Democrat Discussion -with RULES-

[decodelighted]

Thought this NY Times article was pretty interesting. Any fans of West Wing? Turns out the Santos character was *based on BARACK OBAMA* ... and the Vinick character was based on McCain. Four years later the exact scenario is playing out FOR REAL ... including the Phillies in the World Series at the same time & Obama going home to take his kids trick-or-treating. WEIRD!!! Right?

 

[Ellen]

I had read that deco, weird..


Cute article. Very superstitious.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Barack Obama’s Ohio campaign manager has neither shaved his face in a month nor has he shown up to the office without his Columbus Clippers baseball hat.

 

[princesss]

Cool article, Deco!

I was wondering if anybody has seen the article that's an imagined conversation with Obama and President Bartlett (from The West Wing)? I saw part of it this weekend on BF's parents' fridge, and would love to read the rest.

ETA: Found it! For anybody who wants to read it, here you go: Obama - Bartlett

 

[Clairitek]

Date: 11/2/2008 5:12:45 PM
Author: thing2of2

Date: 11/2/2008 3:09:58 PM

Author: MoonWater

Date: 11/2/2008 11:15:35 AM


Author: swimmer


If you think you are really on election overdrive take the NYT quiz I posted last page, and when discussing tax policy, this classic craigslist post makes me laugh, hardly footnoted research, but thought provoking... link

Hahaha, I remember that craigslist posting!

Hilarious!

I just read that craiglist post for the first time... Absolutely hilarious. Certainly very thought provoking. I can''t wait for tomorrow!!!!

 

[sklingem]

Date: 11/2/2008 12:09:40 AM
Author: WishfulThinking

Date: 10/31/2008 9:35:19 PM

Mostly, though, I''m just scared. Scared that no matter what happens in the election that this country has gone too far down to manage a recovery in as short as 8 not to mention 4 short years. That''s a lot to ask of any person, and a president is just that- one person who has to contend with two much larger legislative bodies that won''t always agree. I''m not sure that peoples'' perception of what is possible in a short timeframe is accurate, and I think we''ll see a lot of undue criticism of the next president as a result.

Did you guys not know that McCain/Palin will balance the budget in 4 years??? But nobody talks about that in the liberal media!!! Do you want a balanced budget or more illegal aunts in Boston??? The choice is yours!!!

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 11/3/2008 10:16:09 AM
Author: Ellen
I had read that deco, weird..

Cute article. Very superstitious.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Barack Obama’s Ohio campaign manager has neither shaved his face in a month nor has he shown up to the office without his Columbus Clippers baseball hat.

That''s awesome! I am also superstitious, and I admit to not washing the socks I wore (and by wore I mean drenched in sweat!) in soccer and field hockey in high school if I had been playing well!

 

[swimmer]

Gators for Obama...you must read to the end link

 

[Ellen]

Date: 11/3/2008 1:34:54 PM
Author: thing2of2

Date: 11/3/2008 10:16:09 AM
Author: Ellen
I had read that deco, weird..

Cute article. Very superstitious.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Barack Obama’s Ohio campaign manager has neither shaved his face in a month nor has he shown up to the office without his Columbus Clippers baseball hat.

That''s awesome! I am also superstitious, and I admit to not washing the socks I wore (and by wore I mean drenched in sweat!) in soccer and field hockey in high school if I had been playing well!

*holding nose*

rob, I don''t know why Obama didn''t take that ludicrous statement and run with it. I would have.

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 11/3/2008 7:01:29 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 11/3/2008 1:34:54 PM

Author: thing2of2

Date: 11/3/2008 10:16:09 AM

Author: Ellen

I had read that deco, weird..

Cute article. Very superstitious.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Barack Obama’s Ohio campaign manager has neither shaved his face in a month nor has he shown up to the office without his Columbus Clippers baseball hat.

That''s awesome! I am also superstitious, and I admit to not washing the socks I wore (and by wore I mean drenched in sweat!) in soccer and field hockey in high school if I had been playing well!

*holding nose*

rob, I don''t know why Obama didn''t take that ludicrous statement and run with it. I would have.

Oh they were NASTY. I''m talking crunchy and brown, when they were once soft and white. A couple of times my mom went behind my back and took them out of my bag and washed them. Needless to say, I threw quite the teenaged temper tantrum when she did that! My poor mom...I was a terrible teenager! Luckily she seems to have forgotten just how bad my twin sister and I were...

 

[MoonWater]

ewww this sock talk is making me

Was anyone watching CNN? They showed the crowd in Manassas and my goodness, that''s a lot of people!!!

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 11/3/2008 11:07:15 PM
Author: MoonWater
ewww this sock talk is making me

Was anyone watching CNN? They showed the crowd in Manassas and my goodness, that''s a lot of people!!!

Sorry, no more sock talk! That''s awesome! I was not watching-the Skins are on!

 

[trillionaire]

FROM The Onion... LOL

Obama Warns He May Cease To Exist Unless America Believes In Him

October 30, 2008 | Issue 44•44


INDIANAPOLIS—Unless citizens throughout America keep him in their thoughts, say his name to themselves over and over, and otherwise believe in him with all their might, Barack Obama may cease to exist, the candidate warned supporters Thursday.

"My fellow Americans, I am currently very strong and very, very real," Sen. Obama told a cheering crowd of 12,000 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. "Even here in Hoosier country, a traditional Republican stronghold, your faith has kept me from growing faint, becoming transparent, and slowly fading from view."

"But please, don''t stop now," Obama added. "Unless you continue to believe in me, I''ll completely disappear. You have to keep me in your thoughts at all times!"

Deputy campaign manager Steve Hilde- brand, who has been tasked with making sure volunteers are chanting Obama''s name with their hands clasped and their eyes shut tight, said that the candidate has nearly faded out at several points during the long campaign. Early in the primaries, when Hillary Clinton was up in the polls, Obama''s typically solid composition began to waver and his voice became a distant echo. Currently the Democratic nominee is a blurred and vague outline in the state of West Virginia, where he trails McCain by almost 12 points. In Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, Obama is already a waning dream to some people, while in Texas, he is nothing more than a gentle wind, rustling through the trees—a ghostly visitor soon departed.

"During these last few days, I call on all Americans to keep thinking happy thoughts," Obama said. "Otherwise our dream of turning this country around will vanish, as I vanish, leaving nothing behind but a wisp of my memory and a few faint strains of my voice, forever whispering, ''Yes, we can…. Yes, we can…. Yes, we can.''"

Return to theonion.com for live, all-day election coverage on November 4th and 5th.

 

[ksinger]

Date: 11/4/2008 5:02:04 AM
Author: trillionaire
FROM The Onion... LOL

Obama Warns He May Cease To Exist Unless America Believes In Him

October 30, 2008 | Issue 44•44


INDIANAPOLIS—Unless citizens throughout America keep him in their thoughts, say his name to themselves over and over, and otherwise believe in him with all their might, Barack Obama may cease to exist, the candidate warned supporters Thursday.

''My fellow Americans, I am currently very strong and very, very real,'' Sen. Obama told a cheering crowd of 12,000 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. ''Even here in Hoosier country, a traditional Republican stronghold, your faith has kept me from growing faint, becoming transparent, and slowly fading from view.''

''But please, don''t stop now,'' Obama added. ''Unless you continue to believe in me, I''ll completely disappear. You have to keep me in your thoughts at all times!''

Deputy campaign manager Steve Hilde- brand, who has been tasked with making sure volunteers are chanting Obama''s name with their hands clasped and their eyes shut tight, said that the candidate has nearly faded out at several points during the long campaign. Early in the primaries, when Hillary Clinton was up in the polls, Obama''s typically solid composition began to waver and his voice became a distant echo. Currently the Democratic nominee is a blurred and vague outline in the state of West Virginia, where he trails McCain by almost 12 points. In Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, Obama is already a waning dream to some people, while in Texas, he is nothing more than a gentle wind, rustling through the trees—a ghostly visitor soon departed.

''During these last few days, I call on all Americans to keep thinking happy thoughts,'' Obama said. ''Otherwise our dream of turning this country around will vanish, as I vanish, leaving nothing behind but a wisp of my memory and a few faint strains of my voice, forever whispering, ''Yes, we can…. Yes, we can…. Yes, we can.''''

Return to theonion.com for live, all-day election coverage on November 4th and 5th.

Humph. A haint like that wouldn''t even dare blow his way into Oklahoma. We don''t cotton to such things.

 

[iheartscience]

OMG trill! That is HILARIOUS! I''m sending that to everyone I know today!

 

[Clairitek]

I just voted!! As soon as the polls opened I walked two doors down to my polling place and made my ''voice'' heard.

The poll workers kept commenting on how surprised they were about the turnout right first thing in the morning.

Now I am off to go door knocking for the Obama campaign to make sure all the known Obama supporters in my area get out there and vote!

 

[iheartscience]

Date: 11/4/2008 7:46:27 AM
Author: Clairitek
I just voted!! As soon as the polls opened I walked two doors down to my polling place and made my ''voice'' heard.

The poll workers kept commenting on how surprised they were about the turnout right first thing in the morning.

Now I am off to go door knocking for the Obama campaign to make sure all the known Obama supporters in my area get out there and vote!

That''s awesome-keep up the good work!

 

[Shoopy]

Date: 11/4/2008 7:46:27 AM
Author: Clairitek
I just voted!! As soon as the polls opened I walked two doors down to my polling place and made my ''voice'' heard.

The poll workers kept commenting on how surprised they were about the turnout right first thing in the morning.

Now I am off to go door knocking for the Obama campaign to make sure all the known Obama supporters in my area get out there and vote!

I was talking to my mom on the phone I think it was Saturday. Anyway, some woman knocked on the door making sure that Obama supporters get out and vote. My mom has gotten these knocks before and always had to say that she can''t because she''s a resident but this year she got so excited to tell the lady she voted. She wanted to show her the sticker she and my brother got for voting and giving her names of other houses to go knock, offering her coffee and water, showing her family pictures. Meanwhile I''m on the phone yelling "MOOOMMMMM Leave the lady alone!!! She has a job to do!!! Heeellloooo"

LOL

So be aware of those crazy people you might run into

 

[Ellen]

My youngest voted for the first time today!

And the timer didn''t go off on the breakfast casserole I was baking for the judges, got just a titch brown. Hope that''s not an omen.

 

[MoonWater]

Date: 11/4/2008 7:46:27 AM
Author: Clairitek
I just voted!! As soon as the polls opened I walked two doors down to my polling place and made my ''voice'' heard.

The poll workers kept commenting on how surprised they were about the turnout right first thing in the morning.


Now I am off to go door knocking for the Obama campaign to make sure all the known Obama supporters in my area get out there and vote!

 

[MoonWater]

Date: 11/4/2008 5:02:04 AM
Author: trillionaire
FROM The Onion... LOL


Obama Warns He May Cease To Exist Unless America Believes In Him


October 30, 2008 | Issue 44•44



INDIANAPOLIS—Unless citizens throughout America keep him in their thoughts, say his name to themselves over and over, and otherwise believe in him with all their might, Barack Obama may cease to exist, the candidate warned supporters Thursday.


''My fellow Americans, I am currently very strong and very, very real,'' Sen. Obama told a cheering crowd of 12,000 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. ''Even here in Hoosier country, a traditional Republican stronghold, your faith has kept me from growing faint, becoming transparent, and slowly fading from view.''


''But please, don''t stop now,'' Obama added. ''Unless you continue to believe in me, I''ll completely disappear. You have to keep me in your thoughts at all times!''


Deputy campaign manager Steve Hilde- brand, who has been tasked with making sure volunteers are chanting Obama''s name with their hands clasped and their eyes shut tight, said that the candidate has nearly faded out at several points during the long campaign. Early in the primaries, when Hillary Clinton was up in the polls, Obama''s typically solid composition began to waver and his voice became a distant echo. Currently the Democratic nominee is a blurred and vague outline in the state of West Virginia, where he trails McCain by almost 12 points. In Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, Obama is already a waning dream to some people, while in Texas, he is nothing more than a gentle wind, rustling through the trees—a ghostly visitor soon departed.


''During these last few days, I call on all Americans to keep thinking happy thoughts,'' Obama said. ''Otherwise our dream of turning this country around will vanish, as I vanish, leaving nothing behind but a wisp of my memory and a few faint strains of my voice, forever whispering, ''Yes, we can…. Yes, we can…. Yes, we can.''''


Return to theonion.com for live, all-day election coverage on November 4th and 5th.

Hahaha...the funny thing...it''s kinda true!

 

[MoonWater]

ok, i have to tell this story about my 7 year old goddaughter, written to me via email from her mom. she got to vote at school:

she is wearing an "i voted" sticker. i asked if she''d tell me who she voted for. she says "barack obama" i was impressed she knew his full name. (i would have loved hussein, though). and she adds "vincent told me who he voted for" okay, who? "video game" do you mean john mccain? "oh, yeah. him"

too cute! I love that kid!

 

[Irishgrrrl]

Date: 11/4/2008 9:38:39 AM
Author: MoonWater
ok, i have to tell this story about my 7 year old goddaughter, written to me via email from her mom. she got to vote at school:

she is wearing an ''i voted'' sticker. i asked if she''d tell me who she voted for. she says ''barack obama'' i was impressed she knew his full name. (i would have loved hussein, though). and she adds ''vincent told me who he voted for'' okay, who? ''video game'' do you mean john mccain? ''oh, yeah. him''

too cute! I love that kid!

HAAAAAAhahahahahahaha!!! Too funny, Moon!

 

[sklingem]

Voted at 6:15 am this morning ... yeah!!!

 

[MoonWater]

Lets keep it up people!! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27528804/

 

[Irishgrrrl]

Guys, I''m at work today, and I just got a call from a client. Here''s how it went:

Him: Did you vote yet?
Me: Yep! I voted first thing this morning.
Him: Great! And I hope you voted the right way?
Me: Well, it depends on what you mean by "the right way"?
Him: Well, there''s really only one RIGHT way to vote . . . the way that ensures freedom for our country."
Me: Well, in that case, I definitely voted the right way!
Him: Oh, good! I''m so glad to hear that!

BTW, I''m not positive, but I''m about 99% sure he voted for McCain.

 

[sklingem]

Date: 11/4/2008 10:11:37 AM
Author: Irishgrrrl
Guys, I''m at work today, and I just got a call from a client. Here''s how it went:


Him: Did you vote yet?

Me: Yep! I voted first thing this morning.

Him: Great! And I hope you voted the right way?

Me: Well, it depends on what you mean by ''the right way''?

Him: Well, there''s really only one RIGHT way to vote . . . the way that ensures freedom for our country.''

Me: Well, in that case, I definitely voted the right way!

Him: Oh, good! I''m so glad to hear that!


BTW, I''m not positive, but I''m about 99% sure he voted for McCain.

That was a good answer ... sigh.

 

[MoonWater]

Date: 11/4/2008 10:11:37 AM
Author: Irishgrrrl
Guys, I'm at work today, and I just got a call from a client. Here's how it went:


Him: Did you vote yet?

Me: Yep! I voted first thing this morning.

Him: Great! And I hope you voted the right way?

Me: Well, it depends on what you mean by 'the right way'?

Him: Well, there's really only one RIGHT way to vote . . . the way that ensures freedom for our country.'

Me: Well, in that case, I definitely voted the right way!

Him: Oh, good! I'm so glad to hear that!


BTW, I'm not positive, but I'm about 99% sure he voted for McCain.

Your client is an idiot for even talking about this. Grrr

 

[Irishgrrrl]

Rob, thanks! I thought so too!

Moon, I agree! I really wanted to just hang up on him!

 

[Erin]

Last night my boyfriend talked to his kindergartener on the phone.
Dad, Dad, we had a vote at school today and Barack Obama Won!
Wow, he won huh? Who did you vote for?
I voted for Barack Obama.

Boyfriend clasps his hand over the phone and says to me, My son, my own son, voted for Obama!
and I snicker...

(Background - he''s red and I''m bright blue)

So this morning, parting ways with coffee mugs in our hand he asks...
You still voting for the Muslim?
Yeah, you still voting for McSame?
He smiles and says "I love you" and then a quick peck and we''re out the door.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 11/4/2008 10:11:37 AM
Author: Irishgrrrl
Guys, I''m at work today, and I just got a call from a client. Here''s how it went:

Him: Did you vote yet?
Me: Yep! I voted first thing this morning.
Him: Great! And I hope you voted the right way?
Me: Well, it depends on what you mean by ''the right way''?
Him: Well, there''s really only one RIGHT way to vote . . . the way that ensures freedom for our country.''
Me: Well, in that case, I definitely voted the right way!
Him: Oh, good! I''m so glad to hear that!

BTW, I''m not positive, but I''m about 99% sure he voted for McCain.

Ha! Love it.

Starset, at least you guys handle it well!