I think this is going to be the event of the decade, if not the century. History will be made, and the global times are tough. Both candidates have real character and have fought very hard.
Palin may be the first woman VP, much to the chagrin of Hillary. And Obama may be the first African American president.
Everybody will be glued to the tube or computer screen. I know I will.
Cor: Steve, you have proven yourself to be a tremendous whack job.
Not sure what time GMT the result is likely to come in, maybe I'll catch it if I get up early enough. I just hope it doesn't take ages for them to announce the winner, if it does I'm going to have my ear plugged in to the radio on my mobile phone all day. _________________________________________________
"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something."
Posts: 822 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: March 26, 2008
This election cycle, I'll probably have a normal night, go to bed, and rest well. It will be the first election night since 1998 I haven't been involved in politics and will enjoy relaxing.
jag
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Posts: 2226 | Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Registered: September 15, 2006
It's good I have no university on Wednesday because if I did I certainly would have missed that day. I'll be staying all night glued to the screen. Very excited!
______________________________ "Stick to your blue collar RASS, I will smoke Cohibas"- ccsigloIII.
Posts: 2442 | Location: Egypt | Registered: June 14, 2007
I'll be at the campaign headquarters of a district attorney candidate until results are announced. After that, I'll probably come back home and go to sleep -- I'm not expecting too much good news (from my perspective).
Posts: 539 | Location: Blackacre | Registered: April 29, 2008
I'll be where Buceph is, smoking a Siglo VI to an Obama victory and a filibuster-proof Democrat majority in the Senate. Let the good times roll on.
Polls close on the east coast between midnight and 0100 GMT, with Virginia being the state I'll be keeping an eye on. McCain loses there and he's toast. To my delight in the TV listings today Irish television will begin coverage of results at midnight.
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When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church if I ever had impure thoughts about a girl. That very evening, I had to rush to confess my sin. And the next night, and the next. After a week, I decided religion wasn't for me.
I will be watching the results until they announce the winner.
Probably won't smoke anything unless the impossible happens and McCain wins.
Either way I will be glad the election is finally over and we don't have to see or hear the stupid ads from both sides.
“ Baseball? It's just a game. As simple as a ball and a bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, a business, and sometimes even a religion." -Ernie Harwell
Posts: 1074 | Location: Colorado | Registered: March 20, 2008
I worry that you may indeed have to drink that bleach on Wednesday so may I advise you against setting yourself to such a course if only for your own safety
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When I was a young boy, my father taught me that to be a good Catholic, I had to confess at church if I ever had impure thoughts about a girl. That very evening, I had to rush to confess my sin. And the next night, and the next. After a week, I decided religion wasn't for me.
I'll be getting home around 9PM, just when it starts to be interesting. Will light up something major: lusitania, Bolivar DC RE Middle-East or a 2002 La Gloria Cubana Taino, will pour a solid snifter of old spanish sherry brandy, and will watch things unravel...
________________________ "Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." --FZ
"Government is the Entertainment Division of the military-industrial complex." --FZ too
I'm planning on ordering Chinese take out, getting drunk, and firing up a cigar....
---- "As for me, I'm going to sit down and pull out a little treat I've been saving for some time. It has hints of toasted oats and dried fruit with cinnamon notes and a cocoa finish. No, it's not a cigar.
It's a chocolate granola bar."
Bill Cosby
Posts: 298 | Location: Boston, MA | Registered: November 02, 2008
Depending on who wins, either a good cigar, or a lot of alcohol...
Anyone else hope that no matter the outcome, it is clear tonight so we don't have a repeat of 2000?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is a mistake to think that businessmen are more immoral than politicians. -- John Maynard Keynes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Politics reduced to its essence: My weasel is better than your weasel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...smoking fine cigars is one of the rare, great old-world pleasures that a gentleman can still enjoy in the way that it was meant to be. -- lenguamor
Posts: 2395 | Location: 34d 4' 23.73" N, 118d 14' 25.07" W | Registered: October 03, 2008
Originally posted by BigJer: Anyone else hope that no matter the outcome, it is clear tonight so we don't have a repeat of 2000?
Agreed, really hoping for a clear result without too many delays. __________________________________________________
"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something."
Posts: 822 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: March 26, 2008
Okay, I said clear, not over before it started. Popular vote is 49.93% to 49.13% as of now. Not that that will discourage bs about "landslides" and "mandates."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is a mistake to think that businessmen are more immoral than politicians. -- John Maynard Keynes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Politics reduced to its essence: My weasel is better than your weasel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...smoking fine cigars is one of the rare, great old-world pleasures that a gentleman can still enjoy in the way that it was meant to be. -- lenguamor
Posts: 2395 | Location: 34d 4' 23.73" N, 118d 14' 25.07" W | Registered: October 03, 2008
