Drunkblogging Election Night
Vodkapundit's Stephen Green promised to down a drink for each electoral vote secured. Did he make it to 349?
9:34PM Finally, I’m finished up with PJM Political and PJTV and can get back — if only briefly — to the drunkblogging.
Obama has won, McCain has (or will soon) conceded gracefully. I didn’t vote for either of them, but I think McCain would have prove slightly less bad for the country, if only very slightly.
That said, come January 20, Barack Obama will be my President, and I feel proud of a country strong enough to repudiate a stained history on race. Race aside — as it should be — I strongly disagree with most, if not all, of Obama’s platform. But we’re facing trying times. We need a strong leader, and I hope Obama proves to be that leader. So if you’re looking for a Kos-like “Screw ‘em” moment, then look elsewhere.
Because I’m hoping for the best, and I’ll criticize the worst — and I hope we can all drink to that.
9:00PM iTunes just started playing Sinead O’Connor’s “I Am Stretched On Your Grave.” When that’s over, I plan to play the Sinatra album “In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning” from one side to the other and drink even more heavilier.
Also, be sure to tune in tomorrow to XM Radio’s POTUS 08 channel, or download the streaming version later on Pajamas Media — but Glenn, Jennifer, James, Ed and I just recorded some first rate talk radio.
8:28PM Put your money on Missouri going blue, or else it will lose its status as THE bellwether state. Now if you’ll excuse me, I really do have to go make some radio now.
8:20PM Another interruption, while I get ready to record a pre-post-election roundtable discussion with Glenn Reynolds, James Lileks, Jennifer Rubin, and Ed Driscoll for tomorrow’s PJM Political show on XM Radio. Why, yes, I am a multimedia star, so famous that nearly some people have heard of me.
8:07PM On my first map published last night on VodkaPundit, I already had my home state of Colorado painted blue. Someone asked why I was willing to do color Colorado but leave some other particular swing state blue. Let me tell you: I saw Obama’s ground operation first hand, and it was a thing to behold. Energetic, organized, and optimistic. Despite some promises heard secondhand from some McCain people, I never saw that kind of thing from the Republicans here.
7:55PM MN is a lock for Obama, and MI looks pretty safe for him at this point, too.
7:41PM Please excuse the interruption, but if you just missed me on PJTV, then you just missed what might have been the world’s first live drunk video multiperson blog. Oh, yeah, that’s the 21st Century, baby.
While I was gone, Fox called OH for Obama — and it looks like by a pretty good margin, too. With that, the electoral math for a McCain victory becomes nearly impossible. And so I’ll remind you of something I wrote on VodkaPundit earlier this week: That I would vote my conscience and drink heavily. Bob Barr, this one’s for you!
7:15PM RI and WI are blue — and it looks like MI is, too. I’d wait a few more minutes before making that call, however. Speaking of a few more minutes, we’ll take a break from the drunkblogging while I make my scheduled appearance on PJTV.com. Tonight, it’s free to everybody, and you don’t even need to register.
7:14PM WY, ND, KS all red. ND was a bit of a worry for McCain, given that state’s libertarian (be still my beating heart!) leanings. Had Obama won there, I would have declared the race over and gone to bed. Don’t get me wrong, I would have taken my martini with me…
7:02PM NC is trending blue on heavy black turnout — which just goes to show you can’t trust the exit polls. It’s looking like a squeaker in NC whichever way it goes.
7:00PM Just as I was about to try and write something semi-trenchant about ABC News and their way-too-early PA call, iTunes started playing the Rolling Stones’s “Harlem Shuffle.” Which seemed so appropriate I forgot what I was going to write.
6:55PM Fox News likes Georgia for McCain. So do I. If there’s going to be a blowout tonight, at least it won’t be a total blowout.
6:53PM Another ABC News mystery: PA got called before RI, which remains some dark mystery to the crew over there? What gives?
6:49PM With almost half of precincts reporting, McCain is still up by 8 points in VA. That’s getting tough to reconcile with the exit polling and the hearsay reports. What’s going on? A tighter race than expected, perhaps — odd, given Obama’s popularity and McCain’s lousy ground operation.
6:44PM The popular vote is tightening as returns start coming in from the Deep South — McCain’s 6.2 million to Obama’s 6.4. But wait a while when the Upper Midwest and West Coast start reporting in.
6:40PM Color AL red, if you haven’t already. And prepare yourself for the Mother of All Legal Battles if it comes down to PA — which it doesn’t look like it will.
6:30PM Michael Barone calls “BS!” on PA so early. I honestly don’t know what’s going on there, but such an early call makes me think of FL in 2000.
6:24PM McCain looks to get trounced in VA, despite those two “almosts” up above, according to Bryon York at The Corner. That’s why they’re called “almosts.”
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1. locomotivebreath1901:“Can he make it to 270?”
DOOOD!
It’s called alcohol poisoning.
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:38 pm 2. Vodkapundit » And So It Begins:[...] Posted by Stephen Green on 04 Nov 2008 at 04:40 pm Exit polls are hardly reliable, but then neither am I. So in that spirit (ahem), let the drunkblogging begin! [...]
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:40 pm 3. Keith:Scotch:
Ice? Pffft.
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:42 pm 4. Tim Nachtsheim:Wish I didnt have to show up for work tomorrow, or I would be headed off to find that “best damn scotch I can afford”
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:42 pm 5. willowgerl:Sorry sweetie, it’s strictly rum and coke for me, with some fresh mint. But I’ll be with you for a long while, with deteriorating spelling and grammar, if I’m lucky.
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:45 pm 6. Scott:Hi Steve. Greetings from former TL worker in the Flood Bldg in SF.
I skip the vermouth in the martini. Pointless.
I hope this night goes well. I’m still at work here in CA, but will be home in an hour or so. Hopefully, it will be a long, long night.
Without riots.
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:48 pm 7. mike:Gin should be stirred vigorously, not shaken. Plus, try twisting the lemon rind over the poured martini. The aromatics finish the product nicely, as well as adding a citrus zip to the taste. Much better than rubbing the glass. Oh, and go Ron Paul!
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:49 pm 8. K T Cat:Ha! You’re a lightweight. Here’s my perfect election night concoction:
A handful of fresh catnip leaves
A large paper bag
Bruise the catnip leaves until the juice starts to flow. Rub the resulting wad of moist catnip all through the inside of the paper bag.
The result is near-total catnip asphyxiation and a high that will blow your mind. Election? What election? You’ll hear the music of the spheres, baby.
Dig this.
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:50 pm 9. Tassled Loafered Leech:I vote #3. I have even secured a second bottle of The Macallan, just in case.
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:55 pm 10. TheOrchidThief:One of my favorite Cartoons from the New Yorker from many years ago shows a Tanker Truck on the highway, with a sign on the truck…”Cheap White Wine”. I think I will go with CWW tonight. Advantage: no recipe needed.
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:57 pm 11. willowgerl:First polls close in two minutes…will I be in moderation all night?
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:58 pm 12. Mark C. Reardon:Add one more cocktail to your list. The Denver Press Club Commemerative – cheap bourbon served in a coffee cup (from the days when alchohol could not be served until the polls closed. Off to the Club to have mine!
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:59 pm 13. Stephen Green:Scott –
Great to see you again as always! Every time I watch a cheesy horror movie, I think of you, and our morning conversations about… cheesy horror movies.
Keith –
“Rocks glass” is a size. No actual ice implied!
Nov 4, 2008 - 3:59 pm 14. Rob M:Bourbon over rocks and a nice cigar on the back deck with a nice fire. Granted it’s only 60 degrees where I live so the fire is a bit overkill but makes for a really nice evening.
Vodka will finish the night.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:02 pm 15. willowgerl:KY called for McCain. Dog bites man.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:07 pm 16. k. pablo:I cannot condone the vigorous shaking of gin with ice, as it bruises the gin. Stirring is similarly a little fey. I firmly advocate “swirling” the gin around in a vigorous circular motion. People who skip adding vermouth to a gin martini don’t know what they are doing.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:13 pm 17. RobinGoodfellow:Right now I’m drinking Jameson Irish Whisky. Later, depending how things go, I might be switching to the Johnnie Walker Blue Label.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:19 pm 18. willowgerl:k. pablo, how does one “bruise” gin? My rum is decidedly less persnickety.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:19 pm 19. Stephen Green:“Bruising the gin” is a myth, as scientific studies I’m too lazy to Google have proven.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:21 pm 20. Cordelia:I think I love you.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:21 pm 21. Election Day Anecdotes - Updated continuously | The Anchoress:[...] Will be airing at 8PM with a stellar lineup, so check it out. Also, Stephen Green is Drunkblogging election night and has already called Ohio for McCain, just because he wants to. 7:21 [...]
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:21 pm 22. RobinGoodfellow:“Your comment is awaiting moderation.”
Well, you better hurry because I REFUSE to drink in moderation.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:22 pm 23. willowgerl:I am LOVING Foxnews’ interactive electoral map, with continually updating state returns. Is there anything else as cool out there?
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:22 pm 24. Mark Buehner:Too much work, not enough dignity. I’ll stick with Jack and Jack.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:23 pm 25. The Historian:VOTE TO END ALL THE HATE
Regardless of whom any voter chooses to vote for or against, all voters will want to vote to end all the hate. Enough!
http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2008/11/vote-to-end-all -hate.html
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:25 pm 26. Liberty Girl:Bourbon on the rocks. We’re going out in style.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:28 pm 27. Capt Nemo:You’re all fancier than this retrosexual. Pabst Blue Ribbon for me.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:30 pm 28. Chip:He will probably have to drink 274 for McCain.
Trends in Virginia are showing 57% of white men are voting for McCain. This is showing that the mainstream media polls appear to be bogus for yet another election cycle.
It must be the candidate with little relevant experience effect.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:31 pm 29. Dave Hardy:Laphroig. Expensive, but great single malt.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:32 pm 30. willowgerl:Did I say “rum and coke” earlier? Allow me to clarify. I would like to submit my “Palinhito” recipe, which, like its namesake is deceptively sweet, subtly spicy, sufficiently sassy and will make you happy before it knocks your shit right out.
It also uses a Coca-Cola product, easily obtainable in any hillbilly region of the US, like Longmont, CO where I live. As a bonus (at least for me) it leaves you feeling on top of the world the next morning. Hangover? Pfft. Also, it’s simple and doesn’t require any fancy equipment.
Put a handful of fresh mint in a tall glass, and bruise (because mint bruises). Rim with an 1/8th of fresh lime and toss it in the glass. Fill with ice.
Fill about 1/3 of the glass with Whaler’s Vanilla Rum. Fill the rest with Vanilla Coke Zero, stir and enjoy.
I’m on my third, currently.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:33 pm 31. Mike:This is not a night for drinking in moderation. I plan to take a shot of tequila everytime whatever news I’m watching/listening to says the word “poll” or “polls”. That way, when I wake up dry heaving in the bathtub I can blame alcohol poisoning and not the political future. I for one welcome our new socialist masters.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:35 pm 32. Josh:You should try drinking the Crow Pie cocktail:
Voting for a loser
The loser lost America 2 wars in a row
The loser lost Americans half of all their money
The loser loses
Make sure you have a toothpick to try to pick the crow feathers and bones out from your teeth. LOSER!!!
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:36 pm 33. » Pajamas Media » Drunkblogging Election Night:[...] by Roger Kimball; Has Foreign Money Bolstered Obama? by John Rosenthal; Obama and the Post-Racial Illusion by Mike McNally; The Obama Campaign’s Credit -Card Crack-up by Tom Blumer; Obama the Blank Slate by Victor Davis Hanson … More [...]
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:39 pm 34. k. pablo:Willowgerl, “bruising the gin” refers to introducing a lot of gas bubbles into it, which changes the flavor. This is kind of a controversy, but anyone who is skeptical should actually do a side-by-side taste test if not convinced. I go on at length about proper martini construction in this video.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:39 pm 35. Cordelia:Laphroaig is God’s way of saying he loves us.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:41 pm 36. Cordelia:Capt. Nemo — Mr. Cordelia and I will be drinking PBR while eating pizza tonight. It’s the American way!
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:42 pm 37. Roscoe:In making a good martini, you should chill the glass first. The key is keeping everything as cold as possible.
I agree with Mike, the lemon peel needs to be twisted to release the oil. And I agree with K. pablo, the vermouth is part of the recipe.
But I don’t get this “bruising the gin” stuff. I shake the hell out of mine, and it tastes just fine.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:43 pm 38. willowgerl:k. pablo, I guess you learn something new every day! Thank you.
I would like to change the name of my drink to “Sarahito” because it flows better.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:43 pm 39. Carl H:Buffalo Trace bourbon, with some Van Winkle “Lot B” bourbon in reserve if anything deserves a celebration.
Here’s a toast to the United States of America, may God bless our republic. It remains the noblest experiment that I’m aware of.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:44 pm 40. Truth First:“We are prepared if the election is stolen from us”.
President Obama gathered his staff and key advisors tonight. He told us that, “we are prepared if the election is stolen from us”. The President also told us that everything “is in place” in the event of election trickery. There will be mass gatherings tomorrow not only in Chicago but in other key American cities and “we will not accept any election result” that fails to put Obama in the White House.
http://truthfirstnow.blogspot.com
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:47 pm 41. willowgerl:I’m thinking, I probably need something to eat pretty soon.
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:51 pm 42. armchairpunter:drunkblogging + liveblogging = liverblogging
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:52 pm 43. qwfwq:Where’s the vermouth?
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:55 pm 44. Josh:You people really do sound like pathetic losers. I’m laughing at you, but that’s because my candidate won. Get ready for the trashheap of history, dead-ender losers!
Nov 4, 2008 - 4:56 pm 45. Deryock:Carl H:
I will second the call for Buffalo Trace…my personal favorite among the reasonably-priced bourbons. I’m using Beam as my backup, however…
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:03 pm 46. Capt Nemo:Cordelia: Good on you and Mr. In a couple hours I’ll be switching to the cheapest bourbon I can drink; Evan Williams.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:07 pm 47. Kate:It’s strictly Stoli for me, dahlings. with a little triple sec and sweet n sour. shaka shaka shaka with lots of ice and voila! these ought to get me through the 7 stages of grief if things don’t turn out pleasantly tonight or tomorrow or in a couple of weeks on the footsteps of the Supreme Court ……whatever. Cheers!
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:11 pm 48. Letalis Maximus, Esq.:If you’re not drinking Serpis 65% tonight, you’re an unmitigated wanker.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:13 pm 49. Army of Principles » MSNBC calls Pennsylvania for Obama:[...] called Pennsylvania for Obama so early. NYTimes, CNN, and FOX are being a lot more cautious. Stephen Green live-blogs an interesting point: they’ve called Pennsylvania before they called New York. Are Alabama and Mississippi [...]
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:14 pm 50. junyo:Not sure how they’re calling PA, unless every single person in Montco and Bucks voted for O. I just voted like half an hour ago, in Lehigh Co. and there was a line. While a lot of them will be O supporters in my neighborhood, the poll workers said the volume was 3x normal. Don’t see how they know yet.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:15 pm 51. physics geek:I wonder if PA in 2008 will turn out like FL in 2000?
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:17 pm 52. willowgerl:Kate, what stage of grief is “shitfaced”? Just wondering.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:17 pm 53. PA Called before Counting… | The Anchoress:[...] registering surprise that Pennsylvania has been instantly called Obama’s. Stephen Green asks just how many dead people voted in PA?. Others having some difficulty believing it: Ace, who remembers NBC calling Florida early in 2000. [...]
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:20 pm 54. Capt Nemo:Looks like FL trending toward Hopeychangey.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:22 pm 55. Kate:willowgerl, why the first stage of course! shock (and later, denial) “You will probably react to learning of the loss with numbed disbelief. You may deny the reality of the loss at some level, in order to avoid the pain. Shock provides emotional protection from being overwhelmed all at once. This may last for weeks.” Hooray for weeks of denial!
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:25 pm 56. Chuck Pelto:TO: All
RE: Scotch Here
I’ll be light-headed in the morning. No hangover.
A friend of mine and I put away a fifth of Knockando at the wake for the professor of geology at Colorado School of Mimes who introduced us to each other and that fine scotch when I PCS’d to Denver Federal Center from Fort Carson.
I had to have the distaff drive me home, but no significant problems the next morning.
Enjoy!
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:26 pm 57. Chuck Pelto:[Eat. Drink. And make Mary!]
TO: Captain Nemo
RE: Personally….
…I’m hoping against Hope.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:29 pm 58. subrookie:[Saying Nope to the Dope of Hope.]
Calling PA without 1 precinct reporting….. That’s it I’m in this drinking game now.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:33 pm 59. RobinGoodfellow:I’ve switched to the Johnnie Walker Blue.
Should I be worried about Florida?
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:36 pm 60. ibendtin:new fella me…
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:36 pm 61. tim maguire:ok place to pass a (n election) night
Polls in NY are still open–they close at 9 EDT, that’s why PA got called first. But PA got called with <1% of votes counted, so let’s wait a bit and see.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:38 pm 62. Capt Nemo:Chuck, hope your hope is right. Did I see that MI is trending to Mac, though?
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:42 pm 63. Marc Malone:Michael Barone explained why Fox won’t call PA for Obama. Apparently, the other stations called it based on exit polls only. There are no actual precinct count numbers, since it is done centrally. Since he has observed a discrepancy between exit polling and actual results of up to 11%, they refuse to cal PA for some time.
Btw, I suspect the same is going on in FL. When Bush beat Gore, lots of Jewish Dems swore they voted for Gore publicly, but privately many ‘fessed up. Just can’t trust those sneaky Jews!
Seriously, lots of Pubs and Dems are lying to exit pollsters. These maps are going to have to be redone through the night. Gonna be some real shocks… and crow eating.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:43 pm 64. willowgerl:Kate, Hooray for weeks of rum!
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:47 pm 65. Marc Malone:Yes, I caught that as it flashed by. It is trending to McCain. Strange. Of course, that’s what Pubs in MI said would happen.
I caught another on ebriefly, where Obama had the lead, but it was called for McCain. Or maybe it was the other way round. I’ll hace to keep a closer eye on it. Wish I could actually see better.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:53 pm 66. Chuck Pelto:TO: Capt Nemo, et al.
RE: Gadz!
I hate this s—. It’s worse that watching my college team play. Every time I watched, they LOST.
Maybe I should just curl up in bed with the bottle of scotch and read more of Pournelle’s Sparta series. [Note: Funny, how the scenario and the people in there reminds me of The One and Kos Kids.....]
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:55 pm 67. hewhoone:[Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. -- Isaac Asimov]
Chuck:
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:55 pm 68. Capt Nemo:Colorado School of Mimes? Sounds like a nice quiet place to study!
I’m in favor of mimes being thrown into mines. ‘Course, who isn’t?
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:59 pm 69. phil g:The polls and exit polls will be the story of this election. The exit polls will be far more unreliable than the pre-election polls. Whatever shred of credibility the MSM had before this election will be blown to smithereens…couldn’t happen to a nicer more honest bunch.
Nov 4, 2008 - 5:59 pm 70. Wire Dog:I just put some ice in a glass and pour in some Wild Turkey rare breed small batch bourbon until the ice floats. Repeat as necessary. Often.
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:00 pm 71. Capt Nemo:Should I be concerned or comforted that the networks seems as confused as me?
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:05 pm 72. Marc Malone:Returns show McCain losing badly in OH. Ugh!
He’s been ahead in VA all night. Looks like some vets straightened out their wives, who wanted to vote for Obama.
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:06 pm 73. RobinGoodfellow:What the hell is up with Michigan?
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:12 pm 74. Marc Malone:Correction: It looks like McCain’s closing a bit in OH as the tallies come in. It’s only at 8% of the vote so far, so there’s a long way to go.
Fox has called PA for Obama. They have some data now. Ugh! They offer no tallies yet, however. I wouldn’t count PA out yet. Gonna be lots lo lying among those “racist redneck coal-miners clinging to their guns and religion”.
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:17 pm 75. Zuid-Afrikaanze Nederlander:Good morning.
I have a slow cooker going with lamb knuckles, young rib and lots of onions in thick tomato gravy, with sweet peas and carrots on the side. Nibbling all the time.
Nice Blog you have. Congrats!
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:17 pm 76. Chuck Pelto:TO: hewhoone
RE: [OT] Colorado School of Mimes…
….is just my term for a college in Golden, CO, where the kids sleep with boxes of dynamite under their bed.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:19 pm 77. Capt Nemo:[I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college. -- Hubert H. Humphrey]
Fox called the Buckeye state for Hopey. Good night all.
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:19 pm 78. Someone75:hahahaha – sucks to be you
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:27 pm 79. Elroy Jetson:Good night, Capt. Unfortunately, it’s only 5:28 in Alaska. Might as well drink!
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:28 pm 80. Chuck Pelto:TO: All
RE: PA Voting….
….it’s easy. It’s funny. If you liked doing it once. Do it again….
See HERE!
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:28 pm 81. Marc Malone:P.S. Guess who the maroon voted for….three guesses….first two don’t count….
Fox has just called OH for Obama. That’s a death knell. Of course, the actual reported tallies show it much closer. PA would absolutely have to reverse the trend, but it’s not looking good at the moment. 2:1 for Obama with 16% returns in. This is where the conservatives’ tendency to not respond to pollsters of any kind tend to give us heart attacks. Without OH or PA McCain cannot win.
Interestingly, MI is still up in the air. Wouldn’t that be funny if it went Mac’s way after he pulled out? If they put him over the top, he’d owe them BIG!
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:29 pm 82. Chuck Pelto:TO: All
RE: Someone75
I get the distinct impression that Someone75 is still in junior high school. I say this based on the smooth delivery of his cogent arguments.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:33 pm 83. Roy N:[There will come to you at times a blinding vision that fills your eyes and mind, announcing itself as Truth. Step back and strike down this vision, and beat it as though it were a brain-sucking monster. Then, with it lying there limp, bent, and tarnished, if it still claims to be Truth, accept it with great caution, remembering that the most dangerous lies arrive in the most highly polished armor. -- Barry B. Longyear]
PJM calls the election for Obama.
He won’t be as good as I hope, or as bad as you fear.
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:36 pm 84. Chuck Pelto:TO: RobinGoodFellow
RE: Michigan?
Don’t know. But maybe the good citizens of Detroit realized that if the coal industry goes bankrupt under a O-P-R Administration, then they won’t be getting any steel with which they can make cars.
It would be good if the people in Pennsylvania realized they’d be out of work too.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[Little Bunny Cthulhu hopping through the forest. Scooping up the field mice and sucking out their souls -- Elder God Nursery Rhyme]
Sorry about that, but it just struck me as suddenly hilarious, as I stumbled across it searching on the word ’suck’…..I had to use it somewhere…..
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:37 pm 85. Vodkapundit » 9:38 PM:[...] is still going on PJM at this link, so click over for more drunken [...]
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:40 pm 86. Chuck Pelto:TO: All
RE: [OT] A BC Moment
LAMBS GOT KNUCKLES!
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:42 pm 87. NoBama Zuid-Afrikaanze Nederlander American to Sosshisoo:P.S. Are they made of brass? With spikes? That’ll teach those wolves.
I have now added a whole packet of fresh garden peas to the knuckle and lambrib in my slow cooker; it’s bubbling merrily while I visit the http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/drunkblogging-election-night/ site again. They are a wild bunch and I will soon get some bottled grapes out to toast them. Shucks, it’s almost daylight Wednesday, November 05, 2008 over here.
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:43 pm 88. Ms Attitude:Josh and Someone75:
I would love for the “Chosen One” to win!! Only to watch him fall from grace! Because he will fall from grace but I don’t want him to win because he will take our great country down with him when he does fall!
To everyone else:
I’m a wus I’m drinking a cheescake martini…potent but it taste like desert…fattening but who cares? Not me!
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:45 pm 89. Voyska PVO:..well, let’s enjoy ourselves because the hangover’s gonna last four years!
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:46 pm 90. Pat McDonnell:How soon before DC statehood?
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:47 pm 91. von Rum:Should we get used to Senator Jesse Jackson?
Governor Marion Barry
Forget about filibusters
von Rum is planning on joining vodkapundit on a heavy round of drinking lasting at least 24 months. This is gonna be ugly.
von Rum
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:47 pm 92. Marc Malone:Well, they’ve called MI for Obama. Tallies show a one point differential right now. They’ve called some other States for Obama where Mac is still ahead. Internals to exit polls show Clinton supporters who were supposed to go for McCain just couldn’t do it after all.
Btw, I do know that they’re using math to determine the amount of lying. I’m just hoping some assumptions are wrong.
Nov 4, 2008 - 6:48 pm 93. Войска ПВО:..switch to vodka, comrades, the Dear Leader will want it that way.
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:04 pm 94. NoBama Ever Zuid-Afrikaanze American Expatriate Nederlander:If McCain keeps leading in the popular vote we must call Al Gore in and tell him he must take care that Obama does not steal the Election. Remember 2000! Remember the Alamo America!
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:06 pm 95. Chuck Pelto:TO: Roy N
RE: Care To Wager?
And what will be the indicators of ‘good’ or ‘bad’?
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:08 pm 96. momof3:[I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father." -- Will Rogers]
I am preggers and can’t drink. Absolutely no pain minimization over here. No fair. I am a really cold vodka straight kind of girl. So, lets say the voting actually goes McCain’s way. What if the MSM just doesn’t tell us? Just says Obama wins? How would we know?
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:10 pm 97. Marc Malone:momof4 – Vodla’s not the kind of drink that gets you knocked up, is it? My ex favored Tequila for that.
Anyway, keep up the breeding. Make sure to get your share of the tax cuts, and provide some future Rep voters. Hey, someone’s gotta pay the forthcoming massive debt and taxes.
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:20 pm 98. Josh:I’m drinking victory. What’s it feel like to be a loser, Republican losers?
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:24 pm 99. jonesy55:“The polls and exit polls will be the story of this election. The exit polls will be far more unreliable than the pre-election polls. Whatever shred of credibility the MSM had before this election will be blown to smithereens…couldn’t happen to a nicer more honest bunch.”
lol, while of course the bloggers here with their internal polls and predictions of a GOP victory were of course 100% acurate!!!
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:25 pm 100. Chuck Pelto:TO: Stephen Green
RE: I Blame…
….Dick Wadhams, Chair, Colorado GOP, and his cronies for that. Even down to the county level. But that’s a LONG story.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:25 pm 101. jonesy55:[I'm not a member of an organized party. I'm a Republican.]
“So, lets say the voting actually goes McCain’s way. What if the MSM just doesn’t tell us? Just says Obama wins? How would we know?”
If the MSM could do that, do you really think they wouldn’t have done it in 2000 and 2004??
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:35 pm 102. Marc Malone:Actually, the ones to blame are the dimwits in PA. Murtha has claimed victory (although no one in the Media have seconded his motion). Still, PA went 2:1 for Obama, which is essentially party line there. I guess they thought all Obama’s free lunches sounded too good to pass up. So much for American tradition of self-reliance. All McCain’s and Palin’s efforts were for naught.
Nov 4, 2008 - 7:35 pm 103. Marc Malone:Interesting. PA is still being tallied… and is closing to 56-43 with 17% of the vote still to count. OH is stilla 2-point race with about the same to go. Could there be a reversal or two? Hmm.
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Nov 4, 2008 - 8:17 pm 105. Marc Malone:Well, PA is at 92% and it has solidified at 56-43. NOw it’s over, because Mac couldn’t win without it. 55-44 seems to be the common number in many of the closer results. The West, of course, is about 60-40. It looks, btw, like Mac will lose FL. Just too many Hispanics voting for that free check.
Nov 4, 2008 - 8:44 pm 106. Someone75:Chuck Pelto:
haha – no, I’m not in junior high. I have two graduate degrees (I know you people hate academics). I was just stooping to the level of discourse to which I have become accustomed on PJMedia.
Yay for Obama!
Nov 4, 2008 - 9:29 pm 107. Chuck Pelto:TO: Someone75
RE: No?
You certainly act like you’re pre-adolescent.
Let me guess….
Fingerpainting and Model Clay Airplanes. Send me scanned images of your diplomas.
Hate ‘academics’? Based on advanced degrees? Hardly. I’ve got one masters in computers. The distaff has two, an MBA and Library Sciences.
If you knew what you were talking about, or weren’t giddy at the moment, you’d know that there’s a difference between having advanced degrees and being an ‘acadamian nut’.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 4, 2008 - 9:39 pm 108. vivo:[University: A place where men of principle outnumber men of honor.]
Viva Obama!!!
Nov 5, 2008 - 12:57 am 109. Someone75:107. Chuck Pelto:
Aww, that’s no fun. You guess my two degrees! I sense a marked degree of insecurity in your comments. I have a few ideas about you as well, but I won’t embarrass you with them here.
Hurray for Obama!
Nov 5, 2008 - 2:08 pm 110. Bonnie:to ms attitude,
it is Obama’s good fortune that the only way for America now is up. Hello, anyone home?
Nov 5, 2008 - 7:29 pm 111. Marc Malone:Bonnie – Um, no. That’s why we’re so upset here, because we KNOW that things can get much worse. That was an extremely childish thing to say that the only way now is up. Spoken like someone who has never suffered privation. You just don’t know how bad things can get. That’s why Obama won, because too many people don’t get that simple fact.
I believe they’re about to find out. Already, Pelosi is pushing her agenda. She can’t even wait for the new Prez.
Nov 5, 2008 - 9:10 pm 112. Chuck Pelto:TO: Someone75
RE: [OT] Sensings
I sense a marked degree of insecurity in your comments. — Someone75
You really should lay drinking the fingerpaint. Despite what your classmates have told you, it’s NOT thicker and richer kool-aide. Or have you been snorting the modeling clay again? Your mother told you that only clogs your sinuses. And she doesn’t like to clean up the mess you make on the carpet when you finally blow it out. The gray just makes the white carpet look dingy.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 6, 2008 - 11:11 am 113. Pinkytoo:[You obviously take drugs very seriously at your house...]
Something for all you conspiracy theorists to keep you warm for the next 4 (at least) years:
11/04/08, 7:55 pm Pacific time: National news coverage breaks for local stations. Obama is leading, 207 electoral votes to 135 for McCain
11/04/08, 8:00 pm Pacific – polls close in CA but there are still numerous people in line who haven’t voted yet, promised the polls will stay open until everyone votes. National news coverage returns to the air, WA-OR-CA are all blue, Obama is declared the winner. My my they counted those votes fast, especially considering that the precints wouldn’t even deliver the ballot boxes to the registrars until about 10:30 pm…
Feel better now?
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Nov 6, 2008 - 11:18 pm 115. Chuck Pelto:TO: Pinkytoo
RE: Conspiracy Theory
Back in the mid-90s, I sat with a group of friends and associates in some bistro after the monthly Denver Mensa general meeting.
It seems that MacNamara’s book confessing his duplicity in Viet Nam had recently been published. And we were discussing the matter.
Suddenly, one of the members of the party at OUR table broke into tears.
We were perplexed and asked him why the sorrow.
He confessed…..
….that when the alleged Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred, he’d been a staff officer in CINCPAC. And that he and everyone else in the headquarters knew that the allegations being foisted off on Congress by President Lyndon Baines Johnson and SecDef MacNamara were gross exaggerations. And that, years and 58,000 American dead, he was ashamed that he had kept his mouth shut about the alleged ‘incident’.
The looks of care and concern about the table changed to looks of shock, horror and, in some cases, something much worse.
So….
….you say there is no such thing as ‘conspiracy’?
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Nov 7, 2008 - 8:44 am 116. Chuck Pelto:[Stupid, adj, Ignorant and proud of it.]
P.S. Did I fail to mention that LBJ was a president of the Democratic Party persuasion?
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Nov 8, 2008 - 12:39 pm