the office, I counted signs: Obama – 1. Romney – 9 (10?).
My favorite? The one that said: OBAMA – YOU’RE FIRED!
Have you seen this one?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=453668061345783&set=a.252159088163349.64981.250800231632568&type=1&theater
Thanks, Jeannette, that one’s hysterical. We all need a good laugh right about now.
These last six weeks have been stressful. I hope and pray we know the result tonight.
Romney/Ryan 2012
Not enough coffee and booze,
but there is Halo 4
TO: All
RE: Shenanigans in Pueblo County?
Voted early this morning.
There’s a new ‘station’, i.e. hurdle, to go through voting on election day in Pueblo County, Colorado.
Seems you have to go through something called ‘voter verficiation’ now before you to to your precinct station to get your ballot.
At this NEW station—I’ve voted in every election here since 2004 and I’ve never seen this one before—you have this poor girl working an iPad without external keyboard looking you up on the SecState’s voter information web-page. Takes about a minute.
It’s a choke point in the process. Consider a minute per person and a long line of 60 people….to be expected with good, honest, hard-working Republicans get off work to go vote.
I’m curious:
[1] Are other counties in Colorado experiencing this?
[2] What happens at 7 pm, and the polls officially ‘close’?
In the latter question, if voters didn’t make it through the choke point, are they not allowed to vote?
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[Be Prepared.....]
Demand a provisional ballot.
Too late. I’ve already cast my ballot…..
Lines are long in the NE Ohio precinct where I voted this morning. Romney drew >10,000 attendees here several weeks ago, with perhaps 2X that many forced to wait outside the arena where the rally was being held. I suspect the local election results will largely favor the Republican challenger.
I am nervously pacing the room right now. Will the Red Team win and if they do, what cigar will I smoke–the Cohiba Red Dot Toro or the Monte Cristo Churchill?
If the Blue Team wins (G*d forbid), I see myself drinking mostly Pabst Blue Ribbon for the next four years–a fate nearly as bad as sobriety. :^(
Stephen,
A suggestion: a place for people to post reports/pictures of their polling places.
I’m about to go vote in Loudoun County in Northern Virginia. We’re the swingiest of the swing counties in the state and I’d be happy to report on the situation if there was a place to post it.
Just a thought.
I hear turnout in VA is huge on both sides.
I live in eastern Kentucky in an area where coal mining in the only decent paying job and basically supports our communities..I have a pretty good idea how the miners in ky, wv, ohio and virginia will vote..We have lost so many jobs since this clown obama took office.
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I’m at “ignoring it as much as possible until it’s over”.
Because watching it won’t change anything.
(And frankly, I’m mostly inclined to agree with Megan McArdle that the Republic will not be doomed by either outcome, much as I would prefer an Obama defeat.
Especially given probable changes in Congress.
Frankly I’m more interested in whether OR and WA make dope legal.)
I’m going to try to convince PaGOP to take on the voting fraud issue by having the Republicans establish programs to help people get IDs way in advance of critical elections. Let the DEMS talk about disenfranchising voters… the Republicans can counter by saying we want people to have the ID needed to buy cigarettes and beer and cash checks and get into buildings, and then have it to vote as well. I find it hard to see how anyone can assume the Democrats concern with voter suppression is anything but an attempt to mine illegal votes rather than concern with the individuals themselves.
Where am I? I just got back from voting for Judge Roy Moore, no card check, and Amendment 6: “This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any person, employer, or health care provider from being compelled to participate in any health care system.” Oh, and Mitt Romney for president.
I am thinking that the lawyers are lined up on both sides and that we will not have a decision on the president elect until December.
No it is not time to “wait.” It is still time to work. Help get out the vote by making calls for Romney from home. The campaign pays for the calls. Please make calls like crazy. Just do it! Immediately!
Being too cheap to pay for cable, I plan to enjoy the tears on PBS.
That’s where I am right now. Where are you?
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I’m thinking that a brief return to your roots might be timely… it looks like a lot of people could use recommendations regarding quality adult beverages shortly.