and if my ears didn't deceive me the marriage amendment passed by something like 81%. So more purplish, i guess.
Mmm. You're right. Sad but true.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
esse - Nov 08, 2006 3:15:08 am PST #8470 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Nutty - Nov 08, 2006 3:30:55 am PST #8471 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Good morning, all. The VA Senate races fascinates me. Allen has like 1,166,666 votes, and Webb 1,170,000. Which, in a really populous state, is practically a tie. With 99.8% of precincts reporting in. When will we hear from those last 0.2%??
When I was in junior high, one of CT's House districts was a race so close that it ended up being decided by 6 votes. SIX VOTES. It was like 6,242 to 6,248 -- so really, the VA race is the same thing on a bigger scale.
(I think Sam Gejdenson just had more cousins, in the final analysis.)
Frankenbuddha - Nov 08, 2006 3:33:06 am PST #8472 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hot damn! CNN has the Dems up by a decent margin in both the contested states (VA and MT). I heard last night there was an auto-recount last election cycle in VA, and the difference was only 27 votes, so X-fingers everyone but it looks like the Senate might have swung blue too.
Figuring that Leiberman and Sanders will cancel each other out (as Droopy is likely to be supporting the Repubs as per usual - and how much did I love Jon Stewart's impression totally cracking Dan Rather up), we might be OK with the tie in critical votes if one of the two goes the other way, as some of the moderate Republicans (I know this is true for the two from Maine at least) have very little love for the current group of thugs in charge of the GOP.
tommyrot - Nov 08, 2006 4:28:10 am PST #8473 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's morning in America.
Jesse - Nov 08, 2006 4:34:31 am PST #8474 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is that who that was, Lee?? I couldn't place him. Hilarious.
Hey, I thought I heard something that Deval Patrick will be the 2nd black governor anywhere. Is that right? Was Doug Wilder (? VA) previously the only one?
Fred Pete - Nov 08, 2006 4:35:07 am PST #8475 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm still crossing my fingers for Webb. Fucking Greens.
Gotta correct a misconception here. I looked at the Independent Green candidate. Imagine an environmentalist with a hard-right social agenda. So I can't assume that IG voters would have overwhelmingly supported Webb.
On the bright side, even if Allen (ptui! let us never speak of him again) pulls the Senate race out, his chance at the White House in 2008 is gone.
tommyrot - Nov 08, 2006 4:35:42 am PST #8476 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Where did the phrase "Blue Dog Democrat" come from? I never heard it before yesterday or today....
eta: context:
Party politics will be shaped by the resurgence of "Blue Dog" Democrats, who come mainly from the South and from rural districts in the Midwest and often vote like Republicans.
Fred Pete - Nov 08, 2006 4:36:11 am PST #8477 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
And to answer an xpost --
Jesse, I know Wilder was the 1st. I think he's still (until Patrick's inauguration, of course) the only.
brenda m - Nov 08, 2006 4:41:48 am PST #8478 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wikipedia:
Blue Dog Democrats are social and economic conservatives and centrists in the United States Democratic Party. The term is a reference to the "Blue Dog" paintings of Cajun artist George Rodrigue of Lafayette, Louisiana; the original members of the coalition would regularly meet in the offices of Louisiana representatives Billy Tauzin and Jimmy Hayes, both of whom had Rodrigue's paintings on their walls (and both of whom later switched to the Republican Party).
Not to be confused with "Yellow Dog Democrats", Dems who'd vote for a yellow dog if that's who the party was running.
Jesse - Nov 08, 2006 4:42:56 am PST #8479 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse, I know Wilder was the 1st. I think he's still (until Patrick's inauguration, of course) the only.
I guess it shouldn't be that surprising, but Wilder was a long time ago!
The Blue Dog thing is Clinton-era, I think, but I'm not sure where it actually comes from. A Yellow Dog Democrat is someone who would vote for a yellow dog if it were running as a Dem.