New U.S. President

[R.D. Silverman]

[Moderator's note: Moved the following 4 posts from a new thread which Bob started to this one - more apropos here, and I think we need a break from the Cheesehead vs Zeta_flux heavyweight slugout anyway]

This SPOS has struck again:

News reports now say:

Palin Charged Alaska For Daughters' Travel.

She took her daughters with her on a trip to NY.
They were NOT part of any official function, nor
did they participate in any function. Palin later
changed her travel report when challenged
as to why the state of Alaska paid for her daughter's
travel.

Just another f*cking republican who lies, steals from the
public, and abuses her power. This c*nt is out of control.

[wblipp]

Originally Posted by R.D. Silverman

This c*nt is out of control.

cent? An obscure reference to her fiscal responsibility?

[xilman]

Originally Posted by wblipp

cent? An obscure reference to her fiscal responsibility?

cant? An obscure reference to her use of empty hypocritical talk?

Paul

[ewmayer]

Hey, maybe she was taking her girls to NY for some partying and getting-knocked-up action. Under her broadly religious view of governance, supporting procreation of Alaskans would likely qualify as a "legitimate state interest". Since being a good and humble Christian she doesn't want to force her fellow citizens to send their teenage daughters out for a good porking [even if a taxpayer-funded one], she was just sacrificing her own for the good of the state. Really a quite magnanimous gesture, and clearly yet another of the many tasks "taken from God" which the Dear Governor is willing to shoulder. [On the opposite shoulder from the one where she carries her drooling infant, that is].

Bob, I must say, you can be *so* narrow-minded sometimes.

[R.D. Silverman]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Bob, I must say, you can be *so* narrow-minded sometimes.

No doubt about it!

[xilman]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

[On the opposite shoulder from the one where she carries her drooling infant, that is]

ITYM "mewling and puking in the nurse's arms"
HTH
HAND

Paul

[Xyzzy]

We voted on the 16th. Has anyone else voted yet?

We've never voted before. (It is our opinion that in our state our vote has never mattered before.)

The method of voting we have is a paper that you blacken the circles in for who you want to vote for. For people who don't have much time to think, there is an option to vote straight Democrat or Republican.

When we went to check out no receipt was provided. You just put the paper into a big scanner and it acknowledged it received something.

We only voted for 3 of the seemingly hundreds of offices available. We don't see how anyone could be informed enough to vote for everything.

There were tons of different ballots, depending on where you lived. We got ballot #42.

The line was about an hour long. There were no snacks. We got a cute "I Voted!" sticker. The people running the place seemed nice.

We received today, on our cell phone, a robocall from one of the people we voted for. Had we received the robocall prior to voting we're not sure if we would have voted the same way. We thought cell phones were exempt from solicitors. They even (somehow) spoofed the number to "000-000-0000". (We don't answer "ID Restricted" calls.)

[cheesehead]

From a CNN Political Ticker blog entry about an online interview with Palin:

"Palin: God will do the right thing on election day"

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...-election-day/

Originally Posted by CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

In an interview posted online Wednesday, Sarah Palin told Dr. James Dobson of “Focus on the Family” that she is confident God will do “the right thing for America” on Nov. 4.

Dobson asked the vice presidential hopeful if she is concerned about John McCain’s sagging poll numbers, but Palin stressed that she was “not discouraged at all.”

“To me, it motivates us, makes us work that much harder,” she told the influential Christian leader, whose radio show reaches millions of listeners daily. “And it also strengthens my faith because I know at the end of the day putting this in God’s hands, the right thing for America will be done, at the end of the day on Nov. 4.”

. . .

She also thanked her supporters — including Dobson, who said he and his wife were asking “for God’s intervention” on election day — for their prayers of support.

“It is that intercession that is so needed,” she said. “And so greatly appreciated. And I can feel it too, Dr. Dobson. I can feel the power of prayer, and that strength that is provided through our prayer warriors across this nation. And I so appreciate it.”

. . .

Okay, she's on record.

Watch what she says after election day -- will she and Dobson credit God for God's intercession in electing Obama (should God be inclined that way, that is)?

Or will she after-the-fact decide that her own right-wing human judgement about what would have been "right" on election day was superior to what God just revealed, after all? Hmmm?

You know, if all the religious people who have real faith in God and who sincerely believe that God will make "the right thing" happen on election day actually converted to Democrats afterwards (if Obama should win, that is), then Democrats might have a real problem keeping the Religious Right from seizing control of the party! Notice that in this case, the only religious folks left in the GOP would be those who lacked genuine faith in God!

[masser]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

We voted on the 16th. Has anyone else voted yet?

We've never voted before. (It is our opinion that in our state our vote has never mattered before.)

We voted on the 17th. Even when we lived in NY, we voted because Senate, House, Governor, State Senate, State House and local races could be very close; a good candidate might need our votes.

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

The method of voting we have is a paper that you blacken the circles in for who you want to vote for. For people who don't have much time to think, there is an option to vote straight Democrat or Republican.

When we went to check out no receipt was provided. You just put the paper into a big scanner and it acknowledged it received something.

That sounds identical to our experience.

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

We only voted for 3 of the seemingly hundreds of offices available. We don't see how anyone could be informed enough to vote for everything.

We voted for two Democrats (Obama and Udall), three Republicans (East and two county council candidates), a Green (public regulation commission), and an independent (another county council candidate).

We also voted yes to a Gross Receipts Tax to support local public transportation and a bond issue to fund medical centers. We voted against three other bond issues.

We voted for two out of five proposed amendments to the state constitution.

Our local newspaper printed a county voter's guide. It was very helpful. We also went to our county's election office about a week before to collect a sample ballot. We filled out the sample ballot at home and took it with us when we voted. We (my wife and I) sat next to each other so we could both consult our "cheat sheet" ballot. Our votes were identical, except for one race. We voted in every race where our vote mattered. (There were several positions where only one person was running and write-ins were not permitted; what's the point of voting then?). We did skip another section of our ballot: state judges need to be ratified by their constituents every few years. The state bar association recommended that all of the judges on our ballot be ratified, but we were not sure. NM has a terrible drunk driving problem and part of the blame lies with judges that give insanely lenient sentences to repeat offenders. For instance, a few months ago, a man in Albuquerque was arrested for drunk driving for the 28th time in his life. We would not want to ratify the judge who let this fellow go free with a driver's license after the 27th time.

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

There were tons of different ballots, depending on where you lived. We got ballot #42.

The line was about an hour long. There were no snacks. We got a cute "I Voted!" sticker. The people running the place seemed nice.

There was no line, no snacks and no stickers. I did steal a pen (by accident). There were only three ballots. We did not have to show our ID or voter registration card; just fill out a card with our name and address. We wonder what would happen if we claimed to be our neighbor (or anyone else in town for whom we know full name and address info).

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

We received today, on our cell phone, a robocall from one of the people we voted for. Had we received the robocall prior to voting we're not sure if we would have voted the same way. We thought cell phones were exempt from solicitors. They even (somehow) spoofed the number to "000-000-0000". (We don't answer "ID Restricted" calls.)

Was that a presidential candidate?

[wblipp]

Originally Posted by cheesehead

You know, if all the religious people who have real faith in God and who sincerely believe that God will make "the right thing" happen on election day actually converted to Democrats afterwards

If God chooses to test them, like Job was tested, by putting Obama into the White House, I am confident that most of them will be strong enough in their faith to resist the temptation of converting to Democrats.

[Xyzzy]

Was that a presidential candidate?

No, a state senator.

(We wouldn't have changed our vote but it was still annoying and lacked class. We wonder how effective robocalls are?)