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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #25 on: November 04, 2008, 11:21:04 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on November 04, 2008, 09:25:27 AM
the exit pollers were very, very young looking females.  I took special notice of that, since it was "young female grad students" that, for wherever reason, had the exit polls indicating a kerry romp in 2004.



could it be that the 18-34 male demographic was trying to look enlightened and in touch with their feminine side and (gasp!) lied to the exit pollers?

voted last friday in Fayetteville, NC, took about 90 minutes, but not bad... several candidates were there stumping (all local).
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #26 on: November 04, 2008, 11:24:10 AM »
Quote from: Thor on November 04, 2008, 11:19:22 AM
No link yet, but Fox News just had an article about how the Black Panthers are blocking the door to a polling place in Philadelphia. They were holding night sticks and tapping them in their hands.

and there we have it, the civilian security force...
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #27 on: November 04, 2008, 11:30:34 AM »
Quote from: Thor on November 04, 2008, 11:19:22 AM
No link yet, but Fox News just had an article about how the Black Panthers are blocking the door to a polling place in Philadelphia. They were holding night sticks and tapping them in their hands.

Left Behind - starring the Black Panthers as the Global Community Peacekeepers, Louis Farrakhan as the False Prophet and Barack Hussein Obama as the Antichrist.

That's a joke, folks.
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #28 on: November 04, 2008, 11:31:40 AM »
Quote from: Thor on November 04, 2008, 11:19:22 AM
No link yet, but Fox News just had an article about how the Black Panthers are blocking the door to a polling place in Philadelphia. They were holding night sticks and tapping them in their hands.

http://amerpundit.com/2008/11/04/black-panthers-intimidating-voters-in-pa/

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Two Black Panthers have been blocking the entrance to a precinct with a night stick in an attempt to stop people from voting, witnesses tell Fox News. The one Black Panther is actually still there, but police were dispatched to the scene.

Motive? Witnesses say that the men were telling them that the era of white supremacy is over and that a black man would be president. If I get any more information I’ll update.

Update: I’m hearing that the one Panther is also a poll watcher.

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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #29 on: November 04, 2008, 11:37:57 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on November 04, 2008, 09:44:26 AM
that was them.  if you bought thin mints, you were marked down as a mccain voter;  coconut delights were considered obama supporters. :uhsure: :-)

What if you bought one of each? I like both... :uhsure: cookies that is :-)
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #30 on: November 04, 2008, 11:51:58 AM »
Quote from: jtyangel on November 04, 2008, 11:37:57 AM
What if you bought one of each? I like both... :uhsure: cookies that is :-)

both?  whoa, bad news, baby.  you went down as a cynthia mcKinney voter.  :thatsright: :-)
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #31 on: November 04, 2008, 12:11:53 PM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on November 04, 2008, 11:51:58 AM
both?  whoa, bad news, baby.  you went down as a cynthia mcKinney voter.  :thatsright: :-)

I actually laughed out loud when I saw her name on the ballot.
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #32 on: November 04, 2008, 12:12:42 PM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on November 04, 2008, 11:51:58 AM
both?  whoa, bad news, baby.  you went down as a cynthia mcKinney voter.  :thatsright: :-)
Now that's a mark that's never going away :bawl: I like it hard, but not that hard.  :lmao:
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #33 on: November 04, 2008, 12:23:17 PM »
I voted back in Atlanta a few weeks ago.  I waited around an hour to vote then, as my polling place was in a blue island within Lawrenceville, GA (Gwinnett County).  I'd say the numbers were pretty even regarding McCain voters vs. Obama voters.  However, the Obama voters were consistently in violation of the "no wearing campaign items" rule. 

I'm staying in my apartment until 3:30 or so, then I'm off to campaign one last time for McCain, and am praying that Americans are smart enough to see through Obama's lies.
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #34 on: November 04, 2008, 04:14:50 PM »
I'm back early.

Well, that didn't go too well.  As the rain is threatening to fall around here (slight drizzle right now) the county party chairman decided to call off the sign-waving.  He would rather us not get sick. 

A small bouncy:  The Obama lovers are out in force, but I let them know I wouldn't have any of their nonsense.   I had stopped at a busy intersection for the light, and there were all these women with their signs.  One of them, some big burly old lady comes walking up to my car and pretty much proved my belief about many Obama voters (though I know there are exceptions)... THEY'RE INSANE!

 Yeah, giving the middle finger was rude, but when you're knocking on my window, yelling at me to open it, how else do you think I'll react?  :bird:
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #35 on: November 04, 2008, 04:18:33 PM »
Somebody comes knocking at MY vehicle window, they're likely to find a gun in their face, unless they're in a law enforcement uniform and/or vehicle.
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #36 on: November 04, 2008, 04:41:45 PM »
In and Out with about a 3 minute wait at 8:30 this morning in central CT.  Also stopped to buy girl scout cookies on the way out.
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #37 on: November 04, 2008, 05:30:38 PM »
Got to the polls after work (left after training) just after 4 PM.  In and out in under 10 minutes.  Straight-ticket Republican, and voted in favor of the tax cap locally--especially considering at one point our local property taxes were going to go up $5 per every $1000, from $19 to $24.  An extra $1400 in property taxes.  Yeah, that's what I needed.
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #38 on: November 04, 2008, 05:45:37 PM »
Mr Smith and I went just before the polls opened this morning...the line was way out the door when we got there, and extended down the street within the 10 minutes until the polls opened.  We were out of there 10 minutes after they opened...a pretty efficient system here.  I met several people coming in who were  :o :o about the crowd.  The parking was packed for a couple blocks around. 

This afternoon, I scrolled a couple KS news sites and found...

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Sebelius touts Obama at polling site
The Capital-Journal
Published Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 12:04 p.m. CST
Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius today said her party’s nominee for president will do better in Kansas than his predecessors.


http://cjonline.com/stories/110408/bre_Sebelius.shtml

Kansas has the law about electioneering...I guess our Democratic governor is above the law.   ::)  This is almost as embarrassing as the time she said the state couldn't respond to the Greensburg tornado because all our Guard trucks were in Iraq.  (We live a couple blocks from a unit...no trucks were missing - or used for the tornado.)
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #39 on: November 04, 2008, 07:28:26 PM »
Quote from: Red October on November 04, 2008, 09:19:51 AM
Well I just did my part to help defeat communism today.  Unfortunately they only let me cast one vote, in spite of my insistence I was an ACORN kid and thus entitled to seventeen.  I was in an out in no time.  :cheersmate:

Ya can't vote at the same precinct! Ya have to go next door!  :lmao:
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #40 on: November 04, 2008, 08:03:04 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on November 04, 2008, 05:45:37 PM


Kansas has the law about electioneering...I guess our Democratic governor is above the law.   ::)  This is almost as embarrassing as the time she said the state couldn't respond to the Greensburg tornado because all our Guard trucks were in Iraq.  (We live a couple blocks from a unit...no trucks were missing - or used for the tornado.)

One of our members over at USMILNET is in that unit. He quickly debunked Sebelius' statement.
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Re: Election Day Stories- Any Problems/Issues?
« Reply #41 on: November 04, 2008, 09:48:49 PM »
Quote from: Thor on November 04, 2008, 08:03:04 PM
One of our members over at USMILNET is in that unit. He quickly debunked Sebelius' statement.
I guess it's the political points that count, not the truth.   :whatever:
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