Posts on October 17, 2008
I will not miss election season when it's gone
Mood: calm
Posted on 2008-10-17 15:20:00
Words: 36
Sure it was fun for a while (it's fun to win!) but reading political comments from people (on YouTube, CNN, WoW) is depressing. So much anger!
The Austin Chronicle released their Best of Austin 2008 results.
offered without comment
Mood: surprised
Posted on 2008-10-17 21:59:00
Tags: politics
Words: 129
From fivethirtyeight:
So a canvasser goes to a woman's door in Washington, Pennsylvania. Knocks. Woman answers. Knocker asks who she's planning to vote for. She isn't sure, has to ask her husband who she's voting for. Husband is off in another room watching some game. Canvasser hears him yell back, "We're votin' for the n***er!"
Woman turns back to canvasser, and says brightly and matter of factly: "We're voting for the n***er."
In this economy, racism is officially a luxury. How is John McCain going to win if he can't win those voters? John Murtha's "racist" western Pennsylvania district, where this story takes place, is some of the roughest turf in the nation. But Barack Obama is on the ground and making inroads due to unusually strong organizing leadership.
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