October 2008
209 posts
“Hello. I’m calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know...”
– McCain’s Rejected Robo-Call Script (via Andrew Sullivan)
Nudists Want Clothing-Optional Polling Site →
A nudist community on Florida’s west coast wants to be allowed a clothing-optional polling site.
The Caliente Resorts, located in Pasco County north of Tampa, has approached election officials about the idea.
Nothing in state law would prohibit it, but the supervisor of elections said he is opposed to creating any new precincts before redistricting in 2010.
This would bring a whole...
Reagan's COS Joins the Obamacans →
Steve Benen:
So, on the one hand, we have the McCain campaign and its cohorts working assiduously to convince voters that Obama is terrorist-sympathizing Marxist. On the other, we have Obama getting endorsements from Ronald Reagan’s national security advisor, solicitor general, and White House chief of staff.
And Duberstein joins, of course, former Sen. Larry Pressler, former Secretary of...
Obama throws skeptical press off his plane...
southpol:
sds:
complicatedshoes:
This is the future. Remember this, bloggers, when you go into the booth on tuesday…
The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president! The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move...
“It’s one thing to point out some of the absurdities of the presidential...”
– Steve Benen
Atlas Shrugs: HOW COULD STANLEY ANN DUNHAM HAVE... →
(via John Cole)
I couldn’t actually make it through reading this entire screed for fear of having an aneurysm, but the premise is this: Obama’s mother couldn’t have delivered him in Honolulu because she was enrolled at the University of Washington that same month, therefore, Obama’s father is Malcolm X.
I shit you not and she is dead serious.
I thought we’d hit...
Orange County FL Early Voting Update
As of 10/29:
90,726 early votes cast (13.02% of reg. voters; 114.55% of 2004 early voting)
53,539 Dems voted (20.06% of reg. Dems; 142.38% of 2004 Dem early voting)
20,146 Reps voted (10.63% of reg. Reps; 78.71% of 2004 Rep early voting)
27,206 African Americans voted (26.05% of reg. AA; 176.35% of 2004 AA early voting)
The extension of early voting hours appears to have had the desired...
Making McCain Look Small →
The Anonymous Liberal:
I thought the Obama Show tonight was pretty well done. Who knows how many undecided voters actually tuned in to watch it, but those who did had to have noticed the contrast between the Obama campaign and that of his opponent. Obama’s campaign is clearly about big issues. Whether or not you agree with his policies or think he’ll be able to do what he says,...
McCain Now Running Robocalls Attacking Obama In... →
McCain is having to play defense in a number of unexpected places. I doubt he’ll lose Arizona, but he now has to spend money to make sure. Money that could be spent elsewhere.
“It’s been so long since I’ve seen a skillfully run Democratic presidential...”
– cleter
Taxes I Believe in
peterwknox:
soupsoup:muppetpants:streetsofchicago:
We are about to trust a man with our government spending who has spent $4 million on 20 minutes of television space (to interrupt the World Series, might I add), $2 million on an election day celebration in Grant Park, and an average of $42 million per month on a campaign surrounding himself.
Scapels out, America!
He’s not...
“By the end of the week, he’ll be accusing me of being a secret communist...”
– Barack Obama
“You tell that guy he can find Tony Garcia down at the West Dade library every...”
– Tony Garcia (McCain Miami Rally, Getting Ugly Down Here)
“Major League Baseball has just announced that the final three innings of Game 5...”
– TPM (via pile) (via ryanbrown) (via peterwknox)
Genius. Some people might be upset, but still…genius.
(via robot-heart)
Indeed.
It’s my understanding that the start of the game is not being pushed, but FOX is trimming its pregame.
Earlier this evening I went by one of the local Obama offices to pick up my nightly stack of data. As I was getting out of my car another one pulled in and I noticed it had an NRA plate on the front. That’s a little odd, but there are plenty of Democrats who own guns. When I went by the back of the car, however, I noticed two McCain bumber stickers.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
Two guys got...
“He just blew Florida for John McCain.”
– A Florida Republican
He’s talking about Governor Crist extending early voting hours. The fact that Florida Republicans are dismayed that more people will have an opportunity to vote speaks volumes.
“Governor Charlie Crist today signed Executive Order 08-217, extending the hours...”
– Crist extends early voting hours
Credit where credit is due.
(via southpol)
Indeed, a tip of the cap to my Governor. I know the Obama campaign will like this turn of events. One would think the McCain campaign would as well.
Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In...
robot-heart:vruz:
By Greg Sargent - October 27, 2008, 5:18PM
Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents.
Nina Williams, a stay-at-home mom in Lake County, Indiana, tells us that her daughter recently called her...
“It’s one of the richer ironies of this election season that the...”
– James Wolcott
Orlando-area killings surpass 100 →
The Orlando area continued Sunday to climb toward a record-breaking year for homicides when a man was shot on a crowded dance floor in a South Orange Blossom Trail club and another man was shot during a home invasion. The killings brought the total number of homicides this year in Orlando and unincorporated Orange County to 101 — 12 short of the record of 113 set in 2006. Last year, 98...
“Barack Obama is noted for his powerful intellect, but I don’t think he...”
– David Kurtz (Snark-Fu Master)
cubeecraft.com →
woosniff:
These are great. My son and I spent all afternoon building an army of Storm Troopers.
Oooh, a cubecraft Usagi Yojimbo. WIN!
Barbara West's interview with John McCain →
Compare and contrast.
Also:
Orlando TV “Journalist” Barbara West’s Husband is a GOP Media Consultant
Obama Campaign Cuts Off Interviews With Florida TV... →
alicia:
fuddmain:
vb:
“Barack Obama’s campaign killed all interviews with a Florida TV station after Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, faced tough and critical questions from a reporter at the Orlando station, the Orlando Sentinel reported .
During a satellite video Thursday, WFTV’s Barbara West quoted Karl Marx and asked Biden how Obama’s comment to “Joe the...
Obama Campaign Cuts Off Interviews With Florida TV... →
vb:
“Barack Obama’s campaign killed all interviews with a Florida TV station after Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, faced tough and critical questions from a reporter at the Orlando station, the Orlando Sentinel reported .
During a satellite video Thursday, WFTV’s Barbara West quoted Karl Marx and asked Biden how Obama’s comment to “Joe the Plumber,” about spreading the...
Obama for president →
The Anchorage Daily News:
Gov. Palin’s nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency — but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our...
Orange County FL Early Voting
Here’s an update on the stats I posted a few day ago:
2008 Numbers (Early voting through 10/25):
52,813* early votes cast (8.74% of reg. voters; 66.68% of 2004 early voting)
31,950 Dems voted (11.97% of reg. Dems; 84.96% of 2004 Dem early voting)
11,220 Reps voted (5.92% of reg. Reps; 43.84% of 2004 Rep early voting)
16,408 African Americans voted (106.36% of 2004 AA early voting)
*...
I made freedom count
I went down to the library this afternoon and voted for Barack. I waited in line about half an hour. One of the poll workers said the wait was an hour and a half earlier in the day.
After that, I went by one of the campaign offices and picked up a mountain of canvassing/call data to enter.
