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By on Nov 10th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
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Number of House races that are still without winners. In Ohio, “elections officials are delaying the count of more than 9,000 provisional ballots by one day so it doesn’t disrupt the much-vaulted Ohio State-Michigan football game on Nov. 18.”
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In Ohio, “elections officials are delaying the count of more than 9,000 provisional ballots by one day so it doesn’t disrupt the much-vaulted Ohio State-Michigan football game on Nov. 18.â€
I am glad to see that Ohio has its priorities straight. Now, if they were holding up the count for a NASCAR race...well, that would be a different matter!
lol
November 10th, 2006 at 12:31 pmGot to be Republinazis
Ohio's officials have GOT to be Republidiots. Got to be.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:32 pmAnd the republicans wonder why Blackwell didn't get elected Gov.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:33 pmFootball is more important than the election?
WTF?
November 10th, 2006 at 12:33 pmGo Bucks!!
November 10th, 2006 at 12:35 pmpriorities??
no.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:37 pmWell, there it is finally, right out in the open.
In America, Football is more important that Democracy.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:39 pmInterestingly, the only prominent examples this year of exit polls not matching results were in Virginia and Montana. In Virginia, exit polls had Webb ahead by 7 or 8 points and the same in Montana. Those were key to Repubs keeping the Senate. I think they underestimated the turnout for Dems in those states and blew it -- didn't cheat quite enough. But, now Dems will run congress and maybe we'll get some investigations into these exit poll vs. results anomalies we've seen in the past three elections.
How about this: no more computer-based voting systems!
November 10th, 2006 at 12:45 pmWolverines by 10.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:50 pm#8
That's true, the Republinazis should have just used their Diebold software to flip the votes instead of trying to base their vote treason crimes upon estimated percentages of wins.
Next time! These god damned crooks will certainly commit more mass voter fraud in 2008 and they won't give a sh*t that their further treason against America is blatantly evidenced.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:50 pmok - much as my ILLINI loyalty would probably denounce this, i'm gonna root for michigan for just this reason...
November 10th, 2006 at 12:53 pmbesides, if the ILLINI could keep the no.1 ohio to just 17pts. last week, michigan won't have to work very hard to win...
It's much-vaunted. Sorry I have an insane spelling demon inside of me.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:54 pmHow can a football game be much-vaulted? Are they having a track meet there, too, at the same time?
November 10th, 2006 at 12:55 pmCould this affect the Mean Jean [Schmidt] outcome?
Just wondering.
Hey, could the loser of U of M v Ohio State still go to the championship game?
November 10th, 2006 at 12:55 pmI'm sure it should be "much-vaunted" rather than "much valuted"
November 10th, 2006 at 12:57 pmIsn't it much vaunted, not much vaulted? I mean, much vaulted would mean they catapulted the game really, really far, right?
Anyway(s) (as we say in Chicago), is there any way both teams can lose?
Oh, and ... Go Illini!
November 10th, 2006 at 12:57 pmAs a native klumbisite I just want to say I'm so proud.
November 10th, 2006 at 12:59 pmMean Jean is awaiting a vote count?
November 10th, 2006 at 12:59 pmReally?
I did not know that.
First, I hope she loses.
Second, I hope she loses bigtime.
Third, I hope she joins the Allen & Burns comedy routine; they deserve a bitch like her.
Didn't the Romans distract its citizens with games? And see where it got them.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:00 pmHoney, if that's calamity at the door, tell it to wait, I'm watching the game.
Democrats would be wise to rid of Diebold and all the other E-Voting machines, because they are pieces of high-priced junk that are prone to glitches and fraud! Possible that Dems could have won 50 seats in the House and 10 Senate seats, if those machines had not been used, plus I doubt the closeted hypocrite Charlie Crist would have become Gov. of Florida either!
November 10th, 2006 at 1:00 pm#16....Hey Dave...Long-time, no e-mail...I noticed the same thing. "Much-vaulted?"
Excellent game coming up Sunday night -- Your Bears versus the New York Giants.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:02 pmget rid of Diebold machines I mean in my post 20.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:05 pm"...delaying the count of more than 9,000 provisional ballots by one day so it doesn’t disrupt the much-vaulted Ohio State-Michigan football game on Nov. 18.â€
I can't say that's the most stupid thing I've ever heard, but it's up there.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:06 pm"What?"
November 10th, 2006 at 1:08 pm—Richard M. Nixon, quoted in Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
Throughout history, has a recount ever overturned the original count? I cannot recall that ever happening, especially since electronic voting. Ergo, it's unlikely the dems will pick up more than one of those eight. Plus thirty still aint bad.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:08 pmAs an old Michigan alum, I would say, "Go Blue!" I was in engineering school back in the early 60s, and we used to go to the football games in Ann Arbor, get drunk and jeer the then-crappy Michigan team.
Well, if Ohio officials are delaying the 2006 election vote count because of the coming Ohio State-Michigan game, I guess that the "Big Game" is in Columbus this year. The only trouble is that this game is not going to be played until November 18, which is 10 days away from today... WTF?
Maybe the Ohio election officials and their vote-counting minions are too poor to afford to buy VCRs to tape the game. If the GOP is in charge in Ohio elections vote-countying, its "a lock" that they are planning some more of their famous election monkeyshines...
We need to return to traditional and reliable hand-counted paper ballots as soon as possible to fend off any chance of the GOP electronically stealing the 2008 elections. The Canadians use hand-counted paper ballots and have their election results available within 24 hours.
Cheers.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:09 pmHappy Birthday to any and all Marines here.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:18 pmI hope they're counting provisional ballots in these tight races. Since the repub election day strategy has been to challenge as many voters as possible, I'm guessing that almost all provisional ballots are dems.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:20 pmExley, I notice that you don't bring up our pathetic Jets! :-)
November 10th, 2006 at 1:21 pmI don't mean to put anyone down, but my wife hails from Michigan, and I don't think TP has any idea, how gigantic College football is in that state.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:31 pmjust as long diebolt doesn't control the scoreboard, too...
go Bucks!
November 10th, 2006 at 1:39 pmOh wow, this reminds me of the Foxtrot cartoon from just before halloween.
http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2006/10/29/
Basically the one son is going as a diebold machine for Halloween because it's scary how easy it would be to tamper with them, and the other son points out(accidently) that the only thing scarier is that no one in America really cares.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:48 pm#29 Jane...The Jets? Oy.....Haven't I suffered enough over these past several weeks???? (But notice, Jane, I didn't say "my" New York Giants...I don't despise the Giants like I do the Yankees, but the Jets are my team...much to my embarassment).
November 10th, 2006 at 1:50 pm#30 Krazny is correct...I hail from neither Michigan nor Ohio, but even I can tell you that Wolverines-Buckeyes is THE biggest game of the college season.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:52 pmI grew up on the Ohio-Michigan border and can tell you that this game is much bigger than any election recount.
BTW, I grew up near Toledo.
Go Bucks!!
November 10th, 2006 at 1:56 pmDave Reichwing will be in the unenviable position of returning as a member of the minority, even though he tried his hardest to distance himself from the party.
November 10th, 2006 at 1:57 pmIt looks like he won, but a phyrric victory at best.
God I hate football...
November 10th, 2006 at 1:58 pmHey, Exley, are you tired of Kevan Barlow yet? Man, am I glad the Niners got rid of him. He's a jerk.
November 10th, 2006 at 2:04 pmSKdeA: "God I hate football..."
American football is the most complex game in all of team sports. NFL players have the highest average IQ of all professional athletes. Each play in an American football game is a titanic struggle between two primal forces, chaos and order. A guy sitting on the bench for an NFL team who never even gets into a game is probably the best athlete ever to come out of his home town. These are some of the reasons why I still find football compelling, but it's definitely not as important as an American election!
November 10th, 2006 at 2:07 pm#38....BlueDog, Well, we really had no other choice. We needed a running back with Curtis Martin being injured (again!) and Barlow was the best option.
November 10th, 2006 at 2:21 pmHe's not a bad running back. He's just a jerk.
November 10th, 2006 at 2:23 pmGod I hate football…
Comment by SKdeA — November 10, 2006 @ 1:58 pm
me too, actually... totally clueless...
November 10th, 2006 at 2:24 pmbut they had to invent a reason for the marching bands to show off their amazing talents! :-]
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I really don't think anyone believes that Football is more important than the elections anymore than anyone believes that liberals hate America. Well outside of a few wingnut whackjobs that is...
This is a weird story but I think its good to see us getting back to normal life and for the folks of in Michigan and Ohio life in late November is THE BIG GAME. If you're not from around here I imagine it is a little hard to understand but just humor us for this weekend when Blue vs Red doesn't carry the weight of the world... it just feels like it does.
GO BLUE from Toledo Ohio
Hail to the victors!
November 10th, 2006 at 2:24 pm#42 a little band trivia for you. The UM band was the first to perform OSU's trademark "Script Ohio"
November 10th, 2006 at 2:30 pm#41, Well, BlueDog, I've had to root for a lot of jerks once they put on the uniform of my favorite teams. My God, I actually had to cheer Bobby Bonilla and Ricky Henderson when they were on the Mets [shudder]...But, as Jerry Seinfeld says, sports fans don't really root for the players....We root for the jersey!
November 10th, 2006 at 2:35 pmWashington's 8th District still too close to call...
Washington's 8th District remains one of a little more than a handful of House seats still up in the air, following Tuesday's election. Incumbent (R) Dave Reichert still holds a slim lead on Democratic newcomer Darcy Burner with more than...
November 10th, 2006 at 2:39 pmExkley, you're giving me flashbacks! The only thing I liked about Bonilla was, when he took a bad swing or something at the plate, he would step back and whap himself in the head with his bat. That was amusing.
November 10th, 2006 at 2:54 pmJane, there were many times I wanted to whap Bonilla on the head!
November 10th, 2006 at 2:57 pmJane, wouldn't you agree that the hardest "Met" to root for EVER was....Ugh...I hate even typing his name....Vince Coleman????
November 10th, 2006 at 2:59 pmAaaghhh! That criminal?! Actually, it's a real tossup between him and Ricky Henderson. I can't count how many times I sat in the mezzanine section near left field and yelled "You SUCK, Ricky!" (Yeah, I'm a real class act!)
I'm leaving in a few minutes--enjoy your weekend!
November 10th, 2006 at 3:34 pm"but they had to invent a reason for the marching bands to show off their amazing talents! :-]
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Comment by katy — November 10, 2006 @ 2:24 pm"
And for Janet Jackson to show off her tit?
I just feel that compared to sports that involve agility and grace as well as strategy and skill, that American football (not to be confused with futbol) is so BORING!!! Three steps forward, two steps back, no action whatsoever. It just doesn't grab my attention.
November 10th, 2006 at 3:37 pmBut, each to their own! I am sure that many of you would find my passionate pastimes boring too.
However, I think it's criminal to delay election results in favor of any entertainment.
Oops, sorry about the typo, Exley (Exkley?! D'oh!!)
Have a good weekend everyone.
November 10th, 2006 at 3:43 pmWhat the? The most important thing that can be done by citizens will be delayed because of football. I heard there is a tractor pull the day after so maybe they will postpone it again.
November 10th, 2006 at 4:04 pmNot Dick but Richard.
November 10th, 2006 at 4:25 pmTransposed, the Michigan cheer goes like - Blow Goo!
Have a good weekend, Jane! Say hi to Wayne,,,,And let's go Jets!
November 10th, 2006 at 4:26 pmI can't seem to find any news that includes CA:50, Francine Busby (D) against Brian Bilbray (R), as an undetermined race. According to the San Diego Registrar's website 180,000 paper ballots have not been counted yet.
MSM called the race prematurely and that didn't surprise me. I am surprised that the netroots aren't including this race in the post-election news.
November 10th, 2006 at 4:56 pmRU, don't quit your day job
Ceriously
November 10th, 2006 at 6:26 pmeveryone together: What!?
November 10th, 2006 at 8:34 pm#42 a little band trivia for you. The UM band was the first to perform OSU’s trademark “Script Ohioâ€
Comment by Not Dick but Richard — November 10, 2006 @ 2:30 pm
not familiar with it, but may try to look it up... i only know about the MARCHING ILLINI... speaking of trivia - the UofI Harding Band Bldg is home to the (John Phillip) Sousa Archives...
And for Janet Jackson to show off her tit?
...American football (not to be confused with futbol) is so BORING!!! ...
However, I think it’s criminal to delay election results in favor of any entertainment.
Comment by SKdeA — November 10, 2006 @ 3:37 pm
jackson: much ado about nothing... also, that was PRO football..
i too think football is boring, mostly... my only reason for interest is the marching bands of which my kids are participants... and i do love to "people watch"...
and, yes, it SHOULD be criminal to delay the election results...
btw, SKdeA - i passed along your website to a good friend of mine who plays trumpet in local jazz, swing and brass bands... havent talked with him since then, but i was impressed enough to share and i'm sure he'll be appreciative also...
November 10th, 2006 at 9:20 pm.
I'm officially surprised that there weren't more disruptions with the electronic voting machines. A percent or two may have been covertly shifted, possibly even in favor of some Democrats, but I had been expecting visible hacks from non-Establishment sources. Maybe the technology was still too new?
Oh well, there's always 2008 for a major disaster...
November 10th, 2006 at 11:14 pmHmm, the worst of the candidates seem to be located in Ohio.
November 11th, 2006 at 12:29 amComment by Random Rightie — November 10, 2006 @ 11:14 pm
my 2 thoughts... in my county and congressional district IL 19, the dems did pretty awful and no one could figure it out - yet i repeated it often: it's the machines (ess)...
i think there was so/too much knowledge and warning about these machines that it made it real hard to pull it off ...
and, ok, 3, - the dem turnout, especially young people, was great...
except in my area... the anti-choice-pro-gun nuts were very active and vocal... stupid dems here: "if we do a big 'get out the vote' effort, the repugs will too", so nothing... grrrrrr...
that's all for me... g'nite all...
November 11th, 2006 at 12:55 amHi Katy!
November 11th, 2006 at 8:29 pmI think marching bad is swell too. And those kids get to participate in music, which is in short supply in the schools! Especially out here in California, where the budgets have been cut so much over the years.
I wish they spent as much on the arts in schools as they did on football!
I work for a school of music too (www.jazzschool.com) and luckily we have a program to give kids from no-music middle schools classes in jazz. Which is an easier ticket for them out of the hood than competing for those few college football positions!
Have a swell day, thanks!