Comments on: Stories from CT http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:52:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Gray http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231312 Gray Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:42:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231312 <p>oops, I was updating this story all of the time, not ‘/home’. Was already wondering about the lame discussiuon here. Now I see the dkos story is already online here. Damn…<br /> =|-(</p> oops, I was updating this story all of the time, not ‘/home’. Was already wondering about the lame discussiuon here. Now I see the dkos story is already online here. Damn…
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]]> By: Gray http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231273 Gray Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:32:59 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231273 <p>Re: Paul Kiel quote<br /> Pls check this story at dkos:<br /> <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/8/153827/3493">CT-Sen: Why Lieberman’s site is down</a></p> <p>So, Geary pays 15$/month for an ‘average Joe’ that includes just 10 Gigs of traffic. It’s on a server together with 73 (!) other sites. It has been down in June, too, when the (in)famous bear cub ad came out. And he dares to speak about hacking, even of contacting the FBI? Nobody can say if there has been any attack at all, and even if there was one, it might have been against another site on the server, for instance the suspicious ‘husseini.com!, that doesn’t even have a google cache. Maybe a terrorist site. Lieberman made millions in fundraising, he could have afforded to buy an internet provider company. So, obviously Geary screwed it up by trying to do it cheap. His job, even his reputation is at stake. Now he tries to divert attention by making dubious accusations, but this dog won’t hunt anymore.<br /> Grrrrrr.</p> Re: Paul Kiel quote
Pls check this story at dkos:
CT-Sen: Why Lieberman’s site is down

So, Geary pays 15$/month for an ‘average Joe’ that includes just 10 Gigs of traffic. It’s on a server together with 73 (!) other sites. It has been down in June, too, when the (in)famous bear cub ad came out. And he dares to speak about hacking, even of contacting the FBI? Nobody can say if there has been any attack at all, and even if there was one, it might have been against another site on the server, for instance the suspicious ‘husseini.com!, that doesn’t even have a google cache. Maybe a terrorist site. Lieberman made millions in fundraising, he could have afforded to buy an internet provider company. So, obviously Geary screwed it up by trying to do it cheap. His job, even his reputation is at stake. Now he tries to divert attention by making dubious accusations, but this dog won’t hunt anymore.
Grrrrrr.

]]> By: orcatjf http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231233 orcatjf Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:19:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231233 <p>these are excellent stories of great hope for our democracy! Go Ned!</p> these are excellent stories of great hope for our democracy! Go Ned!

]]> By: DoubleSpeak with Matthew and Peter Slutsky » More From CT http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231225 DoubleSpeak with Matthew and Peter Slutsky » More From CT Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:16:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231225 <p>[…] Firedoglake: Stories from CT […]</p> […] Firedoglake: Stories from CT […]

]]> By: Bloviator http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231143 Bloviator Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:56:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231143 <p>Forgot to add, my town still uses the familiar old-fashioned “pull-the-handle-curtain closes-click the levers-pull-the handle-curtain opens” voting machine. Purely mechanical, sounds a little like “ka-ching” when the vote registers.</p> <p>Ya know what? Even in my Republican-leaning town I feel like my vote has a good chance of being counted.</p> Forgot to add, my town still uses the familiar old-fashioned “pull-the-handle-curtain closes-click the levers-pull-the handle-curtain opens” voting machine. Purely mechanical, sounds a little like “ka-ching” when the vote registers.

Ya know what? Even in my Republican-leaning town I feel like my vote has a good chance of being counted.

]]> By: camac http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231111 camac Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:49:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231111 <p>Funny how Rovian this whole story sounds - very like the early campaign in Texas where Rove falsely accused the opposition of bugging his candidate’s offices. Though the bugging hardware turned out to be essentially non-functional - MSM ran with it and the election went Rove’s way. Let’s not forget Rathergate either.<br /> The GOTV machine for Lieberman sure sounds a lot like the GOTV machine that was implemented by Rove (yeah I know - I’m bitter) here in the 50th district in California, during the Busby campaign. The last few days of that campaign showed a big swing in polling numbers, the smear campaign ratcheted up to screamer level, and suddenly there were Bilbray signs EVERYWHERE. I drove around the district the day before the 50th election (as well as the day of) - all Busby signs seemed to to have disappeared, and Bilbray’s face and name were everywhere. Similarly, crews of teenagers were transported around the district knocking on doors for Bilbray.<br /> But this move (the DOS accusation) sure seems pretty last minute and desparate - let’s hope they don’t succeed!</p> Funny how Rovian this whole story sounds – very like the early campaign in Texas where Rove falsely accused the opposition of bugging his candidate’s offices. Though the bugging hardware turned out to be essentially non-functional – MSM ran with it and the election went Rove’s way. Let’s not forget Rathergate either.
The GOTV machine for Lieberman sure sounds a lot like the GOTV machine that was implemented by Rove (yeah I know – I’m bitter) here in the 50th district in California, during the Busby campaign. The last few days of that campaign showed a big swing in polling numbers, the smear campaign ratcheted up to screamer level, and suddenly there were Bilbray signs EVERYWHERE. I drove around the district the day before the 50th election (as well as the day of) – all Busby signs seemed to to have disappeared, and Bilbray’s face and name were everywhere. Similarly, crews of teenagers were transported around the district knocking on doors for Bilbray.
But this move (the DOS accusation) sure seems pretty last minute and desparate – let’s hope they don’t succeed!

]]> By: Tennessean http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231069 Tennessean Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:41:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-231069 <p>Love these conversion stories. Keep ‘em coming all day. :) I’m impressed! Good luck, best of luck, hell, all the luck to Ned Lamont. I hope he wins.</p> Love these conversion stories. Keep ‘em coming all day. :) I’m impressed! Good luck, best of luck, hell, all the luck to Ned Lamont. I hope he wins.

]]> By: timewarp http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-230994 timewarp Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:10:48 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-230994 <p>Interesting #s from the CT Sec of State.</p> <p>29,000 new Dems registered in the last few months. About 1/2 are proviously unaffiliated voters and 1/2 are newly registered voters. </p> <p>My guess is that very few of the newly registered voters would suddenly be inspired to vote for HoJo, considering that they have not voted in the past at all. Some like new CT residents etc, I can see, but not many. </p> <p>The unaffiliateds are interesting though, and it will be interesting to see how they voted if there is a way to track it later, which I hope is done. </p> <p>The good news is that a lot of new people have regisered as Dems. Dean must be happy about that.</p> Interesting #s from the CT Sec of State.

29,000 new Dems registered in the last few months. About 1/2 are proviously unaffiliated voters and 1/2 are newly registered voters.

My guess is that very few of the newly registered voters would suddenly be inspired to vote for HoJo, considering that they have not voted in the past at all. Some like new CT residents etc, I can see, but not many.

The unaffiliateds are interesting though, and it will be interesting to see how they voted if there is a way to track it later, which I hope is done.

The good news is that a lot of new people have regisered as Dems. Dean must be happy about that.

]]> By: Bloviator http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-230985 Bloviator Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:06:49 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-230985 <p>Voted around 7:30 or so this morning. Small town, modest number of cars. It could be my paranoia, but there seemed to be higher-that-normal proportion with those magnetic ribbons (which I find offensive).</p> <p>The car I parked next to has a sticker that said something like “My spouse is a Marine in Iraq. Support the troops”. I thought “uh-oh”, but then thought, if my spouse was in Iraq I’d sure as hell vote for the candidate who most wanted to bring her home. </p> <p>We’ll see what happens. I’m completely conditioned to watching election results with the feeling that my country’s day in the sun is over.</p> Voted around 7:30 or so this morning. Small town, modest number of cars. It could be my paranoia, but there seemed to be higher-that-normal proportion with those magnetic ribbons (which I find offensive).

The car I parked next to has a sticker that said something like “My spouse is a Marine in Iraq. Support the troops”. I thought “uh-oh”, but then thought, if my spouse was in Iraq I’d sure as hell vote for the candidate who most wanted to bring her home.

We’ll see what happens. I’m completely conditioned to watching election results with the feeling that my country’s day in the sun is over.

]]> By: freepatriot http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-230940 freepatriot Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:49:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/08/stories-from-ct/#comment-230940 <p>how about a story from the past ???</p> <p>I was working in a polling place that had three precincts in the same room, and I was the “problem solver” for all three precincts</p> <p>I should state up front that I was wearing a LA Dodgers baseball cap to keep my hair under control</p> <p>a young developmentally disabled person came in to vote. the precinct workers couldn’t understand the guy well enough to learn his name, so I was called. It took a few tries, but I finally understood the man, and we found his name in the register (I’ve never seen such a look of relief on a person’s face before). Since the guy wasn’t able to mark the ballot himself, I was nominated to assist the guy. I read the individual ballot measures to him, and then the candidates’ names in order, and waited for his decisions (sometimes we had to go thru the list of names two or three times before he decided). it was my fiirst time assisting a disabled voter, and I think I did a good job</p> <p>after 45 minutes of assisting this guy vote, the guy reaches into a bag on his chair, pulls out a San Franciso Giants hat, puts it on his head, and starts making fun of my Dodgers hat</p> <p>that’s gratitude for ya</p> <p>it just goes to show, no matter how much you try to help a person, you can’t force that person to root for a decent baseball team</p> how about a story from the past ???

I was working in a polling place that had three precincts in the same room, and I was the “problem solver” for all three precincts

I should state up front that I was wearing a LA Dodgers baseball cap to keep my hair under control

a young developmentally disabled person came in to vote. the precinct workers couldn’t understand the guy well enough to learn his name, so I was called. It took a few tries, but I finally understood the man, and we found his name in the register (I’ve never seen such a look of relief on a person’s face before). Since the guy wasn’t able to mark the ballot himself, I was nominated to assist the guy. I read the individual ballot measures to him, and then the candidates’ names in order, and waited for his decisions (sometimes we had to go thru the list of names two or three times before he decided). it was my fiirst time assisting a disabled voter, and I think I did a good job

after 45 minutes of assisting this guy vote, the guy reaches into a bag on his chair, pulls out a San Franciso Giants hat, puts it on his head, and starts making fun of my Dodgers hat

that’s gratitude for ya

it just goes to show, no matter how much you try to help a person, you can’t force that person to root for a decent baseball team

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