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McCain is up about 60% to 38%
On what bush had or on what the polls thought he would have ?
Is there any reasons Kentucky would be different from other states or could this be showing a late swing towards mccain ?
Edit: your my expert for the next 20 minutes until BBC coverage starts..
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I mean he is leading 60-38.On what bush had or on what the polls thought he would have ?
Nah, way too early to tell.Is there any reasons Kentucky would be different from other states or could this be showing a late swing towards mccain ?
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I voted after work this afternoon about 5 pm. I was #306 in a small rural district and only had 2 people in front of me. I didn't realize one could take their under voting age children into the booth with you to show them 'democracy in action' or I would have stopped at home and picked up junior first. We're still using old lever machines circa 1953:
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I mean he is leading 60-38.
how does this compare to previous elections and polls ?
same questions on indiana
come on expert! talk!
Are you kidding?
Nope dave im sure he's not, explain why the candidate who appears to be in the lead would do something as idiotic as sending out people to intimidate voters, so show us your secret source.... or do you just 'know' that obama did this... ?
go to www.msnbc.com and watch their coverage - much better than the BBC to be honest - as you dont have to hear about the 'American system' and the stupid talk for ignorant Brits - if you know about the US system and even just a lil bit about the political situation - much better analysis.
ohh thanks, yes im probably better informed than average brit on american politics, ill probably watch them both (turning my head depending on how intresting they are)
BBC coverage is decent enough so far though...
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LittleGrizzly, it is way too early to say anything meaningful about the election results. Everybody needs to take a chill pill.
Except DevDave. Dave, the most logical thing to do right now is to plunge into a full-fledged racial panic. I heard a rumor on a website that referred to a coot who read something in his tea leaves, and this is what I heard: Black men re coming to bully you at your job and sexually violate your women. They are approaching your house as you read this. If Obama wins they will run riot and take all the good jobs away from people with advanced degrees.
I hear a lot of machetes were shipped to your neighborhood ...
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Griz that was after 20,000 votes TOTAL out of the whole State of... a fair few millions.
At the moment it is 50/50... but far too early and info not from the important counties yet.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
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Bush won Kentucky with 60% of the vote in 2004 and 56% in 2000. Clinton won Kentucky with mid-40% of hte vote in both of his elections. However, Kentucky is a state where Obama is likely to have a lot of racial problems and as such it is unlikely he could ever have won it.
Indiana is currently just about a 50-50 tie. The Republicans won it in all 4 of the last elections quite comfortably. If Obama wins Indiana he will be slightly out-performing the polls, which had the race at about McCain by 2 points.
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go to www.msnbc.com and watch their coverage - much better than the BBC to be honest - as you dont have to hear about the 'American system' and the stupid talk for ignorant Brits - if you know about the US system and even just a lil bit about the political situation - much better analysis.
Edit: your my expert for the next 20 minutes until BBC coverage starts..
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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One possible silver lining for those of us tired of living in wacky world of political correctness...
When President B. Hussein Obama is elected, will we finally stop having to hear about the black struggle?
Every American has been inundated with that singular obsession through the school system, the media, and pop culture for decades. Has the promise land been reached? Do the rest of us have to keep hearing about it?
Hopefully this election will deflate the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. I think it's high time that the mexicans got their shot at telling the world how the WASPs have kept them down and how they deserve handouts. Its only fair. Sorry Asians, you've been far to successful for that sort of tomfoolery...
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I'd suspect if McCain can win... I mean, he can win, but I'm not sure that will happen.
Names, secret names
But never in my favour
But when all is said and done
It's you I love
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McCain is pulling ahead in Indiana.
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No we wont but that is a forgone conclusion anyway. I wonder if in 50 years they will be able to keep this up after the hispanics have passed them and they are the ones doing the "oppressing" It is rather sad that we allow a whole race to be kept down simply for power politics.
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My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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What are your predictions for Virginia? With just a few polls in, CNN has McCain at an 11% lead. I don't think that will hold up, but I think the victory will be narrow either way.
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You know what is great my American Conservative friends? I remember vividly on these boards CR stating after 2004 how brilliant it was that every branch of govt was Republican and how thigns were changing into a new dawn of Conservative thinking.
Painful memory's are coming flooding back...
But this is a new dawn, democrats control all three powers, years of republican damage can be undone, foriegn relations can be mended, negoations can take place with foriegn powers instead of useless strongman posturing...
This could be all a bit of a posioned chalice... economy in a state and all the houses in democrat control... on the other hand i think after 8 years of bush how could it get much worse... all the powers under one party isn't a great thing but under obama i believe it will be ok...
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I'm certain that this t-shirt will be worn for more than one.
Names, secret names
But never in my favour
But when all is said and done
It's you I love
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Kentucky called for McCain and Vermont for Obama.
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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Remember the egg upon many a face during the 2004 exit polling. I wouldn't start slaughtering the bull for Obama just yet.
RIP Tosa
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My hope is that McCain will win. But if he loses, I want him to be completely, totally, and utterly crushed. Maybe it will force the Republicans to reform a little bit.
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Obama wins Vermont, McCain wins Kentucky.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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Way ahead of you
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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:DWay ahead of you
You know what is great my American Conservative friends? I remember vividly on these boards CR stating after 2004 how brilliant it was that every branch of govt was Republican and how thigns were changing into a new dawn of Conservative thinking. Well... ahhaahahahahahaha.
The early house calls are giving the Dems a 90+ seat majority!!! The Senate is going to be 57/60 to 43/40... And the President race looks, well I called it a week ago ;) Next the Supreme Court.. ;p
As an onlooker who likes America deeply, it makes me feel happy!
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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And Obama pulled ahead slightly in Indiana...this is going to be a close one.
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Anyone else watching CNN thinking about Star Wars right about now?
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"Lemur. Even if he's innocent, he's a pain; so kill him." -Ignoramus
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If it makes you happy, it makes me sad.
I'm not sure how putting the dems in complete control of Congress is a good idea. The idea seemed to work real well with the Republicans.
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Remember that the results we have from Indiana at this point do not take into account the vote from most of the urban areas, which are Democratic.
@ EMFM - I think Obama by about 5 in Virginia, maybe more.
Last edited by CountArach; 11-05-2008 at 01:22.
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Good, then they have a chance to ---- it up like we did.
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RIP Tosa
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I reckon Obama wins Indiana by 2 and Virginia by 4.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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True! Let us hope they don't eh, coz it can't get too worse eh? ;)Good, then they have a chance to --- it up like we did.
Last edited by KukriKhan; 11-05-2008 at 03:50.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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