WEDNESDAY MORNING
not the end of the world
well it looks bad for the hometeam
looks like we lost this one
final tally isnt in but looks like bush has
won
but kerry put up a good fight
going to be a lot of recrimination and fingerpointing
but the boy did what we selected him to do
tried to ride the middle
did some things i wouldnt have done
him appealing to the hunters with the dead goose
was a waste of time, theyd have voted for
the dead goose before they voted for kerry
but we choose him to try to go down the middle
and when we thought we were winning we
were all for it
interesting how deeply i misread the vibe
i thought we had a shot
i had visions of all these fired up youth
assaulting the polls
i was a much a wishful thinker as bush neocons
on the eve of the occupation of iraq
i guess i believed what i wanted to believe
now we are going to be subject to media speculation about
a lasting republican majority
and some democrats saying we have to reach out to the rightwing voters
im not buying either
maybe the youth vote didnt turn out as we would have liked but
their response to this election bodes well for the future
and i believe the republicans are going to overreach and surely
the american public will reject this radical vision of theirs as
the bodybags keep coming home from iraq
and theres not enuf money in the budget to bury them
this administration is going to discredit itself surely
but im not going to sit around waiting for it to happen
they have proven themselves past masters of the okeydoke
rickydoc is going into the trenches
we need to buck up
stick together (except for nader)
lick our wounds and get ready
to knuck
hardtimes are coming
i can feel them coming
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TUESDAY MORNING
whoa
disregard last post
ohio appeals court votes to allow republican
challengers in minority precints
its going to be a madhouse
im reminded of those pictures of south
african blacks voting for the first time
long snaky lines of folk determined
to vote no matter what
and im hoping thats what the gop
finds in ohio, and florida et al
we got a history of struggle too and
we aint gon let nobody turn us around
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MONDAY
showtime: mon nov01:3:pm:
in ohio federal judges have ruled against
republican plans to place challengers in black precints
crippling blatant effort to intimidate black voters
one judge said pollworkers should determine eligibility:
"In light of these extraordinary circumstances, and the contentious nature of the imminent election, the court cannot and must not turn a blind eye to the substantial likelihood that significant harm will result not only to voters, but also to the voting process itself, if appointed challengers are permitted at the polls,"
i couldna said that no better myself
showtime
i guess im just going into a holding pattern
everything is conditional on what happens in the next
couple of days
the republicans have gotten shameless w/the dirtytricks
the democrats are determined not to be 'cheated' again
with the gop so ruthless about using the power
of the state unethically
one wonders if we will ever again be allowed
to really contend
its gotten down to by any means necessary
and its going to be ugly no matter which
one of them wins
if its not a decisive win its going to be war
up in these united states
and a test of democracys resilence
best to brace yourself,
we about to walk into the fire
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