even though all the news organizations are too scared to admit it. Congratulations to him. I wonder when the Democratic party will learn how to campaign effectively. It’s pretty sad how inept they are and how few people actually vote. I’m already wondering who the nominees in 2008 will be. Keep on rockin’ in the free world.
Dan Rather is always spouting strange verbiage, but he’s in rare form on Election night. Here are some of his sayings from tonight. (I’m paraphrasing most of them.) I’m taping CBS for the rest of the night so I may have more later.
about polling “it’s more complicated than the wiring diagram for a hydroelectric dam generator dynamo”
“even if you see the exit polls, you still vote. you know we have guys fighting in iraq and afghanistan and if they can do what they’re doing, then you can get off your duff and go vote and come back to the couch and watch us.”
about lockhart saying they have a chance to win every battleground state: “reminds me of the phrase ‘don’t taunt the alligator til you’ve crossed the river’, i guess joe doesn’t prescribe to that.”
“bush is sweeping through the plains like a giant combine”
about Colorado: “…when Kerry wrote Santa he asked for Colorado for Christmas”
Well, today I voted for Kerry and it went very smoothly. The wait was about 5 minutes which was fine with me. In a state of 700,000 I guess the lines shouldn’t be too long. It will certainly be interesting to watch the results come in tonight. Hopefully we’ll know who the winner is before tomorrow morning. Peace.
This is my entry for a friend’s contest:
1. The number of electoral votes collected by the winner of the election. (4 points per place.) —293
The official electoral tally will be taken as a measure of the number of states won by the winning candidate. At this time, the number will not be subject to the whims of faithless electors.
2. The number of states won by the winner of the election. (3 points per place) —22
For the purposes of this question, Washington, D.C. is a state. Of course, the election winner can win fewer states than the election loser.
3. John Kerry’s percentage of the national popular vote. (2 points per place)—48.83%
4. George W. Bush’s percentage of the national popular vote. (2 points per place)—47.67%
Your responses to questions 3 and 4 need not total 100 percent. Of course, the election winner can have the lower percentage of the national popular vote.
5. John Kerry’s percentage of the popular vote in the state of Texas. (1 point per place)—38.51%
6. George W. Bush’s percentage of the popular vote in the state of Massachusetts. (1 point per place)—34.24%
7. The number of states in which any 3rd party candidate collects more than 3 percent of the popular vote. (2 points per place)—3
8. The winning candidate. (The number of points awarded for 1st place in question 1.)—Kerry
If the election is close, this question may have to wait to be settled until the electoral votes are counted by the Congress. This question could be subject to the whims of faithless electors.