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  • #81
    I voted @ 9:00am and so did my mom When will we know who the presidnt will be?????

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    • #82
      Ok. <KT grumbles> I voted. <KT grumbles some more>

      THIS was amazing: out of 724 registered voters in my district, I was 493.

      GOODNESS GRACIOUS!

      "For God hates utterly
      The bray of bragging tongues."
      Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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      • #83
        I fed horses at 5:30 pm and then went to vote. Got there at 5:55, in no rush. OOPS! Found out that polls close at 6 in Ky. I was just in time.

        The polling place in my precinct is one booth in the elementary school. No lines, no waiting. In fact, they had not had anyone for a full hour before I showed up. So much for the after work crowd.

        When I came out of the booth (which they unplugged and dismantled as I left it), it was exactly 6pm. I asked what their turnout had been. With a big smile, the woman said that, by showing up to vote, I had raised the turnout percentage to 77% and that was a new record for this precinct. At 5:54, these nice people who had been there since 6am, had thought that they were going to have to report a turnout of 76% which would have tied the previous high turnout. But when I walked in, I was the one who tipped it over the top.

        God, that made me feel good. It was like I had made their day -- after 12 hours of sitting in that gym, these people could go home feeling like they had achieved a moral victory.

        And I could go home feeling good because I had voted.

        I love living in the country. You really feel like your vote counts, at least to someone.
        "He lives in a cocoon of solipsism"

        Charles Krauthammer speaking about Trump

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        • #84
          aha<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lord Helpus:
          I fed horses at 5:30 pm and then went to vote. Got there at 5:55, in no rush. OOPS! Found out that polls close at 6 in Ky. I was just in time.

          The polling place in my precinct is one booth in the elementary school. No lines, no waiting. In fact, they had not had anyone for a full hour before I showed up. So much for the after work crowd.

          When I came out of the booth (which they unplugged and dismantled as I left it), it was exactly 6pm. I asked what their turnout had been. With a big smile, the woman said that, by showing up to vote, I had raised the turnout percentage to 77% and that was a new record for this precinct. At 5:54, these nice people who had been there since 6am, had thought that they were going to have to report a turnout of 76% which would have tied the previous high turnout. But when I walked in, I was the one who tipped it over the top.

          God, that made me feel good. It was like I had made their day -- after 12 hours of sitting in that gym, these people could go home feeling like they had achieved a moral victory.

          And I could go home feeling good because I had voted.

          I love living in the country. You really feel like your vote counts, at least to someone. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
          LH me too! I got there at 5:59pm, they said I had ONE minute to spare. I thought polls were open till at least 6:30 or 7...oops! The lady at the table was a little grumpy, asked "what were you doing all day? (hmph)." I said I just got done feeding horses (hence the mud on my boots). I was the last voter there, no lines. To make a long story short, I had to fill out a provisional ballot and I'm not sure it will be counted, but it made me feel good to try.
          “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
          ? Albert Einstein

          ~AJ~

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          • #85
            Aww... see, LH... your vote DID count to some people!

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            • #86
              I went and voted at about 3 this afternoon. There was no waiting as there were about a dozen booths there. And my 18 year old self didn't even feel out of place... there were two others my age there too!

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              • #87
                Atta girl, Pam!
                Laurie

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                • #88
                  I did my civic duty bright and early this am...HUGE lines!!!! EARLY!!!

                  So far so good here in NC.....all of my votes seemed to matter as I got who I wanted locally....

                  As for the President...I think the EC is a travesty and makes me feel like only certain states get to decide...but I hope Bush pulls it off.
                  PROUD MEMBER OF THE \"OMGiH I LOFF MY MARE\" CLIQUE

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                  • #89
                    Watching the returns on CNN. Too depressed for words.

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                    • #90
                      Yep me too, 2000 redux.

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                      • #91
                        Sigh. It doesn't look like 36 is going to pass. So no split electorial vote in Colorado.

                        &lt;yawn&gt; I don't wanna go to bed until I know where Colorado falls. I know it's probably Bush, but...

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                        • #92
                          They called it for Bush on my channel. He's up to 247 now.

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                          • #93
                            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Cindeye:
                            Watching the returns on CNN. Too depressed for words. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                            Yep, almost time to break out the scotch to drown my sorrows

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                            • #94
                              Sigh.



                              So, who wants to move to Canada? :-/

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                              • #95
                                I think I'm gonna be sick. I may have to go with you to Canada Simkie.

                                And it looks like 36 (which I voted for by the way) isnt going to pass. I know a lot of people who would ahve voted for it had it been a national issue, but not for just COlorado. Grr.
                                You know, if you took this jello, put it in a mold and froze it, you could be like look....an emerald. Dude, I'd kick some guys ass he ever tried to give me a jello ring.

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                                • #96
                                  You know what, Atypical? Lets get a whole bunch of democrats together and move to Florida or Ohio. Maybe then our votes will count.

                                  Ugh.

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                                  • #97
                                    Become a voting bloc like these people and make your vote count for more.

                                    grrrrrr Fox News just counted Ohio for Bush with over 200,000 votes to be counted. With all the shenanignas there, I'd be embarrassed to claim it so fast, considering the last election hinged on 537 votes and there are THOUSANDS still in line. If you're near those stations, I appeal to you to go down there and voluntter to bring water and snacks, no matter who you are supporting. Make everyone's vote count!!

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                                    • #98
                                      I'm also wondering where I could move. One of the commentators on NBC said something to the effect that it was the "moral issues" that won Bush this election-- i.e. that people were willing to vote for a president they know is doing a horrible job, and against their own economic interests, in order to "protect the family" against gays having the right to form unions, and "protect life" by revoking women's rights to make private decisions about their pregnancies.

                                      Sometimes I feel like I'm just the wrong species to be living in this environment. How anyone could regard as "moral" and "likeable" a President who stokes hatred and robs the poor to repay the rich as fervently as this one does simply does not compute for me. Is there anyplace left where I could proudly announce that I am both a "bleeding heart liberal" and a "secular humanist," in absolute despair over our species' perpetual religious warfare?
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                                      • #99
                                        I voted yesterday via absentee ballot-had to show 6867656 forms of id and promise them my first born child.

                                        I asked my mom who she voted for-she said she is not telling and is STILL not giving up who she voted for in 1992 She said she knew I voted for Kerry and I told her I thought he was the lesseer of the two evils.

                                        On my ballot, I did not know 75% of the names on the ballot, but most of them were unchallenged-those that were and I knew nothing about them, I picked a the female if there was one--if there was not a female I then picked the last name I liked best-----for example one name was Ross and I thought "Hmmmmm I like Dr Ross from ER...so I will pick him" yeah I know--scientific-but at least I voted.

                                        I was half ass tempted to write my own name in---

                                        All I know is that I am not better off than I was 4 years ago--those in charge for the past 4 years have had the opportunity to prove themselves---now it is time to see what some one else has-I think of it as a jumpers class----you give a rider/horse combination x amount of chances to get thru the course--if they do not get thru it within those x amount of tries, then they need to get the hell off the course and let the next person in the ring to see if they can do better, rather than sit there and try to stumble thru th e course. So, in a nutshell, IMHO, Bush has completely knocked the Shamu jump down (standards included), is over the time limit by several hours, the rider has gone off course multiple times and had a refusal resulting in a fall of horse and rider at the triple oxer.

                                        I think the rider on deck needs to enter.
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                                        • #100
                                          "Sweden"-- I actually had a friend who did that during the Vietnam debacle. He was approved as a conscientious objector because he couldn't deal with death-- and the government's solution was to place him in a hospital-based research job where he was in charge of systematically torturing and killing dogs. He loved Sweden, but it doesn't sound like a place where I'd be able to keep 4 horses-- or my digits-- I've already lost toe tips riding in Massachusetts and my circulation is even a problem here in the south (sigh). Do you think warm environments affect political thinking or something?
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