The news from abroad is a little scary today. Christopher Allbritton reports:
Before, there was a distinction drawn between the American government and the American people. A few nights ago, one cabbie told me that he thinks American people are very nice, but the American government is
So another four years of Smirky McChimp. This time there weren’t many reports of voter disenfranchisement. And unless it’s discovered that Diebold went and converted hundreds of thousands of votes from Democrat to Republican in the battleground states, then Bush had a leading margin and actually did win.
Rachel tells me that Karl Rove’s plan of getting the evangelical Christians out to vote this time was what turned the trick, by putting a ban on gay marriages on the ballot in all of the major battleground states. “Oh, hey, while I’m here to vote against those sinners from being happy, I might as well vote for W.” Why is it that people who vote for things like bans on gay marriage are not happy unless they’re making everyone else miserable? Banning gay marriage isn’t going to make them stop having gay sex, morons. When are these puritanical zealots going to let people live their own lives? Probably never.
Based on voter turnout, and the difference of the popular vote in the millions, I have come to the conclusion that the majority of Americans are fucking morons. Fat, lazy, stupid and willfully ignorant. What the hell happened to the concerned youth voter turnout? You kids really screwed up this time. I hope you like getting drafted for a war you don
As much as it pains me to say it, it looks like Karl Rove was right with the rumored 4,000,000 right wing voters who sat on their hands last time, because as of this writing Bush has turned around a a 500,000 popular vote loss in 2000 to a 3,000,000 popular vote win in 2004.
How it happened despite all the dissatisfaction with the war, the economy, etc, I really don’t know. I’m sure the soul searching will being in earnest once the hangovers wear off. Perosnally, I’m too depressed to drink.
All I know is, it’s going to be a long 4 years.
The Swing State Project has a page with direct links to various swing states’ official result websites. A useful link to have.
First thing this AM, coffee and a TiVo of the Kerry rally in OH that I missed last night. Then out to vote. The SF ballot is six pages long. Something really needs to be done about the proliferation of propositions out here — isn’t this sort of thing what we have a legislature for?
And of course Kerry-Edwards was the first thing I marked on the ballot.
We’re going to watch the returns with some friends in Palo Alto. I have some concerns about the wisdom of driving 50 minutes to watch them, but I’m cautiously hopeful and feeling like company.
Apparently there are voter challengers going on in polling places across the country and I am a little concerned about it, but so far things seem to be under control.
Woke up with Les Miserables – One Day More running through my head. I’m nervous but cautiously hopeful. I refuse to let the various reports of vote disruption and tinfoil hattery to get to me. I can’t wait until tomorrow.
Digby has a good summation of where things stand – worth a read.
A point espeically worth noting:
I also heard Tucker Carlson on the Chris Matthews week-end show say that he thought Kerry would win because people don’t stand in line for hours in the Florida sun to vote because they like a politician. People are willing to stand in line for hours because they are angry.
I read yesterday that an estimated 30% of the Florida vote has been cast in early voting. If true, it only goes to support Digby’s point — people are angry as hell about what was done to us in 2000 and we are not going to let it happen a second time.
I finally got Scott to watch the DVD of Fahrenheit 9/11 last night. I found it extremely depressing; in fact, I cried more waching it this time than I did when I first saw it. Scott, on the other hand, got angry.
Here’s hoping we’re both a lot happier 48 hours from now.
UPDATE: Found the link for the 30% info above. Here’s the full newsbyte:
In Florida, 30% of registered voters said they already had cast their ballots, using early voting sites and absentee ballots. They supported Kerry 51%-43%.
Source: USA Today. Hardy a left-wing rag.