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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.


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KEYWORDS: 4moreyears; bush; cheney; dubya; election; electionday; fourmoreyears; gwb2004
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To: A Navy Vet
Great turnout in here in Dodge City , KS. The wife and I just got back 5 min. ago. Got our bubbles darkened black for Bush Cheney and 4 more years.

G-d Bless America and pray for the troops.

981 posted on 11/02/2004 11:59:51 AM PST by highpockets
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To: JimB in Venice

Illegal. It's been used every time I've voted in Florida for decades, including this election. Of course my precinct runs so smoothly that there is never a line of more than ten minutes.

the only person I waited for this noon was my wife.


982 posted on 11/02/2004 12:02:31 PM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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To: finnman69

That is WRONG! We have a private ballot in America. Please, please report this!!!


983 posted on 11/02/2004 12:07:16 PM PST by Lexinom ("A person's a person no matter how small" - from Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who)
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To: An.American.Expatriate
Can you take notes with you, when you vote? I got the ballot and none of the judges up for election, reelection were labeled Republican, Democrat or Independent.

So, halfway through filling out the ballot, I asked if I could go out into the library, get online and do some quick research, so I didn't accidentally vote for any 'rat judges.

I came back about a half-hour later and then got a new ballot, completed it, and fed it through the machine myself, where, presumably, it will later be tallied with all the others.

I would have done research earlier, except for the fact that there's appx. 30 justices' names I'd have to remember.
984 posted on 11/02/2004 12:08:54 PM PST by jdm
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To: An.American.Expatriate
3 votes for Bush/Cheney, Dino Rossi, and George Nethercutt. No line. Only gentle elderly people as the poll workers and the lone election official. Nothing suspicous.

Several Republicans out holding signs throughout town. Only a couple of Kerry groups.

985 posted on 11/02/2004 12:12:08 PM PST by Lexinom ("A person's a person no matter how small" - from Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who)
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To: jrsdls

Good on ya!


986 posted on 11/02/2004 12:21:32 PM PST by Tread (Time to "flush the Johns"!)
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To: traviskicks

My parents live in Wisconsin. There is a rather sizeable Amish community, and they are voting en masse as well.


987 posted on 11/02/2004 12:21:44 PM PST by kirdona
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To: An.American.Expatriate
I voted this morning at Texas 3208. I got there at 9:00 and was out at 9:17.

There were no hecklers and the people at the precinct were professional and courteous.

Musta' been Pubbies!!

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988 posted on 11/02/2004 12:21:55 PM PST by Brownie74
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To: OXENinFLA
I'm watching Shep on FNC ... and only caught the tail end

But is he saying he's surprised to hear there is such a thing of voter fraud and intimidation from the Dems??

989 posted on 11/02/2004 12:31:23 PM PST by Mo1 (This Sept 10th attitude is no way to protect our country)
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To: All

We just came back from voting....

In Cookeville, Tn (at TTU) we didn't have any long lines, no observers, no "hecklers"....

It took us 10 minutes...


990 posted on 11/02/2004 12:40:47 PM PST by dj_animal_2000
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To: All

South Florida Report:


No line, zip.

Nice old lady checks your ID, you sign the voter roll next to the photocopy of your signature, she initials the entry and hands you a number slip which you then hand to the person with the electronic "key" to activate the e-voting machine.

Smooooooth as silk.

Now to get the family to the polls after work.


991 posted on 11/02/2004 12:46:03 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! NOV 2, 2004 is VETERANS DAY! VOTE!)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Tally two more for W! My wife had a 90 minute wait at 8:00 am, but I walked right in at 2:00.

I took my eleven year-old along, and she was thrilled to push to button for President Bush.

992 posted on 11/02/2004 12:47:36 PM PST by CSW (JF’nK was either a coward who ran out or a cad who was run out.)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

Voted here in Central Tx. no lines but steady voters coming in. Voted about 1 hr. ago. Wife should be voting now.


993 posted on 11/02/2004 12:51:35 PM PST by nomorelurker (wetraginhell)
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To: CSW
I just voted for Geo - that felt good!

The line in Mt. Pleasant, SC (Near Charleston) have been 1 hour plus all day.

The crowd appeared to be mostly Bushies, but then again SC is Bush country.

994 posted on 11/02/2004 12:55:34 PM PST by ImProudToBeAnAmerican (www.BrilliantYachts.com ~~ AIM: Brilliant Yachts)
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To: Rokke

>>Is Utica a Republican or democrat area?<<

From the yard signs, pretty split. However there is some public housing in the city. Over there, the bumper stickers are very Kerry.


995 posted on 11/02/2004 1:03:00 PM PST by netmilsmom (Conservative women smile with their soul!)
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To: JimB in Venice

Jim, Voting in FL since 1990 and always by the alphabet. In Bradenton now and the S - Z line is the shortest, makes me happy last name begins with W!


996 posted on 11/02/2004 1:06:31 PM PST by angelnoel
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To: RottiBiz
Thank you. :^D

997 posted on 11/02/2004 1:13:32 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: An.American.Expatriate

New Hampshire (swing state) border town, 11 AM:

Heaviest turnout I've ever seen. Cars backed up onto side streets; people parking on the streets, since the parking lot was full.

All ages - 20/30-somethings, young families with kids, invalid elderly.

Once inside the building, every line moved quickly - very efficient, everybody well-behaved.

Low-tech paper ballots you mark by hand, so no waits due to broken/too few machines.

When I left, the line of cars backed up on the side streets was even longer.

Kerry/Edwards sign holders at several street corners on main roads in my town and in Nashua. Resisted urge to flash 'em the finger.

Love Dubya!


998 posted on 11/02/2004 1:25:43 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie
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To: mitchbert
Sure.

FWIW, I've got Bush winning the 11/2 vote to the tune of 289-249 (Bush picks up Wisconsin and New Mexico from 2000, Kerry picks up New Hampshire). Of course, those provisional "ballots" in Ohio and Wisconsin (the RATs won't dare try this in Florida) will likely change things.

999 posted on 11/02/2004 1:26:41 PM PST by steveegg (If you're reading this, your poll is open, and you haven't voted for Bush/Cheney, do so NOW!)
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To: LibFreeOrDie
You should've flashed them a "W".
First polls close in less than an hour and a half (EST portions of Indiana and Kentucky). First states with results at 7 pm EST (when the polls in CST parts of Indiana and Kentucky close, along with Georgia, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia).
1,000 posted on 11/02/2004 1:40:31 PM PST by steveegg (If you're reading this, your poll is open, and you haven't voted for Bush/Cheney, do so NOW!)
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