2008 election

Also, Secessionville

I watched Jon Stewart's latest appearance on The O'Reilly Factor today, and O'Reilly referenced Charleston, South Carolina, as a place where Stewart would have to fear, basically, for the safety of his liberal ass. Having lived in Charleston for a few years now, I can say that just doesn't sound right (okay, maybe a few areas after dark in North Chuck, and IOP/Sullivan's Island in broad daylight). I'd also like to point out that Charleston County voted Democratic almost entirely across the board in 2008. The dandy Lindsey Graham and county coroner (obviously a partisan position) were the two exceptions to the trend.

Nanobama

Sunday Haiku

I want it to end.
I'm sick of this election.
please no recounts/courts.

didn't early vote.
wish I could do it online.
don't know if I'll go.

Hope Obama wins
but under no illusions
We're doomed either way

I'm a pessimist.
don't see good future just
grim meathook future

Oh shit

RE: Colin Powell endorsing Obama

Colin "look, I'm holding a vial of anthrax" Powell endorsed Obama today and in that interview also said the following quote (which doesn't appear to be getting much news coverage )

The quadrennial case for voting 3rd party

I was going to add this as a comment in Candace's post about early voting (something that's sadly unavailable in SC), but what the hell—let's make this front page material...

My friends, the fact of the matter is that a vote for Obama (or McCain) in TN won't make a damned bit of difference in the state's electoral outcome. The same holds true in my new home, SC, and most of the rest of the South. If Obama were to somehow gain so much ground as to win TN (currently a McCain lead of nearly 20 points), you can bet he'd have at least 400 EVs.

This is why I think progressively-minded folks in such lopsided states should vote third party. (I certainly wouldn't be doing this as, say, a VA resident.) McKinney and the Greens will get mine. She's on the ballot here and also in TN, I believe. It's not about winning the election, of course; it's about securing public funding for the next election cycle. Five percent of the national popular vote is all it takes for a political party to get in on the game. Yeah, it's a totally rigged game, but you have to start somewhere.

Unfortunately (in a sense) the voter turnout is likely once again to break the previous record this year, so that 5% is going to be much larger in absolute terms. C'mon, you know you want to do it. All the cool kids are doing it!

Go vote!

Early Voting Centers
Any qualified Knox County voter can vote early for the Tuesday November 4th
Federal & State General Election at any early voting center:

Dates: October 15 - 30 (closed Sundays)

Hours: 10:00am - 6:00pm thru October 25th

Additional Date & Hours: Starting October 27th thru the last day, October 30th, we are open from 10:00am till 8:00pm - two additional centers will open (see below)
Knox County Courthouse
Room 218 • 300 Main Street

Five Points Village Plaza Shopping Center
2364 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue

New Harvest Park
4775 New Harvest Lane • near Knoxville Center Mall

Halls Recreation Center
6933 Recreation Lane • off Crippen Road

235 W. Young High Pike
next to Wood Realtors

Downtown West Shopping Center
1645 Downtown West Boulevard • Suite 29

Farragut Town Hall
11408 Municipal Court Drive

9625 Countryside Center Lane
across from Food City on Middlebrook Pike in Ball Camp

Two additional centers open October 27-30th

UT Center - Main Floor
1502 W. Cumberland Avenue

Powell Library
330 W. Emory Road

McCain and Palin




by Zina Saunders. more here and here.

Tigh or McCain

Bad Candidate Photos



both via the Washington Post. Post more if you have them

fortsanders.net 2008 endorsement

Since the 3 possible Republican candidates are all running on platforms made up of slightly varied amounts of limiting civil liberties, war, torture, and pigfuckery they're all out of consideration for this endorsement. The one Republican I agree with on several issues is likely a racist nutbag and so he's out also.

On the Democrat side of things, the candidate I most agree with (according to several online tests) has already dropped out and was not going to get many votes anyway. So that leaves Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama and between the two I definitely choose Obama.
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Stuff like this is a big part of the reason I can't support Clinton

Florida is Rudy Country

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