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Jodi Moisan
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Posted: 11 September 2008 at 5:11pm | IP Logged | 1  

OK we need some comedy I am going to post the pictures I am going to post in my sunday blog. Share any you might have.

The McCain Cat was Don's idea  and was posted already but cracked me up so much I wanted to repost for those that missed it and I will be giving him credit, if you would rather I not post it Don just let me know.



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So -- after McCain dies of old age and Palin is killed by some whacko anti-woman assassin -- who is president?
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Back on topic, here are the latest polls

Poll Date Sample McCain (R) Obama (D) Spread
RCP Average 09/05 - 09/10 -- 47.7 45.2 McCain +2.5
Gallup Tracking 09/08 - 09/10 2718 RV 48 44 McCain +4
Hotline/FD Tracking 09/08 - 09/10 902 RV 46 44 McCain +2
Rasmussen Tracking 09/08 - 09/10 3000 LV 48 48 Tie
FOX News 09/08 - 09/09 900 RV 45 42 McCain +3
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 09/06 - 09/08 860 RV 45 46 Obama +1
ABC News/Wash Post 09/05 - 09/07 LV 49 47 McCain +2
USA Today/Gallup 09/05 - 09/07 823 LV 54 44 McCain +10
CBS News 09/05 - 09/07 655 RV 46 44 McCain +2
CNN/OpinionResearch 09/05 - 09/07 942 RV 48 48 Tie

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So -- after McCain dies of old age and Palin is killed by some whacko
anti-woman assassin -- who is president?


Pick me! Forget the chicken in every pot - I promise free beer, maple syrup,
bacon and doughnuts for everyone!


Edited to add quote for context.

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So -- after McCain dies of old age and Palin is killed by some whacko anti-woman assassin -- who is president?

What a terrifying thought.  I'd rather have Obama!

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"Simply registering with the address of a local church or shelter is probably not secure enough... I could imagine a whole lot of college students registering in multiple districts."

The church or shelter would know the regulars. Also, they would be able to tell college kid apart from homeless guy or woman.


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Joe:  ...they would be able to tell college kid apart from homeless guy or woman.

Have you SEEN college kids recently???

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Another 20 years and voting probably won't be an issue.  They'll have a database of retinal scans and all the voting will be tied to database of the scans.  Get your eye scanned and vote.   Stranger things have happened.
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So -- after McCain dies of old age and Palin is killed by some whacko anti-woman assassin -- who is president?

What a terrifying thought.  I'd rather have Obama!

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It can get scarier than that. If the President, VP, and Speaker go down then Robert Byrd becomes President.

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Another 20 years and voting probably won't be an issue.  They'll have a database of retinal scans and all the voting will be tied to database of the scans.  Get your eye scanned and vote.   Stranger things have happened

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That could be done now. It could also be used to alert the same people to possible health problems.

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Posted: 11 September 2008 at 6:40pm | IP Logged | 11  

I have worked at the polls since I was 18 years old. To register you need to register in a precinct and bring a picture ID, (which can be given out for no cost). The office that oversees voting makes sure that there are no voters, that have registered in more than one location. Lets say you are registered in house X , you can't move to house Y and register again. You can request a change of address but if you are registered in one precinct, that will be the only place you can vote.

 A state issued ID should be enough to allow you to vote. Doing what the republicans are doing in Michigan is out right wrong. Because a person is in finanacial trouble does not mean they should have no voice in government.

This is an old fashioned dirty politics trick and is used to disinfranchise a group  of people that are more than likely, to vote opposite of the party trying to get this thru. Historically it was used to keep blacks from voting and it looks like it is continued to try to do the same thing.

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If the Republicans in Michigan wanted to stick it to black voters they probably would've picked a county where the ratio of whites to blacks is a lot less than 34 to 1.
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