I had some friends who were planning on voting for Nader, but they've decided to change their vote due to the narrowing spread in CA and plan on voting for Gore. I don't think Nader will be a significant factor in the State.
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I'm not even gonna waste my time with 2 draft-dodgin chicken hawk cowards berating our outstanding Military - cause that's all Attila the Dick can talk about - the man who cut it to the bone.
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Aisling Donnal - 09:22 am PST - Oct 31, 2000  - #4 of 353
GWB: Memo to self: Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ralph Nader

Spent the evening Sunday with people I hadn't seen in quite a while, at my old "local"--SE of Phila. One NRA member voting for Gore think the NRA has gone completely nuts. Two Republicans voting for Gore because Bush is so stupd. One Republican woman I think I turned around because I knew so much about Bush and she didn't know anything--we talked about oil companies and their influence, the fact that he'd never held a job, her support of RU-486 and opposition to abortion (which she thinks shouldn't be used as birth control). Asked how many women she knew who'd made that choice and if she felt any of them had taken it casually, or had relied upon it more than once.

Talked to ex-husband, Viet Nam veteran, NRA member, voting for Gore. Thinks Clinton is the best thing that ever happened to this country. Knows Veterans got more acknowledgment under this administration. Didn't know AWOL....does now. Thinks NRA has lost it's marbles. His new wife is going for Al as well.

Talked to ex-boyfriend, Viet Nam veteran. NRA member, knew AWOL story. Very well-informed on Halliburton, TX Rangers, et. al. Voting Gore. Thinks NRA is led by a bunch of people who are completely certifiable.

Talked to several black voters about Tulia, TX, a story much underplayed IMHO. Got into great discussions about race in America. Got two to promise their vote and to get 5 people each to the polls.

Talked to one Republican who says he doesn't want the government to send someone to his door to take his assault weapon away. Asked him to name me any legislation, ever offered, anytime to repeal the 2nd Amendment. Asked if he could name me any situation in the history of the United States outside of armed conflicts in which an assault weapon had been a good thing. Couldn't respond, but didn't change his mind.
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I live in the Republican state of Ohio. Most of the people I talk with are mostly "amazed" that the Republicans have gotten Bush this far. Most are in favor of collecting that tax break, but don't quite understand why the Republican party opted for such a light-wieght. Most felt there were far better choices. Some are ruminating about the destruction of the Republican party down the line and are relying on Cheney et all to keep them above water and get what they personally need for themselves. Asked them what their take was on the less fortunate and all payed lip service to their plight. The topic went on to jewelry.
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My daughter's school had a second mock election yesterday. In the first one, Bush won by a couple of votes. This time, it was all Gore. Whatever that means. She was shocked that a Nickelodeon poll had Smirk winning 55 to 45. I explained to her that Dems only vote once, while the goopers will bombard any self-selecting poll with multiple calls.
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Celeste Plaisance - 09:32 am PST - Oct 31, 2000  - #7 of 353
Organic2000: Your a centrist. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I am a left-liberal. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I knew you were a lot farther right than I am. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You are a right winger to me. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. (Cluephone: Bill Clinton's a centrist; so's the DLC.)

I like the new Snickers commercial ...

Elephant on shoulder: "I can wear my dad's pants."

Donkey on shoulder: "I invented pants."

.... sweet.

Best ad yet for Nader.
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I live in SW Miami, my neighborhood is a good mix of hispanics and whites, middle class to upper middle class (homes ranging from $140k to $600k, averaging in the $200k range). Up until last week, I saw only yard signs for Bush-Cheney and McCollum for Senate (he's one of the 13 HMs) at quite a number of homes, probably the older Cubans who think you're a Commie if you're Dem. In the past 7 days, I have seen tons of Gore Lieberman signs, while half of those Bush signs are gone. Whatever that means, Miami is getting the MO for GO(re)!
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ACF - 12:27 pm PST - Oct 31, 2000  - #12 of 353

Here in Boston, if it wasn't for the ballot questions that are generating moderately heavy advertising, the response would be 'what campaign'? Twig's (Bush's) friend, Governor Moron (Paul Cellucci) couldn't even deliver the repub primary to his friend. He has more problems here than a junkyard dog has fleas. He's staking his reputation on getting a billion dollar taxcut (big surprise) referendum passed. Never mind that he has run up a 33 billion dollar state debt, just like the 75 thousand dollar debt he ran up on his credit card a few years ago. He hopes for a big job in a twig administration.

As for the election, it's Gore/Lieberman all the way, big time. Also, a straight Dem slate in the house and Kennedy in the Senate.
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ACF: From Western Mass. the forgotten part of our great state it is same, All Democrat. Celluci and Swift are GONE next time around. cat
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All the signs show that turn out will be huge in the immediate area. I live 8 miles from where the B-2 bombers are stationed. I don't think a lot of the airmen are registered but most of them will vote Republican. I hope that they vote November 8.
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Kitty: Not all of us in eastern MA have forgotten you folks. I spent a fair part of my youth in southeastern MA (New Bedford, Dartmouth). The general attitude among Greater Bostonians is the the world ends at Route 128, with the exception of a corridor leading to Cape Cod. It's narrow minded.
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Samantha - 03:07 pm PST - Oct 31, 2000  - #16 of 353
Never underestimate the power of Republicans in large groups.

I'm in San Diego, and I work with cops so my impression has not been good. Most cops are republican, despite Clinton's work in putting more officers on the streets and creating the Community Policing office which funds everything from technology to new hiring, and encourages proactivity and building ties with the community. A lot of the old-school cops aren't into it though, and they'll vote for the tax cut. CA is very pro-choice though, and I think it'll all work out just fine. But I'll keep doing my thing to make sure.
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Sacramento County Calif, I live in a repub area but other than John Do Nothing (who runs no adds, will not respond to our newspaper, takes no positions, and gets re-elected ) it's all going Demo. There are a bunch of prpositions that will get the vote out and I have used the AWOL thing with vets and the "he's too damn stupid" argument to get a few thinking. I feel helpless in a way as it is a lock here for Gore/Lieberman and other than here what can we do out of area? Regards, Folsomjack
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Just so you know how bad it is here, Robert Walker was the Representative from this district and people here thought he was a god. Since his retirement, we've now got someone (Joseph Pitts) who is at least as far right, if not more!
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Liam Wescott - 04:34 pm PST - Oct 31, 2000  - #21 of 353
Gore won the popular vote; Bush won the unpopular vote

Well, here in Fairbanks, things are starting to heat up. I've not seen any ads from the presidential candidates. It's pretty much a given that Shrub will take Alaska anyway, so the only question is: will Gore/Lieberman take more than 40% of the vote.

Don Young is facing token opposition and isn't spending very much time here. He's out stumping for other Republican candidates for the House.

We have six ballot measures on the ballot next Tuesday. Four of them are very contentious and will draw voters out. We also have all 40 seats in the state House up and half of the 20 senate seats up. I'm hoping we'll at least blunt the Repugs' hold on the Legislature enough to deny them the veto override.

I've been talking the AWOL story up amongst my friends and such. It's not a big issue yet, but if it breaks nationally, I expect that it will become an issue here.

One week to go ...

Liam
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I saw something unusual here today. A man was standing on a street corner with a large Gore Lieberman sign. In Missouri GOTV is extremely well organized. I feel very hopeful. I hear that the Republicans are trying to start some kind of rumor that you have to write in Mrs. Carnahan's name. False of course, but what do you expect from Republicans.
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As far as neighboring counties, Al Gores home county will go Democratic....But a lot of counties did not get active as ours did, we have had several calls from other counties wondering if they could come here to pick up signs and such. Loads of signs up for all the canidates but that is not at all unusual, I swear I think these people are sign happy....me included my yard is full. Only one Bush sign in our neighborhood right next door, they only put it up after I put mine up, just to aggravate me, so I put up more...
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KCamille - 08:48 pm PST - Oct 31, 2000  - #24 of 353

Big political day here in Portland, Oregon. Both Al Gore and shrub visited. shrub's visit had been planned for sometime. He held a rally at our Memorial Coliseum and drew a crowd of about 7000. The repugnants planned this rally asking people to bring their ballots and see shrub (We have a strictly mail in election).

Al Gore's visit seemed to be a planned at the last minute event. I surmise that he did not want to give shrub the newsday here in PDX. Gore spoke to an audience of about 200 at a local community college located in Portland's west side near our high tech community. The crowd size was limited by the space, but not enthusiasm. He gave a great speech to a very supportive crowd.

shrub actually made fun of the small crowd Al Gore drew compared to shrub's Coliseum crowd. Really pissed me off. The crowd sizes can not be compared, completely different kinds of events. I know there were events in other states where Gore drew much larger crowds compared to bush. I'll be looking for info about them to share with my local talk radio folks.

Anyway, not sure how it will go here in Oregon. There are many green leaning folk who will definitly be voting for Gore. But there are MANY greens who absolutely will not change. I listened to many on our radical left leaning "alternative" talk radio show this morning. Pretty much 1/2 Gore and 1/2 Nader, but those who will not change vote from Nader are fanatic and seem to be mostly men. I am certain there are a number who would never vote for Gore and certainly not bush even if Nader was not running. I have convinced 4 greens to vote Gore and am working on more. Wish me luck.

Also, kinda light on the Trick or Treaters. Bummer!!
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KCamille: Don't let twig get your goat. He is in the final analysis, a bush bully. When he feels he can, he will taunt and mock his opponent at EVERY turn. I see it as an utter lack of class. Or as twig would say 'an udder lack of class'. Notice that camera shots of twig rallies are always tight ones. I believe that this is done to minimize the appearance that he is not really at rallies, but tiny, scripted photo ops that won't tax his ability to speak.
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Biggest local scandal: Continuing theft of "Hillary!" roadside signs.
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Franny Rose - 09:25 am PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #27 of 353
Democracy, quite simply, was poisoned to put George W Bush in the White House. -- UK Guardian, 12/14/00

Reporting from here in Germany:

Democrats Abroad estimates that 150,000 absentee ballots have been returned from Europe. It's been an unusually active period for them this year. I know the Germany branch is totally fired up.

Here's a report my husband received a couple nights ago from the Netherlands chapter:

. . . But what I wanted to tell you about was what we did last night. We came up with this idea about two weeks ago. We gathered a group of DA members to burn a CD to send to the Gore campaign. We entitled it A World's Eye View of the Election 2000. We have been very frustrated with the cocooned Americans seeming refusal to consider the implications for the future of American relations in the world if Dubya goes in as president.

It turned out to be magical. Ruth Drier, a musician who does radio broadcasting for NPR radio from here arranged for the taping and the making of the CD. She also arranged for musical intervals between the recorded voices using American music ex. a lovely rendition of He's Got the Whole World in his Hands by Marion Williams and Julia Nixon (not the Julie Nixon) with a song called We are One People. We asked different members to take certain topics they felt passionate about and used Jim Kahan to bridge between these segments. We had an impassioned plea by someone doing Democracy building in Croatia and Bosnia and Georgia on how important it is to have Americans involved in these efforts; we had an educator speak on education and the need to get the American education up to scratch; we had a young women speak very eloquently on universal health care; we had a very good piece on the Supreme court and the American justice system presented; someone spoke on the intricacies of the changing NATO alliance and our very critical role in these changes; we had many little gems interspersed throughout; we had a bookseller (she owns the three American book Centers there for 28 years) discuss what digitalizing her business has meant and the global implications this experience has illuminated (does Bush consider that? NO WAY); I did a small section on who we are as Democrats Abroad. I have most of these pieces on paper. It was planned spontaneity and we had no opportunity to go back and erase. Without deciding not to, none of us flaunted any credentials. I have heard from most everyone who was there last night today, and we are all kind of numb with the feeling, the possible power of this. It was truly great. Someone is volunteering time to get the two CDs done tonight and we will overnight one of them to the campaign tomorrow.

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P. Stevens - 10:04 am PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #30 of 353
Grow your own dope - plant a Bush.

Here in Northern New Mexico, the predominantly Spanish population usually votes democratic and will this time.

However, there is a strong Nader contingent among the more recently arrived pie-eyed trustfunders. When engaging these folks in conversation (something that requires infinite patience), it is painfuly obvious that they really believe Nader is going to win.

Of course, the trustafarians right to choose will always be safe - daddy's money will make sure of that.

Arrrrgh!
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Political ads by the dozen on commercial breaks, pretty evenly split as far as I can tell. Bill Nelson seems to be out to a comfortable lead in the contentious Senate race against McCollum (one of the "House Managers" running for the vacant seat held by a retiring Repug) which should help Al. I think Florida may actually go for Gore, which is both surprising and gratifying to this confirmed old pessimist.
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That rumour that you have to write in Mel's widow's name in Mo. is a ballot spoiler. Who could be so low? Regards, Folsomjack
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equalizer one - 11:20 am PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #35 of 353
"What you are shouts so loudly I cannot hear what you say." Emerson

Here in San Jose, among the "real people", Gore is doing quite well because of Clintons invisible coat tails. Clinton is still the man here.

But in the world called Greed where the upper 5% are, you'll just get that LOOK, you know like "HUH" if you mention Gore, then that :( puss that says, get lost, loser. The most popular phrase here is "It's all over, anyway. Bush won". Hope that keeps them home counting their money on election day.

I am bumping more and more frequently into Bush purchased canvassers with their fuller brush speech I must admit they are doing a pretty good job with the literature and all.

This is not exactly what you would call Democratic territory, but we're going to get our share of votes out of it.
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Sorry to be on a downer. This was very disturbing to me.
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But that could trigger a constitutional crisis over whether someone who is not living can be elected to the Senate. Missouri Republicans don't know how to approach this, but a national GOP leader told me flatly: "Jean Carnahan will never be seated in the U.S. Senate."
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It's nice to see the GOP continuing in their attempts to work together for everyone's good.
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Mrs. Parker - 01:15 pm PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #40 of 353
"One day Jesus is going to come and strike down all the Supreme Court rulings in one fell swoop." .... Jerry Falwell, 1985

Here in Oregon, the Republican candidates running for office have taken a new tack in their TV ads. There is NO party affiliation noted. NO mention of the G.O.P.

I guess they're ashamed of the impeachment.
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As I'm a registered Gooper, I get their campaign propoganda. Today we got a full color brochure entitled "time to be proud again' featuring a warm fuzzy pic of Saint Ronnie and a flag(of course). Inside was a sample ballot checklist of all the goopers I'm supposed to vote for. Not.
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Annalise - 01:51 pm PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #44 of 353
"I am determined to make a difference for all of you." Senator Hillary Clinton

I don't know if this belongs here. If not, my apologies.

From WBAI commercial free radio station in NYC, which I have been listening to all week and which has a primarily Hispanic and African American audience is putting out the message "Don't Vote".

The decision not to vote is being cited as the only way to restore integrity to the black and hispanic vote which is completely taken for granted by Gore and by Hillary to the extent that they, as candidates, simply don't address the issues that are important to these groups and never will.

Bottom line - "The black vote should be anything but predictable. Don't cast a vote. Get rid of the assumption that we (people of color) "belong" to the Democrats.

This programming will continue right up until election day, most particularly now that the station's fundraising marathon is over.

WBAI's headquarters are on Wall Street and they also have a website. Since I began listening to this station, initially with tongue-in-cheek, I have to say I am very impressed with most of the announcers, with those who host the call-in programs and especially with the guest speakers - all articulate and well-informed people.
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As a native Missourian who now lives in CA, I know that the people of that State are essentially fair-minded people. I hope that this makes them even more determined to come out to the polls and support Mrs. Carnahan - and woe to the right-wingers if they try and overturn the vote of the people.
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I hear New Mexico is leaning Bush, that's too bad seeing as how Clinton took the last two elections there. A Gore victory is a must for me but the icing on the cake would be seeing Rogan and McCollum eliminated along with Ashcroft and of course Hillary over Sleezio. God that would be sweet.
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Interestingly, I've received absolutely nothing from Gore/Lieberman. Have they written off the state?
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Jane Aisling - 02:54 pm PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #48 of 353
"No social advance rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."Dr. MLK, Jr.

I think the Repug strategy is direct mailing to "undecided voters" with an emphasis on getting out the base.

The Dem strategy is to GOTV with phone calls, emails. I haven't had any mailings from any party, but I live in LA, which is safe.
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Lipsink - the reason NM is leaning toward Bush is the big chunk o'votes going to Nader. That and the above mentioned Texas retirees.
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<o/t> On the "don't vote and send a message we won't be taken for granted", this very thing happened about 4 yrs ago in Pittsburgh. Minority voters stayed home and swung the Allegheny Co commissioners from 2 dems, 1 rep to 2 reps, 1 dem. The majority commissioners turned out to be two bozos who mismanaged the county govt until 1 rep was smart enough to team with the lone dem. In the end I doubt whatever "message" these non-voters sent was received and everyone wound up worse off. <o/t>
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Whether it would be advisable for Mr Lott to go looking for this kind of trouble just as people are forgetting about impeachment is doubtful. I expect he's dumb enough to try it.
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My beloved mother-in-law was desperately sick a few weeks ago. She was in intensive care and I didn't think she'd make it back. But she's so strong-willed that she's back to joking, gossiping, and being highly entertaining. And, last weekend she filled out her absentee ballot. For Al Gore.
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Liz W - 05:16 pm PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #53 of 353
President Bush? What shall we tell the children?

From West Los Angeles, a Dem stronghold, it appears we don't do yard signs and we don't do bumper stickers. I assume that that is to protect the car from those who disagree. The most likely bumperstickers always were the oldest cars. At Dem HQ yesterday, however, people were picking up signs.

I was 10 seconds from making front page headlines: "Riot For Gore" when I decided to quit. We have a large Wed. Farmer's Market in Santa Monica (used to be called Socialist Republic of SM) with a lot of Jewish and progressive causes represented. There has been a Nader table for a few weeks. I walked up. An elderly Jew explained to me and another woman that Ralph was "doing this" because, as an Arab, he hates Lieberman. The lady's eyes widened, "I never thought of that" she exclaimed and shrank back in horror. I heard the young Nader man explain that "Nader never takes any corporate money or soft money or ..." I said "Of course he does!!" He paused. "Nono". I said, "Don't lie to the people (a small crowd gathering, mostly young white men) "Where do you think he got all the money for those ads??" I asked. He stuttered. "The Republicans are pouring money - their corporate money - into your campaign"...there was muttering behind me....another woman started to shout at him about Bush.....more people were coming. The other Nader worker - a woman - hurried over to the table...we were surrounded by fresh fruit and vegetables...I could see the anger building.....I said, "Nader is no longer a liberal..he's a shill for Bush"...The callow Nader man said something about Nader being pure and I walked away saying "Puh-leeze!!! Lie to someone else"

I looked back and two people were yelling but the young men were all looking at me with the exact same wide-eyed stare on each of their faces. I hope that one or two of them re-thought their view of Nader. As you sow, Ralph, so shall you reap.
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The drill nationwide from One-Eye on down to his right-wing spinneres is to claim that it is already in the bank, Dont bother to contest it. I will go to bed happy about 11pm Ohio time when abc and all concede that by some unforseen and uncontolable force, Gore wins.Regards, Folsomjack
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I think PA will go Gore in the final analysis. Like my tag line promises. ;)
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"Ein Reich! Ein Volk! Ein Busch!"
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tenquid - 10:15 pm PST - Nov 1, 2000  - #57 of 353
It is not time for all out preparation for violence, nor time for prevention of violence, but time instead to force those who would take rights, to take them by force. (Stirling Newberry 12/9/00)

Robert

When Bush spoke in Minneapolis today, it reminded me of "Triumph of the Will".

Blather...blather...blather!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

blather! Blather! BLATHER!

BOOOOOOOOOOOO

Right on cue. Gave me the creeps.
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The Senate race (Corzine and Franks) has become interesting and closer than expected. Corzine has blitzed the airwaves with ads, but that seems to have generated some sympathy for Franks who's been outspent. Additionally, Franks has positioned himself as a moderate and has gotten the NY Times endorsement. The people I know in Corzine's campaign are calling this too close to call.
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(They wanted 650+ volunteers statewide for the final 5 days. I think they'll get it.)
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Marie Cook - 03:49 am PST - Nov 2, 2000  - #62 of 353
"We have met the enemy and it is us." ....Walt Kelly, "Pogo comic strip"

Being new to the state of ND I have no idea from the ads who is a Democrat and who is a Republican and also see the Minnesota ads and same thing. Would think they would want people to know which party they belong to. Maybe they want people to pay attention to the message rather than be prejudiced by the party.
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PA here, to see the advertising, you'd think Rick Santorum was a liberal, lots of talking about taking care of seniors and health care and our version of Megan's law and prescription drugs. You'd have to know that Santorum is Satan's spawn to know that when he's not out and out flat lying, he's dissembling. Sad. Meanwhile he came out with a series of anti-Klink ads accusing him of being sued several times (and losing) discrimination in a bar he owns as well as gambling. Klink was always toast, but now he's unrecognizably burnt toast. Gore will do well in the SE, pro-choice, pro-gun-control Republicans in this neck of the woods. Even the NRA members I know think the NRA has gone nuts, and don't believe a word that comes out of their mailers. SuePA and jim coil I think speak better for the western, northwestern part of the state.
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Are there any ads on TV contradicting this propaganda that Gore/Dems want to take people's guns? (I don't think I've ever heard any candidate propose that.)
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You're dead on about Santorum. I mean, posing as a liberal! Too bad the Klink campaign didn't turn the table on Rick and put out "he's a big gummit liberal" ads.
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Most of the NRA members I know also have children, and don't think that sensible gun control hurts them, they're sensible, they reason, so why should any reasonable measures, like smart guns, in any way affect them? Which is true. Unfortunately, the vast majority of NRA membership in the south and in pockets of PA and those mountain states, don't have the collective IQ of a plague of locusts.
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KathieK - 05:08 am PST - Nov 2, 2000  - #67 of 353
"It is typical of Dubya that he won the election by losing it, since his entire career has been built upon a succession of failures from which he emerged better placed on each occasion." - The Guardian, 1/20/01

Re: wingnut pols posing as liberals

Aisling, I was just thinking about that last night when I saw a Bill McCollum (gag, the Ken-Starr-clone-impeachment-manager) for Senate in FL. This extreme RWer is touting Social Security, education and tax cuts. When you look at his voting record in the House, he should be utterly embarassed to bring up any social program. It's funny how the Repubs are so convinced their way is the right way, but they refuse to talk about impeachment, abortion and guns, their pet issues. They keep on co-opting the Dem's issues, hoping that everyone's memories are limited to 6 months.
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<on edit> It was more like 4000 people. Links: <http://www.scrantontimes.com/stories/11022000/home/441.htm> and <http://www.scrantontimes.com/stories/11022000/home/440.htm>
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The rest is camouflage for the desires of Cheney, Kissinger and raiders of the treasury.
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Turns out the Hartford Courant is owned by the Chicago Tribune syndicate. I guess the editorial board would be in big trouble if they actually thought for themselves, huh?
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Arden Forest - 12:27 pm PST - Nov 2, 2000  - #71 of 353
Today, at the dawn of the 21st century, the global village is finally complete. At last it has a global village idiot. --John O'Farrell, The Guardian, 1/20/01

Greetings from NJ 12th Congressional District, mentioned earlier as a must-hold for the Dems., must-win-back for the Repros. Rush Holt, our right-on Rocket Scientist Rep. was found by a reputable poll to be a surprising 10 points ahead. This was a supposedly safe repulplican district until Holt's upset of Pappas in '98, but the demographics are changing with a lot of young professionals who are more for Gore. Holt attracts them because they are highly educated and many are repelled by the Bushkin's snide stupidity.

Excerpted from today's Trenton Times:

"Democrats and Holt's own campaign doubt he is 10 points ahead. "I'm surprised by the margin," said Mark Matzen, Holt's campaign manager. "It shows that our message has gotten out and that Dick Zimmer hasn't given voters a reason to change." [. . . .]

Zimmer's campaign manager, John Holub, rejected Zogby's result. "Our polls have been consistently showing Dick with a solid lead. We are confident we are maintaining that lead," he said. He said Zimmer is well positioned to recapture the House seat he held for six years in the early 1990s. Other Republicans also discounted the poll's results, saying it gave Vice President Al Gore a 14-point lead over Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the district. The district, which stretches from the Delaware River to the Shore, has traditionally been a GOP stronghold."

Poor publicans! They will have a rude awakening on the 8th, like Dewey. I predict the 12th district with go for Gore, Holt, and Corzine, to the surprise of all, and the deep relief of many.
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Yeah, we're getting the same "I'm a warm fuzzy librul" from Rick Lazio (in fact, if you saw Lazio's TV ads, you'd think he was running for prom king instead of senator - they've got him doing everything except cuddling kittens) and Ben Gilman here in New York State. Granted, NY Republicans aren't quite in the DeLay/Gramm/Lott mold, but they generally fall in line when the whip gets cracked.
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See what fun you miss when you don't live in a battleground state and in a precinct which is very persuadable.
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From the heartland (because the brain isn't here!) Dan Burton is our congressman. But when the county Pubes sent out their voter guides, they spelled "Cheney" Chaney. Our Dem Gov. is 20 points up over Dan Quayle's ex-chief of staff) and Al Gore is losing to Bush by 22 points. Indiana will be the first state to go Pube on election. I guarantee it! But I think our local dem candidates will do quite well.
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MECowan - 08:00 pm PST - Nov 3, 2000  - #75 of 353
Republican's Syndrome: A neurological disorder characterized by spontaneous, uncontrollable outbursts of mind-boggling hypocrisy

I've been Media Monitoring for Debbie Stabenow's Senate campaign here in Michigan. Mostly I've been sending the coordinator URLs for online news reports and columns that mention the campaign. Last night, though, I caught an ad from her opponent, Spencer Abraham, that was effectively a rehash of the "Willie Horton" ad. It claims that Debbie pressured a parole board to give early release to a "heinous criminal" who had "viciously stabbed a 20-year-old woman." (When questioned, the Abraham campaign couldn't provide any evidence that Stabenow had done any such thing.) Today I got THREE mailings from Abraham (which I reported to the media monitoring coordinator, then I threw them away and washed my hands) and TWO from Debbie.

Mostly I've been getting generic "Vote Republican" stuff (which I throw away and then wash my hands). Nothing for the Gore campaign, which concerns me a little although Gore's doing well in the state.

I'm seeing almost no signs or bumper stickers, except for a slew of "Vote No on Proposition 1." Prop 1 would amend the state constitution so tax money could be used for school vouchers. It's going to go down about 2-1 if we can trust the polls. I like to this this roughly indicates support for the anti-voucher presidential candidate, but I won't know until next Tuesday.

I've scheduled vacation days Nov. 7-8, Tuesday so I can help GOTV, and Wednesday to recover from staying up late to watch the returns.
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I have been teaching at a private school here in Reno, Nevada, and this week the school held a mock election for president. Today they had the results, first by using an "electoral vote" by having each class represent one electoral vote, and then they had the actual student body vote. Well, Washoe County being the redneck Republican area that it is, it was no surprise that Bush carried 10 classes out of 11 (with a first grade being independent enough to go for Gore), and you wouldn't believe how the kids booed when the Gore class announced its vote. However, the "popular vote" was not unanimous; Bush won by around 80 votes to about 40 for Gore, with 7 for Nader. Mind you, this vote was taken before the latest shenanigans from the Bush campaign. I turned to the teachers and said that this vote is going to be very interesting in light of what will most certainly happen Tuesday night.

I would be interested if people in individual states would post the poll closing times here, just for my info.

Indiana goes from 6 am til 6 pm.

dee locke 11/3/00 9:57pm

Alaska's polls open at 7am our time and close at 8pm our time. That's four hours behind EST

The presidential election will likely be decided by around 6pm our time.

<http://www.fec.gov/pages/faqs.htm>

New MSNBC poll today falsely shows Bush 2 points ahead in California.

I have had a suspicion all along that the polls are purposefully skewed. Every online poll is freeped and skewed. Most of the national polls are contracted for by partisan groups. Anyone who believes the Battleground polls is seriously deluded.

JaneH

Great job! Wish I was from Missouri so I could vote Carnahan.

Well, I live in (ugh, hurl) Bill Archer's district, a few hundred yards from the edge of(blow chunks) Tom DeLay's district. The amazing thing is that DeLay and Archer's heir-apparent (the idiot Culberson) are not visibly campainging. Of course both will win. DeLay has no credible opposition, and the voters in Archer's district would vote Republican if OJ were the nominee.

I have only seen ONE Bush/Cheney yard sign in my wingnut 'hood. I'm thinking its appearance could be enhanced by a few empty beer cans tastefully arranged at its base, but I don't know any Democrat who would stoop so low.

Got a call from Big Al himself tonight (tape recorded). I feel so special. ;)

Here's the text:

"Hello this is Al Gore. You know, over the past 8 years, America has put its own house in order - 22 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, safer communities. Now, the American people have to decide how to build on this strong foundation. I believe we should use this opportunity to make sure that all American families, not just the few, can share in the prosperity. We have to make the right choices to make sure our prosperity continues and works for all Americans. So I am asking you to stand with Joe Lieberman and me, and vote to extend America's prosperity and progress to all. Please be sure to vote on Tuesday, November 7th. Thank you."