“President-elect Obama” has a helluva nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
Bonus: Dole’s desperate religious fearmongering failed and Hagan won.
Still not sure if Obama will win NC but, at this point, it doesn’t matter. What a great night.
4 years ago, I called the election for John Kerry, though I didn’t vote for him. And DAMN my country let me down. The polls once again show the Democrat leading but, unlike last time, it is a nice, healthy lead. We fucked that up last time. Today, I hope we redeem ourselves.
If not, I’m [...]
As seen in the NC mountains.
From now on, all stupid questions will be ignored. Maybe the person asking will realize the answer themselves. Maybe they’ll see Somethig shiny and wander away. Maybe they were just joking. Regardless of intent, all dumb questions will be regarded as trolling and ignored the first time they are asked.
If it is a [...]
I voted Friday (the second day of early voting in NC) and will probably never vote on election day again. There was almost no line and the what little line there was consisted of about a dozen people sitting in comfortable (ie padded) chairs. Plus, the early voting spot is a block from my home. [...]
I never understood why people would vote for “the lesser of two evils” until I saw John McCain turn from the man I wanted to vote for 8 years ago into a man I am completely afraid of now.
I didn’t mind when G. W. Bush was first “elected”; I preferred him over Gore. I [...]
As seen plastered all around Dollar Star at Discover Mills in Duluth, GA
Written in electrical tape on the bumper of a pickup truck somewhere outside of Asheville, NC:
“McCain 4 Crypt Keeper”
Okay, so apparently this gas shortage isn’t just in every city I’m roadtripping through, it is also in full effect in Charlotte, the city I left Tuesday. Luckily, I am always ready for adventure.
Via the CLT Blog’s Twitter account, here is an interactive gas map for you to mark stations you know have gas [...]
The 5 gallons of gas we found in Atlanta yesterday wasn’t going to last long, this is a roadtrip, after all. So we scoped out the stations on the way to visit my sister an hour south of ATL.
Most stations were out; the others had lines that I would consider “prohibitive”. Luckily, we found gas [...]