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***Operation 4 More Years - Situation Room - Day 1 - LIVE THREAD***
Various | 2 November 2004 | Various

Posted on 11/02/2004 2:48:56 AM PST by An.American.Expatriate




As I and many of my fellow expatriates are often hard pressed to get any non-biased information from the media (we are often stuck with CNN-International!!), I have decided to start this thread in the tradition of the Operation Iraqi Freedom Situation Room threads.  I hope this meets with the approval of Jim & John and the Admin guys . . .


The purpose of this thread is to be a place to collect information from all sources into one area for discussion.  Specific threads for specific topics and cross linking are highly encouraged.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Free Republic; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Alaska; US: Arizona; US: Arkansas; US: California; US: Colorado; US: Connecticut; US: Delaware; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: Hawaii; US: Idaho; US: Illinois; US: Indiana; US: Iowa; US: Kansas; US: Kentucky; US: Louisiana; US: Maine; US: Maryland; US: Massachusetts; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota; US: Mississippi; US: Missouri; US: Montana; US: Nebraska; US: Nevada; US: New Hampshire; US: New Jersey; US: New Mexico; US: New York; US: North Carolina; US: North Dakota; US: Ohio; US: Oklahoma; US: Oregon; US: Pennsylvania; US: Rhode Island; US: South Carolina; US: South Dakota; US: Tennessee; US: Texas; US: Utah; US: Vermont; US: Virginia; US: Washington; US: West Virginia; US: Wisconsin; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: 4moreyears; bush; cheney; dubya; election; electionday; fourmoreyears; gwb2004
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To: All; everyone; SOMEONE; Everybody; Kim_in_Tulsa; diotima; TxBec; SLB; BibChr; JenB; ...
How many of you had (or will have) your children with you today when you vote? I enjoyed sitting down at a table and voting with my kids standing by me watching me. They can't vote, but they worked hard on the Coburn campaign and are very interested!

The poll workers knew me, called me by name. They are used to seeing me coming in, every election, bringing my jedis with me.


481 posted on 11/02/2004 6:28:11 AM PST by 2Jedismom (God Bless American, President Bush and Dr. Tom Coburn!)
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The President of the United States! Four More Years!


482 posted on 11/02/2004 6:28:51 AM PST by theophilusscribe (Don't keep Chad hanging. Go vote.)
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To: epluribus_2
Here is an announcement from IPN:

New Jersey - Burlington County (Mt. Laurel Twp) - Fleetwood Av School Voting Area| White Male Adult with Dark curly hair, Green Hoodie, walked into voting area, threw white powder around, then left| 09:28

483 posted on 11/02/2004 6:28:53 AM PST by hankbrown
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To: hoosiermama
for years the German farmers in the area voted "D"....Many have switched parties and are running on the "R" ticket, but who knows how many that will influence!

You must live in northern Indiana. The northern half has a German/Yankee feel to it and the southern half has a Southern feel to it. Even the accents are different. And I do mean half. Even in Indianapolis the north side feels Yankee and the south side feels Southern. One time I was there for the Indy 500 and just crossing 16th street bisecting Indianapolis near the Speedway I had that feeling. Maybe it was just a wild imagination but when I crossed from the north side of the street to the south side it felt like going from a Yankee country to Johnny Reb country. It sounds silly but that is the way it actually felt.

484 posted on 11/02/2004 6:28:57 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

ok, just voted.


485 posted on 11/02/2004 6:28:59 AM PST by starvingstudent (ask your favorite leftist: "If there is another civil war, who do you think will win?")
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To: All

Reporting from SC. Heavy EARLY turnout in our (VERY) republican precinct...only the Presidential, Senate, and Sherrif races even had a dem candidate on the ballot...all others ran Repubs unchalllenged. We got there 1/2 hour before the poll openend and were out about 40 minutes after that. By that time, the line was VERY LONG! GO W!!

[IMG]http://img76.exs.cx/img76/8453/CJIVOTEDBUSH.jpg[/IMG]


486 posted on 11/02/2004 6:29:18 AM PST by Kylie_04
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To: All
More news: Improper Voting Practices Reported in New Jersey This Morning
487 posted on 11/02/2004 6:30:31 AM PST by An.American.Expatriate (A vote for JF'nK is a vote for Peace in our Time!)
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To: Kylie_04

Just started raining in downtown Columbus OH


488 posted on 11/02/2004 6:30:32 AM PST by hankbrown
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To: Kylie_04
Darn it! I guess I am photo-challenged!! Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us
489 posted on 11/02/2004 6:30:48 AM PST by Kylie_04
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To: 2Jedismom

I have done in years past, when I could. This year... may not be able to. But my biggest Jedi, Matthew, will enthusiastically cast his first votes!

Dan


490 posted on 11/02/2004 6:31:26 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: PJ-Comix

"I admit it. Yesterday I was feeling very very nervous due to the fluctuating polls. But today I am feeling GOOD!!! I now am very confident of a Bush win. A BIG Bush win....BUT don't be complacent. If anybody hasn't voted yet---PLEASE VOTE!!!"

By the third debate I swore off of watching the polls. Getting off that roller coaster was the best thing I've done for my nerves in a long time.

Ditto on "BUT don't be complacent. If anybody hasn't voted yet---PLEASE VOTE!!!" Everyone has to go out and vote because we all know how high the possibility for fraud is. Pres. Bush and our soldiers have never needed us more! GO W!


491 posted on 11/02/2004 6:31:35 AM PST by LibSnubber (liberal democrats are domestic terrorists)
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To: TheyConvictedOglethorpe

I voted in Du Page, too. Western suburbs, but neither my husband or I had to show ID. There were no lines, but a very steady stream of people and it seemed like it was picking up as we were leaving about an hour ago.


492 posted on 11/02/2004 6:31:38 AM PST by retrokitten (Boo! I am a high priced Washington lobbyist peddling influence.- Dale Gribble)
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To: 2Jedismom

I take my homeschool students with me. They are not my kids, so I keep a copy of the statute that allows minors in the booth in my pocket. We'll spend most of this morning discussing the electoral college vs pure democracy (and as a homeschooler, I'm sure you know that means mob rule!) Hmmm...connection between "mob rule" and "democrats"???


493 posted on 11/02/2004 6:32:42 AM PST by blu (Summer's over...put away your flip-flops! Kerry go home!)
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To: kirdona
Keep in mind that there is a sizeable Amish community in Wisconsin, also. Iowa, too. Not many people are aware of those communities, but they are large enough to matter in those close swing states.

A lot of Amish in the Ohio countryside. You will see a lot of them selling stuff at the Rogers Flea market. They sell something called "Shoofly" pie but that name scares me too much to try it.

494 posted on 11/02/2004 6:32:54 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
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To: lionstar

anyone for a belly-girl mascot to help us through today...


495 posted on 11/02/2004 6:33:11 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: Alas Babylon!
"Voted in beautiful Tallassee, Alabama. Very heavy rain this morning here. Record crowds at my polling place, and all the local stations are saying there's record turnout everywhere! Overwhelming for Bush!!!! Almost every truck leaving my polling place's parking lot had a Bush/Cheney sticker! WhooRah!!!!"

Wish I could say the same here in Connecticut, I live in Naders home town and I haven't seen a sing for anyone but Kerry. (Although I did see one for Bush but it didn't last a day.)

496 posted on 11/02/2004 6:33:18 AM PST by #1CTYankee (I've been freeping for 14 % of my life?)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

One "little 3" franchise excersised!

Voted early in my little Minnesota town...brisk business for a community of 1500 or so. But even in my little corner of the world I got to see what I imagine is a "snapshot" of a Kerry voter. Some grungy guy with a big Kerry button went into the booth ahead of me, came out asked a poll worker something, threw his ballot in the trash and got a new one....went back in, came out again, asked something else...threw out his ballot, got a new one...went back in, came out a 3rd time...another ballot in the trash and another new one. By this time I got in another booth and for all I know he's still there. Oh, and we had a real complicated ballot in our little district. A fill in the oval next to the name job, and really only three races, Pres., Rep., and state rep. It's scary to think these people can have such a sincere effect on my life...


497 posted on 11/02/2004 6:33:28 AM PST by wack-m and stack-m (DONE AND DONE!)
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To: Doohickey
Hi, I'm a 23 year old tattooed and tongue-pierced Republican. Things are not always what they seem!
498 posted on 11/02/2004 6:33:30 AM PST by arizonarachel (Logic = Conservative = FreeRepublic)
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To: hchutch

She probably has no taste! And she could have been a democrat! Just think...........


499 posted on 11/02/2004 6:33:51 AM PST by DooDahhhh
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Voted first thing this morning in Arlington, VA, with few problems, except that there were numerous foreign camera crews filming voters in line and casting ballots. Luckily, I voted at a kiosk across the room from the cameras, but they were bearing down on some uncomfortable-looking voters; in some cases, they were actually filming the screens as they touched their choices.

Does anyone know if this is legal? It seems completely insane to me (1) to have foreigners nosing into our elections and (2) to have voters basically intimidated by intrusive camera crews at the polls.

Any advice on whom to contact besides the local GOP office?


500 posted on 11/02/2004 6:34:46 AM PST by LittleSpotBlog
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