January 19, 2010
— Ace Drew and I were invited up to Boston to enjoy the... let's not jinx this, the results, foul or fair.
So we'll be doing what we normally do -- swiping headlines from Hot Air and Drudge -- but we'll be doing it at a cool place, so like, bonus value or something.
I'm taking the train, I'm pretty sure, and can access the internet through my phone, so there shouldn't be much downtime as far as blogging. I'll be able to blog en route.
One thing: Because I may be trying to do other stuff there -- like maybe interview a campaign staffer -- tips should be sent to both the aceofspadeshq address, and the morontips account. Morontips is an account all the cobloggers have access to -- it's morontips at gmail. With the dot, and then the com. That way none of the good tips will get lost in the shuffle.
A guy who'll also be covering the event wrote me:
Let me just say that voting for Scott Brown this morning was a lot like sex. The first time was so fun, I'd like to do it again and again and again.* searches web for local ACORN office *
If you voted, please share!
BTW: I blew off the convention in 2008, because I figured it would be lame. (Didn't realize Palin was going to rock the house like that.)
This is the first big-timey thing I'm going to. It's like the Super Bowl.
Fingers crossed.
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Posted by: jjshaka at January 19, 2010 07:37 AM (sKZ40)
Posted by: EC at January 19, 2010 07:37 AM (mAhn3)
Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 07:38 AM (e8YaH)
Posted by: changer1701 at January 19, 2010 07:38 AM (xktXL)
Posted by: lmh at January 19, 2010 07:39 AM (xtRRB)
Ace likes hunky guys, he only goes to their election parties.
Posted by: lorien1973 at January 19, 2010 07:40 AM (IhQuA)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 19, 2010 07:40 AM (yYD23)
Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 11:38 AM (e8YaH)
--Sweet action!
I gotta teach today, but between classes I'll be keeping up witth the election.
Posted by: logprof at January 19, 2010 07:40 AM (gJL6J)
Also, boston.com has a link to provide feedback from your polling place. One person wrote to say there were instructions in every booth on how to select Coakley and fill in the ballot correctly.
Posted by: frode at January 19, 2010 07:41 AM (TdgA9)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 19, 2010 07:41 AM (ehLtp)
Posted by: Ed Schultz at January 19, 2010 07:41 AM (dUOK+)
A couple of turdy old people with Coakley signs.
There's no Goddamn fool like an old Goddamn fool. I fucking hate stupid old people. They have no excuse for their stupidity. Fuck them all.
Posted by: maddogg at January 19, 2010 07:42 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Ed Schultz at January 19, 2010 07:42 AM (dUOK+)
Posted by: Ed Schultz at January 19, 2010 07:42 AM (dUOK+)
One never knows. I still believe that Brown will have to overcome at least 100,000 fake votes for Coakley to win this thing. If Brown wins the election day vote and Coakley carries 85% of the absentee ballots, we'll know the fix was in.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 19, 2010 07:42 AM (kEBiX)
Vote for me, you tobacco chewin', truck drivin' Yankee fans!
You can vote twice by putting an extra 'e' in your name!
Posted by: Martha Coakle(e)y at January 19, 2010 07:43 AM (gJL6J)
Go big to overcome the cheating effing socialists.
Mass trying to elect Joe Biden's sister over an independent with substance.
Dems must love those stuffed shirts.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at January 19, 2010 07:43 AM (RkRxq)
Posted by: Coakley HQ at January 19, 2010 07:43 AM (ehLtp)
but we'll be doing it at a cool place, so like, bonus value or something.
Are there any good Irish Pubs in Boston???
Posted by: Vic at January 19, 2010 07:43 AM (QrA9E)
FIFY
Posted by: David in San Diego at January 19, 2010 07:43 AM (GF+6V)
Oh, and Larry Parrish, New England Kinicks legend, has endorsed me.
Let's roll and do this thing!
Posted by: Martha Coakle(e)y at January 19, 2010 07:44 AM (gJL6J)
I'll be attending a watch party a local watering hole tonight here in the STL. Can't wait!!
Posted by: Saluki at January 19, 2010 07:44 AM (Lh1qk)
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 19, 2010 07:44 AM (Be4xl)
I heard a radio spot on the ABC Radio News at the top of the hour yesterday, which had a spot with a local octagenarian woman in a senior center after a Frank rally. She said, and I quote, "I'm sick and tired of the Republicans raping me, over and over."
I literally did not know what to make of that.
Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 07:44 AM (e8YaH)
Posted by: incognito at January 19, 2010 07:45 AM (maxwK)
Posted by: Mike H at January 19, 2010 07:45 AM (LdYLm)
Posted by: Craig at January 19, 2010 07:45 AM (iuNyN)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 07:45 AM (+lsX1)
Looks like this am might have just been some early profit taking. Other than loser Zogby predicting a Coakley win, I don't see any news benefiting her this morning.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at January 19, 2010 07:46 AM (kEBiX)
And a mega-thank you to all you Mass morons, no matter how the election turns out.
Posted by: stace at January 19, 2010 07:46 AM (g/wgk)
Posted by: tank at January 19, 2010 07:46 AM (CW29u)
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 19, 2010 07:46 AM (Be4xl)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 19, 2010 11:40 AM (yYD23)
Send him over to Croakley's campaign. 
Posted by: turtle at January 19, 2010 07:47 AM (v/rEn)
No Panthers (I think they'd be very nervous about all the burly New England crackers with shotguns around here), no suspicious "sample ballots." Good feeling so far.
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 19, 2010 07:47 AM (hcLgF)
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at January 19, 2010 07:48 AM (1oQ91)
They can try to carry out fraud on a Mugabe scale. My guess is they won't, but if they do, it will be a Santa Ana-at-Goliad kind of victory for them. Katie bar the door if that happens...
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 19, 2010 07:48 AM (n6iqK)
Posted by: ParisParamus at January 19, 2010 07:48 AM (bN5ZU)
Posted by: Sassypants at January 19, 2010 07:49 AM (gAINd)
Posted by: DNC Volunteer at January 19, 2010 07:49 AM (W5NBA)
Posted by: Slick Willie at January 19, 2010 07:49 AM (hnq5i)
Posted by: Intrepid at January 19, 2010 07:49 AM (92zkk)
Posted by: tachyonshuggy at January 19, 2010 07:49 AM (YRjsF)
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at January 19, 2010 07:49 AM (1oQ91)
Posted by: Angry Beaver at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (ZCAFq)
Posted by: ParisParamus at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (bN5ZU)
Brown voters = evil terrorists, raping, pillaging, burning, looting.
Coakley voters = kittehs - purring. We all love kittehs, right? Cute little kittehs.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (RkRxq)
Posted by: Ed Schultz at January 19, 2010 11:49 AM (TV27A)"
....which probably got you a raise at MSNBC, right?
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (1oQ91)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: stace at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (g/wgk)
Posted by: lincolntf at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (Ab8Sw)
Posted by: MelodicMetal in MA at January 19, 2010 07:50 AM (x4S2a)
I hope they're serving brownies.
Posted by: PA Cat at January 19, 2010 07:51 AM (CNieD)
Voted at 7:30 this morning. Only person with a sign at the school entrance was a Brown supporter. Not a huge crowd, but steady.
Ace you will have WIFI on the train.
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 07:51 AM (tG+m6)
Mallamutt,
The party is at O.B. Clark's in Brentwood hosted by Ed Martin who is a local R running for Congress. Should be good turn out. Several STL YRs (Young Republicans) such as myself are planning to attend. You should come and bring friends! Strts at 7.
Proud grad of SIUC College of Ag. Go Dawgs!
Posted by: Saluki at January 19, 2010 07:51 AM (Lh1qk)
This man is a teabagging, supporter of violence against women, racist, homophobe, ex-nude model.
He has my vote.
Posted by: Keithy O'Cumstain at January 19, 2010 07:51 AM (waaUg)
Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 07:51 AM (e8YaH)
Posted by: Stuck Israeli Tank at January 19, 2010 07:51 AM (d44tS)
Posted by: Turk Jorgenson at January 19, 2010 07:52 AM (ehLtp)
Make sure you toast to another day in the ongoing sobriety of Edward M.
Posted by: WTFCI at January 19, 2010 07:52 AM (GtYrq)
Posted by: Cheney's balls at January 19, 2010 07:52 AM (qcgPU)
In the words of Soft Machine...
We did it again
We did it again
We did it again
We did it again
We did it again
We did it again
[repeat like a mantra while kicking all sorts of ass]
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 19, 2010 07:53 AM (yYD23)
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 07:53 AM (tG+m6)
Posted by: AeroFANatic at January 19, 2010 07:53 AM (tYDOJ)
Posted by: Charles Gibson at January 19, 2010 07:53 AM (GtYrq)
Posted by: MelodicMetal in MA
Stopped reading Drudge when Breitbart stopped carrying it.
Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 07:53 AM (e8YaH)
Posted by: RushBabe at January 19, 2010 07:53 AM (LKkE8)
Voted this morning at 8:45 AM. I live in the city of Boston, in the very blue neighborhood of Dorchester. Not uncommon to see a Dem get 75% of the vote in my precinct.
Two years ago, I voted for John McCain at roughly the same time in the morning, and I was about the 300th person to register their vote. Today, I was vote #80.
Could be that the Coakley camp is struggling with their GOTV effort today.
Posted by: Mike at January 19, 2010 07:54 AM (V40OW)
53 Hey look! I just found 8000 uncounted ballots in the trunk of this abandoned car.
Take the car and the ballots and drive them into a creek.
Posted by: mghorning at January 19, 2010 07:54 AM (Z6IN2)
Here's hoping all the vote-fixers are as incompetent as the woman who handed out absentee ballots on camera, giving her full name!
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 19, 2010 07:54 AM (Be4xl)
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2010 07:54 AM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: SEIU Goon driving a car with a suspiciously heavy trunk at January 19, 2010 07:54 AM (+FNIG)
Posted by: plum at January 19, 2010 07:54 AM (MORNc)
...wut?
Methinks Grandma has succumbed to senility and is unaware of who's actually gang-banging her.
Every time I see an honored senior citizen make an idiotic statement like this, the saying comes to mind: "There's no fool like an old fool."
Posted by: Angry Beaver at January 19, 2010 07:54 AM (ZCAFq)
Thank you for posting this! I really like your blog!!
Common Cents
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
ps. Link Exchange?
Posted by: Steve at January 19, 2010 07:55 AM (AQXy6)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 19, 2010 07:55 AM (n6iqK)
Posted by: Hermans Hermits at January 19, 2010 07:55 AM (mI11M)
Hi Peaches
Damn I am wound like a top. Must drive along the ocean now. Will report on what I see on the ground out there.
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 07:55 AM (tG+m6)
Posted by: Twinks at January 19, 2010 07:55 AM (LeFbD)
dagny: 2
Jay in ames: 2
Xoxotl: 2.5
Rawmuse: 3
Burn the witch: 4
Bat chain : 4
Truman North: 4
DSCC: brown +4
Mallamut: 4.3
Jcjimi: 4.5
Sassypants: 5
Dang Straits: 5
Joy to the: 5
Big Fat Meanie: 5
Joncelli: 5
Johnny I: 5.5
Andy: 6
Guy Fawks: 6
Me (rdbrewer): Brown by 6
Backwardsboy: 6
Doc J: 6
Naturalfake 6.5
Abdominal: 7
Ford: 7
enoxo: 7
Country Squire: 7
Who Knows: 7
Outlaw: 7
Tipping Point: 7.5
LikeATimeBomb: By 8
arhooley: 8
Never give up: 8
Aerofanatic: 8
SiM: Brown, 9
AJ Mama:10
Miss Factcheck: 13
Vic: 10
Libertarian Jim: 11
Kemp: 11
Jean: Brown by 12
Methos: 13
Vet Missing Parts: 20
Mr. Pink: Coakley 4
Reality check : Coakley 4
An Independent Voter: Coakley 3
Polynikes: Coakley: 1
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 07:55 AM (cG9YA)
Posted by: Robert Callahan at January 19, 2010 07:55 AM (ZKdQr)
Take the car and the ballots and drive them into a creek.
Now, see, Mass. Democrats would rush to pull a car out of the water if it had something important like votes in it.
Posted by: Mama AJ at January 19, 2010 07:56 AM (Be4xl)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 07:57 AM (cG9YA)
Posted by: tank at January 19, 2010 07:58 AM (CW29u)
Posted by: DNC Volunteer at January 19, 2010 11:49 AM (W5NBA)
..........................
Nah, set the damn thing on fire and make some smores out of the whole experience.....
Posted by: Crowsting at January 19, 2010 07:58 AM (61BD9)
Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at January 19, 2010 07:58 AM (5YE4e)
That's pretty much the same scenario as the 08 elections.
In any case there's two more votes for Brown.
Posted by: Mal at January 19, 2010 07:59 AM (Z+qzA)
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 07:59 AM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Jean at January 19, 2010 07:59 AM (PjevJ)
No, right now Ted is getting my barbed cock up his cornhole. Without lube. For the 974th time. Tell us again about those waitress sandwiches, Ted. You're a riot.
Posted by: Saaaattan at January 19, 2010 07:59 AM (n6iqK)
Someone should tell her not every man at the Senior home is a Republican.
And lock her door at night.
Posted by: Rocks at January 19, 2010 08:00 AM (OOgDc)
Posted by: state your name at January 19, 2010 08:00 AM (2Ugp6)
Posted by: Ball Dipper at January 19, 2010 08:01 AM (ngD76)
Reading the LIBTARD blogs and comments is down right scary.
These fuckers are out of their minds. Most LIBTARDS are emotionally disturbed, and nearly all of them are complete failures.
Posted by: gus at January 19, 2010 08:01 AM (Vqruj)
She's in double-secret revolt against Obama. Did you hear one fucking peep from State during the Undiebomber thing? No way. Her department fucked up BIGTIME and...nothing. The media knew better than to ask.
She's not an idiot. She maybe thought he wouldn't implode this fast, but since he is she's distancing herself from him with a quickness.
Posted by: tachyonshuggy at January 19, 2010 08:02 AM (YRjsF)
Anecdotal, I know, but I likes me some anecdotes.
Posted by: The Hammer at January 19, 2010 08:02 AM (YBTwf)
Don't forget to interview Manny Ortez, if you can find him.
Posted by: always right at January 19, 2010 08:02 AM (7GfKM)
FYI Mama AJ: David Weigel at the Washington Independent reports that that video of an "absentee ballot" is misleading. What Ms. Menedez was actually holding is a sample ballot according to Weigel.
Posted by: WTFCI at January 19, 2010 08:02 AM (GtYrq)
That was Christie's margin of victory over Corzine. Also predicting that, just as in NJ and VA, indies will break for Brown 2-1.
Posted by: Intrepid at January 19, 2010 08:02 AM (92zkk)
Posted by: Tushar at January 19, 2010 08:02 AM (KXhmI)
Posted by: Charles Johnson's Calendar at January 19, 2010 08:02 AM (wnU1W)
It IS time to set out your dip now, so it is at room temperature and not too chilly when we get the word to go.
Posted by: Nip Dip at January 19, 2010 08:03 AM (0aQsc)
You can change 100,000 to 1,000,000 really easily with a computer these days.
I didn't think those people who mistrusted diebold were necessarily far off the mark. No, Bush didn't use diebold to steal Florida... but it's just shitty that we let computers tabulate the vote. Shitty and unnecessary. Meanwhile, outright voter fraud and indimidation is almost never prosecuted, and when someone tries to make it harder to steal election, the democrats flip the fuck out.
There's a reason JFK's granddad, Mr Fitzgerald, was convicted of vote fraud. There's a reason Ed Schultz begs people to commit vote fraud. There's a reason democrat election judges will nearly uniformly never compare the absentee voter roles with the list of people walking in on election day, while the democrats demand an ever increasing number of absentee ballots sent to God knows where.
They are voting illegally. They are registering illegaly. They aren't taking those risks for nothing. We aren't seeing districts with more voters than people for nothing. Voting fraud is effective. There is no way to stop it unless the GOP takes this last chance it may ever have, if it even wins in 2010, to severely curtail fraud. Huge penalties, an agency dedicated to finding fraud. Consistent election laws throughout the country that take away the potential. Delays in announcing results or districts talking to eachother about results (so that someone can come up with just the number of ballots needed to swing an election). All results announced at the same time with minimal people privy to the results internally.
But we tried it already, and the democrats stopped it. There's a reason Georgia is barred, by the DOJ, from complying with the HAVA... it would make it harder to commit voter fraud.
It's not a punchline anymore. IF we lose respect for elections, things will get bloody. Even the democrats should accept that we need absolutely truthful vote counts.
Posted by: Ed Schultz at January 19, 2010 08:03 AM (dUOK+)
Posted by: ace at January 19, 2010 08:03 AM (d7wTq)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 08:04 AM (+lsX1)
133: you make that sound like it's a bad thing.
So, will Brown HQ have as their banner the naked picture of him? My wife wants to know.
Posted by: eddiebear at January 19, 2010 08:04 AM (wnU1W)
Just so you know, I sent KKKilgore to Boston to yell"N**ger" at ever gathering that has a Brown sign, so that he can then report on the racist teabagging racism going on.
Poor Charles Johnson and Arlen Specter. They change with the tide, but didn't realize the 2008 tide would only last about 6-9 months.
How long after the 2010 elections until Charles Johnson posts about his top ten reasons for parting with the left.
Posted by: Ben at January 19, 2010 08:05 AM (wuv1c)
Yeah, but Beck says that about just about everything. He's such a pissy little drama queen; it's why I don't pay much attention to him.
Rush, however, is teh awesome...
Posted by: OregonMuse at January 19, 2010 08:05 AM (hoowK)
Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 08:05 AM (e8YaH)
Posted by: eddiebear at January 19, 2010 08:06 AM (wnU1W)
Posted by: Jean at January 19, 2010 08:06 AM (7K04W)
The best thing about Brown is his light skin and lack of negroe dialect.
LIBTARDS are always talking about brown people. How poignant.
Posted by: gus at January 19, 2010 08:06 AM (Vqruj)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 19, 2010 08:07 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: ace at January 19, 2010 12:03 PM (d7wTq)
Wow. Ace is going to dip live on stage at a Hotel with the MSM watching.
Hard Core. Keep it Classy Ace.
Posted by: Rocks at January 19, 2010 08:07 AM (OOgDc)
Posted by: Monty at January 19, 2010 08:07 AM (4Pleu)
Posted by: David Brooks at January 19, 2010 08:07 AM (qD3QA)
Poor Charles Johnson and Arlen Specter. They change with the tide, but didn't realize the 2008 tide would only last about 6-9 months.
How long after the 2010 elections until Charles Johnson posts about his top ten reasons for parting with the left.
Posted by: Ben at January 19, 2010 12:05 PM (wuv1c)
So, so true. It didn't work out so well for Judas either.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 19, 2010 08:07 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:08 AM (9Wv2j)
Unfulfilled fantasy? 60+ years of having sex only with metrosexual wussies must leave you empty and regretful.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 19, 2010 08:08 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: vai2112 at January 19, 2010 08:10 AM (9eb2k)
They were projecting. They'll cheat to win, so they assume everyone else will, too.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 19, 2010 08:10 AM (mR7mk)
Voter fraud should be construed as an act of treason. One is violating one of the core principles of our democracy when engaging in such acts or sanctioning its use. Harsh, I know, but at this point I don't care.....
Posted by: Crowsting at January 19, 2010 08:11 AM (61BD9)
You'll want to remove your trousers first. Wouldn't want to waste a fine crease.
Posted by: WTFCI at January 19, 2010 08:11 AM (GtYrq)
Posted by: Angry White Male at January 19, 2010 08:11 AM (SqAkN)
I know we need to get rid of Kerry. Maybe Marcia will run against him? She'd have my vote then.
Kerry was reelected in 08, not up for election again until 2014.
Posted by: Vic at January 19, 2010 08:12 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 08:12 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: RushBabe at January 19, 2010 08:13 AM (LKkE8)
Posted by: mghorning at January 19, 2010 08:13 AM (Z6IN2)
Posted by: Cheney's balls at January 19, 2010 08:13 AM (qcgPU)
Posted by: tank at January 19, 2010 08:13 AM (CW29u)
Posted by: bushleague at January 19, 2010 08:13 AM (JZ1ih)
This election will be seared, seared, into his memory.
Posted by: tachyonshuggy at January 19, 2010 08:14 AM (YRjsF)
Posted by: Angry White Male at January 19, 2010 08:14 AM (SqAkN)
Posted by: bushleague at January 19, 2010 08:15 AM (JZ1ih)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 08:16 AM (+lsX1)
Come on, Mass, make it right for me. I'm still pissed.
Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at January 19, 2010 08:16 AM (qD3QA)
Posted by: Shannon at January 19, 2010 08:17 AM (ju9uk)
Bull, bring back a winner, or you out of the Union!
Posted by: Mallamut's Dad at January 19, 2010 08:17 AM (ZO0u/)
@142 - Poor Charles Johnson and Arlen Specter.
I have absolutely no pity for that piece of shit Specter, and I will do a do a happy dance when PA finally kicks his wrinkled traitorous ass out of office.
I'm seriously considering re-registering as a Democrat just to vote against Specter in the primary.
Posted by: Xoxotl at January 19, 2010 08:18 AM (+FNIG)
It's snowing like a bitch here, so that fur's going to come in handy.
Posted by: Andy at January 19, 2010 08:20 AM (5Rurq)
BOSTON | On Monday, an Irish bookie paid off bettors who had wagered that state Sen. Scott Brown, a conservative Republican, would win the special election for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat held for nearly 50 years by liberal Democratic icon Edward M. Kennedy.
"Enough is enough. It seems that Senator Brown just has to get out of bed tomorrow to win convincingly. As far as we're concerned, this race is well and truly over," said Paddy Power, Ireland's largest bookmaker, 24 hours before the actual election.
Before shutting down the betting, Mr. Brown had gone from 5-4 odds to 1-5 (meaning if a bettor put down $5, they only stood to make $1 if Mr. Brown wins). The odds against his opponent — Democrat Martha Coakley, the state's attorney general — soared, from 4-7 to win to 3-1 to lose.
Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at January 19, 2010 08:20 AM (qD3QA)
My prediction remains Scott Brown by 17 points (I guess that means % too?). This is going to be a rout. Kennedy gets 2%. People are too scared of Obama to dally with 3rdP candidates; sort of like what happened in NJ.
Posted by: ParisParamus at January 19, 2010 08:20 AM (Hv1Cx)
A Democratic operative familiar with Martha Coakley and the DSCC's massive get-out-the-vote operation says that outreach workers in and around Boston have been stunned by the number of Democrats and Obama supporters who are waving them off, saying they'll vote for Scott Brown.
Yeah baby!
Posted by: Mal at January 19, 2010 08:21 AM (Z+qzA)
I hear ya, Hatchet. Latham in Ames isn't a bad rep, either. King makes the lib's heads explode, so he's got that going for him. Too bad Ganske had to retire, and leave the door open for Boswell. Who knows, maybe someone can unseat him this year. Jim Gibbons, the ex wrestling coach from Iowa State is running on the R side.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at January 19, 2010 08:21 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Che Pizza at January 19, 2010 08:21 AM (SPSOE)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 08:22 AM (+lsX1)
144 Truman, what did you do?
You know that one thing that male doctors are NEVER supposed to do with their woman patients? Well, I haven't done it to her since before Election Day.
This particular illness is not my doing, however.
Posted by: Truman North at January 19, 2010 08:22 AM (e8YaH)
If healthcare nose dives, we are tempted to spring for La Grand Dame or Cristal.
Let the Dems eat cake...baked by SCOTT BROWN, baby!
Posted by: Linlithgow at January 19, 2010 08:22 AM (xpBkP)
Mr. Brooks, I thought Mr. Frum claimed that you were smooth as a baby's bottom down there, so you needn't worry about shaving..
Posted by: OregonMuse at January 19, 2010 08:22 AM (hoowK)
I blew off the convention in 2008, because I figured it would be lame.
Learn, then:
1. The convention itself is always a sanitary, orderly event made for television. Nobody but delegates, candidates, and newbies angle for floor passes.
2. It's the peripheral, invitation-only stuff -- in 2008, the small-venue Sammy Hagar and Smashmouth concerts, the open-bar nightclubs, the buffets -- that you fight to get into. It's never lame when there are more parties going on than you can possibly attend. (I came home with more cigars than I left with.)
3. The mood in 2008 was awful, though there were high points. Reminds me of the old maxim that there are two reasons to drink: because you're happy, or because you're sad. Pick your reason. Just drink. Especially if someone else is getting the tab.
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at January 19, 2010 08:23 AM (2QFX4)
How else do you propose to tabulate them?
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 19, 2010 08:25 AM (VGeGl)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 19, 2010 08:26 AM (e8YaH)
>it's just shitty that we let computers tabulate the vote.
How else do you propose to tabulate them?
Yeah, dude, don't blow this gig for me.
Posted by: Skynet at January 19, 2010 08:29 AM (+FNIG)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 08:29 AM (+lsX1)
I've met Steve King up at the Clay County Fair several years ago, and was impressed by what I saw. I knew Latham years ago when I was doing campaign work in NW Iowa; he is good people. Right now I'm thinking that Boswell will develop a desire to spend more time with his family down in Decatur County after he figures out how poorly his vote for DemonCare is playing.
Posted by: Hatchet Five at January 19, 2010 08:31 AM (n6iqK)
The immortal line from "The Wild Bunch"
"LET'S GO".....
I really do feel like our country is finally waking up. Thank God.
Posted by: JDC from Las Vegas at January 19, 2010 08:33 AM (rPYdS)
It always makes me laugh. Look for this, umm, man at the Plaza Hotel
hat tip, doubleplusundead . (see what I did there?)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at January 19, 2010 08:33 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Jimma Carter at January 19, 2010 08:34 AM (ZO0u/)
Posted by: Ed Schultz at January 19, 2010 08:34 AM (TV27A)
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 19, 2010 08:34 AM (ujg0T)
You mean, chasing them all around the office and trying to grab their tits?
Posted by: OregonMuse at January 19, 2010 08:35 AM (hoowK)
I'd pay real money to see that scenario unfurl it's beautiful wings.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at January 19, 2010 08:36 AM (UEEex)
I think they are reading this site.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 19, 2010 08:36 AM (DIYmd)
Posted by: Keef at January 19, 2010 08:38 AM (mhbHz)
WE'VE GOING STREAKING THROUGH THE QUADS!!
C'mon everybody! Snoop, Snoop-a-Loop. Bring your green hat.
Posted by: Frank the Tank at January 19, 2010 08:38 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 08:40 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:41 AM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 11:59 AM (9Wv2j)
Thanks, Peaches. I just got back from getting lunch - had to drive by town hall in Newbury. Way more Brown people than Coakley across the street. Getting a lot of honks and hoots when I drove by. No clue what Ace looks like. The Yahoo group says I need to be approved by the monitor....
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 08:42 AM (tG+m6)
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2010 08:43 AM (Xsi7M)
Very interesting, Guy. There was another story yesterday about how Mittens and his political organization has been a major force behind the curtain for Brown, too.
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:43 AM (9Wv2j)
Picture of Ace from the CPAC awards dinner.
Isn't he adorable?
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 08:44 AM (9Wv2j)
Hey Ace, I don't suppose you considered going and doing some poll watching yourself instead of hanging out with the big wigs. I would think, as important as this election is everyone there would be doing just that and saving the partying till after the polls close.
Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 08:44 AM (c459z)
Posted by: J at January 19, 2010 08:45 AM (T3/qP)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at January 19, 2010 08:46 AM (B5cM9)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at January 19, 2010 08:47 AM (UEEex)
It IS time to set out your dip now, so it is at room temperature and not too chilly when we get the word to go.
Wrong answer. Chilly = bad for balls, good for nips.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 19, 2010 08:48 AM (U37Ux)
The text of Ace's CPAC speech:
Yub nub
eee chop yub nub
ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene
g'noop dock fling oh ah
Yah wah
eee chop yah wah
ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene
g'noop dock fling oh ah
Coatee chah tu yub nub
coatee chah tu yahwah
coatee chah tu glowah
allay loo ta nuv
Glowah
eee chop glowah
ya glowah pee chu nee foam
ah toot dee awe goon daa
Coatee cha tu goo (Yub nub!)
coatee cha tu doo (Yahwah!)
coatee cha tu too (Ya chaa!)
allay loo ta nuv
allay loo ta nuv
allay loo ta nuv
Glowah
eee chop glowah
ya glowah pee chu nee foam
ah toot dee awe goon daa
Allay loo ta nuv
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 19, 2010 08:50 AM (fx8sm)
Have a look at this. It says it is election returns for this election by county but it also says it was last updated at 3:48 and that every county has 50% turnout and 100% reporting. I can't figure out what it is if anything
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 08:50 AM (cG9YA)
Something to kill time and a few brain cells. First Person Tetris.
Tough to play, especially when you're laughing as hard as I was.
Posted by: Looking Glass at January 19, 2010 08:51 AM (4nPBL)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at January 19, 2010 08:52 AM (B5cM9)
Posted by: SawxFan at January 19, 2010 08:52 AM (jbfFo)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 08:54 AM (+lsX1)
Picture of Ace from the CPAC awards dinner.
Isn't he adorable?
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 12:44 PM (9Wv2j)
Awww, he sure is. He looks like one of my favorite high skrewel teachers!
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 08:56 AM (tG+m6)
Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 08:56 AM (QdUKm)
Rush says that NECN (new england cable news) reporting vote trending toward Coakley.
Bullshit
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 12:53 PM (cG9YA)
Ignore it. Not an unbiased person there.
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 08:57 AM (tG+m6)
Posted by: David Brooks at January 19, 2010 12:07 PM (qD3QA)
Only if you want to use the dip with chips later on...
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent (M) at January 19, 2010 08:57 AM (Vu6sl)
Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 08:58 AM (QdUKm)
I'm amazed at how any thinking human being can vote for that waste of oxygen Coakley.
But this is MA, one of the most brain-dead states in the country. And we all knew that the Dems were gonna pull every single dirty trick in the book.
Posted by: Xoxotl at January 19, 2010 08:59 AM (+FNIG)
Posted by: runningrn at January 19, 2010 08:59 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: little boomer at January 19, 2010 09:00 AM (mxt4v)
Posted by: bostonirish at January 19, 2010 09:00 AM (/VGML)
Posted by: The MSM at January 19, 2010 09:01 AM (SPSOE)
234
Picture of Ace from the CPAC awards dinner.
Isn't he adorable?
Aw, you just want to pinch his cute little cheeks! (Although, who knew he has a long established "relationship" with TOTUS?)
Posted by: runningrn at January 19, 2010 09:01 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: Hermans Hermits at January 19, 2010 11:55 AM (mI11M)
Nearly peed my pants laughing...'cause I've seen his music video, and it's freaky-deaky.
Posted by: Nicole at January 19, 2010 09:01 AM (CH1cF)
Go, Senator Brown!!!!
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 09:01 AM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Intrepid at January 19, 2010 09:01 AM (92zkk)
Only if you want to use the dip with chips later on...
Just be sure not to shave over the dip if you intend to serve it to guests later on.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 19, 2010 09:02 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: runningrn at January 19, 2010 09:03 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: teej at January 19, 2010 09:03 AM (QdUKm)
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 09:03 AM (tG+m6)
http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2010/senate/results.html
Posted by: Neo at January 19, 2010 09:03 AM (tE8FB)
Posted by: loppyd at January 19, 2010 09:04 AM (tG+m6)
Posted by: Jewells at January 19, 2010 09:06 AM (l/N7H)
Brown by 2 points today. Whatshername by 207 votes after recount, after the recount, then after Super-ream court hearings in April. Final effect of this special election... shots fired.
Thats my prediction.
Posted by: mydemonsdriveon at January 19, 2010 09:08 AM (tHvBj)
Celebrity Catholics like JFK, RFK and Edward M. Kennedy.
The Kennedys are Catholic-Catholic on matters of economic equality, but they're Cafeteria Catholic on abortion.
To his credit, the late Edward M Kennedy did write to the Pope pledging his support to carve out rights of conscience exemptions for health care workers that actually follow and hold true to their religious convictions.
Posted by: WTFCI at January 19, 2010 09:08 AM (GtYrq)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 12:50 PM (cG9YA)
I'm in Michigan so I don't know Mass. election rules but as far as I know, Ballots are not tabulated until the polls close. That must be bogus.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 19, 2010 09:08 AM (EhlQq)
Posted by: moi at January 19, 2010 09:09 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: exceller at January 19, 2010 09:10 AM (jx2Td)
Rush reporting that urban boston turnout light and suburbs heavy
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 09:11 AM (cG9YA)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 09:12 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 12:50 PM (cG9YA)
I'm in Michigan so I don't know Mass. election rules but as far as I know, Ballots are not tabulated until the polls close. That must be bogus.
When I click to it, it shows no precincts reporting. ??
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 09:12 AM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: Che Pizza at January 19, 2010 09:13 AM (SPSOE)
One thing I have a hard time understanding. With Mass. being so heavily catholic, and the catholic church's stance on abortion, how is it that Mass has always voted so heavily dem. Is it because they're not catholic-catholic?
Social Justice is hipper than Pro-Live.
Posted by: moi at January 19, 2010 09:13 AM (7FgWm)
I just voted for Scott. Voting light so far according to the poll workers - it was busy this am and they expect huge influx this evening.
No Coakley sign holders and about 6 for Brown.
Posted by: tank at January 19, 2010 09:14 AM (6tCmr)
Posted by: RicardoVerde at January 19, 2010 09:14 AM (PBTsv)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 09:15 AM (cG9YA)
Thats my prediction.
God, I hope not. But, but libs are getting out of control. Ed Schultz and David Shuster are totally insane, talking about vote fraud and letting Beck's burning house burn down unassisted. That kind of attitude CAN lead to big problems.
Posted by: GregInSeattle at January 19, 2010 09:15 AM (B5cM9)
dagny: 2
Jay in ames: 2
Zimriel: 2
Xoxotl: 2.5
Rawmuse: 3
Lincolntf: 3
Burn the witch: 4
Bat chain : 4
Truman North: 4
DSCC: brown +4
Mallamut: 4.3
Jcjimi: 4.5
Sassypants: 5
Dang Straits: 5
Joy to the: 5
Big Fat Meanie: 5
Joncelli: 5
Intrepid: 5
Johnny I: 5.5
Andy: 6
Guy Fawks: 6
Me (rdbrewer): Brown by 6
Backwardsboy: 6
Doc J: 6
Blue Hen: 6
Naturalfake 6.5
Abdominal: 7
Ford: 7
enoxo: 7
Country Squire: 7
Who Knows: 7
Outlaw: 7
Tipping Point: 7.5
LikeATimeBomb: By 8
arhooley: 8
Never give up: 8
Someone out there: 8
Aerofanatic: 8
SiM: Brown, 9
Hatchet five: 9.4
AJ Mama:10
Amishdude: 12
Miss Factcheck: 13
Vic: 10
Libertarian Jim: 11
Winston Smith 11
Kemp: 11
Jean: Brown by 12
Methos: 13
Vet Missing Parts: 20
Mr. Pink: Coakley 4
Reality check : Coakley 4
An Independent Voter: Coakley 3
Polynikes: Coakley: 1
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 09:16 AM (cG9YA)
Posted by: Che Pizza at January 19, 2010 09:16 AM (SPSOE)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 01:15 PM (cG9YA)
I saw the bogus one after you mentioned it and said WTF?!? It will be interesting to see what they actually put up at 3:48.
Posted by: Rightwingdeathbeast at January 19, 2010 09:17 AM (cq8CW)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 09:19 AM (cG9YA)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 01:15 PM (cG9YA)
Jeez. Was it Rush who said the other day that the Boston Globe makes the NYT look like serious journalism?
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 09:19 AM (9Wv2j)
Posted by: TEE866 at January 19, 2010 09:22 AM (penrP)
Posted by: Rightwingdeathbeast at January 19, 2010 09:22 AM (cq8CW)
Posted by: maddogg at January 19, 2010 09:23 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: GregInSeattle at January 19, 2010 09:23 AM (B5cM9)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at January 19, 2010 09:29 AM (+lsX1)
Che 273, in the history of Massachusetts sociology, we may find that the time of Democratic machine politics - including the Kennedys - was an artifact of Irish immigration and of the textile mills. Now that the Irish are "just another kind of American" - which admittedly took awhile in Southie - and with the decay of private-sector unions, Massachusetts will evolve into (effectively) two states: local-issue communitarian villages, and an extended Puritan college town clustered around Harvard etc.
Basically how it was in the late 1700s.
Massachusetts could go back to Republicanism if the national party relearns how to speak Yankee.
Posted by: Zimriel at January 19, 2010 09:29 AM (9Sbz+)
Posted by: dagny at January 19, 2010 12:50 PM (cG9YA)
I'm in Michigan so I don't know Mass. election rules but as far as I know, Ballots are not tabulated until the polls close. That must be bogus.
It's an AP prediction. I assume it is based on polling pre-election and how the townships have voted before and on exit polling. Remember when they predicted early that Kerry won in 2004 based on early exit polling? Also, who people tell you they voted for and who they voted for are two different things.
Posted by: moi at January 19, 2010 09:29 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: soulpile at January 19, 2010 09:29 AM (gH+Hj)
As dagny's chart puts it, I'm more pessimistic than the average. Brown's within the cheatin' margin.
If we're not having exit polls, then I recommend volunteers get out there and watch the polling places for shenanigans.
Posted by: Zimriel at January 19, 2010 09:30 AM (9Sbz+)
Posted by: little boomer at January 19, 2010 09:40 AM (h5H9u)
When I click to it, it shows no precincts reporting. ??
Posted by: Peaches at January 19, 2010 01:12 PM (9Wv2j)
About 30 minutes ago, it showed approx. 50% of precincts reporting with Marcia ahead 50-49 and Kennedy getting 1%. Someone was playing games as I'm quite sure there have been no votes tabulated yet.
Posted by: Bill R. at January 19, 2010 09:42 AM (EhlQq)
Posted by: Methos at January 19, 2010 09:50 AM (Xsi7M)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TuLBa-rgBk
Posted by: JorgXMcKie at January 19, 2010 10:10 AM (290l2)
250 Teej - the Catholic Church is regarded as conservative around here because of some of its social positions; but here it is very, very collectivist in everything else, hence very D-rat.
Posted by: Gasoline Gus at January 19, 2010 10:15 AM (qExz3)
Posted by: Mord at January 19, 2010 10:15 AM (tTj19)
Posted by: rightzilla at January 19, 2010 11:21 AM (rVJH4)
AMTRAK is going to "offer" (probably for a bloated, unrealistic fee) wireless on their Acela trains starting in a few weeks. Way to go! WOW! What is this, 2001?
What a pathetic outfit AMTRAK is. What do we expect?
Posted by: Brian McKim at January 19, 2010 11:23 AM (e0ysJ)
How else do you propose to tabulate them?
Actual Verifiable paper ballots with Certified ID?
Posted by: Curmudgeon at January 19, 2010 12:34 PM (ujg0T)
That's how you record the votes, not how you tabulate them. Again, how would you tabulate them? Anybody with a cursory knowledge of database design could come up with a perfect, verifiable and auditable system to record votes and have results very quickly. Technology is not your enemy; the paper ballot system has been gamed in the past by luminaries like Lyndon Baines Fuckface Johnson and nobody did a goddamn thing about it. Until there are very real penalties for vote fraud, such as going to jail for a very long time, cocksuckers will continue to game the system no matter how you tabulate the votes.
Posted by: Captain Hate at January 19, 2010 01:42 PM (VGeGl)
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