Also, I have gallstones. So that's a problem, I guess. Fucking aging.

Yeah, but when you do something really outrageous people can say, "You've got a lot of gall!"

And you can just nod and say, "Yes. Yes, I do."

I'm kind of where Hec is. I saw a youtube video over the weekend where they interviewed people in PA or OH at a Romney rally and these folks were complete idiots. I know you can find idiots at Obama rallies too, but the kind of racist bullshit of the people at the Romney rally was personally depressing to me.

And there was absolutely no internal logic to their statements at all. Your average 10 year old has better reasoning skills - and this is not an exaggeration. How can you complain about Obama's pastor and call him a Muslim without taking a breath? How can you complain that Obama won't work across the aisle when you hold him in contempt for things he did not do?

(still rage typing!)

I saw a youtube video over the weekend where they interviewed people in PA or OH at a Romney rally and these folks were complete idiots.

OMG I saw that too. It was jaw-dropping. I particularly loved the bit where the guys was all, "Buddhists! We don't like them!" And the interviewer was all O_O

Oh Allyson,

been there done that, have no gall bladder any more. I don't envy you. The worst pain I have ever experienced in my life.

Okay, fivethirtyeight was updated at 11:30 pm, and has Obama at 315 EV and 92% probability. And Ohio is colored fairly dark blue and Florida is LIGHT BLUE.

Maybe I can go to bed.

I don't get voting against your self-interest.

I completely understand what you're saying here. I actually want to take this a step further and say that we shouldn't necessarily vote in our self-interest. We should be voting in our country's best interest. I mean, listen. I am single. I am not gay. I have no children or elderly dependents. I own a home. I make a fair amount of money.

I vote against "MY" interest because I strongly believe that I am not the center of the fucking universe. I vote for higher taxes for myself. I'd EVEN vote to get rid of the mortgage deduction IF it assured better schools for OTHER people's kids. I vote for marriage equality because other people should have the right to marry whomever they want.

So, what I am saying is that I often vote for thing thing that is going to require more money from me. Because it's the fucking right thing to do as a member of this country that I do love.

What if Nate Silver is just trolling us?!?!?!

If Florida goes blue I'll pee.

And Ohio is colored fairly dark blue and Florida is LIGHT BLUE.

I don't think he's going to get Florida because STILL BITTER ABOUT 2000 AND THE CHEATING CHEATERS WHO CHEAT.

But I think Obama's going to get Ohio, Nevada, Virginia, Iowa and Wisconsin. And maybe Colorado. But that should be enough.

So that's a problem, I guess. Fucking aging.

Right? I am way older in more ways than physically than I was in 1992. And I am way more jaded and disgusted with the idea that my vote actually counts than I was in 2000. It gets complicated.