I really do love Election Day.

[JazzManJim]

There's just a special tingle I feel on this day. Sure, there's always the whole "doing your civic duty" thing, which is always important to me. But more than that, it's the buzz around the country about determining the direction of the country for the next two or four or six years. It's the culmination of the head-butting that takes place for the 18 months or more before the election. it's about seeing exactly whose ideas resonate more with the voters.

But it's also about seeing how little some folks regard their citizenship. It's about cheating when your ideas don't have enough strength to stand on their own. It's about lies accepted because they sound better than the truth. It's about remaining purposefully and blissfully ignorant instead of doing the sometimes hard work it requries to be informed.

But it's all good in the end. It all works out. I do love Election Day.

 

[Guest]

I quickly read your name and dyslixicised it to be JizzManJam.

Carry on.

 

[70/30]

Scalia, Thomas, Falwell.

 

[Wiggles]

Me too, all those cheesy promotional ads end. I will kinda miss those repetitive idiotic mudslinging ones though.

 

[JazzManJim]

Fox News has called the Florida Governor's Rae for Jeb Bush. This despite DNC Chairman Terry MacAuliffe saying "Jeb is Gone".

He also called it the most important race in the country. Former President Clinton and Former VP Al Gore campaigned heavily here against him. It didn't work.

What did work was the ol' switcheroo in NJ where Frank Lautenberg has beaten Doug Forrester. Forrester never got on track after running a very effective "Bob Torricelli is a crook and a liar and I'm an honest and honorable man" campaign. he couldn't get his feet under him in the short month he was given.

Other races are tight, tight, tight. And may not be decided until sometime tomorrow.

(Hi Wiggles! I miss you!)

 

[morninggirl5]

Election Day is also usually our first Teacher Workday of the year. No meetings, just time to do things in our classroom. I got three items marked of my "Before School Begins To Do List" today.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Fox News has called the Florida Governor's Rae for Jeb Bush. This despite DNC Chairman Terry MacAuliffe saying "Jeb is Gone".

Called it... With A quarter of the vote in.

 

[someplace]

You just made me remember something no one's talked about. People here tend to talk in extremes and act like the sensational is the norm.

All across this country this morning hundreds of thousands of people got up at the crack of dawn to go WORK the polls. They brought their lunches and thermos's, set up their books, their machines, their special pencils and waited to spend all day helping people exercise their right to vote. It's a long hard day -- it's pretty much thankless. Once the polls close there are still hours of work left to do.

Oh sure, you might get paid a little for spending 14, 15 hours in a church or gymnasium etc. (and are usually asked to donate it back to your party of choice). But to me, that's one of the greatest shows of citizenship. If you haven't yet voted on the west coast and you're going to, you might want to say "thanks" to those people.

 

[freakygirl]

You just made me remember something no one's talked about. People here tend to talk in extremes and act like the sensational is the norm.

All across this country this morning hundreds of thousands of people got up at the crack of dawn to go WORK the polls. They brought their lunches and thermos's, set up their books, their machines, their special pencils and waited to spend all day helping people exercise their right to vote. It's a long hard day -- it's pretty much thankless. Once the polls close there are still hours of work left to do.

Oh sure, you might get paid a little for spending 14, 15 hours in a church or gymnasium etc. (and are usually asked to donate it back to your party of choice). But to me, that's one of the greatest shows of citizenship. If you haven't yet voted on the west coast and you're going to, you might want to say "thanks" to those people.

Didn't I read in a thread that Mischka was doing this today?

 

[JazzManJim]

All across this country this morning hundreds of thousands of people got up at the crack of dawn to go WORK the polls.

I'm always sure to thank them.

I once spent ten hours inf ront of a polling place in support of a local Sheriff's Candidate a few years back. Thankless work to be sure, but it did a lot for my own civic state of mind. Those folks, who are generally polite, pleasant, and your next-door neighbor, deserve a smile, too.

 

[JazzManJim]

The AP is calling the NC Senate Race.

Fox isn't quite ready to do it yet.

The AP has Elizabeth Dole beating the human ferret Erskine Bowles.

 

[aly*]

I do get a little rush when i stab the poker thing through the sheet.

 

[RhumbRunner13]

Fox News has called the Florida Governor's Rae for Jeb Bush. This despite DNC Chairman Terry MacAuliffe saying "Jeb is Gone".

He also called it the most important race in the country. Former President Clinton and Former VP Al Gore campaigned heavily here against him. It didn't work.

What did work was the ol' switcheroo in NJ where Frank Lautenberg has beaten Doug Forrester. Forrester never got on track after running a very effective "Bob Torricelli is a crook and a liar and I'm an honest and honorable man" campaign. he couldn't get his feet under him in the short month he was given.

Other races are tight, tight, tight. And may not be decided until sometime tomorrow.

(Hi Wiggles! I miss you!)

The widow Carnahann seems to be sliding down the ways as well.

I wonder how the Senate Minority Leader Tom Dashel is feeling right now!?

Rhumb

 

[Lost Cause]

I hung out at the polls awhile...

I thank each and every one of the senior citizens that sit on those metal chairs, and try and guide lost voters to the booths. My grandmas are dead, so it felt good to get a little of the old feeling being around them, they are so dear. Bless them all!

 

[teddybear4play]

You just made me remember something no one's talked about. People here tend to talk in extremes and act like the sensational is the norm.

All across this country this morning hundreds of thousands of people got up at the crack of dawn to go WORK the polls. They brought their lunches and thermos's, set up their books, their machines, their special pencils and waited to spend all day helping people exercise their right to vote. It's a long hard day -- it's pretty much thankless. Once the polls close there are still hours of work left to do.

Oh sure, you might get paid a little for spending 14, 15 hours in a church or gymnasium etc. (and are usually asked to donate it back to your party of choice). But to me, that's one of the greatest shows of citizenship. If you haven't yet voted on the west coast and you're going to, you might want to say "thanks" to those people.

Good sentiment. Polls open at 6 am in Indiana, so those people worked a hard day. I came at an offpeak time so I had time to chat with them. I think they appreciated that someone of my age was showing up to vote.

Of course, it's also nice that those goddamned commercials will end. Even nicer since in the most vicious race, my candidate won.

TB4p

 

[Smiley777]

You just made me remember something no one's talked about. People here tend to talk in extremes and act like the sensational is the norm.

All across this country this morning hundreds of thousands of people got up at the crack of dawn to go WORK the polls. They brought their lunches and thermos's, set up their books, their machines, their special pencils and waited to spend all day helping people exercise their right to vote. It's a long hard day -- it's pretty much thankless. Once the polls close there are still hours of work left to do.

Oh sure, you might get paid a little for spending 14, 15 hours in a church or gymnasium etc. (and are usually asked to donate it back to your party of choice). But to me, that's one of the greatest shows of citizenship. If you haven't yet voted on the west coast and you're going to, you might want to say "thanks" to those people.

Everybody make sure and give my little brother a big hug too. He put in a 16 hour day volunteering today. I was very proud.