Jay Bookman

By lrd

November 4, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

Took 30 minutes in City of Decatur, and that included the walk from house to polling place. We must have one of the smallest districts around…
Felt bad for local school having a bake sale and banking on long lines..

By Sage

November 4, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Hey Jay: Do you ever try to see an issue from more than one perspective?

By CLG

November 4, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Took 2 hours in Cherokee County…voting computers broke down…and we waited…

ARGHHH!

By roscoe

November 4, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

Wife voted at Beulah elementary in Douglasville this morning at 7:00. Only took 30 minutes.

By OpenYour Eyes

November 4, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

Pharr Elementary, Snellville, 1 hour @ 9AM. Very white, very conservative polling place. Had FOX News on the TV in the school lobby. A poll worker finally turned it off, twice, after someone in line turned it back on. The conservatives better turn up the voting volume if they expect Shock and Awe tonight. Not going to happen.

By elca station

November 4, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

Took 2 hours in Cherokee County…voting computers broke down…and we waited…

ARGHHH!

By BHO

November 4, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

Didn’t vote. All the Kool Aid drinkers will vote for me. I am The One!

By Abomi Nation

November 4, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

I just got back from voting in Decatur. The whole process took less than 10 minutes. The place was nearly empty. There were more poll workers than voters.

By Matt

November 4, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

I voted at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Smyrna. I arrived at the poll at 8:50am, voted, and was back in my car at 9:10am. Smooth as butter!

By Avondalian

November 4, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Avondale Estates is used to high voter turnout and the precinct staff are pros. I got there after 6:00am and was on my way to work by 7:10am. Police directing traffic, orderly lines, lots of sample ballots, lines moved quickly. Piece ‘o cake.

By Shawny

November 4, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

How is that funny? Are you implying something? So a source is inaccurate. Do you imply that because it is a conservative source, that it is trying to sway the vote? And you think liberal sources don’t try the same thing?

hack

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

NPR yesterday reported that more people voted early this year than voted in the 2004 election. They think North Carolina might have a 75% turnout.

WOW!

I voted 2 weeks ago and it took 5 minutes. I wish I had studied up on the judicial court races before hand.

By RC

November 4, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

Your orgy of lies continue. Fraud continues! Trust you are satisfied.

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

NPR yesterday reported that more people voted early this year than voted in the 2004 election. They think North Carolina might have a 75% turnout.

WOW!

I voted 2 weeks ago and it took 5 minutes. I wish I had studied up on the judicial court races before hand.

By LOLO

November 4, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

I am thinking that I was sadly mistaken that the early voting would shorten the lines a great deal. Looks like I’m in for the long haul late this afternoon with all of those bums who don’t have jobs and are in line for the free Churches two piece and a biscuit.

VOTE NO to Communicism Lite!!!

Support Sen. John “just barely good enough” McCain and Gov. Palin today!

By NY4LIFE

November 4, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

@ Open Your Eyes:

What does the polling place being very white have to do with anything?

By IMNSHO

November 4, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

Why bother voting—the pollsters have already given us a winner!

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

This is what is scary:

President Bush’s aides have been scrambling to change rules and regulations on the environment, civil liberties and abortion rights, among others— few for the good. Most presidents put on a last-minute policy stamp, but in Mr. Bush’s case it is more like a wrecking ball. We fear it could take months, or years, for the next president to identify and then undo all of the damage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/opinion/04tue1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

By AmVet

November 4, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

Seven minutes. Chestnut Elementary, Dunwoody.

SEVEN MINUTES!

At first, I thought I was in a Twilight Zone episode. (As I walked in I thought I saw John Phillip Sousa smiling at me as he was conducting the band.)

I guess all of the Obamaniacs and McSamers stood in those hellish lines last week!

Man, I love this country!

By AJC/DNC Management

November 4, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

Also, in a little aside, I note that the Investor’s Business Daily poll, the one that has been drawing so much interest on the conservative side because it was supposedly the most accurate in ‘04, and because it showed a race as close as two points just a couple of days ago, now puts its final margin at seven.

Funny how that happens.

From IBD-

For the final estimate, undecided voters were allocated to Obama, McCain, or Other. Click here for details.

By Mellie

November 4, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

At Terry Mill Elementary in DeKalb County, I was the 31st person in line at 5:45 a.m. By the time the doors opened at 7, a poll worker reported there were 200 people in line. I was out by 7:25.

By RC

November 4, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

Your orgy of lies continue. Fraud continues! Trust you are satisfied.

By Capitol Hack

November 4, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

I was in line just after the polls opened here in Grant Park. Hundreds in line and 2.5 hours to vote. Everything was working smoothly and everyone was pleasant. Our precinct is mostly white leaning liberal, and more people than I’ve ever seen at the polls. The line was down when I finished, so the best time to vote would have been mid-morning and probably mid-afternoon - like they told us.

By Troll Patrol

November 4, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

City of Mountain Park polling place has a shortage of the cards that go in the machines so that slowed things down just a bit. Even so, we cast our ballots for Obama in less than 30 minutes. Ours is a small precinct with ~270 registered voters so we’re fortunate to rarely even have lines.

By the Way Jay - GO PSU git’er done for Joe Pa one more time!

By OpenYour Eyes

November 4, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

What does the polling place being very white have to do with anything?

The building was painted very white and decorated very conservatively. What would you imagine it means? Nothing to you.

By Tina

November 4, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

These are very interesting comments—especially the one by NY4LIFE speaking about “Communicism Lite”. Is this a new BUSH-ism???

By NY4LIFE

November 4, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

@ LOLO

Sure you’re not one of the bums or is it you just can’t spell. I’ll let you review your post and determine.

By Jen

November 4, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this

I voted at Memorial Drive (Dekalb County) on October 8th….in an out in 25 minutes even with about 100 people in line.

My neighbors just voted this morning down at Epworth Methodist Church on McLendon Ave…they said they got there at 6:30 and were out by 7:10. Another neighbor said it took her an hour.

I don’t care what any poll says but this one…but I hope the polls showing BHO winning are right!

As to people getting disgruntled about Jay’s liberalness and wanting objectivity from him…GET OVER IT! He’s a liberal OPINION columnist and this is his LIBERAL OPINION BLOG!

Wooten has the conservative side…go there to see what you want to see.

And if you want complete objectiveness….then dream on. It doesn’t exist…not even in science.

By RealityKing

November 4, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this

15 minutes to vote at 8:45. No record turn outs. Apprantently America jsut can’t believe whats “reported” anymore…

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

I was at 1st Baptist Decatur at 6:40 am and was out by 7:30. The people were nice as always. No suspicious behavior to report.

By John

November 4, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

Got in line at 6:45am in Stone Mountain and finished voting at 8:05, which wasn’t bad considering the line went outside the building.

By Winston

November 4, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

The government will be voting for us in the near future. You won’t even have to leave your assigned domicile. Enjoy what you are about to sow.

By Undecided

November 4, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

I don’t know what to do! Should I drive to the polls, walk to the polls, or stay home? I wish I knew more about the candidates and their positions on the issues. I was planning to vote when the polls opened, but wondered if going at lunchtime would be better. Now I can’t decide. This is the toughest decision since I agonized over “paper or plastic” yesterday. I don’t whether to vote or go blind!

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

I will be conducting a seminar in Buckhead next week called “Wealth Redistribution and How You Can P(l)ay Your Part”

Attendance is mandatory for all citizens.

By "The Corporal**

November 4, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Disgusting

Hillary Clinton Talks In The Polling Station - 5 feet from booths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyVjqRApOoc

By oliger

November 4, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Grady H.S. got there at 6:45 am finished voting at 8:30am

By Matt

November 4, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Hammond Park in Sandy Springs. In and out in 30 minutes, no problems at all.

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Winston, sounds like you have an active imagination. Are you sure you voted and just didn’t imagine it? Could it be a fake memory implanted in your brain by the government? Could all this just be a figment of your imagination and you’re actually in a pod somewhere being a source of energy for the mother ship? Hmmmmm…

By Troll Patrol

November 4, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

City of Mountain Park polling place has a shortage of the cards that go in the machines so that slowed things down just a bit. Even so, we cast our ballots for Obama in less than 30 minutes. Ours is a small precinct with ~270 registered voters so we’re fortunate to rarely even have lines.

By the Way Jay - GO PSU git’er done for Joe Pa one more time!

By Mary

November 4, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

70 minutes at North Atlanta High School. Arrived at 10 am.

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

Hey Corporal…sounds like someone asked her a question and she answered it…the polite thing to do. Didn’t sound like a stump speech to me, of course you probably would say “disgusting” if she just walked down the street.

By My Vote

November 4, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

Voted by absentee ballot. Voted Penn State #1, Texas Tech #2, and Florida #3.

By Tomato Aspic

November 4, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

22 minutes at Westside Elementary School in Rocky Face.

By Copyleft

November 4, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

Mmm, you can just smell the fear from the right-wing bigots!

Smells like… victory.

By mike hussein smith

November 4, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

Shawny: Let me spell this out so even you might chuckle. A few days ago, conservatives such as AJC/DNC Management got all snarky because one poll — IBD’s — reported a wee margin between Obama and McCain. It seemed to bolster McCain’s contention that the polls were tightening. Now IBD has released a poll and Obama’s lead has grown, which probably means the race hasn’t been narrowing and wingnuts’ last grasp for something positive has gone up in smoke. Haha, end of joke. No, Jay wasn’t implying ANYTHING about IBD, but about the folks who suddenly seized on its poll for a day or two, after scorning all others, because it offered them SOME dim hope of victory. Here’s a friendly tip: Perhaps you should see a doctor about your paranoia.

By Matthew

November 4, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Should be a big night for the fringe leftists. For those who hate personal responsibility, should be a good day.

It is too bad that America is today embracing everything Europe is desperately running away from, but I guess we’ll learn in time.

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

They used to talk about 1968 as a weird year when a lot of things happened. I’m thinking 2008 will make 1968 pale in comparison.

This is one for the history books!

By Larry B

November 4, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Voted at 9:15 AM at King Springs Elementary in Cobb County. No wait at all.

By "The Corporal"

November 4, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

To Mr. Snarky

She’s knows better. It’s at least technically a violation of the law for campaigning in a polling area.

By reebok

November 4, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

Voted last week, took 1:45…I probably could’ve gotten through faster today, so I guess I wasted some time, but it was worth it for the peace of mind of knowing that I had voted. Obama/Biden backers…take nothing for granted…let’s win BIG. Get out there and VOTE!

By Hillbilly Deluxe

November 4, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

Up here in the hills I was in and out in 5 minutes. They did have 5 booths though which is 2 more than usual.

By lovelyliz

November 4, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

Everything went pretty well considering the long lines.

I voted before work and was a little bit late so I have to make up the time this afternoon. My plan is to head home this evening, do my usual routine without turning on the television, go to bed early and wake up in the morning to hopefully find out who the president elecet is.

By "The Corporal"

November 4, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

To T

Go here at 9:13am for the answer to your question yesterday.

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bookman/entries/2008/11/03/rovesaysitwontevenbeclos.html

By RB from Gwinnett

November 4, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

I don’t need the polls to tell me how to think. I can take care of that my own. But you libs keep hanging your hats on the polls just like you did in 2004 and in 2000. Do you ever learn a lesson?

BTW, it’s obvious you’re only focusing on the polls because they’re telling you what you want to hear.

Question. What valuable part do all these polls play in our electoral process? My answer is NONE. They are nothing more than a complete distracton to the process and should be stopped. They add no value whatsoever. NONE!

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

IBD must have gotten a threatening letter…they’re pretty easy to intimidate. Sounds like all you wingnuts should cash out your bank accounts, sell your baseball cards, and head for the hills. I bet Eric Rudolph’s hideaway is available.

By FrankLeeDarling

November 4, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

voted for Obama this morning at North Druid baptist at the corner of Ponce & North Highland, arrived at 7am. voted at 11am. A very large very progressive crowd ,the mood was all smiles and anticipation.

By mike hussein smith

November 4, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Matthew, both Obama and McCain voted for George W. Bush’s Wall Street bailout. In light of this, explain, please, why you think McCainiacs care about personal responsibility and Democrats don’t. I demand a good solid answer, sir, not some partisan cant.

By Stereotype

November 4, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

I woke up at 9am, still kind of hungover from the Obamaniac Party last night, got dressed with the clothes I picked up at the Salvation Army, stopped in town to get my WIC vouchers, went to vote, dropped in the liquor store for some Old English, drove through Suwanee and snagged a bunch of McCain signs off the lawns in rich-whiteyville, and now I’m going to Jocks N Jills for lunch.

By Zach

November 4, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

RB, I’m so going to enjoy watching you eat defeat.

By Bill R

November 4, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

Fiance took an hour to vote at 7am this morning at Briarwood Rec center in Dekalb county. I’m hoping the line is that short or shorter when I go after work at 4.

By lrd

November 4, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

I want McCain to win so he can pay for everyones mortgage. I mean he promised right? he would not be liar and go back on that would he? HAHAHAHAH

Either way, the beer is cold, waiting for 8pm to pop one open and watch the show. Saying it should be interesting is vast understatement

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

She’s knows better. It’s at least technically a violation of the law for campaigning in a polling area.

Corporal - Hardly. Someone asked her a question and she answered it. She wasn’t working the line shaking hands making speeches. I didn’t know candidates had to take a vow of silence when they enter the polling place. Please show me the law that states that. You’re grasping at straws and its kind of sad.

By AJC/DNC Management

November 4, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

Here’s what you can expect if you don’t vote for the Republicans:

“The very same people who don’t want the Fairness Doctrine want the FCC [Federal Communications Commission] to limit pornography on the air. I am for that… But you can’t say government hands off in one area to a commercial enterprise but you are allowed to intervene in another. That’s not consistent.”-Chucky Schumer

Sick.

Using government power to censor discussions that they do not agree with.

Where’s my country, dude?

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this

the only poll that matters is InTrade or Vegas. When you are making odds with a casino owner’s money, you turn over every stone.

As of yesterday, InTrade had Obama at 91.5% chance to win. Today he is at 93%.

By Lisa

November 4, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

Voted at Peachtree Corners Christian Church on Spalding. Couldn’t even get close at 7 a.m. Went back at 10 a.m. and it took about an hour and 15 minutes. Wait was at least an hour and a half when I left.

By ck

November 4, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

11 am Grady High School. Line snaking through gym about 45-1 hour long, very well organized and moving fast.

By VW

November 4, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

Voted at Cedar Grove Middle got there at 7:30 was out by 8:30, waiting for the polls to close and the announcement of our next president Obama!!!!

By VW

November 4, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

Voted at Cedar Grove Middle got there at 7:30 was out by 8:30, waiting for the polls to close and the announcement of our next president Obama!!!!

By jfd

November 4, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this

OBAMA NEEDED HELP VOTING - HE COULD NOT FIND THE BOX MARKED “PRESENT”

By VW

November 4, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Voted at Cedar Grove Middle got there at 7:30 was out by 8:30, waiting for the polls to close and the announcement of our next president Obama!!!!

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

Yes because in the past when the Democrats were in charge, all conversations were regulated. Conservative talk radio was tamped down. Especially during those first two Clinton years. I think Rush Limbaugh operated on Pirate radio sort of like the movie “Pump up the Volume” where Christian Slater plays a rebel teenager with a pirate station out of his car. I don’t know how the Repubs took over under those conditions, but somehow they did. It was like the French Resistance during WWII I guess. Get ready for the Supreme Court to suspend the first amendment…wait a minute I must be remembering AJC/DNC’s delusional dreams. Sorry ‘bout that!

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

So, if the wingnuts lose the election to Obama, what will they blow up first? Abortion clinics or federal office buildings? Or maybe they have new targets now??

Liberals get mad and then run their mouths, wingnuts get mad and something with children inside goes boom.

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

McCain needed help voting because he didn’t know where he’s registered. With 8 houses its understandable. He spent the morning driving from polling station to polling station around Phoenix…too bad because I’m sure would have preferred to be campaigning.

By jon

November 4, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

I bet you can’t book a flight out of Bagdad tomorrow. It’s going to be Vietnam all over again when The Chosen One abandons those people. Guess you oBAmaniacs won’t have any White guilt over the blood of the millions that are going to die there.

By tcoach

November 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

We know BD and when liberals feel that burden of responsibility:

Something with a child inside gets sucked out clean and killed. If it is brought out still alive it is to be left alone to die.

Smart comparison there.

By LPC

November 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

Voted at Centerville Elementary, got in line at 6:40, voted at 9:00! The line was fairly short as I was leaving. Probably down to about 45 minutes.

By Paul

November 4, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

Jay

I live north of the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex. My wife and I walked to our polling station. There was one person in line ahead of me. One of the people working said there was a bit of a line at 0730, but even that wasn’t bad. He said 53 percent of the registered voters voted early.

In front of the voting area was a woman in a chair with an Obama button. I asked her if many people had questions, she said no, most walked on by. I said I was struck by the number of signs from both parties in what I assumed was a very Republican area. She said her husband was the Democratic captain for the precinct/neighborhood (I believe that was her phrase) and he’d been seeing a steady increase in their membership from disaffected Republicans over the past four years.

I said I think that was expressed in 2006 and was continuing. I said her husband must be pleased. She said he was actually concerned - that many people coming over were really quite moderate but felt frozen out by the more ideological Republicans. She said he had said many times that a broad mix of people in both parties, with a healthy membership base, was actually better for the country.

Here I’d been reading your columns and AmVets and others and thought that the influence of the farright was a bit overstated. Well, live and learn.

By Steve

November 4, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

All Saints Episcopal Church at North Ave and W. Peachtree. Took just about 2 hours. Saw Congressman John Lewis in line when I left.

By Morningstar

November 4, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

By Undecided November 4, 2008 11:22 A

Oh Puhleaze! Not a J Alfred Prufrock at this late date!

By BobinBuford

November 4, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

An hour and 45 minutes to vote at Bogan Park in Buford first thing this morning.

The line when I left at 8:45 was shorter than it was at 7:00.

By Pop the Liberal Zit

November 4, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Jay: You are a smarmy little liberal tool! Funny how that works. I suppose the two go hand in hand. My guess is you know not what you do with the ballot that you cast and that you have never read Friedman, Mises, Hayek, etal. Ignorance is bliss for liberals….

By Mrs. Godzilla

November 4, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

Voted 3 weeks ago….Gwinnett County Election Services Building….took 40 minutes.

By Laura

November 4, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

I voted at the Alpharetta Community Center. I waited 90 minutes, which is about what I expected. Everything went fine up until I got in the gym. It was extremely frustrating to see 20-40% of the booths unoccupied at any given time. There are two very inefficient workers who were doing a very poor job keeping people moving to open booths. If someone was doing a good job moving people along to open booths, the wait time could have been greatly reduced.

By OpenYour Eyes

November 4, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Pop the Liberal Zit

And out will come the Conservative puss.

By Sandy

November 4, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

I haven’t voted yet BUT, I work in Clayton County and one of my co workers who has already voted this a.m. in Henry County went to our local Quik Trip to get gas at lunch time and there was a black woman in there handing out free vouchers for lottery tickets, if you had voted. They were only offered to the black people. There were other white people inside the store that weren’t offered the vouchers ! Now isn’t that illegal ?

By mike hussein smith

November 4, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this

Management: Was that Shumer quote your last best argument? Seems strange that you’d get all bent out of shape as “Chucky” actually seems to be speaking in favor of your position (as well as common sense government). Or, blinded by hate and rightest bilge, were you unable to see that?

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

Once I get some of the wealth redistribution I think I might have to switch to the Republican party. Yep. I can sow fear, lie, and misdirect with the best of em.

By voter

November 4, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

About 1 hour and 15 minutes at Metropolitan Church on Briarcliff Rd this morning. Not bad at all…very nice and helpful poll workers as well.

By hillbilly ragger

November 4, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

Voted last week in Gwinnett, took three hours. First half spent outdoors, a bit underdressed, and it was getting cold as the sun went down.

My back hurt by then, and I was running on fumes because I hadn’ t yet had dinner.

It was well worth it.

By Sandy

November 4, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

I haven’t voted yet; but a coworker voted this a.m. in Henry County. We work in Clayton County and she went to the local Quik Trip to get gas at lunch time and there was a black woman in there handing out vouchers to get a free lottery ticket; they were only being offered to the black people that confirmed they had voted. My friend and a couple of other white people were not offered the vouchers. This isn’t right !

By FrankLeeDarling

November 4, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

Sandy your co-worker is a sick liar and needs therapy the next four years are going to be rough for all the race baiters

By mayretter local

November 4, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

East Cobb - Addison Elementary School took less than 20min, in by 10:45, out by 11:05. things ran very smoothly.

Eat a Peach for Peace

By Lynda

November 4, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

I voted at Adamsville Rec in the city of Atlanta this morning…got there at 5am I was number 14 in line by the time I left they were up to 300 people waiting at 7:30am I’m anticipating a CRAZY crowd over there this evening as the prevoting was EXTREMELY crowded…

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

“Vouchers for Lottery tickets”? Sounds pretty dicey to me.

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

From Pat Buchanan at Townhall.com:

The GOP needs to confront the truth: The failure of the Bush presidency lies not in a failed execution of policy but in the policies themselves and the neoconservative ideology that informed them.

Yet, still, the party remains in denial, refusing to come to terms with the causes of its misfortune. One expects they will be given the time and opportunity for reflection soon.

High 5’s Pat! Pat’s my main man!

And they turn on their own….

http://townhall.com/columnists/PatrickJBuchanan/2008/11/04/butwheredidbushgo_wrong?page=2

By "The Corporal"

November 4, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

To Snarky

As an attorney she knows better than to do that in a polling place. Did you listen to the conversation? She was promoting votes for the democrat party five feet from voting booths. She should have taken in outside the required distance from the voting area.

Shameful !

By Isaac

November 4, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this

90 minutes in Milton at Summit Hill Elementary school; just got back at noon. One thing though, there were people walking around waving MCain/Palin signs on the school property! Isn’t that illegal? I’ll bet if I walked in there carrying my Obama sign, I would’ve been beaten and dragged off the property. Is there a number we can call to report this kind of stuff?

By lrd

November 4, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110303298.html?hpid=topnews

just a nice article on the stickers that some have worn, and some are wearing now.

By Confronting the Truth

November 4, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

because liberal are so simple minded they seem to miss the point. No, “conservative” policies, such as those espoused by intellectuals such as Milton Friedman, DO work, and they have been proven correct by actual, real world consequences of policies Democrats support. Look to Cuba, China, and Vietnam. For Christ’s sake, een China recognized the benefit of opening their market (to some degree). The problem with the Republicans is that they abandoned their core values. The problem with the Democrat Party is that the are left-wing socialist nut jobs.

By Abomi Nation

November 4, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

Oh my God! I was up in Cobb County and noticed the Quick-Trip handing out vouchers for free Extra-Absorbent Kleenex. There are a lot of people crying up here but it seems the Blacks aren’t getting any of the Kleenex. Seems you have to be crying.

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

To be honest, my 10th time voting was quicker than the first 9 times.

I want my lottery vouchers, pronto. All 10 of them.

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

Corporal, to some degree you’re right, not because her 10 seconds answering a question would in anyway violate the law but because folks from the right wing would jump all over her and make an issue of it. That’s why she skidaddled so quickly and said she would talk more outside. She would have been wiser to say “lets talk outside”, but instead she answered their question. Your reaction is over the top though…not that that would surprise anyone. Keep grasping those straws

By AJC/DNC Management

November 4, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

By Mr Snarky November 4, 2008 12:14 PM I don’t know how the Repubs took over under those conditions, but somehow they did.

Yeah, i know, you liberals aren’t up on legislation and the workings of government except for scheming tax dollars, of course.

Reagan rescinded the “Fairness” Doctrine while he was in office.

~~~~~

By mike hussein smith November 4, 2008 12:44 PM Management: Was that Shumer quote your last best argument? Seems strange that you’d get all bent out of shape as “Chucky” actually seems to be speaking in favor of your position (as well as common sense government). Or, blinded by hate and rightest bilge, were you unable to see that?

Check this out, sweetheart, it’s the Constitution of the United States-

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;

“Bilge,” eh?

Cheating, stealing, intimidation, the only way a democrat can win.

So much for Freedom.

By Yvonne

November 4, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

Voted in Roswell at 10:00 a.m.—was in and out in ten minutes.

By Bosch

November 4, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this

I voted last Monday and it took a little over an hour. I went with my son (first-time voter) last Friday to vote, and it took an hour and a half.

I tried to get my dad to go vote early because I thought the lines would be bad. He’s been pretty sick this year and it’s taken his toll on the tough old coot, and my sisters and I were worried about my dad standing in line that long.

He said he’d voted on election day for 50 years and he wasn’t going to change that now. He wanted to appreciate the whole experience of the day. Plus, he likes the coffee and the poll workers who’ve been there for about the same amount of years he’s been voting. It’s like catching up with friends for my dad - you know, a social event.

I told him last night to make sure to take a lawn chair and a snack (he’s diabetic) - he said “Aw hell, I’ll be alright - y’all’ve been listen to your mother too much.”

Just talked to my mom, my dad left and was home in 15 minutes (had a big “eat sh!t” look on his face). Life lesson, always listen to your dad.

By Wyld Byll Hyltnyr

November 4, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

Early exit polls show considerable advantage (54-44 and 52-48) advantage for McCain/Palin in SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA AND DC, respectively. Looks like the first prick in Obama’s balloon.

By Taxpayer

November 4, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

Corporal,

Will you be looking for hanging chads on Diebold-cast votes. Come on. Speak after me: President Obama. Commander-In-Chief Obama. It’s not nearly as disgusting as the alternative.

By donahue

November 4, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

I was there at 6:15 and didn’t finish until 8 am. In all a great day to Vote for Obama although I live in a Republican district…..

By DOC

November 4, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

I went at 10:30. South DeKalb… took under ten minutes round trip from car to vote and back to car. Thanks Advance Voters!

By getalife

November 4, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

Now Andy cares about freedom.

Good for you.

Feds borrow $550 billion for trickle up socialism. Still sticking the bill with your kids for their greed. Shame.

Lets end the left socialism argument shall we?

By I SEE DUMB LIBERALS!

November 4, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

I see my comment wad deleted about the fact that Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn share the same politics as all of you head in the sand Democrats. How shameful. It is the truth, is it not? And that is shameful as well. Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Black Panthers in Philly intimidating voters, Father Phleger, Democrats all. Nice, real nice. I expect a list from some nitwit Liberal of “Republican” crazies, but the difference is this: They are fringe nuts, those I named are admired and respected in their communities. Some are even education professors teaching a new generation of America hating left-wing fools.

By JG

November 4, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Voted at Druid Hills Baptist Church at Ponce de Leon and N Highland. Took 4.5 hrs.

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

To Mike Hussein Smith, Don’t worry, it’s not you. Many of us have tried to explain stuff to that person. He/She can cut and paste and surf the net well enough, it’s the “comprehension” part they have trouble with.

By Tom

November 4, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

Let us hope that this will be “Crash M

By Jen

November 4, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

Voted this AM in Smyrna at NFL Officeworks @ Plant Atkinson & Atlanta Rd. In line at 6:34, back home and eating breakfast by 8am. Arrived early at work everything!

By Swami Dave

November 4, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

I voted last week during early voting in Forsyth County. Walked in & out with no wait; it was about my easiest voting experience ever.

Not knowing the details of how IBD was setting the samples or assumptions of their poll versus the others that have been published over the past few weeks, I made the intentional choice to avoid highlighting or discounting any of them. The vastly inconsistent results would lead me to be suspicious of any of them especially when the same polling organizations seems to contradict their own results on a day-to-day basis.

The true lunatic nature surfaces when it becomes apparent that the only real requirements that individuals are using to “evaluate” the polls are whether or not it agrees with their presumed / expected outcome.

-My- perception is that McCain has been gaining ground on Obama as the election drew to a close, but the true question will be if he simply ran out of time to possibly overtake him. The biggest risk that -I- see for Senator Obama is if the historic overestimation of support for Democratic candidates is again occurring. However, since the McCain campaign is banking on this historical trend continuing (and giving them a pleasant surprise on Election night), it is equally plausible that the numbers are essentially accurate & there was truly no real way for McCain to overcome the advantage.

It should make for an interesting evening & morning.

-Swami Dave

By Middle-Aged White Lady

November 4, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

1 hr, 25 minutes starting at 11am at Simpson Elementary in 30092 in Gwinnett. Line was probably 15 minutes shorter when I left at about 12:30. Poll worker announced at about 11 am that half of the precinct had already voted… maybe some of us would want to come back this afternoon. Stayed and got it done. Short on cards and booths… ten in the house, only eight on line for a precinct of 2100+ voters. Rock the Vote! GoBama 2008!

By Lily

November 4, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

To I See Dumb Liberals: as my grandma used to say, you’re the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to using the word DUMB! It’s obvious you are not educated enough to be a professor no matter what your political persuasion is!

By Taxpayer

November 4, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

I think QVC should offer McCain/Palin their own time slot. They could sell Obama T-shirts.

By OpenYour Eyes

November 4, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

those I named are admired and respected in their communities.

Traitor Oliver North would be so proud of you! No list needed. He and Reagan KILLED more innocent people with the guns for hostages deal than those you mentioned have followers.

By Middle-Aged White Lady

November 4, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

1 hr, 25 minutes starting at 11am at Simpson Elementary in 30092 in Gwinnett. Line was probably 15 minutes shorter when I left at about 12:30. Poll worker announced at about 11 am that half of the precinct had already voted… maybe some of us would want to come back this afternoon. Stayed and got it done. Short on cards and booths… ten in the house, only eight on line for a precinct of 2100+ voters. Rock the Vote! GoBama 2008!

By Tom

November 4, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Ahh yes. Let us hope this will be “Crash McCain’s - imposter of a war hero - last flight. And that he fades into the obscurity he so richly deserves and enjoyed prior to being self-pronounced a “hero” - 36 long years ago.

By Greg Mendel

November 4, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

Regardless of who wins, I’d be really pleased if the TV networks would withhold making any state projections until ALL the polls are closed across the country.

I know there is fierce competition to be “first,” but why does it matter? I don’t remember which network was “first” in any election. It wouldn’t affect my viewing preference at all.

It really is a disservice to voters.

By lovelyliz

November 4, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

Neo-cons and their poll takers/readeas have such short and rather convenient memories!!!

By Glenn

November 4, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

Well now, JAY/GAY (1:34): Aren’t you a typical Repug Christian Soldier!! And a Repug intellectual at that. You are the epitome of The Party - and why the nation spirals down into the sewer daily. Say another prayer - to whatever Pig God it is that you little people worship.

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

To Swami Dave:

Please share whatever it is you’ve been smoking. McCain has been gaining ground? You want a few more weeks?

To I see Dumb Liberals: Two words - Harriett Meyers. If Obama has one of those Let’s-select-Harriett-Meyers-for-the-Supreme-Court-because-ummm-she-has-a-law-degree moments, I will totally agree with you. You should get on these boards and attack Big O like you just found a snake in your closet….just like we did to W when he proposed Harriett.

By the way, how many times did you vote for W? Twice? Yeah, I see your intelligence vastly outpaces liberal intelligence.

By Tam

November 4, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

Hey - I am the person who was at the quick trip when they were offering free lottery tickets to vote. I even made a comment to the cashier as she checked me out for my soda that I had not been offered a free ticket for voting and she just smiled. The store is right across the street from a polling place.

I am not a race baiter or a liar and neither am I an idiot and the only thing that differentiated me and any others who received vouchers was the color of my skin. An odd coincidence at best - a puroseful exemption based on my race at worst. You decide. And all that is not important - I don’t care about the tickets as much as I thought it was illegal - sort or like paying for votes.

So before you start calling people names Darling you need to get the facts straight you blathering pompass a* (I can say this because my facts are straight).

Thats why I hate these blogs - it is not the place to go to find intelligent and thoughtful conversation.

By Marxist mama

November 4, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

How do you folks in coal related jobs (supplier,mfg,etc) feel about Obama, the Marxist, promising to BANKRUPT the coal industry???? Does Obama know that 49% of our energy use comes from coal? Is he that dumb or is it just another bald faced lie of his? How do all you dumb socialists, who voted for Obama,the Marxist, feel about your Messiah saying your electricity rates will SKYROCKET during his term????? If you have money to throw away by all means vote for him because he plans to take it away from you, one way or another, and give it to the lazy,unproductive,shiftless,dropouts of society.

By woodie

November 4, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

45 mins at noon in Gwinnett on Gloster Rd. Lines now under 30 mins.

By Reuben

November 4, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

Wild Bill, no way McCain is ahead in those areas. If it stays there it will be along night for Obama.

By Forrest Gump

November 4, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

Lily, oh sweet Lily. How sweet. If you say dumb you are dumb. Stupid is as stupid does. Liberals are idiots. These are just a few axioms.

Open Your Eyes: hum. You are nutty like squirrel pies, son. It seems as though your fight is with America. Do you admire dear old Jimmy Carter? I mean, he couldn’t handle his hostage situation. A swingin’ balls conservative had to save them from Islamofascist terrorists. Sounds familiar. USS Cole—no response. 1993 Trade Center bombing—no response. 9-11—NOW YOU GOT A FREAKING PROBLEM, TERRORISTS!

subversive liberals clowns: Wrong on EVERY issue.

By yelladawg

November 4, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

If Obama wins Florida, Nevada, and New Mexico, he can lose Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Pennsylvania & North Carolina and still win. Do the math. Go Obama!

By hillbilly ragger

November 4, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

I see that THE Captain has graced Wooten’s comments section with a post.

(for those who like that sort of thing.)

By Tom

November 4, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

My friends, what a perfect day to…Return with us once again to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great…Ray Gun and the Iran-Contra Affair with the raping of the U.S. Constitution. And the addition of yet another “War Hero,” not unlike McShame, in the body of the Mute Marine - heroic Ollie North. Be proud, my friends, be proud!

By FrankLeeDarling

November 4, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

Still aint buying Tam ,what polling place is this quick trip in front of?

By Tray

November 4, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Plain and simple: McCain is the lesser of 2 evils.

If you were going in for surgery, would yuo want a doctor with 184 days of college experience, or years of experience?

Senate experience is college for those preparing to run for president.

Mark my words now, if Obama wins (and he probably will since this is American Idol and not an election of who is best for the job) there will be big problems for America, huge problems. save all your money now!!!

By Mrs. Godzilla

November 4, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

Looking for leaked exit poll results from the Obama-McCain presidential race? Sorry to break the news, but until at least 5:00 p.m. today you are out of luck.

Here

By OpenYour Eyes

November 4, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

A swingin’ balls conservative had to save them from Islamofascist terrorists.

Yeah, the same Reagan that “cut and ran” after the Marine barracks bombing. Some balls. More like marshmallows. Nancy had bigger balls than Ronnie. Subversive conservative warmongers. Wrong on EVERY breath.

By Natasha

November 4, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

My husband went to get in line and get a spot for us at 5:00a, and I joined him at 6:30a (with our 5 year old in tow). It took us a total of 37 minutes from the time they opened the doors at 7:00a until we were walking back out to the car at 7:37a. This was at Love T. Nolan Elementary in S. Fulton. Voting was in held in the gym, and the line to get into the gym was down the side hall, down the main hall, out the front doors and back down the sidewalk.

By RL

November 4, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

It is amusing to read comments from conservatives… y’all seem to be unraveling. Take a deep breath… really many of you sound a little nutty. If you can’t handel it then I guess you need to run for the hills… LATER.

By Michael

November 4, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

Got in line at the First Baptist Church of Decatur at 8:15 with maybe 20 people in front of me. Was back in my car at 8:35. And to think I almost let someone talk me into standing in line four hours to early vote last week.

By BDAtlanta

November 4, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

Tray, If you’re going in for surgery, do you want to pick the surgeon who graduated fifth from the bottom of his medical school graduating class?

McCain graduated at the bottom of the class at a school he wouldn’t have gotten into if his dad hadn’t pulled strings.

By Dana

November 4, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

I voted in Cobb, took about 2 hours. It would have been less, but since the Secretary of State’s office decided late last week that I am not a US citizen, and hasn’t bothered to process the documents I delivered to them, I had to vote a provisional ballot. Interesting situation, as I could have sworn NJ was one of the original 13, just the same as Georgia.

By Michael

November 4, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

Got in line at the First Baptist Church of Decatur at 8:15 with maybe 20 people in front of me. Was back in my car at 8:35. And to think I almost let someone talk me into standing in line four hours to early vote last week.

By Cherokee

November 4, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Rivieri, (I’m not going to call you officer ‘cause no real officer would be such a jerk) how ‘bout you go crawl back under your rock..

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Tam - it is not the place to go to find intelligent and thoughtful conversation. Couldn’t agree more. The anonymity allows for extreme meanness and discourtesy. People like Marxist Mama and Forrest Gump above are prime examples. They’re just venting their rage and frustration, not convincing me or anyone of anything except that I don’t want to be like them. They deserve only to be mocked. As far as the whole lottery ticket voucher thing, if you saw it then so be it. I could be outraged, but what’s the point? Some random quickee mart has some employees with racial bias. There are bigger isssues out there like wars and stuff. You should go to Starbucks, I hear that you can get a cup of coffee if you show them your I voted sticker.

By blackprix

November 4, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

Republican Party in dissaray all over the country - I wonder why????

Bush TWICE and McCain now - ENOUGH!

Democrats take over and lead by a real leader with a Democratic Congress and Sentate - America comes out of the recession, we lead the world again, folks get jobs, have more money in their pockets, folks have healthcare for the first time AND CAN PAY FOR IT and COME TOGETHER AS A NATION!

ENOUGH SAID - Barack Obama President of the United States!

By Tray

November 4, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

Yes,

I’ll definately take the surgeon that graduated hands on vs. the one that just went ‘present’ and watched everyone else practice!! (Yes bartender, you may have another shot!)

By Wyld Byll Hyltnyr

November 4, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Mrs. Godzilla,

“Looking for leaked exit poll results from the Obama-McCain presidential race….but until at least 5:00 p.m. today you are out of luck.”

Depends on who you are and how plugged in you are. if your an unemployed liberal, who spends all day banging on the blogs, of course, then you must wait until the leaked results are released by the campaigns/news agencies.

If you are plugged in, you can get a feel much earlier in the day. This one is moving hard against you.

By Fred

November 4, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

I got to my Decatur polling place at 7 a.m., and the line was at least 3 times as long as for any other election I’ve seen at this polling place in more than 10 years as a Decatur resident. And that’s after weeks of early voting. Tough luck, Republicans!

Passing drivers honked their horns and exhorted us as we waited. The poll workers did an excellent job of moving everyone through efficiently. The whole process took about an hour, and I didn’t see any problems with my ballot — although, thanks to touch-screen voting with no verifiable paper audit trail, it’s faith-based voting.

By E

November 4, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

BREAKING NEWS

From McCain campaign headquarters:

“If Sen. Obama wins this election Sen. McCain will (out of respect) remove the little black jockey holding the lamp on his walkway from half of his homes!”

Obama/Biden ‘08

By bill clinton

November 4, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Is today election day? Monica get me a cigar.

By Glenn

November 4, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Aww. But the heroic REAGAN too our minds of the slaughter of 300 Marines by 2 DAYS later by invading invading…invading…invading…GRENADA!! How quickly the huddled masses forget so many of our Republican-sponsored military…victories. As a combat vet, nothing gave me more pride than the dangerous…Granada War!! Praise thee Lord!

By LG

November 4, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Voted at SM Inman Middle School in Morningside, got there at 11 am. Took 2 hours. Pleasant experience.

By Dana

November 4, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Interesting Analogy Tray… I think I’ll take the doc who actually went to medical school. Who understands that surgery changes in 30 years, who has steady hands and a genuine plan for the future.

Over a washed up hack with Caribou Barbie as his backup singer. Oh, make that back up surgeon.

By Melissa

November 4, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Voted about 3 weeks ago at the North Fulton Govt complex on Roswell Road. Took about an hour.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 4, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

It took me about 1:45 to vote in Snellville this morning. I followed that up with a trip to Lawrenceville to get my firearms permit. Now there’s another liberal fantasy world. 2 different locations a half mile from each other, $40, and I’ll bet you they can’t tell you a single gun related crime they’ve solved by having finger prints of registered gun owners. Yet another attempt by libs to make criminals out of the law abiding citizens while defending the crooks.

Once again, libs, CRIMINALS DON’T OBEY LAWS. They haven’t gone down to get a gun permit and they won’t, so what have you accomplished?

By bill clinton

November 4, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

Is today election day? Monica get me a cigar.

By Lord Help Us

November 4, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

Just voted in South Forsyth. Nobody in line, took 2 minutes.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm…

By GodHatesTrash

November 4, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

Yes We Can

And it looks like we did…

Kudos to my fellow decent Americans, especially those of us in the blogosphere. Our long national nightmare is (almost) over.

We’ve overcome not only the fear-mongering, the hate-mongering, the superstition, and stupidity of Bush and his minions, we’ve overcome the incompetence, cowardice, and censorship of and by the so-called “mainstream media”.

We stood up to them and did their job for them, when they refused to do it. We brought this government down and pointed out the buffoonery and idiocy of their supporters - not them. They sucked up and pandered - not us.

Congratulations.

Keep going though.

The election of Senator Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America will only be a temporary reprieve if we ever rely on people like the Cox sisters and the people in their employ to be the checks and balances on corruption and incompetence they’re supposed to be - they’re not anymore.

Maybe later folks, but not today.

Enjoy your victory.

By tenaciousd

November 4, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

Obama is going to win. I see the toned down version of Farrakhan when I watch him on TV. I can not believe that the citizens of our great country were so weak as let give into the empty promises. I know times are tough but there is no excuse. Barack has never done one meaningful thing in the legislature and we just made him leader of the free world. God help us all!

By Tray

November 4, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

Your ‘surgeon’ has barely been alive 30 years, so he can’t have that much experience…lack of experience=lack of practice=lack of leadership. This is American Idol at it’s best. Just like the guy who lasted so long and sucked because people voting wanted to botch the results and vote for the worst, well-this time we really are going to have the dummy win, and God help us all (because we all know HE won’t ask GOD for help)

By Swami Dave

November 4, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

BD:

Sorry, I don’t smoke.

Yes, -I- think that McCain has been gaining ground over the past week or so - largely because Senator Obama has wisely moved to a “run out the clock” strategy of avoiding any big gaffes. Personally, I think that is a good political move since the perception was that McCain was trailing.

No, I don’t want “more time”. Senator McCain has had almost two years to run his candidacy in expectation of today’s election. Today is the day that is set aside for the American people to respond to those who are courting their support. If he finds a way to win, that would be my preference. If not, I have to wake up tomorrow and deal with the consequences. Either way, I’ll stay in the arena of ideas promoting the principles and philosophies that I think best for myself, my family, and our nation.

-Swami Dave

By "The Corporal"

November 4, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

CAREER SOLDIERS

U.S. Forces Overseas Anxiously Await Election Day Results

MOSUL, Iraq — U.S. soldiers in Mosul awaited the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election that will decide the future of their mission in Iraq ……..

Those who voted had already mailed in their absentee ballots long ago, and soldiers at Camp Marez in the northern Iraqi city said nothing special was planned for Election Day.

“We can’t stop doing what we have to do. We got to keep running,” said Maj. Gary Dangerfield of Chicago, spokesman for the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Sgt. James Fowler, 27, of Fresno, Calif., praised the Army for encouraging soldiers to vote and helping them with absentee ballots. He said he voted for Obama but I am outnumbered 10-to-one especially among officers and senior noncommissioned officers who said they wanted John McCain to win.

For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the PROTECTED will never know.

By tcoach

November 4, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

Tam do not worry some of us do understand that injustice can happen to white people as well. Only problem on this blog the only racism or injustice we cover is for non-white people who agree with the liberal agenda.

If you wanted to get people upset you should have said it was white people giving it out. You would have been heralded as a warrior in the battle for equality. Then at the last moment you could have told them the truth and watched as they all turned on you.

Some of us do understand that one of the most scrutinized and discriminated people in America right now are white men.

By Forrest Gump

November 4, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this

Mr. Snarky: You are above it all. Above the fray and noble. We are mocking liberals, except liberals aren’t following along. As if anybody can find serious conversation underneath a Jay Bookman blog. Ha! You liberals…too funny.

So what do all of you Democrats think about the Black Panther video that shows him wielding an nightstick outside of a poll precinct? Probably not a big deal to y’all, huh?

By Mrs. Godzilla

November 4, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

Wyld Byll Hyltnyr

Posts

“Depends on who you are and how plugged in you are. if your an unemployed liberal, who spends all day banging on the blogs, of course, then you must wait until the leaked results are released by the campaigns/news agencies. If you are plugged in, you can get a feel much earlier in the day. This one is moving hard against you.”

And you are blogging from just where?

WOWEE WOW WOW WOW

We are graced with the

“Mr Plugged In”

I suspect Mr. Plugged UP is nore accurate.

There’s a cure for that

By mscutie78

November 4, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

Hi Matthew - what is it that Europe is desperately running away from?? From the looks of things - most Europeans are quite happy with their lives just the way they are.

In fact - those governments are elected by the people for the people and America should work back towards that. I believe with an Obama victory this evening - that is what we WILL do!

By Lord Help Us

November 4, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

tcoach,

Did you really mean, ‘Some of us do understand that one of the most scrutinized and discriminated people in America right now are white men.’ ???

Unbelievable…but, hey, you had me fooled a little earlier into thinking you were respectable (despite our different views on the candidates). I won’t be fooled again…

By RB from Gwinnett

November 4, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

Tam, I believe your story since it fits the same patteren as all the other “pick up the homeless, bribe them with stuff, take them to vote for Obama” stories we’ve heard. And yes, it’s vote buying, but isn’t that what this entire election has been about? Vote for Obama and he’ll take money from evil rich people and give it to you. It’s the ONLY thing the uninformed liberal voter can tell you about Obama’s platform. “I’m going to get paid.”

Obama ‘08 - Hoping for Cash!!!

By Tyrone

November 4, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

Drove by a poll location in East Point this morning and it looked like a war zone. Wow! I guess the promise of getting something for nothing is what motivates these people!

By OpenYour Eyes

November 4, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

Some of us do understand that one of the most scrutinized and discriminated people in America right now are white men.

Another thing you can thank your (and my) Confederate ancestors for leaving you. If you feel discriminated against it’s because things aren’t the same as they were before. You get no more priviledges for looking and talking the way you do. JB Stoner, Lester Maddox, George Wallace are dead. Good riddance. You and RB need to come out of the closet.

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

Tam - You’re welcome to get organized and boycott that store. Get a bunch of protesters to point out the unfairness. Fine by me. Somehow though I bet you aren’t all that threatened by it. It’s not really fair and kind of annoying when people do stuff like that but its not like you’ve been systematically deprive of voting for the past 200 plus years, so you’re not all that worried about it, really.

So tcoach, if you could change your skin color to black to escape your opression from being white, would you?

By mscutie78

November 4, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Hi Matthew - what is it that Europe is desperately running away from?? From the looks of things - most Europeans are quite happy with their lives just the way they are.

In fact - those governments are elected by the people for the people and America should work back towards that. I believe with an Obama victory this evening - that is what we WILL do!

By RB from Gwinnett

November 4, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

OpenYourEyes,

My family is from Scotland, fool. My grandparents emigrated here in the 30’s with NOTHING. They had nothing to do with slavery and the conferacy as you claim and I don’t owe black people ANYTHING more than the consideration due them as a human being. If you feel guilty for slavery, you deal with it. My family wasn’t a part of it then and we don’t want anything to do with it now. Get over yourself, fool.

By Mr Snarkytwo

November 4, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Um, sir, if you could change your skin color would you? Come on, man. It is true that white males in the U.S. face discrimination. There has been a change in America—so much is racially charged. So much of it is anti-white, and so much of it is a result of Liberals. Liberals playing the race card—ALWAYS!! You can’t get it through your heads that people oppose Obama because of his policies, not his skin color. Let me as this: Do you find it to be pecuiliar that above 90% of black that are polled are voting for Obama? Or are the only “racists” in America those that won’t vote for Obama, even though whites are split 50/50. You libs are such demagogues and have myopic, simple views on America. Give it a freaking rest for once.

By Tray

November 4, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

The problem with this country is that everyone suddenly got too damn sensitive about crap!!

He called me this, him praying offends me, this offends me, that offends me!

If everyone realized that no matter what you do, you will offend someone, and no matter what another person does, it will offend you, and that we all need to grow up and quit being so damn sensitive, the world would be a better place.

“I shot him cuz he looked at me funny” Yeah, it offended you, but you probably did something to offend him-grow the hell up!

“People saying ‘Merry Christmas’ offends me!”

Well, you not believing in Christmas offends some people, so who is right?

This country was based on freedom, and for that to happen, we all have to realize that we’ll be offended, AND we’ll offend others.

If we all learned to let it go, then maybe things will improve.

VOTE REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN’T BE ON WELFARE

By Mrs. Godzilla

November 4, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

Tam

Did you report it to anybody but Jay Bookman?

All the major networks and both campaigns have numbers to call to report that kind of thing.

Try calling the local Fox station.

Did you say it was a Quik Trip? Shouldn’t be to hard to find a corporate number for them.

If you really saw that, REPORT IT.

Do your duty!

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

Haven’t seen it Forrest. So a black panther is intimidating voters? How does he know how they vote? Does he go in the booth with them?

By Dana

November 4, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Tray - I was totally with you on that last post till your last comment. Those sentiments are NOT strictly Republican.

By tcoach

November 4, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

How so I need to go no further than a couple of incidents.

Don Imus, who I think is an idiot, was fired from his job for saying the nappy- thing. While it is perfectly fine for Lil’ Wayne to say “cracker” 11 times in his new song, that is played on the radio in a continuous loop.

If a white person in this country claims not to be voting for Obama what is the first thing he is accused of? Racism.

Have you ever looked at the way title IX works and how it eliminates opportunities for males, solely because female students choose not to compete in a certain activity.

Also how many colleges are known as Historically White College. There are none while there is advertising on major networks for HBC football games.

I guess I also missed that program for scholarships or admission for white males. There are grants scholarships and even special admission status for everyone else.

These are only a few. I am a young white male who has been influenced and interacted with different races and cultures my entire life. I have been to every continent except Antartica. I am not racist, have never even been accused by any who know me. This is a view shard by many younger people I know as well. We are tired of there being unequal standards of accountability.

What I cannot understand nor have I ever, is why I should be held accountable for something members of my skin tone chose to do long ago. Why should others get scholarships or any special treatment based on skin tone.

You can call it irrational if you want but what is irrational is the feeling of guilt that is taught to most of America, based on their skin.

Just look at how people attacked the earlier post about lottery tickets. That very well could have happened and she was blasted for saying it. I ask you would it have been the same if she had said they were only giving them to white people?

There are racist white people always will be just like there are racist black, yellow, brown, red and purple people out there. For the liberals to act like it is only a one way street is absurd.

There is a difference, if you are white there are a certain number of things you can say and not say, while if you are not a white male then the list of things one can say becomes much longer.

All I truly want is for every one’s actions and words to be treated equally.

Show me how any of what I said is wrong.

By GreenJeans

November 4, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

Bosch I’m with your dad. There are cupcakes at my local school, and nice little old folks who can carry on a conversation.

Although I’m voting third party after work, an Obama win looks likely. Therefore, from what I’ve learned on this blog:

By OpenYour Eyes

November 4, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

I don’t owe black people ANYTHING more than the consideration due them as a human being.

Then you should be able to accord the same consideration to people that don’t think like you, politically. I won’t bother calling you a fool, since that’s your favorite word. Living here “only” since the 30s until now doesn’t give you or your family a pass. Did your parents and grandparents use the “whites only” entrance, water fountains, toilets or sit in the front of the bus?

By Mike

November 4, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

Absolutely zero wait time for the 05 Coal Mountain precinct here in Forsyth County. Walked in around 2:45pm, lots of open polling machines.

By tcoach

November 4, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

Mr Snarky, Yes, I would change skin tones I don’t think it defines who you are, so it would not bother me at all. Apparently the thought of changing races does bother you or you think it bothers others. Otherwise you would not ask me that question, it says more about you than anything else. Especially since I am a coach I would change, it would help my career. I have known of a couple of my friends who are college coaches and they did not get jobs that they were more qualified to get. My friends were even told by the head coach of those schools that the school needs to hire a black coach, to match the dynamic of the team better. I have witnessed this and it is not something you can report. Its like a guy reporting rape by a woman, not going to work very well. Also if you cause a stir in the college coaching world you risk being blackballed. These things do happen I am glad you have not had to experience them but others of us have.
Just because you do not think that it happens is not an affirmation that it does not, from what I have seen on this blog that usually means it has happened.

By Mr Snarky

November 4, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

I didn’t say people oppose Obama just because of his skin color. Heck, some blacks vote against him. That said, there is plenty of racism in this world, though conservatives deny it. Ask a black person. Go ahead. Either way, my views are not simple because the problems are not simple. I also realize that racism goes both ways and neither is right. But it is wrong to pretend that it doesn’t exist or that whites face extreme oppression. I know that on balance black people face more obstacles…especially poor blacks…just look at the night shelters. Of course most black people are voting for Obama after Bush courted them and then pursued a hard right agenda and didn’t give them the time of day, I’d expect 90+% of blacks to vote for any democrat.

Have a good day.

By tcoach

November 4, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

Off to go coach practice, Hope I made my case without offending or affecting anyones day. Been a good day off. Good luck to all hope all of our candidates remeber we are who they work for.

By tcoach

November 4, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this

No snarky you mock it when someone reports it if it is against a white guy

By RB from Gwinnett

November 4, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

OpenYour Eyes

I would suspect my grandpaents couldn’t afford the bus, but if it makes you feel better to think all white people are guilty of keeping black people down, you go right ahead. It’s obvious the facts aren’t relevant to your opinions. To you, white and conservative means racist while I suspect you think white and liberal doesn’t, even though all the white liberal’s grandparents used the whites only toilets, drinking fountains, and rode in the front of the bus too. It’s a fantasy world you live in, OYE, not one of reality.

You’re just not intellectually honest enough to admit that, are you?

By Tray

November 4, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

I know, i just had to throw some more fuel on the fire, have some fun!

Seriously, though, i believe that is the truth, that we’ve become too sensitive. I mean, really, is it possible to please everyone all the time? EVERYONE reading this blog should know the answer to that, so why doesn’t our government?

You want a person to vote for, and if experience doesn’t matter,just pick someone off the street with no political cares at all, that’ll be the person to run the Nation ‘more correctly’.

Our government hands down is just like a company. And rule #1 of business is you can’t spend more than you earn. That also happens to be my belief of the #1 thing wrong with our government. People should have the freedom to call people names, yell or scream obscenities, pray whenever, eat whenever, do whatever! Yes, there are some basic rules-don’t kill anyone, cause damage to others’ property. But, to be a ‘truly free country’ we have to realize that while some may not agree with one and others do, just don’t let it bother you.

Example: Say you’re anti-abortion, ie: pro-life. You live in TX. Some woman in NY gets an abortion. Yeah, it offends you, but did it really affect you? NO!! Jesus people, you’re going to offend some, and people are going to offend you. Is it correct to fight over it, or more correct to get over it? Think about that one…

By Cinnamon

November 4, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

Voted at Cliftondale House on Butner Road in College Park, Georgia. Got in line at 7:15am and voted at 8:20am. It was and EXPERIENCE of a lifetime. I would have waited 12 hours if necessary.

By Tam

November 4, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

I don’t care that I was not given a lottery ticket to vote. Perhaps she just assumed that all white people were gonna vote anyhow and I did not need one - I don’t know what the reason was - I thought it was rather amusing that I was singled out not to receive one until I got called a liar for talking about it.

I just thought it sounded illegal for anyone to receive something to vote. Seems like the right to vote ought to be enough incentive to get out there. And I do not mean that especially for Black people - I mean it as Americans.

This is the reason there is no dialogue about race in America - it either gets into the blame game or someone gets their feelings hurt.

Obama is as much white as he is black and its not African Americans putting him in the office - they comprise only a little over 13% of the poulation - It the whites voting for him that will put him there. So we should all have perspective about it. Soon whites and blacks will be the minority in America which will be owned by China and what are we gonna fight about then.

By LOLO

November 4, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

NYFLife:

Neither, I made a typo. I’ll admit my mistake. I meant COMMUNISM LITE. Although, I like the meshing of communication and communism into that new word, “communicism.” It’s kind of like Bush’s (Will Farrell’s) “Strategery”

Oh, and NY4Life…go back there 4 Life.

Have a good one people!

By RW-(the original)

November 4, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Bosch,

If your Dad is 75 or over he can go to the polls in Georgia on election day between 9:30 and 4:30 and go straight to the front of the line with no waiting.

Middle-Aged White Lady,

The typical setup in Gwinnett always looks like there are two polling stations off line, but those are actually setup for people that need to fill out a provisional ballot.

Jay B.,

It’s hard to believe you’ve gotten so many people to just about give out their address on the blog today. I had an hour and forty five minute wait at mid morning in Gwinnett. The only problem was a line jumper but I stopped him right behind my wife and me. He was my son though so nobody got too upset.

By joe six pack

November 4, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

Saw the alleged Black Panthers on TV. The only station that had it was Fox News. All I saw was 2 black guys wearing berets and a couple of Fox News guys on camera asking them about some guy with a night stick. Never saw anyone w/ a night stick and the guys looked like any number of black fellas you might see on the street in Harlem or Chicago or wherever. Just 2 guys wearing berets. The whole story was BS; totally made up by Fox News to promote their anti-Obama agenda.