East Memphis,(Rain) 0900, very light turn out.
Long lines, steady traffic, on and off rain and celebrity sightings at the polls in middle TN.
Voted for Marsha Blackburn who is running unopposed for Congress.
tri-cities: beautiful weather, little/no lines at polling stations as of 1235 hrs.
They didn’t require any ID – if you could write your name and some alleged SS#, they would sign you up.
democrats. Feh!
Voted for W about 11:30 in west Knoxville. Took all of 15 minutes . . . light turnout at that time, lots of kerry stickers in the parking lot.
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Tried to early vote in East Memphis. Had the kids and the line was unbelievable. Wife and I decided to leave. As we were walking out my 4 year old exclaimed excitedly in her "outside" voice, "Daddy, some of those people were going to vote for John Kerry!!!!!!" (She can read the buttons) An old couple walking out in front of us turned and scowled. I was about to crack up but I turned to my daughter and comforted her by saying, " Yes honey I know. It is really sad." That really pissed off the Democrats!
I am on my way to vote in Grand Junction, 50 miles east of Memphis...Wet but no rain now....
Probably 70% black in my precinct, where they would vote for some cartoon character, if he has a "D" by the name, so we will not win here, but I am sure TN will be for Bush.
In Murfreesboro, I passed two schools around 7:30 am. The first school was closed and looked like a voting precinct. Vehicles parked everywhere you could fit one.
The second school didn't look like a voting precinct. Several cars there, but it looked like a normal school day. However, they had several Kerry signs and Larry Trail signs in the school yard. Union members I guess...
Definitely a beautiful day in upper East Tennessee! I voted a week ago, but I drove by a couple of polling places this morning and they seemed pretty active. This is hardcore GOP territory!
There are no Senate or Governor races here this year, but there will still be a great turnout for the President. We have a leftist Rat running against our GOP congressman Bill Jenkins, but Jenkins will crush him. The Rat is a Michael Moore fan who attended the premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 here a few months ago. Yeah, that'll go over here real well!
Bush will win Tennessee in a landslide, and an even bigger landslide in upper East Tennessee!
Forest Hills, S. suburban Nashville. Arrived at the polling place at 7:10 expecting to be the only one there. Shocked to see a full parking lot and a line stretching out the front door and down the sidewalk. People behind me in line making disparaging remarks about Michael Moore. No sKerry campaign presence at all, not even a sign. There was a GWB sign. Took 1 hour to get to the head of the line and vote. On the way out, the line was almost as long as it had been when I arrived.
Several Kerry signs placed outside the school. Plus, one black and white pooch tethered to the bike rack. Not sure if the latter is to be regarded as a political statement.
From radio reports this morning, about 2.2 million people voted in the 2000 election. They expected about 2.5 total. Over 1.1 million voted early. As of now, starting to sprinkle and cloud over in Knoxville, but was beautiful this morning.
I'm sitting in Ohio. I got an email from my mom in TN. She said, "I am really in a delimma. I can't make up my mind. what say you?" So I responded. Long story short, I told her to vote for Bush. A little later, she actually called and told me she was on her way to the polls to vote for Bush. The abortion issue alone was enough to sway her the "right" way.
Vanderbilt is running shuttles to take students to vote here in Davidson county. Not sure if staff and faculty can use the shuttle as well. From what I have heard there have been long lines here in Davidson. I voted absentee in Georgia so I can't say for sure.
Just voted in Williamson county and there were no lines and only two other voters in the room.
I'm also hearing that Bush signs are being destroyed around Williamson county polling places.