My favorite email of the day:
Dear fellow bloggers,
Mr. Howie Klein of BlueAmerica and http://downwithtyrrany.blogspot.com has been kind enough to let us use his campaign song for our District 36 Florida House race. He's posted about it here:
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2006/11/had-enough-in-central-florida-time-to.html
Howie has asked me to forward this link to everyone on my reading list, so here goes! Hope to see great things on Tuesday night!
Darren Vierday
http://vierblog.blogspot.com
Mr. Howie Klein sure does rock.
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Fitz!
Another 0, woo hoo!
I better go play the lottery.
BTW: Is anyone else having trouble getting Crooks and Liars to load?
Keith Olbermann and FDL!
Scarborough is saying Republican hopes for keeping control of the House AND the Senate are fading.
Howie is one of my new Heroes!
FDL Rocks!
Triple whoa for Keith O’s ‘Special Comment’ tonight.
Wowza. He’s definitely been working on that one. His commentary and the visual montage that matched his points was intense and smart.
A must see/read.
[ update: Here it is - “Where are the the Checks and Balances?” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15595139
Wow.
-Monk
Brokaw is saying on Scarborough that American voters are wanting accountability on Iraq tomorrow. Can you smell and taste the victory yet? I sure can!
I just received a call from Gen. Clark asking me to vote for Mary Beth Harrell. She would replace Republican Congressman Carter from Texas. I voted for her during Early Voting.
Let’s keep pushing — ignore the polls like someone suggested earlier today, and just concentrate on GOTV! Thanks everybody.
Monk @
7
Monk thank you for the Keith graphic, it was really wonderful. Everyone loved it.
I’ve been singing that song all day. Anybody else a nervous wreck besides me? Dang cheaters got me sitting on pins and needles.
Speakout @ 11
I am verrry nervous and just finished a crying jag after visiting MFI.
fingers and toes crossed– GOTV.
Now they’re talking about a possible Democratic “landslide” tomorrow on Scarborough.
I just went to a local board meeting of our county’s Democratic Party- Even though we have totally kicked butt in our election efforts, there were some seriously cranky people there. I think lots of folks are on edge. There is so much at stake!angie @ 12
I just went to a local board meeting of our county’s Democratic Party- Even though we have totally kicked butt in our election efforts, there were some seriously cranky people there. I think lots of folks are on edge. There is so much at stake!
It’s interesting that Pat Buchanan is on Da Tube now. I so very MUCH enjoyed reading this in his magazine, American Conservative:
http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2…..ature.html
God, life is good!
Jane Hamsher @ 10
It was my pleasure Jane.
-Monk
He did it again tonight ……
Here’s the address one more time :
http://thank-you-keith-olbermann.blogspot.com/
I’ll have the clip latter.
Go on Rickie, it’s “The Last Chance”
Its her last chance
Her timings all wrong
Her last chance
She cant idle this long
Her last chance
Turn her over and go
Pullin out of the last chance texaco
The last chance
Curious in Central Texas @
9
Voted last week, even though I needed to be at home. So if I can drag my ass out of bed to vote when I have a 102 fever and can’t breathe without ODing on albuterol, nobody else has an excuse!
Watching Larry King now- My favorite lizard man- Carville is on as is JC Watts, David Gergen and Wolf Blitzer.
Norah with a scoop on the second edition of Hardball tonight…
The GOP doesn’t have a 72 Hour Strategy in place in Virginia. They never thought they’d need one. Whoops!
Cozumel @
21
Ha
ha ha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
You’re kidding! No frickin way!
That is a monumental cockup.
So Rove’s a genius ya say?
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Cozumel @ 21
What was it Jane said earlier?
Comic Gold.
I can’t decide if Jane has not been back on Olbermann’s show because she is to smart or to purty. Could it be both reasons?
Not to be a buzz-killer, but what will we all do for humor when Katherine Harris augers in? Wait for her book?
OOOH, and for those of you who couldn’t make yesterday’s KO book discussion, he’s going to come out with a book of Special Comments! FDL heard it first, maybe…
Good point from Carville on CNN a bit ago… he pointed out that in the 94′ elections the Republicans were polling only 6 pts above the Democrats on election day and that yielded them 50 seats.
Regardless of the difference in the current polls, they average out to give democrats a 11 point lead.
[ knock on wood ]
-Monk
Hey SharonW!!!
Nice to see Chairman Dean’s 50 state strategy talked up on Larry King, by Leslie Blitzer no less. And did anybody else think JCWatts looked terribly conflicted about his buddy Harold Ford — I could tell JC wants him to win and couldn’t say so, good GOPer that he is.
It’s so wonderful to see that old chestnut, first used by the GOP to take control of a senescent Congress in 1946, come out of retirement for a spin around the block at every level of Democratic campaigns. I have to wonder if my co-champion of the slogan has seen any of these wonderful videos, and what Newt thinks about them.
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Had Enough?
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angie @
12
Angie, I could go off with another Goat’s Head soup angle, but flip ain’t in it when the stakes are high. Take a deep breath, we’ll make it home somehow. There’s gonna be a reckoning, if not now, just bigger and better later. If the authoritarians are smart, they’ll take it now. Even the true neocons want it that way. Did you read the Vanity Fair article with Richard Perle laying it out? True conservatives are sick of the shite too. The question is whether or not the message has gotten to the back rooms.
Marion in Savannah @ 25
Umm, do wait until it hits the remaindered bins. Shouldn’t take more than a week. :)
I have a feeling that her need for public attention will cause her to have many, many arguments with God (”but, Jesus, if I take off all my clothes and run through Disney World naked, I’ll be popular again”).
Eureka Springs, AR @ 24
Given Keith’s response to the Stephanie Miller questions yesterday, I imagine his girlfriend keeps him on a pretty tight leash. Do you suppose that’s why Countdown has mostly male commentators?
EPU’d
egregious @ 225
Marion in Savannah @ 219
Scarborough has a lot to answer for, yet as self-reflective people, don’t we all? But you know, he is an evolving human being which should be an inspiration for a lot of other people on TV.
I would like his physical features to be not the issue. We have a lot of fellow bloggers with physical disabilities and deformities. [I’m not saying he has a physical deformity, only that his looks shouldn’t be our issue.] Let’s look at inner beauty.
I will give him the benefit of the doubt, as we wait on the other side of the Looking Glass for people to come thru once they GET IT. Let us show mercy for them. People make mistakes. It is painful to admit one has made a mistake as I am newly aware this very week.
Marion in Savannah @ 25
I’d be as eager for that book as you are, but for the sake of accuracy, I’ll note that KO said there were discussions under way for such a book…it’s not necessarily a done deal.
TeddySanFran @ 31
That definately crossed my mind as well as Ms. MSNBC co-workers.
Monk in the house!!!!
I have a hunch JC Watts will be a whole lot nicer to Democrats come Wednesday.
This from Digby re Rove’s comments in Florida this morning before Bush’s Pensacola speech which featured – ta-daaa – Katherine Harris:
One can only imagine what kind of tongue lashing he just took from the spoiled brat in chief over this bungle. The pictures of this trainwreck of a rally with the all-star team of George and Jeb up there alone with nutty election fixer Katherine Harris are going to be precious.
’bout the only things that would cure my nerves would be a crystal ball or a v*li-um…
geez, this is a hard wait!
Markos is on Larry King. With Frum? Wow. He can barely talk without drooling.
TeddySanFran @ 28
Dean’s 50 State Strategy is probably the best thing that has happened in politics in the last 20 years. And, by the way, IT’S WORKING!!!
And I believe it will keep on working. GO ROOTZ!
Kos on Larry King
I have to share with you all that my Election Day present for TRex arrived in the mail here today from the Clare Booth Luce Institute — the Great American Conservative Women calendar for 2007. I wonder whether his favorite pinup will be Miss May (Michelle Malkin) or Miss December (Annthrax)?
I’m going over to spend the night with my almost 100 year old Auntie in a bit. And will be taking her to the polls early before I go to work. She’s voting a straight Demo ticket (always has) tomorrow, and doesn’t need me or anyone else to tell her how to vote. This old girl knows right from wrong. And she ain’t nervous either. This woman is amazing. She’s articulate, and knows the issues and the candidates. How many 99 year old Progressives do you know?
OldCoastie @ 37
I found a way to at least divert the Election Eve jitters: screen “Dead Man Walking” for a university evening class. It’s not that I’m free of nerves, it’s just a little different right now.
TSF @41 – 707!
“We were wrong about the number of weapons of mass destruction we found?”
Yeah, zero. He doesn’t want to have “archaeological discussions” about what went wrong. Translate: Doesn’t want to talk about how wrong he was.
Woo hoo! Markos hit him well. “Not strong enough to admit they were wrong.” Good way to say it.
Jane Hamsher @ 45
This has nothing to do with archaeology, and I’m not going to have him blaming me for this fucking quagmire.
Hope I’m doing this right…
EPU’d from last thread, thought you all would want to see this.
Tom Mathieson @ 242
Oklahoma kiddo @ 42
Oh, how wonderful… both that you have her, and that she’s a Dem. I just got a little “good shiver” about tomorrow if people like your Auntie want to get out to the polls. Give her a wink for me!
Markos to Frum, over Larry: That’s NOT what I said!
That, folks, is how it’s done.
angie @ 12
angie–
I would worry about your soul if you could go over to mfi and back and NOT have a crying jag after reading what he writes about the deaths of civilians that WE are responsible for. Welcome to the human race, where we feel that the deaths of innocents is something VERY WRONG.
Speakout, re is anyone else a nervous wreck? I think I can safely speak for all fdl folk who have ADHD and/or bipolar manic/depression when I say HELL YES!!!!!
We hope to re-establish our equilibrium and rejoin the various AA and ALanon groups at some point after the recounts have commenced and finished. Good luck with that, all.
Look at it this way, if you weren’t already mentally ill, this administration would push a great many people over that line. Heckuva job! Some of us *cough* were there to begin with. Welcome to our world.
It’s so great to hear someone like Kos on a show like Larry King, even if he can’t pronounce his name. He really presents himself well. AND he seems to look a bit older this evening. Not sure why. He usually looks so young. Maybe it’s the suit.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 42
Lucky you. My grandmother is 104 and always knew I was a Democrat by the way I walked. Whatever the hell that means.
It has been mentioned on Scarborough a few minutes ago, that there is expected a large turnout from Native American reservations. I will be interested in this.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 53
Cool.
EvilDrPuma @ 52
It means you generally went forwards, rather than backwards. :)
egregious @ 32
Egregious, that is a beautiful comment and one that I agree with 100%
EvilDrPuma @ 52
My guess is that she saw that you walked with your back straight, and your eyes on the prize… not shuffling along with your eyes averted because you were a Republican who was trying to hide something… (don’t they ALL have something to hide?)
montag @ 55
It means you generally went forwards, rather than backwards. :)
I tried to tell her that wasn’t how gaydar worked, but she was already too senile.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 34
It’s not like they are in the same room together. Most guests are a couple 100 miles away.
Ricky’s robots look uncomfortable as he goes on his Iran rant. Then smarmily happy again for his closing line. They know, though, don’t they MoDog,,,
Marion in Savannah @ 57
in other words, your knuckles weren’t dragging along the ground
Ana Marie Cox (time.com) just blistered Joe Scarborough’s butt. Whew!!!
EvilDrPuma @
54
And Alaska Natives – for one of their own.
ET – what’s the latest Benson buzz?
Oklahoma kiddo @ 62
Linky? Or was this on Da Tube?
Nate @ 6
Nate, we voted on who should get the BlueAmerica money for Had Enough ads, and it was a narrow victory for Charlie Brown, and it was because of…ready?…YOU and your incredibly inspiring example of quitting your job and moving to California to support him. Upon that inspiring example we donated to BlueAmerica, and therefore Charlie Brown got the Had Enough ads when he did.
No pressure there Nate :) just know that what you did was AMAZING and many of us are just grateful to help you and Brown in some small way.
Ed*ard Teller @ 63
Cool again.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 62
She knows butts., doesn’t she.
egregious @ 50
Egregious- Well, if we do win, hopefully the dems will make mental health issues a priority. Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?? BTW- What is MFI?
Selise, LisaDawn, scarecrow, RevDeb and i were just at HQ, received our cardboard boxes with poll standing palm cards, buttons, maps, and a warm knit cap!! and now everyone is retiring with alarms set to 4:30 and 5 AM. hope to get a bite before hitting our polls at 6.
Sorry i missed Dab from CT, SharonW, TRex, Tommy Yum, …. gadzooks!
Well, we’ll meet up again when we see that spotlight on the clouds.
night, all.
Well, I can already see I’m not going to get squat done at work tomorrow.I’ve noticed a case of nerves creeping up as time goes by.I have to wait until after work to vote, so I will be closely watching the day progress.GOTV! And lets start cleaning house tomorrow!
P.S.
KKKKKarl?
KKKKKiss my ass.
joysness @ 47
Wow thanks for reposting that, I did not see it the first time.
Maybe we need to have Tom write a post about how they did this. Pretty interesting.
Speakout @ 11
I’ve been saying for the past year or so that there ought to be some kind of class action lawsuit against the Bush Administration for all the damage they’ve done to the collective mental health of Blue America.
I’m kind of not kidding.
Ed*ard Teller @ 63
It’s 15.6% of the population and I want to see EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM at the polls tomorrow. This is for all the marbles.
Er, next commenter, please start afresh so we don’t break the ziggurat.
egregious @ 32
Funny– I was checking out my Freshman Register from the Univ. of Alabama 1981- Guess who was a classmate of mine? Joseph Scarborough from Pensacola, FL. Much skinnier version. Come to think of it, so was I. :(
Speakout, I’ll bet we ALL were much skinnier in 1981… Me by about 20 pounds….
Pectopah @ 59
Yes but the woman force is strong with that one. I felt the chills just knowing we watched Kos together on LK. There is a power there, a power to be reckoned with.
punaise @ 64
The sound of buzzing from twenty feet away comes out more clearly as chattering teeth as you get closer. It is cold here! Probably down almost to 10 below tonight.
The Daily News, rather than endorse Young or Benson yesterday, damned Young and wished him a change of heart over the next two years.
Kris Pierce, diane’s CM, and a couple of political savants are predicting Diane by 2 to 2.5 percent. The AK state house and Senate will go a bit less red. Knowles and Palin is a toss-up. Polling all over the graph – like a lot of other places.
Agree!
Anybody else notice lately how bad Ken Mehlmann looks lately. HE’s on Larry King now, and actually doesn’t look as bad as he has in the past few weeks, but still. Must be hell to be Republican. Not to mention closeted.
Speakout, mfi is markfromireland, http://markfromireland.blogsome.com and related blog http://gorillasguides.blogspot.com he writes firsthand about what is going on in Iraq, people being blown up and the like. His job is dealing with unexploded ordnance, iirc. He was recently severely wounded and his driver killed while on duty in Iraq.
His history in the middle east includes being an eyewitness to I****** atrocities in Lebanon in the 1980’s. His son is currently serving in Afghanistan.
Speakout @ 80
It’s not hell to be Republican. The truth catches up, and they think it’s hell.
That’s not far enough to dull a competative edge. I do hope it’s not the reason. ‘Twas just a thought.
Ken Mehlmann prolly has a massage guy/meth salesman on hold. Prayin’, scared sh*tless.
Ed*ard Teller @ 78
thanks – good luck!
OT – Sun-Sentinal.com has up early returns from parts of Florida. Heavy dem majorities, but I have no idea how significant this is. The site is referenced on Drudge – so that may also mean something.
This is from Pat Buchanan’s magazine, American Conservative:
GOP Must Go
Next week Americans will vote for candidates who have spent much of their campaigns addressing state and local issues. But no future historian will linger over the ideas put forth for improving schools or directing funds to highway projects.
-snip-
The war will continue as long as Bush is in office, for no other reason than the feckless president can’t face the embarrassment of admitting defeat. The chain of events is not complete: Bush, having learned little from his mistakes, may yet seek to embroil America in new wars against Iran and Syria.
-snip- (but you should read it)
On Nov. 7, the world will be watching as we go to the polls, seeking to ascertain whether the American people have the wisdom to try to correct a disastrous course. Posterity will note too if their collective decision is one that captured the attention of historians—that of a people voting, again and again, to endorse a leader taking a country in a catastrophic direction. The choice is in our hands.
Does anybody else feel like we’re having a party? The phone keeps ringing with robocalls and I keep running back and forth from the teevee to the computer to the kitchen. I am making pre-election night chickeny goulashy stuff:
Boil three chicken breasts with bones for broth to use later and yummy tender chicken for this stuff. Throw in some parsely sage rosemary and thyme (or whatever herbs you like).
In big huge pan saute in olive oil:
onions, mushrooms, garlic, red peppers, yellow squash, zucchini. Add some stewed tomatoes. Put in a bunch of spices (make sure there is some oregano in there). Cook for a long time. Bone the chicken, add it (the chicken, not the bones) to the goulash (oops, I forgot the eggplant; guess it isn’t goulash). Cook forever, Later boil some pasta — shells or bowties or something fun — then drain the pasta, add the pasta to the other stuff. Put some in bowls, top with romano cheese. Have a glass of red wine with it (unless you are TRex).
yum.
So I’m running back and forth and it just feels like a party.
Early voting numbers from S. Fla.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/ne…..-headlines
Speakout @ 80
The six year cycle haha. He’s already writing the rough draft of his LOSER speech. Forget the issues, it’s that damn cycle! LOL
Early voting & absentee figures for Broward, Palm Beach & Dade counties
sun-sentinel.com
November 6, 2006, 4:30 PM EST
Elections Offices in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade County released these figures on Monday of early voting and absentee ballots that have been cast in Tuesday’s elections. In the tri-county area, 12.7 percent of all registered voters have already voted:
Broward County
# Early voting by party — 45,638 Democrats and 18,735 Republicans & 13,414 other. TOTAL: 77,787.
# Absentee ballots (thru Thursday, Nov. 2 only) 13, 584 Democrats, 13,746 Republicans & 3,128 other. TOTAL: 30,458
# Countywide, 12.5 percent of all voters have voted with 8.4 percent by early voting, 4.1 percent by absentee. That includes 12.7 percent of the total registered Democrats in the county; 13.4 percent of the registered Republicans in Broward; and 7.7 percent of the third-party voters that had cast ballots by Monday.
Miami-Dade County
# Early voting by party — 32,094 Democrats, 23,547 Republicans & 10,538 other. TOTAL: 66,179.
# Absentees: 17,390 Democrats, 36,248 Republicans; & 7,191 other. TOTAL: 60,829.
# Countywide, 11.7 percent of all voters have cast ballots with 6.1 percent by early voting, and 5.6 percent by absentee
Palm Beach County
# Total votes available as of 9 a.m. Monday were 59, 727 votes in early voting and 50, 579 absentees ballots cast. No breakdown was immediately available.
# Countywide, 14.4 percent: with 7.8 percent by early voting, and 6.6 percent absentee
Richmond @
86
egregious @ 81
Thanks- The blog looks very interesting. I’ll be checking it out.
Ed*ard Teller @ 78
Fingers crossed.
Toes crossed.
Brain wires crossed. Ok that’s just the stress talking.
Fingers crossed, it’s a Christian symbol, sign of the cross. Not too many people know that.
Young was quoted as saying he didn’t think any Republicans would lose their seats. My reaction: wait til you wake up Wednesday and realize YOU hae lost YOUR seat.
Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
If we pull this off….Oh man you are such a hero. And fdl gets the credit too.
egregious @ 81
Wow. All of a sudden MFI is on my prayer list. Thanks, egregious, for letting some of us newer folks know.
LindaR -
Sounds delish.
Party on.
I’m resting up tonight so I’ll be in it for the long haul tomorrow.
Marion in Savannah @ 65
Da Tube. But basically what Cox said was (in so many words) was ‘the reason you are no longer in Congress Joe, is that you’re stupid.’ Joe did NOT like it.
LindaR @ 88
YUM, YUM, YYYYUUUMMMMMM… I can’t WAIT to try it. Sound delicious!
Remember that part of the Mary Tyler Moore show opening – where she turned and tossed her beret up in the air?
Howie has the re-inactment, here.
Mary/Hat
Kathy/brain
You be the judge!
egregious @
93
fdl gets a lot of credit for a lot of races. Like I’ve said before, “firedoglake is to the brain what talk radio is to the lizard brain.”
BTW – last Young internal poll had him at 48%.
raven @ 91
Anybody know if Broward is heavy Dem, and, if so, how much?
If it’s not a heavy Dem county, the GOP has to be shitting right about now. They turned out a higher percentage of their voters early/absentee, and the Dems crushed them anyway.
raven @ 91
Dade (Miami) Broward (Ft. Lauderdale) and Palm Beach counties do tend to be pretty blue areas, though only about 90 minutes away on the other side of the state, my town, Naples, is VERY RED. But we have a superb GOTV effort here, so we are very hopeful. But there are twice as many Republicans here as Dems.
COLORADO BOB @ 89
Is it legal to release this? I remember when there was a HUGE fuss about the east coast releasing presidential election results before the polls closed in California. So how is this different??? It’s not a national election, but Christ, 24 hours is more than 3…
Kathryn in MA @ 70
Yeah – going to bed now, as well. Tomorrow should be interesting.
Sorry I missed you too – maybe tomorrow, if I’m not too exhausted to go to Meriden.
Oklahoma kiddo > 53
Hmmmmm, could this be a “V for Vendetta” moment ?
And EPU`d from the previous thread :
Talk about small delights
While walking back from the mailbox just now I realized that tonight is “take out the garbage” night so the big truck can come along tomorrow morning & pick it up
How fitting !
“There’s this peculiar asymmetry in time which is that you can know
everything you want about the past and you can’t change a bit of it
and you can know absolutely nothing about the future but what you
do changes everything.” – Stewart Brand
LindaR @
88
Ohhh boy. Sounds like I need to add these ingredients to my chicken with 10 cloves of garlic and wine dish.
Marion in Savannah @ 101
Just numbers of voters by party. Not reporting on candidates.
Cozumel @ 90
Sure, politicians who spend a lot of time together always synchronize their cycles. Just like fertile women.
dab from CT @ 27
Holy Crap! You caught me from the last thread? And here I am, dragging my ass in late on this thread. Sorry.
Hey, I hear from a Republican insider that Joe is really worried and didn’t think the Q-Poll was accurate. Their inside numbers have Schlesinger around 15% not 8%.
Oh man, on tonight’s news Joe actually said he didn’t believe the Q’s numbers. Now we know why!
Incidentally, I hear that Joe’s out to blanket minority areas with crappy “Greenwich country club” flyers tomorrow…again.
Last two days of canvassing in Ct, with Selise, RevDeb, lisadawn, Jen for Denmark, Rae from New Mexico, and others — in various communities. We’re seeing movement; lot’s of Ned supporters, fewer Joes, and some still undecideds but all who were willing to talk were dissatisfied with Joe and open to Ned. My sense from those I talked to the last two days was that they’re breaking strongly for Ned, and they very definitely want change. This is all anecdotal, but the “wave” seems very credible. Coming back to watch/read the news, it’s depressing to hear about robo-calls, voter suppression, counter-waves — but we didn’t here any of that out there.
This is still doable. And no matter what happens tomorrow, we progressives won. We’ve come farther than anyone expected, and we’re still learning and getting stronger, and we’re not going to go way or give up. This is just the beginning.
egregious @ 66
Wow… Thank you. Both for the most excellent vote of confidence!
And… For the Chance to strategically re-post the above original link to further provide opportunities for the good people of this great blog to see a brilliant showcase of Howie’s magnificent work for BlueAmerica.
I love this place! ;)
Oklahoma kiddo @ 96
Ouch…. That’s gonna leave a mark!!!
And that’s my LAST ziggurat until Wednesday… We really have to try to be good tomorrow…
Marion in Savannah @ 94
He used to post regularly on fdl but then there was a fight with some people that felt that he was too…I don’t know what…and then he stopped commenting. I tried to heal the breach but failed. We need to have people telling us what is REALLY happening in Iraq. The truth, tho painful, is healing in the end.
Jacqrat @ 98
Please…. polite posters use spew alerts…
SNORK!
Want to know why the GOP is so scared of a Dem majority?
From Americablog:
From the House Dems:
Reps. Conyers and Dingell Challenge GOP Robo-Calls
The letter is at the link.
scarecrow @ 109
GREAT to hear from you scarecrow. It sounds as though Bloomberg’s GOP “on the ground” support for Lieberman4Lieberman hasn’t materialized, Joe is “all hat and no cattle.” Stay safe.
File it under: And you thought we had it bad here or a little distraction
I haven’t checked out Haaretz for a few days but there was definitely a hallucinatory quality to the stories in today’s online edition.
The Israeli general staff is preparing for a war with Syria next year, because you know the war with Hezbollah went so well this summer.
Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman now a member of the government wants a two state solution, one Jewish, one Arab. His twist is he wants the 20% of Israel’s population which is Arab to be made part of any new Palestinian state, whether they like it or not.
Still in comparison this seems more reasonable than Knesset member Benny Elon’s plan to have the US government and the American Jewish community pay $100 billion to send the whole of the Palestinian population to Bulgaria and Bosnia “voluntarily”.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Mazuz decided to wait for Israel’s President Katsav to step down before continuing his investigation of Katsav for rape.
And then there was this. In response to a gay pride march in Jerusalem to be held later this week, Israel’s chief rabbinate issued the following plea for tolerance:
Insert comment on religion and compassion here.
Finally, Israel killed another 6 Palestinians in Gaza bringing the number of dead to 53 since the most recent raid began.
Repeat Calls Spur a Debate Over Tactics
Karyn Hollis, an English professor at Villanova University, just outside Philadelphia, said the same computerized calls had been ringing her telephone as often as five times a day for more than a week.
They all start with a simple, if somewhat ambiguous, statement: “Hello, I’m calling with information about Lois Murphy,” a Pennsylvania Democrat who is the challenger in one of the hottest House races. That opening sounds “kind of positive in tone,” Ms. Hollis said. But the message quickly turns negative, blasting Ms. Murphy’s political views. After she hangs up, the phone rings again later with the same message. And again. And again.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11…..r=homepage
Speakout @
106
Oh. Thanks for the clarification. So how many “cross-over” Dems do we all think there will be?? MANY thanks for being able to do a slightly subtle SNORK… Glad to hear good news, just didn’t want us to get dinged on it…
((((scarecrow)))) Wonderful news! p.s. I know a Rea (pronounced ray-a) from Albquerque, NM.
scarecrow @ 109
And a big shout out to you, too, scarecrow! It was great meeting you.
Man, if all it took was heart to win this one, we’d be way ahead in the polls. Of course, the only ones that matter are tomorrow’s. :)
Ken Mehlman took time out from searching his Whitehouse office closet in the desperate hunt for gays in the Bush administration to drop this load of feces in USA Today.
Speaking for the first president ever to be selected by the Supreme Court, Smellman claims the Democrats need “activist judges” in order to win elections.
Ken, why do you look so Haggard?
-GSD
What’s a ziggurat?
GSD @ 120
Mehlman must be working on his post-RNC stand-up comedy routine. That’s really funny. :)
Speakout @ 122
building “pyramids” with nested comments-within-comments, using the “Quote This Comment” feature. Deep ziggs throw off some browsers, and make reloading the page take longer.
Speakout @ 121
boxes within boxes, blockquotes stepping down and across the page,
or
ziggurat |ˈzigəˌrat| noun (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium bc and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel
Speakout @ 122
It’s sort of a step pyramid… I’m not knocked out by Wikipedia, but you can look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat
And, of course, WAY too many nested quotes!
Thanks Teddy!I’m in the loop, now!
Whoa! I just caught a Paul Newman commercial for Ned Lamont! I had heard that he had spoken out for Lamont, but not that he did a commercial for him.
Go Paul!
Ziggurat, not to be confused with a Zagnut.
-GSD
OT= On Smehlman and the early Fla and Missouri vote information. Drudge has posted both the Missouri early vote tabulations (no numbers given) and the recent Florida Sun-Sentinel results. Why? Perhaps Melhman & the Repubs are planning on moving to disqualify votes that were counted before the polls are closed tomorrow. Melhman has indicated that the Dems will try to win the election in the courts. Is this part of the plan – to discount Dems legal actions to counter this move?
SharonW @ 128
I buy his Salad Dressing exclusively now.
Stand-up Ken Mehlman.
Mehlman: “Take my beard, please.”
-GSD
SharonW @ 128
It’s a good one. He’s a conn. resident, right?
Ziggurats can be kind of addictive like nicotine. They can be both filtered and unfiltered. FDL’s are filtered, but you can still roll your own.
Richmond @ 130
Sure seems like these sleazebags have lots of post-election dishonesty up their sleeves.
-GSD
I particularly liked this one:
Ken, why do you look so Haggard?
MD-Sen: More dirty tricks
http://www.dailykos.com/
It’s increasingly looking like to me that Maryland is Ground Zero in the GOP play book of dirty tricks. If they are successful there, toss in Tennessee, and that’s the Senate, game over.
All of their wacko talking heads have been pumping Maryland on Cable TV in the last week as a win for them. Mary Matilin, Ole’ 60 Grit, etc. They know.
Richmond @ 129
Well, they can try that tapdance, but the numbers being released are the number received, not ballots counted. In most states, the early voting gets totaled and absentee ballots get counted on election day, not before.
If the `pugs try taking that assertion into court, they’re going to get thrown out–probably bodily–for wasting the judges’ time.
Hugh @ 134
Take off every zig, for great justice!
P.S. Josh Marshall deserves some kudos for getting on the false flag robocalls.
Speakout @ 136
EEWWWWW…. Please tell me they weren’t going at it like rabbits? (No insults at all meant to rabbits…)
UptownNYChick @ 133
You bet. One of our best. :)
Boy, that was a coup! And playing it during “Studio 60″ is a smart buy considering the demographic has to be majorly Dem.
Cozumel @ 137
Possibly, since they had their dry run in the late primary in September, where patriot Donna Edwards lost, and all those voting machine cards went missing.
watertiger 55,232
howie klein 6,40 plus maybe 10
chris bowers __, 37 subject to change
pelosi __, 22
egregious 6,28
Teddy 8,50
Coz 5,23
Eureka 8,37
jello 6, __
rwcole 4-5, 20
OFG __, 32
shooogarp 6,33
LindaR 6,34
Mad Dogs 5,23
MayDaze 5,50
Primordial Ooze 7,38
punaise 6,25
GSD 7,46,9
peterr 7,40
rat bastahd 6,36
Margot 6,41
imman 5,23
Mommybrain 7,28
bdu 6,31
cleter 7,38
tuneforg 7,50
thunder 7.999,35
busted 7,32
Lindy 7,30
Twisted 4,28
Marion 6,24
John Swifty 3,25
montag 4,19
deCascadian 5,24
Prairie Sunshine 7,34
Old Coastie 7,34
smiley “53/240″=?8/37
ET 6,28 [COPYCAT :)]
kirk 7,33
Let’s go people, you’ve got until 6pm est tomorrow.
And may I kindly request, with all politeness, that we GET THE VOTE OUT??????
Thank you ever so much.
egregious, you’ve got me dead to rights. I hope I lose BIG TIME for being too timid…
Speakout @
136
That’s a keeper.
yay, egreg!
Somebody might want to open that closet door, I think it’s getting really crowded in there.
FL’s gubenatorial candidate is having one “heckuva” day.
http://americablog.blogspot.co…..acing.html
Florida GOP governor candidate, facing allegations of homosexuality, suddenly flip-flops on gay civil union question
egregious @ 143
I didn’t read the whole thread. Are you having a best guess on the race results contest?
Eight is a lonely number :( Of course I was including a Ned win in that category.
Egregious, Will we be able to get predictions from Christy or Jane? *s*
Oh Jane. Come on Jane enter your chance for a pony in the egregious pool.
There won’t be any problem with the vote being suppressed. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has dispatched over 800 election observers from the Justice Department.
Gonzales says:
“We’ll have plenty of jackboots on the ground.”
-GSD
egregious — I think we’ll have 7 senate winners and 30 house winners.
egregious, please let me know, if I lose where do I pay up, and what are the stakes?
(I’m in if it’s under $50…)
Good luck you guys in Meriden: Pat from Northhampton, Jen and LisaDawn and the rest of you; wish I was still down there to help tomorrow. You guys are terrific.
6 and 23 for me egregious.
Keep on spreading the love and saving the worldl :)
I am a volunteer here in the 4th for Lamont and I have heard the following:
They did not get in touch with everyone who wanted to volunteer tomorrow, Nov. 7th. If you wanted to volunteer but have not been contacted yet do not worry, just come into our office at 25 Van Zant st in Norwalk and we’ll send you out. If you can’t do that, go ahead and drive right to a polling location and stay as long as you can.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 149
I’ll ask Christy at lunch tomorrow.
Excuse me:
Eeeeeeeeeek! Thank you.
SharonW, we are asking for bets on the number of Senate seats gained, and House seats gained. Please don’t make me subtract, it makes me cross. Watertiger hold the record for optimism, that every single seat in the entire Congress will go Dem despite the fact that they are not all up for election. Of course there are seats abandoned for corruption. Maybe watertiger will win after all….
Okay, after reading the proceeding comments to mine, I can see it’s a race outcome guess. D’oh, dopey me!
Put me in for 5, and 25.
Marion in Savannah @ 153
So am I… No idea what its about but if it’s a pool and egregious is involved, then I Want In!
P.S. Psssst! Can I borrow $50 e?
Nate @ 159
After payday, come talk to me again!!!
Does anyone know what time Christy will be on CNN tomorrow? I plan on channel surfing coverage if I’m home (I may be at Lamont’s gathering, don’t know if I can do it yet), and I don’t want to miss her and the other bloggers.
GSD @ 151
He’ll have stormtroopers in place, maybe. Freaking little PMP! The man’s only talent is subverting points of law.
From: http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog
Those final Arkansas poll numbers
Tighter, Survey USA says, but still a Democratic sweep. For KTHV:
Governor: Beebe 51-42
Lt. gov: Halter 50-42
A.G.: McDaniel 54-38
Secy. of State: Daniels, 58-34
snip
All blue folks.
Marion in Savannah @ 153
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I don’t know if Jane and Christy lose a little money or a humongous amount of money. They certainly are not getting ahead on fdl income.
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JohnSwifty, allow me to parade my ignorance here…
What’s a PMP? (Other than pitiful mother#*ng pimp?)
SharonW @ 161
CNN coverage starts at 7pm. If they’re smart they’ll start with CHS.
The NYTimes will be running with the GOP harrassing phone call story tomorrow.
So on election day we should be hearing about a major effort on the part of the Karl Rove and the New Ba’ath Party trying to subvert American Democracy.
-GSD
Can we pull down the statue of a chimp somewhere tomorrow?
egregious @ 164
I wish I were a relative. I wish Christy were my mom….oh, to be lulled to sleep with the gentle readings from the finer points of congressional law….mmm! Night all!
Eureka Springs, AR @
163
A clean sweep!
That is definately a plus! Colorado, NY, and Ohio are gonna be bloody for the GOP too.
-GSD
Nate @ 159
Nate, silly, it’s just a contest. No money is involved, only ponies. Remind me of my rash promises of insomebodysface support after the election ok? Mahalo.
GSD @ 167
Chimp statue.
Oh, my… I’m still howling… Did anyone see Jon Stewart’s take on Pastor Ted? Still laughing….
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Thank you.
Patrick,
I forgot, Darkblack already covered The Chimp and the Gimp.
-GSD
my entry in the egregious poll — 5, 35
based on absolutely nothing, I just wanted to enter
GSD @
174
Better still. But we’re gonna need a bigger tank to pull it down.
Arkansas has one Republican in the House (Boozman rubberstamp). He is up against Woody Anderson (unknown Dem) tomorrow. No polling numbers, no information available on this fellow or gawd forbid Dem party support.
Of course I will vote for Woody anyway.
egregious @ 166
Hopefully I’ll be out of court by then. I showed up for a jury summons this morning and was assigned to a District Court appearance in the morning Tuesdasy at 8:30 for jury duty. It’s a freaking conspiracy. ARRRRGGG!
egregious @ 173
Oh. Okay. I was looking forward to losing a lot of money, just like I do if I get involved with a football pool…. Well. Humph. Now I won’t play at all….. (But can I still toss a few bucks into the FDL tip jar???)
Cozumel @ 178
I blame Clinton.
Cozumel @ 178
If it’s a conspiracy, it’s much easier to convict everybody. You’ll be out by noon.
GSD @ 174
Oh. Well. THANKS. Now I have to go and stick knitting needles in my eyes….
Jane Hamsher @ 175
Nothing? We are requesting a humble donation of $49.99 for the good cause of fdl, donation button at the top of the page. What, you want an exception? Based on what? :) :)
Pumpkin muffins to be delivered via CHS tomorrow. GO GET ‘EM!!!!!
Marion in Savannah @ 182
oh, Marion! sorry about the knitting needles, but see… you saved ME from having to look…
Cozumel @ 178
Yeah, well, it might be… I thing Repugs think we’re too honorable to try to get out of jury duty… Or it might be that we take our Constitution seriously?? (Nah, couldn’t be that…)
Marion in Savannah > 182
That is what eye bleach is for so you don`t have to abuse those needles
“There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.” – Richard Avedon
Marion in Savannah @ 182
Don’t forget to take them out before you get on a plane.
OldCoastie, always glad to be of service! (Really, DON’T go there!)
Oh Jeebus. Joe Lieberman, Pete King, Chris Shays and Mike Boomberg back to back to bac to back on my TV………
Please God, make it stop…
watertiger 55,232
howie klein 6,40 plus maybe 10
chris bowers __, 37 subject to change
pelosi __, 22
egregious 6,28
Teddy 8,50
Coz 5,23
Eureka 8,37
jello 6, __
rwcole 4-5, 20
OFG __, 32
shooogarp 6,33
LindaR 6,34
Mad Dogs 5,23
MayDaze 5,50
Primordial Ooze 7,38
punaise 6,25
GSD 7,46,9
peterr 7,40
rat bastahd 6,36
Margot 6,41
imman 5,23
Mommybrain 7,28
bdu 6,31
cleter 7,38
tuneforg 7,50
thunder 7.999,35
busted 7,32
Lindy 7,30
Twisted 4,28
Marion 6,24
John Swifty 3,25
montag 4,19
deCascadian 5,24
Prairie Sunshine 7,34
Old Coastie 7,34
smiley “53/240″=?8/37
ET 6,28 [COPYCAT :)]
kirk 7,33
CuriousC.TX 7,30
tricia 6,23
SharonW 5,25
Some person named Hamsher 5,35
Let’s go people, you’ve got until 6pm est tomorrow.
Donations gratefully accepted at the paypal/credit card button above. No one gets cash from this, only ponies and bragging rights.
And, please? GET OUT THE VOTE. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Marion – really, thank you, I won’t! got a cold and my head is wierd enough as it is – doesn’t need any unusual input…
Jane Hamsher @ 175
It sounds like you’re using the same exacting methodology I did, except we have a 10 point spread between us on the House. :)
I guess I’m a glass 2/3rds kinda gal while you’re a glass 3/4ers.
UptownNYChick @ 189
Jeebus, Joe Lieberman, Pete King, Chris Shays and Mike Boomberg:
one of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn’t belong…
Anybody in Cali have any thoughts on CA-50? I’m still unbelievably po’d at that district for being lame enough a nearly indicted rethug (Bilbray, R-doesn’t live in district) to replace a convicted rethug (Cunningham, R-Dept of Corrections). If you use CQ’s funky equation, it predicts a very narrow Busby victory if Bush is at 35% but a very narrow Bilbray victory if Bush is at 40%… Polls are in the margin of error with the challenger rallying but most of the MSM cognoscent still have the district labeled in various shades of red.
By the way, what are we voting on (Egregious’ list)? The BOP in the House? Senate?
I think I was the first person at fdl to suggest having contests in general. At least from the period October 2005 onward. I could be wrong, it happens often.
6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
egregious @ 190
UptownNYChick @ 189
Darlin’, take a DEEP breath… Okay? Now… put down the controller… Done that? Good. Now… This is the hard part… STEP AWAY FROM THE TV… (unless, of course, you’re watching Jon Stewart). Really. You need to get your beauty rest so you can go out and KICK SOME BUTT at the polling place tomorrow…
See? I knew it. You feel better already, don’t you?
I am surprised the Redouchebaglican Party didn’t decide to hand out Al Qaeda voting guides with the picture of Osama offering his voting advice on the best Democratic candidates…..
I guess there is always 2008, because you know Bush will still be milking that for reasons to subvert our precious democracy.
-GSD
Blub @ 194
1. How many Senate seats we will gain.
2. How many House seats we will gain.
(Please don’t make me subtract.)
I suppose I must insist that the baseline is we are betting here as DEMOCRATS. Thank yew.
I heard that Peter King has landed a role this Christmas as the Heat Miser in “Fascists on Ice” on Broadway.
-GSD
egregious @
164
Done! On top of that, I’m making a election eve vow. I’m going to do all my future Amazon book/movie/electronics shopping through FDL’s link.
Time to start living my life, casting my vote and keeping the money inside the community. Here and as an American.
OT, but I’m watching Jon Stewart… Does anyone else think that Seinfeld is a total and complete waste of oxygen?
egr, you funny.
Marion in Savannah @ 185
It’s just a civil case of some sort I guess. This is a first for me. When I tell them my girlfriend is an attorney and former judge, that should get me dismissed, by BOTH sides! LOL
where’s that theropod?
Marion in Savannah @ 197
Lol
trying to hold on until Late Nite.
Marion in Savannah @ 202
And carbon too!
watertiger 55,232
howie klein 6,40 plus maybe 10
chris bowers __, 37 subject to change
pelosi __, 22
egregious 6,28
Teddy 8,50
Coz 5,23
Eureka 8,37
jello 6, __
rwcole 4-5, 20
OFG __, 32
shooogarp 6,33
LindaR 6,34
Mad Dogs 5,23
MayDaze 5,50
Primordial Ooze 7,38
punaise 6,25
GSD 7,46,9
peterr 7,40
rat bastahd 6,36
Margot 6,41
imman 5,23
Mommybrain 7,28
bdu 6,31
cleter 7,38
tuneforg 7,50
thunder 7.999,35
busted 7,32
Lindy 7,30
Twisted 4,28
Marion 6,24
John Swifty 3,25
montag 4,19
deCascadian 5,24
Prairie Sunshine 7,34
Old Coastie 7,34
smiley “53/240″=?8/37
ET 6,28 [COPYCAT :)]
kirk 7,33
CuriousC.TX 7,30
tricia 6,23
SharonW 5,25
Some person named Hamsher 5,35
patrick4/4 half a dozen,6
kemo 7,41
Let’s go people, you’ve got until 6pm est tomorrow.
Donations of $49.99 and up gratefully accepted at the paypal/credit card button above. No one gets cash from this, only ponies and bragging rights.
And, please? GET OUT THE VOTE. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UptownNYChick, We’re ALL trying to hold on…! (But don’t you feel better now that you’ve put down the controller??!)
therapod just arrived
egregious @ 208
Sorry, I got that backward.
Marion in Savannah @ 202
I never “got” seinfeld.
I was surprised to see him of TDS.
Well one glass of cabernet to help me sleep and I’m off. Benn traing election monitoring lawyers for 3 days now and I have to get up at 5 to go open the polls.
We will have a mess in NYS tomorrow b/c there is already a court order impounding all the paper ballots and some county commissioners got “confused” and think htat means they can’t use papaer ballots/ ARRGhh
I need some sleep.
Have a good night firepups and get out there tomorrow and make your vote count! I’ll be watchin’
Poll watchin that is
Patrick 4/4 @ 211
707!!! I corrected the list. [humble apologies…]
egregious @ 199
41/7
6,29
thanks egregious for all the sunshine you show up with
Put me down for 6, 38.
I have to be up at 5am tomorrow for the opening of the polls. I’m not allowed to put up my signs at the polls until Election Day, so I’m waiting until just after midnight. That way I can be sure to get better positioning than the Republicans without having to get up even earlier.
Don’t worry, I already know I am insane.
eg
I’m in for 7 and 42
Redshift @ 216
Good luck. I have my heart invested in Webb too.
House:
realsitic worstcase: we add 18 (to 220)
bestcase: we add 31 (to 233)
Senate:
realistic worstcase: we add 5 to 50, but really 49 because a certain un-namable wins, rips off his mask and exposes himself for the rethug that he is
bestcase: we add we add 7 to 52, and really 52 and our Connecticutian friend is left whimpering in the gutter
OK.. here’s my personal consensus:
House: 21 to 223
Senate: 6 to 51
to clarify, the “connecticutian friend” refers to the holier-than-thou one…
Coz @ 21 bwaahahhahahaha
lhp @ 212 – sleep peacefully with good dreams that all come true tomorrow. Fight the good fight and win it solid and clean.
Mary Mary are you still there-y? Did you see the Waxman response I forwarded to you?
psst Coz – here’s hoping you get spun fast from jury duty.
I should have known that the Fine Firedoglake Folks would come through for us Floridians. Thanks for the nod!
Before sleeping tonight, I think I’ll build my own ziggurat out of Kitty Harris’ discarded pink sugar packets.
Scott Randolph for State Representative, District 36!
Davis for Governor!
Nelson for Senator!
We’ve had enough!
Mommyb – yes ma’am, thank you so much for asking him. I wish it was a bit more to the point on the actual subpoena responses, but I guess we will see – especially after the election.
If we can end up with a couple more Waxmans and Conyers – each one worth a dozen.
Thank you again. M