2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign Discussion Thread 12: T=zero
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maycocksean
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Anybody else have trouble getting in to Interference today? I finally had to do a Google search for the site. The first listing didn't work--same internal error message--but the second one got me in. The same thing happened at my home and work computer.
I was worried I was going to miss the election on FYM!
I was worried I was going to miss the election on FYM!
corianderstem
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There are a few posts elsewhere on the forum asking the same thing, sean. It's not just you.
dazzledbylight
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lol
Sadly, I don't think celebratory booze is in the cards for me tonight. I've felt like crap all day.
feel better, hon!
BoMac
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I think it's absurd that results are trickling in while polls are still open. It's beyond ridiculous. In Canada, a law was passed a few years ago that forbade networks from announcing results until the last poll on the West Coast closed.
VintagePunk
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All last night I kept thinking to myself "if I leave now, I can be in Chicago by midday tomorrow..."
Alas, I'm not that wild and crazy.
Love your sig, Cori!
Alas, I'm not that wild and crazy.
Love your sig, Cori!
ntalwar
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Not sure how it works in Canada - in the US it is 50 separate contests.
corianderstem
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I think so, too. Or at least most of the polls. If they waited until all 50 states closed the polls, I think Alaska is the last, that would make it 1:00 am on the east coast.
I would hope most people on the west coast who haven't voted by this point a) already firmly know who they're voting for; and/or b) have enough common sense to know that the numbers reported so far are less than 1% of the votes and shouldn't dissuade them from voting because their guy is winning or losing already.
I would hope most people on the west coast who haven't voted by this point a) already firmly know who they're voting for; and/or b) have enough common sense to know that the numbers reported so far are less than 1% of the votes and shouldn't dissuade them from voting because their guy is winning or losing already.
martha
Blue Crack Supplier
Exactly. We've got another anti-choice prop to vote down as well. Yes, the same damn one which was voted down a few years ago.
financeguy
ONE love, blood, life
Yeah I find this strange as well. In Ireland election results are not released until the following day.
It's still not even early evening West Coast, as Cori said.
VintagePunk
Blue Crack Distributor
Well, not really. Local/provincial polls can be announced when they close, there's just a news blackout in western time zones.
martha
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dazzledbylight
Blue Crack Supplier
OMFG!!
yes I did TOO.... around 4:45 - 5:50P-- I kept refreshing the page all I got was the Url in site positionand and a white page WTF:HUH: ??!!!
finally I thot to click on the sub-link "community" and that got me in!
martha
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BoMac
Self-righteous bullshitter
That may be the case, but if voters in the West see that a particular candidate is winning, it may influence their vote or not motivate them to vote at all.
corianderstem
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That's the exact argument I keep hearing against the nonstop TV coverage.
U2Fanatic4ever
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ugh.. i dont like those numbers for kentucky damn it...
corianderstem
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I know - I found myself already getting worked up about it, but have to keep reminding myself that:
It's less than 1% of votes reported.
And whoever the winner is, they're not going to win ALL the states anyway.
It's less than 1% of votes reported.
And whoever the winner is, they're not going to win ALL the states anyway.
BoMac
Self-righteous bullshitter
namkcuR
ONE love, blood, life
Exactly. We've got another anti-choice prop to vote down as well. Yes, the same damn one which was voted down a few years ago.
That's silly. There ought to be a law that says something like 'once a state proposition has been voted on, an identical proposition may not be placed on the ballot again for x years'...where x is maybe, I don't know, 10.
kellyahern
Blue Crack Supplier
I don't think Obama was ever in the running in Kentucky.
dazzledbylight
Blue Crack Supplier
as far I heard (via lotsa Air AMerica radio reporting )
kentucky was a REALLY last minute possible swing state...so don't Over worry she sez.....
(trying NOT to grit her teeth)
kentucky was a REALLY last minute possible swing state...so don't Over worry she sez.....
(trying NOT to grit her teeth)
A_Wanderer
ONE love, blood, life
Are you sure you want that? What if it was a vote for something fundamentally important which you support?
U2Fanatic4ever
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i agree, I think Va will be a huge impact if it goes to Obama..
kellyahern
Blue Crack Supplier
Well, Kentucky just got a lot better.
VintagePunk
Blue Crack Distributor
Yes, that's what I meant.
I reread what you said, and it was the same thing. Sorry, I'm kind of out of it today.
corianderstem
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Whoa! Well, I guess it's obvious how fast things can change.
U2Fanatic4ever
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Will someone fast forward time please /kthanks
where is Hiro when you need him..
where is Hiro when you need him..
OP
OP
Varitek
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i am hearing rocky music for obama in my head
Zoots
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50-49 :nervouswreck:
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