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1. I’m scared too. Her “unapologetic” views on abortion and sex education just frighten the crap out of me. As do her ties to “End of Days” faith… old style fundamentalist Christianity… It’s the kind of creepiness that makes me sleep with a night light on…

   Comment by Mars Girl — November 3, 2008 #

2. Well, your two favorite Virginia voters did our part early.

   Comment by Chalicechick — November 3, 2008 #

3. Right there with you. We had a couple folks at church lighting candles of hope yesterday, and I lit one at home last night.

   My election night festivities will involve lighting my little chalice, thinking good thoughts, and praying fervently as I knit to keep myself from chewing my fingers to the bone while the results come in.

   Comment by Tara — November 3, 2008 #

4. I guess I’m one big step removed being on the other side of the Atlantic, but honestly it’s not going to be the end of the world if McCain gets re-elected. Who thinks W. is a great president? But the world kept on turning, and most Americans still made money and have been having a good life. I too hope Obama wins, but it’s not like the choice is between the Dalai Lama and Stalin.

   Comment by a — November 3, 2008 #

5. Big ole flippy floppy head, in case you haven’t seen it yet, maybe this can help you get through the next two days too:

   Palin As President

   (hint: scroll around and click on stuff. Sometimes more than once.)

   Comment by fausto — November 3, 2008 #

6. Great link, Fausto.

   Don’t miss the light switch.

   CC

   Comment by Chalicechick — November 3, 2008 #

7. Will and I voted last week.
   While the contest isn’t between Dalai Lama and Stalin, and the world will doubtlessly keep turning if McCain/Palin win, it’s an anxious situation because it does matter who the next president of our country is, and the choices are very different.
   I’m hoping Obama will be America’s next president, and that he will live up to his promise. The music (”American Prayer,” “Yes We Can,” “Back with Barack, Jack,” etc.) is one of the things that best sustains my hope. My memory is short and my knowledge of history is sparse– but has there ever been a candidate who inspired so much music?
   (and the quote echoes in the back of my head, “History is written by the winners. Songs are written by the losers.”)

   Comment by Jessica Alexander — November 3, 2008 #

8. I beg to differ, a.

   Look at the condition of our country now, as opposed to what it was 8 years ago. I would say that it does make a difference as to who our president is. And what if McCain does get elected into office?? His being 79 years of age makes Palin’s chances of occupying the oval office very real.

   This is the stuff nightmares are made of and this election must not be taken lightly.

   Comment by Lois — November 3, 2008 #

9. Early voter here. Obama/Biden 08, baby!

   But, we’ll see what happens.

   I did hear on NPR last night that early voting might go nationwide. I think that’s a very good idea.

   Comment by Tracie the Red — November 4, 2008 #

10. My five year old was skipping around the house this morning, yelling ‘YES WE CAN…YES WE CAN.’

    Although she doesn’t fully understand the impact the outcome of this election will have on her future, she knows that we’re pulling for him and why. I want her to understand now how important it is to be involved and to vote.

    There is no doubt in my mind that a win by Obama will directly result in a better future for her.

    Comment by janeybirdus — November 4, 2008 #

11. “A far right-wing babe in tight skirts and high heels”

    Well. Thank you for that charming bit of sexism. You don’t have to vote for Sarah Palin (I didn’t), but maybe we could ditch the disgusting jibes at her clothing. Is there anything as disappointing as women tearing down other women by way of their clothing? If this is the Obama nation, count me out.

    [How is “tight skirts and high heels” a sexist or “disgusting” jibe? She wears tight skirts and she wears high heels. That’s not sexist, it’s descriptive. What’s disgusting about high heels? Or tight skirts? I own both items of attire and find nothing disgusting about them. In fact, they’re PRETTY! Sarah’s also far right, and I happen to think she’s a babe. I call a lot of men babes, too. Over and out. - PB]

    Comment by Emily — November 4, 2008 #

12. For Nov. 4. A poem by Langston Hughes.

    “Let America Be America Again”

    Let America be America again.
    Let it be the dream it used to be.
    Let it be the pioneer on the plain
    Seeking a home where he himself is free.

    (America never was America to me.)

    Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed–
    Let it be that great strong land of love
    Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
    That any man be crushed by one above.

    (It never was America to me.)

    O, let my land be a land where Liberty
    Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
    But opportunity is real, and life is free,
    Equality is in the air we breathe.

    (There’s never been equality for me,
    Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”)

    Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
    And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

    I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
    I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
    I am the red man driven from the land,
    I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek–
    And finding only the same old stupid plan
    Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.

    I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
    Tangled in that ancient endless chain
    Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
    Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
    Of work the men! Of take the pay!
    Of owning everything for one’s own greed!

    I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
    I am the worker sold to the machine.
    I am the Negro, servant to you all.
    I am the people, humble, hungry, mean–
    Hungry yet today despite the dream.
    Beaten yet today–O, Pioneers!
    I am the man who never got ahead,
    The poorest worker bartered through the years.

    Yet I’m the one who dreamt our basic dream
    In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
    Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
    That even yet its mighty daring sings
    In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
    That’s made America the land it has become.
    O, I’m the man who sailed those early seas
    In search of what I meant to be my home–
    For I’m the one who left dark Ireland’s shore,
    And Poland’s plain, and England’s grassy lea,
    And torn from Black Africa’s strand I came
    To build a “homeland of the free.”

    The free?

    Who said the free? Not me?
    Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
    The millions shot down when we strike?
    The millions who have nothing for our pay?
    For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
    And all the songs we’ve sung
    And all the hopes we’ve held
    And all the flags we’ve hung,
    The millions who have nothing for our pay–
    Except the dream that’s almost dead today.

    O, let America be America again–
    The land that never has been yet–
    And yet must be–the land where every man is free.
    The land that’s mine–the poor man’s, Indian’s, Negro’s, ME–
    Who made America,
    Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
    Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
    Must bring back our mighty dream again.

    Sure, call me any ugly name you choose–
    The steel of freedom does not stain.
    From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives,
    We must take back our land again,
    America!

    O, yes,
    I say it plain,
    America never was America to me,
    And yet I swear this oath–
    America will be!

    Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
    The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
    We, the people, must redeem
    The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
    The mountains and the endless plain–
    All, all the stretch of these great green states–
    And make America again!

    Comment by Gabriel — November 4, 2008 #

13. Well, only you know your own intentions - but I think I stand by my reading of the comment. Rarely is “tight skirts and high heels” a neutral description of a female, particularly when it’s followed by the assertion that the woman wearing them is a “nightmare.” Nevertheless, if that really, really, really wasn’t your intention, then I withdraw the objection. [Well, let me think about this for a second. I guess what I want to ask is why any of us should be required by political correctness to remain “neutral” about women candidates and not neutral about men. My intentions with the comment were to point out that Sarah Palin is a beautiful, sexy, appealing gal whose horrific policy stances are/were being obscured by her charisma and attractiveness. I think if she was an ordinary-looking dude with the same political commitments, obvious lack of knowledge/experience and was of the same ultra-consevative religious stripe, she would have never been received as well as she was. She used female charm and gender identity (wife, mother) to her benefit as much as she could muster all the way through the campaign. It was an obvious strategic decision, and it will be very interesting to see what the next women who run for Prez and VP do — Hillary and Sarah represent two very different ways of being women candidates. I don’t think a woman who isn’t going for the “ain’t I cute” vote dips and winks during a debate. These were intentional choices and I don’t see anything sexist about pointing that out. -PB]

    Comment by Emily — November 4, 2008 #

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