I had forgotten, but there's something screwy with the way the voting districts are set up in my neighborhood, so there were long lines at every other set of machines, but none at mine! So now I'm the first person into work.

there's something screwy with the way the voting districts are set up in my neighborhood, so there were long lines at every other set of machines, but none at mine! So now I'm the first person into work.

Hmmph. There were SHORT lines at every over set of machines except mine.

They totally went there. Dana Perino invokes Snacky's Law.

Sorry, mang.

Of course, there was some annoying young woman who interrupted the poll workers to ask them where the line was for our machines. OK, see me? See the guy standing behind me? THAT'S OUR LINE. I don't know why she was all riled up already at 7:30 in the morning.

Holy cow-- from one of the people on my LJ f-list, talking about her fiancee's grandparents who live in Bethlehem, PA:

Last night, when we called to wish Joe's grandfather (a.k.a. "Pop" or "Pop-pop") a happy 74th birthday, his grandmother got on the phone to tell us that she got a call from a woman claiming to be Hillary Clinton. "Mrs. Clinton" just wanted Judy (a.k.a. "Grammy")to know that she'd changed her mind and no longer supported Obama, and that she was throwing her full weight behind McCain. She also got a recorded message informing her that only Republicans were to vote Tuesday; Democrats were supposed to wait until Wednesday. She's been volunteering at Obama headquarters, making phone calls, and found that a lot of other women her age were receiving similar calls. Then Pop grabbed the phone back and told us that he got a call from a guy who told him that if he voted for Obama, he would lose his pension, his social security, and every other source of financial support. He said pretty much everything except that Pop and Grammy would end up penniless in a cardboard box by the river.

Jesus fuck Barb.

No lines at my polling station.

Calli, I'll drink for you tonight.

Excellent!

he got a call from a guy who told him that if he voted for Obama, he would lose his pension, his social security, and every other source of financial support. He said pretty much everything except that Pop and Grammy would end up penniless in a cardboard box by the river.

Not excellent. I hope this backfires like whoa. Assholes who try to frighten old people into voting their way need to be tied to a stake in a pool of waist-deep water, with a couple of hundred hungry eels.

No lines as such but busier than I'd ever seen it: when I walked up to the booths they were all occupied and then somebody left and I went in.

I had BBCA on while I was getting ready this morning and they had a little feature on Obama and Chicago and I teared up. It's going to be an emotional day, isn't it?

Assholes who try to frighten old people into voting their way need to be tied to a stake in a pool of waist-deep water, with a couple of hundred hungry eels.

Heh. First thing that's made me smile all day.

And I think the thing that appalls me the most, out of that entire mind-boggling, appalling pile o'crap, was the recorded message saying only Republicans were to vote on Tuesday with Democrats having to wait until Wednesday.

Rachel Maddow on similarly appalling stories:

Here's what I think about this anti-democratic steal-your-vote screw-the-heroes-who-died-for-this-right underhanded cowardly sniveling illegally-intimidating-and-misleading-voters unpatriotic anti-American bullpucky: I'm not crazy about it!

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