I can't believe my first vote went to such a man. I can't believe I canvassed for such a man. I can't believe I met one of his campaign workers by chance in a coffee shop. I can't believe such a damn decent man will be in the Oval Office.

God, this country.

Also:
"The failure was mine," says John McCain. And I suddenly forgive him.

-Lucy

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As awesome and fun as yesterday's canvassing was is about how much today's sucked ( Read more... )

I just back from doing some door-to-door canvassing for Obama. Very fun. I got paired with a very nice schoolteacher lady. We talked amiably the whole time; she told me about the heartbreak from 2000 and 2004, about her conservative parents, and how much she likes MSNBC. I talked about how I grew up int he Bush years and have never known anything ( Read more... )

ETA: UPDATE: I have no idea how I can even get there... There is not return train. I'm gonna look into driving a little farther and getting a train from there. :worried:

Change We Need Rally
with Barack ObamaNational World War I Museum ( Read more... )

Mum turned to me after the debate and said over the last three days, she's realized that John McCain is a racist ( Read more... )

So.

That may have beaten my expectations of WTF. Because holy shit, Sarah Palin, wot the fucking fuck.

-Luce

ETA: Behind Tweety was a rickroll.


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The Rules: Post info about ONE Supreme Court decision, modern or historic, to your lj. (Any decision, as long as it's not Roe v. Wade.) FListers, please take the meme to your ElJay to spread the fun.

I'm even doing this one off the top of my head. No prep, just like Palin.

Bethel vs. Fraser, my all-time fave SCotUS case because it's funny. Go hit ( Read more... )

Dude.

Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago -- about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct -- the teacher said.Seriously, this lady is ( Read more... )

Barack Obama, you fucking idiot.

When McCain lies about what your plan is, you don't laugh and say softly "That's not true" and let him keep going.

You fucking call him out. You say the words, "John McCain, you are a liar."You lost this debate. You lost it because you let him yell over you and you wouldn't talk over him. This was not a time to be ( Read more... )