Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread Lance A. Brown
And folks are voting by the drove already. My girlfriend and I voted early yesterday afternoon and they had had almost 2,500 people through the system for just that day. If enough people vote early, no October surprise will make a difference. --[Lance] -- GPG Fingerprint: 409B A409 A38D 92BF

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread Julia Thompson
And I can vote early starting today. Need to read up on the local candidates for county offices before I go, though, to make informed decisions there. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread Euan Ritchie
The Presidency is now a poisoned chalice. If Obama wins, as seems likely, an unambiguous majority and gets a decent mandate I'm curious what he'll do with it. The poor guy is being hailed as if a messiah and no doubt is going to disappoint some by not being able to magic wealth enough to

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Oct 2008, at 06:34, Charlie Bell wrote: Anyway, I just thought I should say that despite the lack of onlist chatter, some of us abroad are watching closely (I watched the first two debates in their entirety, and highlights of the third, and the roast from the dinner the other night -

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread Olin Elliott
campaign though. Olin - Original Message - From: Charlie Bellmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussionmailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:34 PM Subject: Re: Two Weeks To Go On 20/10/2008, at 4:24 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread Jim Sharkey
Olin wrote: As much as I disagree with McCain on just about everything, I really do believe that he's better than the people who are running his campaign. But of course, since he made the choice to let those people -- the same people who savaged him in 2000 when he was running against Bush --

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:37, Jim Sharkey wrote: Olin wrote: As much as I disagree with McCain on just about everything, I really do believe that he's better than the people who are running his campaign. But of course, since he made the choice to let those people -- the same people who

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Oct 2008, at 13:21, Euan Ritchie wrote: The Presidency is now a poisoned chalice. If Obama wins, as seems likely, an unambiguous majority and gets a decent mandate I'm curious what he'll do with it. The poor guy is being hailed as if a messiah and no doubt is going to disappoint

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-20 Thread John Williams
William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:37, Jim Sharkey wrote: That fact is amazing to me. Choosing Palin for VP is amazing too. All politics is amazing to me. Or perhaps depressing is a better word. In my dreams, I'd vote for a politician with a promise like this in

Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-19 Thread Charlie Bell
And then we find out if the US will continue its slide into theocracy and demagoguery, or if there's at least a glimmer of hope in turning what should be one of the world's great citizen nations back from the brink. I know there's not been a lot of election chatter this time round. I

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
Charlie Bell wrote: And then we find out if the US will continue its slide into theocracy and demagoguery, or if there's at least a glimmer of hope in turning what should be one of the world's great citizen nations back from the brink. I think that the only things that can stop Obama now

Re: Two Weeks To Go

2008-10-19 Thread Charlie Bell
On 20/10/2008, at 4:24 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: But how amazing would it be if Obama does win? I'd have told you a year ago that there was no way in hell that an African American could compete for the presidency, let alone be the favorite with a few weeks to go. The unfortunate thing is