Trouble posting!

There we go! NED!

my nails are already bitten to the quick.

and I don’t bite my nails!

Ned

JANE!
VALLEYGIRL!
NED!

Jane and fellow FDL’ers.

I only post once in a great while. I’ve watched this whole Lamont campaign grow and evolve over the last couple of months. Living in a blue area in a red state thousands of miles away, you wouldn’t think I’d be paying this much attention to this race. Truth is, I am sitting my cube at work, nervous as the rest of you.

Jane, TRex, thanks for sendign in the updates. I know I’ll be clicking refresh very often. Watching this whole thing grow has been VERY exciting. I wish I had a job that made it a little easier to get away and volunteer on projects like this. I am pretty sad I missed the boat on this one. Next big rally, I’m there. I won’t pass up the chance to meet you all in person again!

So.. I’ll stop rambling. THANK YOU!!!

EPU’d:

Ok…I’m terrible with time zones. If they hope to have results by midnight in CT, what’s that, 11pm Central? 10? Don’t you dare tell me it’s 1 or 2. There’s only so much coffee I can handle.

C’mon CT!!! Don’t disappoint those beautiful smiles! Bring it home NED!!!!

From last thread:

Does anyone know Ned’s birthday stats? When and where?

timewarp @ 113 & Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 81

Thanks for the input. I already had Joz info and I said it doesn’t look good for him. He should actually take a long vacation…or retire! LOL

!!!

11pm Central

Lou Costello, this got EPU’d from the last thread:

Ned Lamont was born in Washington DC January 1954

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5140778.stm

NED!
ROOTS!
JANE!!!

So far so good…I’ve been postering in Stamford and Greenwich since 6am (”Vote Ned Lamont Today!”), and have also been giving rides to the polls in my hybrid (I even walked into the booth with a blind gentleman and pulled the lever for him, first time I’ve been in one of those things with company). The Lamont street presence seems far stronger than Lieberman’s. Must. Keep. Hustling…

Glad you guys are rocking in New Haven. I thought about coming up last night, but 5 am gets here pretty quick.

Posted an update from Stamford last thread, back out in a bit.

I’m staying at the Sheraton tonight. Can’t wait to meet all of you face to face.

Go NED!

the light of intelligence shines from your eyes, Jane & Valley Girl

when the counting’s done, may connecticutites show the world that intelligence has won the day

Tear it up, Jane. PLEASE keep any attempts at fraud or disenfranchisement in the forefront, and don’t be afraid to ask some of those MSM bastards why they’re not covering it.

I’d vote if I were there. Out here in CA, it’s time to think about who we want to replace Boxer and Feinstein.

But remember this: anyone who voted for the war also voted for (and condones) every single consequence as a result of that war.

AND…anyone who supports Lieberman also condones every terrible consequence of the war. You can’t wash your hands of it with words or even with actions. Who and what you support defines you. That’s why Boxer has to go. Sher voted against the war, but that vote is negated by her support of Lieberman.

Finally, once this day is done, win or lose, please take a moment to learn about Jon Tester in Montana, running against the reprehensible Conrad Burns. Take your Ned fervor and apply it as much as you can, to progressive candidates throughout the nation.

kai rocks.

Jane, Lamont’s site says the “disruption” referenced in your post “is all good.” (Installing parking meters.) Unless there have been other disruptions, you might want to change that information.

I have fingers and toes crossed for Ned.

Yaaaaaaay Valley Girl !!! Yaaaaaaay Jane !!!

Woooooooohooooooo !!

What knock-out beauties you two are!!

Go NED !!!

With all our hearts - and profound thanks,

A hopeful American Family …..

Here’s a righteous snarkrant from emptypockets to help make the time go faster:

http://tinyurl.com/o5lqh

Lotus, you might want to form a FireDogLake reception committee for Joe and Hadassah…

It is my sincere hope that all of you working on this in Connecticut get to have a post-election party that is the rockin’est, most mind-blowingly orgasmic celebration EVER (until November, that is, when we’ll take this to an even higher level!)!!!

the next media outlet that lets Dan Gerstein spew his hysterical, unsubstantiated bullshit unchecked really needs to be held to account for it.

“unsubstantiated bullshit unchecked” abbreviated would be UBU, who is of course the hero of Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi, the first piece of surrealist literature …. for some reason, this seems significant to me.

Main stream media conrolled by neocons is hysterical and predicting gloom and doom for Democratic party in case their favourite Lieberman looses in this primary. Wall Street Journal, Fox news CNN are al spinning and trying to scare voters of “impending disaster” for America and the security of the country because of the lunatic lefties and their crazed ideas about peace instead of war.
I can see a real panic in the “establishment” because both parties are owned by same corrupt money bags and their cheerleaders in media. It is time to throw the bastards out and clean up the stables.

Ahhhh, so that is the mysterious “M”.

Hey Jane, hey Valley….

Back to writing.

Susan — all that means is that they’ll be done by noon. It does not explain the curious scheduling. I stand by my post.

CTBlog is passing on a report of problems in new Haven reported by a local news outlet: http://connecticutblog.blogspot.com/

CTBob has initial exit polliing to report:

I just got back from the Westshore polling place in Milford, where I conducted about 40 minutes of exit polling.

I surveyed a total of 27 people. Out of that, 6 refused to answer both questions, and 5 refused to answer the Senatorial question.
[snip]
Here’s my results:

Lieberman - 10 votes
Lamont - 13 votes (including me, my wife, my dad, and the guy holding the “Lamont” sign outside)

notes from new haven’s ward 10

VG/M–so fun to put a face with a name.(cute gals)

JoZ last ditch commerical:
http://newsyoucanabuse.blogspo.....unnny.html

*Note: I’m still looking for Ned’s birthday info.

Ned RULES!

Lotus, you might want to form a FireDogLake reception committee for Joe and Hadassah …

Think they’d go for some bile and bitter-bitter wormwoods, al-Scoots?

P.S. Why meeeeeeeeeeeee? Waaah!

Lou Costello @ 28

JoZ last ditch commerical:
http://newsyoucanabuse.blogspo.....unnny.html

*Note: I’m still looking for Ned’s birthday info.

Ned RULES!

Scroll up dude, its upthread.

Jane Hamsher @ 24

Susan — all that means is that they’ll be done by noon. It does not explain the curious scheduling. I stand by my post.

MSNBC had one of CTBob’s You Tube pieces on earlier. Pretty funny!

GO GET EM!!!

How to hack a diebold voting machine — it’s really simple. Just watch this short video:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....26301.html

Fortunately, Conn doesn’t have these but your state probably does. Find out more? go to www.bradblog.com

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility — I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it-and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.”

President Kennedy’s Inaugural Address on January 20, 1961

Lou Costello, here ya go (it got EPU’d)

Dru @ 132

Ned Lamont was born in Washington DC January 1954

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5140778.stm

A commenter over at the NYTimes Empire Blog said that Lieberman’s hosting service had confirmed that their site was down because of a DOS attack. I haven’t seen any confirmation of that anywhere else - have any of you on the ground there heard anything definitive?

You just made me cry, X!

Hopeful and happy tears, mixed with pride.

… and the backstage curtain flutters aside for a glimpse at Jane and Valley Girl. Aren’t you two the most beautiful?

G’morning from PDT, still wishing I could be in Connecticut for your victory party tonight! Your reports will nourish your far-flung admirers and pals, please don’t forget to keep close your toobz friends.

Oh my, today seemed so far away in February, didn’t it, pups, and now HERE IT IS, TODAY!

8/8 = GO NED!

Fini FiniTOOBZ! @
10

Lou Costello, this got EPU’d from the last thread:

Ned Lamont was born in Washington DC January 1954

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5140778.stm

We need a date!!!! Time would be even better, but probably too much to hope for now…

Since its the same date as the day Nixon resigned, we decided inthe last thread August 8th shall be known as Democracy Repair Day.

It is interesting that there is all of this attention paid to the Lamont/Lieberman race by the punditocracy. How it is a sign of a “civil war”, how it is being driven by the “far left nutjobs”.

I haven’t seen any analysis as to how Tom Delay is crawling through the gutters to avoid his election because of his corruption, how Bob Ney was forced out by his own party because of his corruption, how Ralph Reed lost his bid because of his corruption, how the darling of the far right, Rick Santorum is in such desperate straits that the party is trumpeting a sitting senator with an 8 point deficit against a newbie challenger as some sort of a great comeback.

Seems to me this is the much bigger story. The party that is in total control of the entire body-politic in the nation is on the ropes–yet somehow the media has been focusing solely on the “left-wing insurgents”.

Strange stuff indeed.

-GSD

Here’s the update on the joe2006.com web site, via TPM Muckraker.

Fini FiniTOOBZ! says August 8th, 2006 at 8:57 am*

I got that: “Born January 1954, Washington DC”

But that doesn’t give the actual day…I can do without the time of day…but the date a must!

THX for helping and I’ll let you know if I find anything else.

!

What time did the 1st polls open this am? 6 or 7 am?

timewarp 43 - 6AM as i understand it

Jane, I don’t have any experience with back-east old machine politics, so I tend not to assume the worst. You’re probably right to be suspicious.

6 am

6 this morning I heard.

In reality…what’s the ballpark as far as results coming in. I saw something at Kos that said around midnight CT time. But those would probably be the preliminary results before Joe’s cohorts pull up in the van with the 35 cases of “ballots”.

That’s so tacky. Really though, does anyone know when we’ll have a good idea which way this is leaning?

Guitar Playing Bastard @
15

Finally, once this day is done, win or lose, please take a moment to learn about Jon Tester in Montana, running against the reprehensible Conrad Burns. Take your Ned fervor and apply it as much as you can, to progressive candidates throughout the nation.

Right! Testor-Burns is probably the second-most important race in the country, and Jon Tester is great!

GSD40

- and if I may add to your excellent analysis, TradMed continues to treat the Florida Senate race, in the state where BushCo2 is still governor and where BushCo was sElected in 2000 and 2004, as some sort of femininity minstrel show, rather than the electoral curiosity it is. I mean, Florida can’t elect a GOP Senator this year? That’s news, ain’t it?

And the Rhode Island GOP primary, too!

My theory: the talking points for covering the fissures and crackup of the GOP haven’t been faxed from Rover or TradMed’s owners, so the commentariat doesn’t really know yet what’s safe to say. Therefore, as always when there’s no clear concensus and actual thought might be required, the punditocracy says nothing.

What is the deal with GOTV phonebanking? Moveon still has the same script up that they had yesterday, which is doing voter ID calls. You don’t do voter ID calls on the day of the election, you call pre-identified Lamont voters only and remind them to vote. Is that being done by the Lamont campaign? Can it be done from out of state? If so, who do I contact? I want to help.

We should have some results by 9pm

Tester is fantastic and that slimeball Burns has gotta go!

Mwahahahaha…where shall we wield our power next?!

In the photograph, which one is Jane Hamsher and which one is “Valley Girl”? I’ve scoured the page but there’s absolutely no way to find out.

Hurray for people powered politics

Hurray for we the people deciding that WE are the deciders

Hurray for NED’s excellent Primary Adventure

no matter the outcome of this election

we have already won

and the beltway bloviators know it

so hip hip hurray….

Chris Matthews just said he thinks “it’s going to go Lamont’s way” just not sure by how much ; )

Any exit polling happening?

“Sorry MSNBC there’s no room for your camera on the stage, we have to make room for Spazeboy.”

Now THAT’S funny. Maybe we really are moving closer to a meritocracy…

Phil @ 51

We should have some results by 9pm

Excellent. Thanks for the FYI! Now, do we know about absentee counts and things like that? Do we expect a true result late tonight or will it take an extra day or two to finalize? (Of course if it’s blowout then that’s that…but if it’s tight as we expect….)

God Bless you all — the hubby and I both called last night and, while he’s ok today, I’m worthless with anticipation, nail-biting, etc. Jane, I never did get a chance to give you my support over the outrageous response to that picture but I strongly feel both you and DarkBlack were unfairly maligned (they play dirty: so what else is new?) Hope your wounds are healed — judging by that picture, they seem to be!

NED ROCKS!

The party that is in total control of the entire body-politic in the nation is on the ropes–yet somehow the media has been focusing solely on the “left-wing insurgents”.
____________

And, you know that, should Leaverman pull out a victory, the MSM will summarily declare the Venomous Rabid Lambs Angry Leftwingosphere dead and buried tomorrow.
_

May I, here in safety among friends, now express a profound character weakness?

YOU TURKEYS WHO CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT PHOTO OF JANE AND VALLEY GIRL, INSTEAD OF JUST A LITTLE BLACK SCREEN — I HATE YOU FOR THAT!

D’OH !!!

[a flowah shakes her petals back into place, squares her little shoulders, smiles beatifically]

Carry on . . .

Jordan @ 53

In the photograph, which one is Jane Hamsher and which one is “Valley Girl”? I’ve scoured the page but there’s absolutely no way to find out.

Jane’s on the right.

P.S.

Corrupt Democrat, William “Cold Cash” Jefferson has a primary challenger in Louisiana.

Hopefully he’ll get the Lamont treatment too.

-GSD

Teddy,

I totally forgot about the Kat Harris debacle. The woman who was the point person in the 2000 election fiasco has been all but abandoned by her party and that is also not a sign of a “civil war” or of disarray in the Republican Party?

Max out your monitor’s brightness settings Lotus.

I’d hate you to miss those gorgeous smiles!

…positive vibes positive vibes positive vibes positive vibes positive vibes…

I want to post this first question from Howie Kurtz’s chat this morning, particularly for SteveAudio if he comes around this thread. I was heartened, as I think he will be, by the report of the Schiavo-motivated Lamont voter….

New York, N.Y.: The press must be ecstatic that in the dog days of summer there’s an actual politcal news stort to cover (Lamont/Lieberman). But the press needs to do more homework. Most articles I read say this is all about Iraq. I disagree. My cousin who lives in Hartford is voting for Lamont because of Lieberman’s vote on the Schiavo case. And the Q-poll out last week said over 30% of those supporting Lamont list as one of main reasons Lieberman’s plan to run as an Independent should he lose today. So while Iraq is ONE of the issues, it is not THE issue.

(my emphasis)
Lieberman’s just done too many things quite wrong-headeed in the past eighteen years to deserve re-election.

Nice picture, so nice to put names and faces together. Go Jane! Go TRex!

Jordan @ 53

In the photograph, which one is Jane Hamsher and which one is “Valley Girl”? I’ve scoured the page but there’s absolutely no way to find out.

Jordan, the one on the left is VG. Jane’s photo has been all over the place, I’m not sure why you don’t recognize her.

As for the DOS on JoeMentum!’s website…why would any Lamont supporter do that? It’s like a gimme to whiney Joe’s it’s so unfair! campaign theme. Surely everyone on our side knows that? I strongly suspect it of being run by one of the LieberYouth, on Lobbyists for Lieberman’s orders.

neurophius @ 50

What is the deal with GOTV phonebanking? Moveon still has the same script up that they had yesterday, which is doing voter ID calls. You don’t do voter ID calls on the day of the election, you call pre-identified Lamont voters only and remind them to vote. Is that being done by the Lamont campaign? Can it be done from out of state? If so, who do I contact? I want to help.

Me, too. I was expecting MoveOn to have GOTV and instead, I’m a pollster. WTF?

Using horary rules on the open polls chart, not a good day for any incumbant in CT.

Luck is on the side of Ned and the people of CT. And the applying Full Moon is a wonderful thing. Not ever good for those in power. Saturn conjoins the Sun, so we have a Fisher King kind of thing going on….and doesn’t Ned make a wonderful grail knight?

just got done with calling a buncha folks in CT, courtesy of moveon’s scriptage– 40 answering machines, 3 people, 2 undecideds and 1 Lieberman. I hope that trend isn’t indicative of the rest of the turnout…

(and, btw, I’m glad I’m rarely rude to people working phones, because this really sucked)

FiniFini

150@ previous thread…

Thanks.

Phone work is tough, but kinda cool. Especially when you get a positive supporter who appareciates the reminder.

Great to see VG up there! I hope she got to hook up with her friend.
A DOS on WATB’s site? LOL! Too funny.
And Spazeboy has top billing over MSNBC!!!!!!!!

neurophius –

The Lamont campaign wants all of it’s phonebanking to be done in state — caller ID and all that.

If MoveOn still has their voter ID script up, it does not speak well of their organization. They should have shifted to the identified voter GOTV script. Maybe there is a different linky at the homepage?

If you want to make calls, use MoveOn, but write your own script — ask if they are Lamont supporters, and remind them today is election day.

Other than that, sit back and watch . . .

lotus @ 61

May I, here in safety among friends, now express a profound character weakness?

YOU TURKEYS WHO CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT PHOTO OF JANE AND VALLEY GIRL, INSTEAD OF JUST A LITTLE BLACK SCREEN — I HATE YOU FOR THAT!

D’OH !!!

[a flowah shakes her petals back into place, squares her little shoulders, smiles beatifically]

Carry on . . .

http://i67.photobucket.com/alb.....alley2.jpg

Cozumel @ 55

Chris Matthews just said he thinks “it’s going to go Lamont’s way” just not sure by how much ; )

he also just referred to bloggers as the ‘pajamahadeen” (sp) —– what a soory little bastid. . . .

timewarp–
huh?

Jane and VG are beeoootyfull!

“Everybody wang chung tonight!” keeps going through my brain.

I like ‘pajamahadeen”– holy warriors in pajamas :)

froggermarch @ 78

timewarp–
huh?

Just a little astral divination!

timewarp @
113 says:

!

I have looked for his birthdata sporadically, so far it doesn’t seem to be published anywhere. Also birth times in CT are private, so we don’t know Joemomentum’s time either, for sure either, though there is a speculative time out there.

I found his birthdate to be Jan 3, 1954 - but no time of birth. However, the Hartford Courant (8/6) gives the following description of his chart:

Lamont’s chart shows he has all the tools to be the top dog, as long as he can maintain respect for power. On his day of birth, Venus and Mercury were on his sun in Capricorn. His natal sun-Venus combination makes him likable to the public and a good salesman. The rest of his chart shows him as an aggressive fighter who won’t take “no” for an answer. With his well-placed Mercury on his sun, we see an effective speaker; and with his moon in Sagittarius, indications that the more he is able to focus on what he’s saying, the more he will benefit.

The column claims stars are lined up for Lieberman!!! Arggghh!

http://www.courant.com/news/lo.....-northeast

I’m thinking the MoveOn canvassing, right now, is counterproductive and probably ought to be discouraged. Any other thoughts?

Re exit polls and actual results, according to MSNBC’s “First Read”:

As of late last week, no major media outlets or state polling outfits were planning to conduct an exit poll because of the quirkiness of an August primary turnout.

[snip]

Election officials in Connecticut can begin tallying precinct results from around the state as soon as polls close at 8:00 pm. According to a Dan Tapper, spokesperson for Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, the first cities to submit their results tend to be smaller towns such as Litchfield and Somers, which Bush won in 2004, and Kent, which supported Kerry. Toward the end of the night, a little after 10:00 pm, Tapper says, results from the state’s largest cities like Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and Stamford should begin to trickle in — all towns that overwhelmingly voted for Kerry in 2004. While it’s hard to predict what time they’ll have the official results, Tapper says he hopes to have an answer just before midnight. Until then, they’ll be updating results on their website.

Election days like this are like a theme park on steriods: hurry up and wait, hurry up and wait . . .

Ain’t democracy fun?

Not watching too closely, but MSNBC & CNN have only 5 stories:
1) Death & Destruction in Israel
2) Death & Destruction in Lebanon
3) Death & Destruction in Iraq
4) The twins
5) CT.

Cozumel @ 55

Chris Matthews just said he thinks “it’s going to go Lamont’s way” just not sure by how much ; )

[fingers in ears] La la la la la la la la!!

Do not listen to the beady-eyed bug on the TV…VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!…

Any turnout reports?

i heart jane @ 77

Cozumel @ 55

Chris Matthews just said he thinks “it’s going to go Lamont’s way” just not sure by how much ; )

he also just referred to bloggers as the ‘pajamahadeen” (sp) —– what a soory little bastid. . . .

I know. He HATES bloggers

GSD 63

– plus TradMed might want to mention New York State, where a – what? – nine-term GOP governor seems unable to pass the statehouse keys to anyone but a Dem. And the National Governors Conference (dominated by the GOP) had no one from BushCo or Congress to speak to them this past week, while they fretted about unfunded mandates, welfare re-reform, and National Guard federalization.

No, you are correct: there’s no script for full meltdown of the ruling class. So we don’t hear about it at all!

Herzbullah vs. the Beltway Party?

Inventor @ 86

Cozumel @ 55

Chris Matthews just said he thinks “it’s going to go Lamont’s way” just not sure by how much ; )

[fingers in ears] La la la la la la la la!!

Do not listen to the beady-eyed bug on the TV…VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!…

The B-e-B also said “VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!” and was kind of giddy about it, too. “Don’t just sit in the bar and whine about the war. If it matters to you, get out and vote.”

(Funny, there was no “Don’t just sit in the bar and whine about the evil lefty bloggers. If it matters to you . . .”)

Tuck Fweety.

Actually, I think the “pajamahadeen” is pretty funny. Too bad it’s based on faulty assumptions, sigh.

Have you ever noticed that a lot of Chris Matthews’ snark seems based on jealousy? I swear the reason he was/is so nasty to Bill Clinton is he, Tweety, wishes he could get away with having an affair. “Pajamahadeen” probably comes from his wish that he, too, could do his work without having to wear such constricting neckwear.

Okay, so that’s Jane and Valley Girl. Go Jane! Go Valley Girl!

“The column claims stars are lined up for Lieberman!!! Arggghh!”

That’s SO silly. The stars–Paul Newman, Danny Glover, Babs, Jane, Redd, Karen Allen, TRex, CT Bob, siun, etc.–are TOTALLY lined up for Lamont.

‘pajamahadeen”

ROFLMAO!

BLESS YOU, COZ!

Are they cute or what!

Zergle, I’ve got this antique Gateway POS monitor with a little wheel thingy behind a door below the screen. I can turn the wheel to bring up different qualities (Brightness, Screen Size, etc.), but can’t get any further than that with it. When I move the cursor, it disappears behind this popup screen, which itself disappears in 10-12 seconds. ???

TeddySanFran @ 89

There’s no script for full meltdown of the ruling class. So we don’t hear about it at all!

“The Revolution will not be televised”, it will be YouTubed.

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…

BobbyG @ 60

The party that is in total control of the entire body-politic in the nation is on the ropes–yet somehow the media has been focusing solely on the “left-wing insurgents”.
____________

And, you know that, should Leaverman pull out a victory, the MSM will summarily declare the Venomous Rabid Lambs Angry Leftwingosphere dead and buried tomorrow.
_

Most of the MSM, but not all. Yesterday I began to hear a “whatever happens, this has served notice” message from Howard F. on KO and someone else (maybe Candy Crowley, not in the taped story but afterward) on CNN. And Chris Matthews just all but endorsed Lamont. He’s urging all Connecticut voters who oppose the war to go vote because it makes a difference. I suspect that if HoJo manages to squeak through, Matthews will focus on how narrow the margin was. We’ll see, I guess. And how are you, BobbyG? I hope everything is going well in Las Vegas.

Anyone else seeing all the text for the last 10-15 comments in underlined and highlighted? I have hit F5 but to no avail. Just mentioning it FYI

Pajamas?

Everyone working their asses off in Connecticut is in their pajamas? Well, shit! Now I AM sorry I didn’t go!

-ck-

Like dannyboy, I also fear that moveon calling today would be counterproductive. We would be calling people, not knowing whether they were Lamont supporters or not. Even if it was useful to remind Lamont supporters that the election is today, we would be reminding Lieberman supporters of the same thing. I don’t intend to do it. I hope they are better organized in the fall.

Kai @ 12

So far so good…I’ve been postering in Stamford and Greenwich since 6am (”Vote Ned Lamont Today!”), and have also been giving rides to the polls in my hybrid (I even walked into the booth with a blind gentleman and pulled the lever for him, first time I’ve been in one of those things with company). The Lamont street presence seems far stronger than Lieberman’s. Must. Keep. Hustling…

God Bless you, Kai, and everybody else working so hard.

KathieinMN @ 82

The column claims stars are lined up for Lieberman!!! Arggghh!

http://www.courant.com/news/lo.....-northeast

They are not!

Exit polls are discouraged in this country. All over the world they’re used as a way of identifying election fraud, but here they’re dismissed as being “inaccurate” when they don’t agree with vote totals.

It’s simply better not to do any exit polling than have them show results different from the official vote counts. This is what the Bush government prefers.

Pajamas?

Everyone working their asses off in Connecticut is in their pajamas? Well, shit! Now I AM sorry I didn’t go!

Ned is the frog’s pajamas?

If pjs gotta be our battle-dress, I guess I’ll just hafta go buy my first pair since budhood.

From a tiny blue bubble in a giant red state:

Give ‘em hell, guys!

froggermarch @
95

“The column claims stars are lined up for Lieberman!!! Arggghh!”

That’s SO silly. The stars–Paul Newman, Danny Glover, Babs, Jane, Redd, Karen Allen, TRex, CT Bob, siun, etc.–are TOTALLY lined up for Lamont.

Haha! Well - that should do it then!

Fingers crossed from the Great White North.

One of the strangest things about this race, as seen from a northern perspective, is how shocked the MSM is that someone would challenge an incumbent.

So much of the standard commentary focuses on the fact that Ned in “inexperienced”, as though merely being a citizen, a volunteer teacher, and a business owner is somehow insufficient and disqualifying. So much is made of Joe’s years of service with the implicit, and sometimes explicit assumption, that this is required to be considered a legitimate candidate.

The whole thing seems so undemocratic. Shouldn’t there be a vigorous primary? Shouldn’t any citizen be able to stand up and challenge the orthodoxy?

And yet, for whatever reason, I haven’t heard Ned answer the (sometimes rude) challenges with this simple assertion: The very essence of the American experiment is “government of the people, by the people, for the people” and why shouldn’t any of those people have the right to stand for office?

Ned’s quixotic campaign is democracy at it’s most pure and simple. Why can’t the bloviators see or acknowledge this?

#82 - KathieinMN says August 8th, 2006 at 9:19 am*

THX for the info…

My take on JoZ chart is quite a bit different. He needs to relax or his health my suffer. Retirement?

;-)

If defeated, Lieberman would be only the fourth incumbent senator since 1980 to lose a primary election.

“I feel they were flirting with the other guy for a while, wanting to send me a message,” he said Monday during a stop at a restaurant in Hartford. “I got their message. I think they want to send me back to Washington to continue working with them, fighting for them, and delivering for Connecticut.”

In “honor” of the MSM, I am going to keep my pajamas on all day.

Do they have any clue that bloggers include trial lawyers, doctors, professors, CPA’s…?

Me too, neuro, pajamas on here as well!

go go go!

Whatever happens, this has been amazing. Thanks to everyone for all their hard work.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpo.....ost/026720

Wouldn’t a picture of the FDL crew in PAJAMAS be fun. After the party. Send it to Matthews–

with love, the Pajamahadeen!