Dear Everybody Assuming Obama Is Going To Win

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m voting for Obama. I live in Indiana, and for the first time in a very long time, it looks like there’s a chance the state won’t go to the Republicans. If Indiana turns blue, I’ll be so damn proud…

As my father in-law, who usually votes Republican, says, “That Obama is the only game in town.”

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I’m in England, so I’ll pretty much be getting drunk. Try not to stuff this one up, guys.

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Amen. It ain’t over till its over. God willing, that will be soon.

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I voted for Obama the Friday before last (in CO). I have a bad feeling it’s going to be close, if not go the other way, and it worries me enough to know that we’ve got to keep fighting, straight through the end, mainly because I have so little confidence in so much of the American public.

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I’m confused. Is MGK trying to tell people who assume Obama is going to win that they have to go outside and spit? Or that we ought to go outside and spit on people who assume Obama is going to win?

As long as we’re talking politics, did anyone see this:

After a town hall meeting three weeks ago in Lakeville, Minn., when McCain was booed by supporters for telling them they should not be “scared” of Obama, his campaign stopped scheduling events at which McCain would take questions from the crowd. They made an exception last night in Peterborough, where he held a town hall forum and took questions on topics such as the financial crisis and immigration.

I’m just amused that McCain, who was attacking Obama for not agreeing to town hall-style debates in their third debate, has now given up on them.

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I think the idea was that no one should ever assume a candidate is going to win. Kerry was projected to win in ’04. If Obama supporters assume a win, they may not go out and vote- giving McCain the win. Admittedly, this year, I’m voting for Sen. McCain. I’m not happy with either candidate, and Sarah Palin scares me, but Sen. Obama dodges too many questions, and votes “present” too often. Maybe if he’d run in ’12 and voted yes or no a few more times, I’d be more comfortable. Here’s to everyone who goes out and votes. . . even if you’re like my husband, and voting Mollari/G’kar

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I just wanna know what that movie was.

And I’ll be voting Obama on the Working Families ticket. If I hear one person tell me “Obama’s got it in the bag, my vote doesn’t count blahwahbutthurt” I’ll slap ’em and drag them to the polling place with me at 8 tomorrow morning.

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renatria: Actually the majority of national polls predicted a Bush win in 2004.

“Eleven polls had Bush ahead in his narrow win over Kerry. Four polls had Kerry ahead and one had it even. Four of the five were within sampling error.”

http://www.ncpp.org/files/2004%20Election%20Polls%20Review.pdf

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Ah, MGK invoked the mighty West Wing. Well done, MGK.

May I humbly request that you keep us company tomorrow lest we go STARK RAVING MAD waiting for the results?

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I live in one of the bluest of the blue states, CT, but I’ll be at the polls at 6:00 AM to make sure I can get my vote in before my meetings start at 11:00.

Thanks for the vid clip, MGK. I missed the West Wing boat when it aired, but I bought Season 1 this past weekend at a video rental store’s going out of business sale. I can’t wait to watch it.

In fact…..

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I did say Gov. Palin scares me, and yes, I had a lot of trouble deciding where to cast my vote this year. On a lot of my key issues, I lean more toward Sen. McCain’s positions than Sen. Obama’s. I’ve looked at both Senators voting records for the last few years, and decided I was more comfortable with Sen. McCain’s. So sue me for being a conservative most of the time 😉 My main hope is everything goes smoothly tomorrow, that chad leaves us all alone and the problems with the registrations in Ohio don’t taint returns. I don’t think either one of them is going to be some great earth shattering president, but I also don’t think either of them are likely to be destructive to the country.

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So, in a burst of civic mindedness, I’ve been hiking up and down Parma, OH, for the last week knocking on doors and handing out poll information to known supporters. It’s been… fun.

Excuse me while I go outside, turn around three times, and spit.

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