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    The Vote ....

    By Deadman on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 4:55pm | Politics

    Oh yeah ... It feels so good.

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    DRUDGE: American presidential election held today

    By Michael Wolraich on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 3:22pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

    The story is also being reported by CNN, Al Jazeera, and FOX News. We haven't confirmed the reports at this time.

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    Today.

    By DF on Tue, 11/04/2008 - 2:50pm | Politics

    Today, I voted for a baby-killing, crypto-muslim, socialist, arugula-munching, elitist, black radical activist.

    And it felt good.  It felt damned good.

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    States in Play

    By Michael Wolraich on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 7:47pm | Politics

    I just stopped over at the RealClearPolitics election map. The results in truth are tighter than I would like. Obama is still outside the margin of error for 278 EVs, but last week it was well over 300. I'm not really concerned. McCain would have to win all the "tossup" states, among which Obama still leads in several, plus at least one of the "leaning Obama" states. In addition, poll analysis by A-man and FlyOnTheWall gives me confidence that Obama will outperform the polls.

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    The Deciders

    By Michael Wolraich on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 1:50pm | Politics

    Contrary to President Bush's assurance, he is not the Decider. We the People are the Deciders. Mr. Bush is a temporary employee to whom we have granted provisional authority to govern on our behalf. We the People make such Decisions infrequently but regularly--every four years. And now it is again time for us to Decide.

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    The future as I see it, through someone else's eyes ...

    By Deadman on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 12:39pm | Business

    Today I read an article on the Web that I wanted to share because it jibes pretty much perfectly with my vision of the near future for this country, particularly in relation to its economic, social and political status. It's not a pretty picture. But it's what I see ahead.

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    Deconstructing the Polls

    By Michael Wolraich on Sun, 11/02/2008 - 7:33pm | Politics

    FlyOnTheWall is my favorite non-dagging blogger at the TPM Cafe. He/she is the uncontested pollmaster of TPM. If you're feeling anxious about the election or just curious about the accuracy of the polls, I highly recommend his/her latest post.

    Some excerpts:

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    Sarah Palin Gets Prank Call From "French President Sarkozy"

    By Michael Wolraich on Sun, 11/02/2008 - 1:37am | Politics, Humor & Satire

    Here's the link to the audio

    Palin handler Tracy Schmitt:

    "Governor Palin was mildly amused to learn that she had joined the ranks of heads of state, including President Sarkozy and other celebrities, in being targeted by these pranksters. C'est la vie."

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    Question time again ...

    By Deadman on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 11:47pm | Potpourri

    Happy Halloween all! Last week, I threw out a bunch of questions I had been asking myself lately, and people seemed to enjoy the post, responding with some incredibly wise and insightful, or at least terribly smartass, answers. So, I figured I'd do it again, maybe even make it a weekly thing. Without further ado ...

    1) Will there be more Jokers or Joe the Plumbers out there tonight? (If you're answering this and Halloween is already over, reply with the actual answer)

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    Pre-Election Omnibus

    By DF on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 8:10pm | Politics

    I've had a number of things on my mind over the last couple of weeks, but I've been quite busy.  There are several topics that I've wanted to write about.  However, I really won't have the time before Tuesday.  I also doubt that anyone will care as much after that, so I've decided to plow through a few them of them as haphazardly as possible.  Here we go!

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