Hmm, latest counts are 254 to Bush to 252 to Kerry, with Dubya leading the popular vote, but the Dems refusing to concede. A little noticed thing, by myself at least, was the fact that 11 states had initiatives on the ballot to sort out the status of gay marriage. That would have brought out a lot of conservatives or evangelicals. Ohio is apparently 'too close to call' even though last I heard Bush was leading by 120,000 votes, not quite the 543 hanging chads in Palm Beach county last time around. Ohio of course being the state where this morning the judges allowed the political party scrutineers to challenge voters if they thought they were 'ineligible'. Lots of provisional votes still to count apparently.
Anyways, as an instant message friend just said to me, he lost, just forget about it LOL.
This is a good article, admittedly from a left leaning blogger, but just incredulous at how the three issues of guns, God and gays energised the base of Dubya. And that's all I am going to say, the right press and the left press both have their pre determined pros and cons of Bush or Kerry, I DON'T need to reiterate them AGAIN lol - we are in POST election now, fingers crossed :)
Good story here about the Ohio angle of things - the important thing of voting even if it is after midnight and not deciding to just go home for the evening. Or from this story, same sort of angle, Washington Post, saying that this election does not seem to be healing the fractures that were already in the US of A. People will still be thinking Dude Where's My Country or The Passion of the Christ and never the twain seem to meet - this decade at least.
Hmm on a personal note - got a quiet word today for using the instant messenger thing at work for sending someone a message when they were taking a call - the call later being assessed by Big Brother (ie, they can assess you by listening to your phone call and seeing what screens you are in for ten minutes after the call is terminated - spooky). No biggie, no firing squad, and of course I hardly use the thing for personal messages, but there ya go. Sharon is having her birthday drinks on Friday, should be good.
Went around the floor selling raffle tickets this afternoon - was well worth the hour out of the phones LOL. Meeting and occassionally getting names of people that I see most days but don't know the names of. And of course, them possibly getting to know my name - and no, not in a promotion kind of way but a getting to know ya kind of way, thinking LOL. OK, I've confused myself :)
Later peeps
Pauly
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