Tuesday Open Thread: Election Edition
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"War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can."
~ Winston Churchill ~
I posted this elsewhere in Big Government and over on Big Hollywood as well, but this seems to be the best place for it:
Hi Ho, Hi Ho!
It's off to the polls I go.
Gonna vote for McDonnell
And not for Deeds!
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho…!
Hope our Commonwealth registers a complete Republican sweep today. Keep your fingers crossed!
And yes, there are bureaucrats like me who aren't dems. There are plenty of us in your federal government. It's just that we're Whack-a-Moles. The second we show our true colors, we're smacked down in many overt and subtle ways, completely contrary to the Hatch Act, but what the hey! It's OK to do violate my First Amendment rights if you are a compassionate liberal.
I'm thousands of miles awat, but with you all(Well maybe not scottz at this moment), but I'm with you in spirit. As for scottz, hang around here, you will discover what the democraps are really all about.
Pray for us here in NJ!!! I'm off to the polls, voting for Christie!
NJ voters, say NO to ballot question #1.
Get out there and vote people!
Your VOTE counts – VOTE NOW – Before they try and take away that right.
Waldo, I retired as a federal bureaucrat last year. My last boss was a flaming liberal and an overbearing feminist. She knew my political persuasion and constantly used it against me. Fortunately, I was gone before her messiah was annointed.
Popcorn $2.49 "I VOTED" sticker $0.10 Three race sweep Priceless!
On Election Day, this might be applicable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT7xfoSiH5Q&fe...
Our Republic, is based on a vote. Votes, like words, mean things and have consequences. The election and vote today is important. it will send a clear message, one way or the other. The upcoming vote this week, on Health Care is another important vote. Those people in CONgress must be held accountable.
I voted first thing this morning. No major issues at my community station.
HOWEVER, I live near Philadelphia, PA and I find it somewhat suspicious that SEPTA (South Eastern PA Transit Authority) is not running because the transporation union went on strike at 3 AM this morning. All subways and busses are at a standstill except regional rail.
How many people are now unable to go to cast their votes? Traditionally, in this mostly Negro, liberal-dem city, that means Democrats win. Is there something amiss here right when Conservatives and Republicans could have a better showing? A Union plot afoot?
I'm open to any survival hints you might be able to pass along. ALL my bosses have been flaming liberals. During Bush II's years where I work, it was considered good form to post on one's door political cartoons that flagrantly bashed Bush and openly violated the Hatch Act. It's a given that everyone in my workplace will automatically laugh at anything that disses conservatives or Republicans. If you don't, you're automatically considered a mutant who must be constrained with virtual wooden stakes through one's work and in other subtle ways. Do your job as well as it can be done, if you are a conservative, and you'll be damned with faint praise; do your job just barely, if you are a fellow traveler, and you'll be described as a water-walker. Sad but true.
It's a safe assumption that if something like this happens where unions have control on an election day, it's deliberate. More Cook County-type political dirty (illegal) tricks that are insinuating deeper into our alleged democratic process.
That is a very interesting observation you bring up. It would be worth your while to look into it, dig further. Who runs the UNION? Who are they affiliated with? How often do irregularities like that occur in your area?
What would be further interesting to find out, would be how far ahead this strike anticipated, and further, how much "alternative transportation" was lined up in anvance, ie: private busses etc., for a "get out the vote" drive. It would be worth finding out if ACORN has affiliations with the UNION you mention, and see how strong a showing ACORN has in the local election process. I'd say at first blush,if you start digging, and things don't pass the initial smell test, that something stinks. It does warrant investigation.
Waldo, Like you, my last 3 bosses were liberal whacks-also micromanagers. Got fed up and took early retirement. Didn't have the resolve to fight them any longer. However, I'm now living in Bangkok, Thailand and not regretting my decision.
As for advice, all I can say is try your damnest not to reveal your political persuasion(bumper stickers or defending George Bush). We know how obnoxious they can be don't we?
Guess I was fortunate in some ways in that I worked for DoD overseas and many of the more senior folks were not liberals(but often politicians nonetheless).
Call the candidates…
They'll make sure someone gets you to your polls…
(Hopefully, you're voting for a conservative…)
ACORN has been working on this for weeks, I bet. Don't be surprised if we don't know who won in NJ. Now as far as NY is concerned, Hoffman will win by large margin, unless NY's law is just like MN where the vote are so close it's time for recount. And of course we all know what happened between Norm Coleman and Al Frankenstein. I hope it doesn't turn out that way, but then the elections hasn't been the same since 2000 with Algore and Bush. Get prepared folks.
It's all about who is doing the counting.
To those in NJ, Keep an eye on the people who are "running" the election. I sincerely hope that we have an ACORN or SEIU mole or two to report on what they are up to. If not, we need to get a few on the inside. It shouldn't be that hard to act like one of them. Just keep saying, "Gimme, gimme, gimme" that should convince them you are of their stripe.
With any luck at all, today will be Bertha Lewis' and ACORNS last hurrah……!
Polling places in Central VA report light turnout to MSM, personal observation was of that of a brisk showing for a gubernatorial race! This voter placed a ballot for the candidates that showed an inclination towards preserving our Republic and its Constitution…..
Polls show a likely landslide for the GOP in Virginia, with wins expected at Governor, Lt., Governor and Attorney General positions. Let's hope this referendum on the Obama administration continues up the I-95 corridor to NJ and eventually NY!!!!!
It's gonna be a lonnnng night. Keep the beer cold!
dap
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I'm off to the polls to cast my vote for McDonnell. I'm purposely timing it to coincide with the time of day I went last year to judge the turnout differential. This is a nearly 50/50 district racially and I expect to be able to judge the Obama factor in this race.
Good luck to NJ and NY!
Good thought.
It's not me. I voted (straight ticket Republican, though I prefer Conservatives).
I am certain they would not know to call their candidate if they wanted to vote.
This Virginian has voted, straight Republican ticket. I pray that things continue to look up for Conservatives across our nation.
Very Exciting day for us. This will be the 1st time that I bring my camera to the Voting place. OK, please remember that "the sqeaky wheel gets the most grease".
I've been telling my fellow electrician union members: There's no separation between Church & Union, therefore ought to incorporate some Christian Principles into their various activities"…
Guest;
Im also out to vote for Christie in NJ today . Any vote for a Dem is like cutting your own throat. Also voting NO on Ballot question # 1…………………….
Voted in Virginia this morning!
Who else is doing their part/
"Lawmakers are calling on Americans to storm the Capitol on Thursday in an "Emergency House Call on Congress" to stop the House from passing the Democrats' health-care bill this week.
A group of legislators led by Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., will be holding an emergency town-hall meeting outside the Capitol at 12 p.m. to protest the health-care bill set to hit the House floor. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has indicated that a vote on the bill could take place as soon as Thursday. "
it is also legal to vote if you are dead ( you have to vote then die though) http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=99&am... , unless of course you are in C{R}ook County, then you can vote as much as you want, live or dead.
Good luck to Hoffman in NY23, Harmer in CA10, New Jersey and Virginia.
http://www.ipass.net/a1idpirat/chip60.gif >> to Teddy for 9 weeks of sobriety
Sgt,
You'll have to go to multiple polling stations if you want to see if the Obama factor is in effect. Better yet, just follow the busses.
Gangbangers GOTV for Democrats in New Jersey?
AHHH! THE SWWEET SMELL OF A NEW JERSEY LAWSUIT!
http://naturalfake.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/ahhh-...
Waldo,
AMEN!
My Bride and I voted this morning together, we took the kids and they observed. We voted for Actual Hope and Change, we voted for McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli, Orrock, and McGuire. The unopposed school board I wrote in my own name (something is wrong when a race is unopposed).
Let the landslide begin here in VA, NJ and NY 23! Let the retaking of America begin now!
DOWN with Socialism! Down with Communism!
Please God, let the GOP wake up and smell the TEA and return to true CONSERVATIVE ideals and abandon Democrat Lite and RINO politicians.
GOP – Read my lips “NO MORE EARMARKS”!!!!!
PS – I'm a govt. contractor and small business owner totally focused on the DOD/Intelligence sector myself…
Roll up the sleeves and remove the demotrash.
That's a lovely thought, but it won't be that easy. They're like crabgrass. They'll be popping up for years and years. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Quotes like that hang around for a reason. They'll call themselves something else, get new tee shirts. I'm afraid that even getting rid of Obama won't be the end of it. We're in for a long, long, long fight.
Everyone here’s your assignment for all future election cycles:
If the MSM (read Irrelevant Media) are for someone, you need to be against that person.
If the Dems/Libs/Progressives are telling the GOP/right/conservatives what they need to do to improve their side or party..IGNORE THEM, they want us to lose!
Get your information from trusted sources ie FOX, Rush, Big Government, Hot Air, etc… Stop watching the LLL to get the news. They absolutely cannot be trusted.
Do your part to try to educate those on the left as to the Dems long history of making blacks dependant on the government, of their opposition to the Civil Rights Legislation, of the horrible history of Margaret Sanger founder of Planned Parenthood who was a racist, etc…
Vote for the most conservative candidate. It doesn’t matter whether or not that candidate is a Republican or not. The R isn’t as important as the ideas of the one running for office.
No more listening to Republican’s who sound like Newt on Dem Lite candidates. If it votes like a lib, and has social agendas like a lib, it’s a lib. This “Big Tent” business needs to DIE. Remember the ones mostly talking about the “Big Tent” are either lefties or Dem Lite types.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA TIME TO START CLEANING OUT THE CONGRESS OF ALL THE LEGAL CROOKS BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND REPLACE THEM WITH TRUE CONSERVATIVES AS IN THE ECONOMIC THINKING OF MILTON & ROSE FRIEDMAN AS WRITTEN IN THEIR BOOK " FREE TO CHOOSE " PLEASE AMERICA MAKE THE RIGHT I MEAN THE RIGHT CHOICE !
This is a message from the resistance.
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My fellow Patriots, what is it that makes us American? Is it our party… our government… our race? To these I say NAY! Let it be reasoned that it is the strength of our American spirit, founded upon the blood of those who paid for our Liberty, written resolutely within the framework of our Constitution, and made undefeatable through our faith in our Creator! These are the differences between us and the world.
Admittedly, our citizens have been complacent for too long a season. We now rest foolishly upon the vast expanse that separates the sacrifices recorded in our history and the coming face-to-face again with the deadly costs required of citizens to reacquire freedom taken. We have traded independence and sovereignty for the deceitful comfort of socialistic governing. An inequitable exchange that has birthed Communism and Treason within the walls of our White House!
The truth, stingingly painful yet irrefutable, is that constitutional citizens of the Republic of the United States of America are now heavily outnumbered. Outnumbered by an evil so repugnant and wicked it has infected every realm of government, locking the doors of our federal and state capitals so that American citizens are denied entry. Embedded in secrecy, this evil is relentless in its goal of destroying a self-governed America! Washington celebrates the dust that covers our rifles and Constitution, desiring nothing short of proclaiming to our worldly enemies the death of American sovereignty.
But, my fellow Patriots, both our rifles and our Constitution are still very much at hand and just as effective today as they were 200 years ago. Beware this warning! Useless unless used, they will remain idle unless taken up by hands which will employ them.
My fellow Patriots, hear this battle cry! It is a call to action to rally together! To stand up and fight! To stand with me and fight! The war begins 2010. Stay vigilant. More details to come.
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This is Richard Carter. If this message has reached you… you are the resistance.
Don't expect any help from the DOJ with voter fraud. From NRO today:
…… the Justice Department is going to have federal observers and Civil Rights Division staff in New Jersey, New York, and elsewhere to monitor the voting. I have already heard from numerous sources that these observers will not be reporting instances of voter fraud, nor will they be reporting instances of unrequested “assistance” being provided. So we cannot count on the Justice Department or any of its observers to stop the kind of fraud or intimidation that may occur in New York or New Jersey. It will be up to ordinary voters and poll watchers to report wrongdoing to local authorities, who may or may not do anything about it.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YmFjMDYz...
That is why we must FIGHT should these Dems try to steal these elections like they did in Minnesota. Christie, Hoffman, et al had better be prepared with lawyers and backbone in the coming weeks. DO NOT just give in as Coleman did in Minnesota. FIGHT!!!!
No charges ever filed in the beating of Ken Gladney in Missouri! What!?! It's on video!
(per Glenn Beck today)
Signed,
Enraged Missourian
http://www.njvotefromhome.com/
A Dem website .. call the number and ask 'How are you going to prove who I am?" Are you going to call all 185,000 people who have requested one?
I think the Lib strategy regarding the NJ guv. race will be the..we cant tell who one its real close not all ballotts have been counted absentee ballots, too close to call BS.. this is their strategy to reduce the bad PR of Obama having no coat-tails, of course i could be wrong.
Im also a bit woprried that the LSD party(liberal socialist democrats) are mad about a reduction in their percieved power lately and are going to flex muscles regarding health care and rahm it down our throats in a display of political strenght, its just my reading of the tea leaves, hope im wrong
the more the Libs make the NJ race look questionable the more wiggle room they will have with the dems in the house, if nj goes to christie in nj those house dems are gonna want Pelosi to yank that heath care bill, this chess game is on!
It is time to take back your party.
http://commentarama.blogspot.com/2009/11/conserva...
Do you have the guts?
"ACORN Aims to Tip New Jersey Election in Corzine's Favor"
Just tell me how in the HELL can they continue to get funded by our taxdollars? How ?
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/corzine_new_jers...
This is how socialism works, a government and economy based on political favors. Why has no one in the press asked Obama directly…"Mr. President are you a socialist?"
Ray, David, and your families – I am so happy right now words almost fail me.
I just got home from logging a long day including the usual unpaid overtime giving the taxpayers value added but I checked the news sites periodically to witness the laugh-out-loud explanations the administration's spinmeisters are desperately trying to sell about how these elections are not referenda on our CINC, and the arrogant SOBs in Congress who are trying to cram this bunch of socialist garbage down our throats.
It's fun watching them try BHO's approach when they don't have his gift of illusion as they think they can sell the big lies with straight faces. It's like watching one of my high school classmates in Senior English give an oral book report on a book he hasn't read. It's almost embarassing how foolish they are making themselves look. Almost, but not quite.
I'm sure right now the baby pols that infest this administration are twitching uncontrollably at the prospect of this momentum picking up and swamping them next year.
Let's drown them in a tsunami of tea!!! Hooooah!! Happy, happy, happy!!
Congratulations to you both! It looks like he won! Hooray!
Waldo I am right there with you.
I felt confident about VA, and I sat praying and rooting for Christie in NJ and IT HAPPENED, HE WON!
I am so happy to see a counter-punch, a defense standing up against the socialist crap coming out of BHO, Pelosi, and Reid. THANK GOD we are not alone in this people STOOD up today and VOTED for real American Values.
I am so glad to be an American, and a Virginian today.
What a great election.
Let's start the 2010 campaign NOW!!!!!
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To the voters of New Yorks 23rd Congressional District: SHAME ON YOU………..You 've given more power to Nancy Pelosi and Marxist Obama… You brought us one step closer to losing "OUR" Country……………………………..
3 Visits to NJ from Obama for Corzine,
2 Visits to NJ from Clinton for Corzine,
1 Visit to NJ from Biden for Corzine…..
Christie wins….Priceless!
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