I'm delighted to see that McCaskill not only beat Akin, but beat him by a sound margin. It was my great privilege and pleasure to have voted against the man.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Anne W. - Nov 07, 2012 2:41:19 am PST #29650 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
msbelle - Nov 07, 2012 3:00:18 am PST #29651 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Voter turnout down from 2008. Estimates for Texas are that it is down 10% or more. goodness. maybe I should have tried to make some gotv calls. TX is getting really close to 50/50 in a lot of counties and if changes to the state government can start to reflect that, then pockets of this state will become a lot more attractive to live in.
Jesse - Nov 07, 2012 3:02:48 am PST #29652 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The MA assisted suicide question is still too close to call, which accurately reflects my family, at least.
brenda m - Nov 07, 2012 3:24:55 am PST #29653 of 30001
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
Looks like 30 passed - so glad for all our Californians.
JZ - Nov 07, 2012 3:28:47 am PST #29654 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Early AM, and Prop 30 is officially YES by a nice impressive margin. Morning assembly at the playground at Matilda's school is going to be positively giddy. Coming so soon after the Giants' triumph, I'm almost afraid a couple of teachers are going to physically disintegrate, their bodies unable to contain the joy within. Though I'm pretty sure they are happy to take that risk to get the glee.
askye, your friend's husband's post is incredibly gracious and eloquent and makes me a little ashamed of how ungracious I've been in the past in his position. Would you mind asking him if he'd mind an admirer at the other end of the continent sharing it with some of her church group?
billytea - Nov 07, 2012 3:32:52 am PST #29655 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Early AM, and Prop 30 is officially YES by a nice impressive margin.
Good on you, California! And didn't you vote to repeal the Three Strikes business too?
JZ - Nov 07, 2012 3:39:44 am PST #29656 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Not repeal outright, but at least whittle away at some of its most egregiously shitty unintended consequences.
The death penalty still stands, though.
And I'm pretty depressed by my own city's low voter turnout (a hair under 52% in a presidential election year? Humiliating).
Hil R. - Nov 07, 2012 3:45:18 am PST #29657 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
North Dakota rejected a measure to make a law against felony animal abuse. So, North and South Dakota continue to be the only states in the country without felony animal abuse laws.
billytea - Nov 07, 2012 3:47:54 am PST #29658 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Another thing I'm hearing: did Puerto Rico vote in favour of statehood?
Hil R. - Nov 07, 2012 3:50:47 am PST #29659 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There's a photo of people at Republican campaign headquarters in Tampa holding t-shirts that say, "I'd rather shower at Penn State than vote for Obama." Way to stay classy, guys.