tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post770177740354134326..comments2023-11-02T11:59:12.553+01:00Comments on The Chronicles of Tewkesbury: Sobering and FunnyJ.M. Tewkesburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-10129212550681570362008-09-14T06:30:00.000+02:002008-09-14T06:30:00.000+02:00Adriana: I wondered whether that was you! Actually...Adriana: I wondered whether that was you! Actually, now that I think about it, what I said to Cele was wrong. In 2000, Gore won the popular vote, but Bush won the E.C. If the E.C. no longer existed, Gore would have been president and our votes would have counted and mattered in a real sense. As it was, they only mattered theoretically.<BR/><BR/>As for the current stats favoring Obama with the E.C., I like that, too, because it favors my candidate and my choice. Technically, that's all that matters to me. But, on a larger plain, it disturbs that those Americans who are casting their lots with McCain will feel the same way I felt eight years ago....<BR/><BR/>Oh, hell. Scratch that. If the E.C. is how Obama wins in the end, I don't give a fuck how Republicans or McCain voters feel. Let them see what it's like to not have your vote count for a change!<BR/><BR/>Hmph.J.M. Tewkesburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-80662874759045488982008-09-14T02:23:00.000+02:002008-09-14T02:23:00.000+02:00Hi -- sorry, I'm just now returning and realized I...Hi -- sorry, I'm just now returning and realized I had accidentally commented under my DH's "secret" identity (which has something to do with an art dealer; he uses it to comment on an art blog). <BR/><BR/>OK, but about that electoral college, if you look on Politico.com they show McCain 2 points ahead in the popular vote (smell of brain smoking in effort to plot our expatriate life) however in electoral votes Obama is still ahead, 273 to McCain's 265, so I'm feeling a little more friendly towards the EC today.<BR/><BR/>I'm posting a comment about the election at 8:15 p.m. Clearly I need to get a life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-51853235102891678352008-09-13T21:40:00.000+02:002008-09-13T21:40:00.000+02:00Cele: The fact is, even though the electoral colle...Cele: The fact is, even though the electoral college casts the final vote, they can't cast their votes without our votes. So, in that sense, whether we vote matters. (As for the E.C., that needs to be abolished. It's outdated and unnecessary.)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Colin's Ghost: Perhaps Bill Clinton will be our salvation/Karl Rove this year. I think that was Gore's big blunder in 2000 and Kerry didn't bite back like he should have. I hope the DNC and its candidates have learned from past mistakes. As for Karl Rove, he is slimier and more loathsome than Satan and Hitler combined. And that's being generous!J.M. Tewkesburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-30274624320793598962008-09-13T18:31:00.000+02:002008-09-13T18:31:00.000+02:00Very interesting about the five myths -- see, this...Very interesting about the five myths -- see, this is why I think the Democrats need someone evil on our side! I know, I know, we should rise above. Oh if only rising above got people elected! <BR/><BR/>I think we need our own Rove working the black magic behind the scenes, someone who can pull the sleight of hand that keeps Obama and Biden, to all appearances, distanced from that dirty work.<BR/><BR/>Maybe this meeting with Bill Clinton will give us that?Colin's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910848963575983571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-80735441790036075362008-09-09T18:16:00.000+02:002008-09-09T18:16:00.000+02:00Thank you so much. And you are right we should enl...Thank you so much. And you are right we should enlighten and educated ourselves daily about who and whom direct our lives and country.<BR/><BR/>I get so tired of people who say it doesn't count, we don't have a say. Those are the people (my husband) who give up to easily and whan it handed to them. Arm yourself with knowledge and then get out and do something about it.Celehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471318342104018488noreply@blogger.com