I am beginning to become scared that Romney/Ryan will win. Can smart people please post here and say reassuring things to convince me that he won't?

kid comes out, holds his head upright, makes eye contact with everybody in the room, shakes hands, asks for votes and support

kisses self

brushes placenta off his shoulder

Expected effect: http://m.gawker.com/5955268/gop-accuses-obama-of-ties-to-satan-over-lena-dunham-ad

Not to derail the conversation from license plates, but this via my wife's friend...
I went through the citizenship ceremony.
When you are approved at the interview you are told to wait for notice of the ceremony to be held two or three months later.
The ceremony has the air of a celebration. Mine was in a local theater with something like 200 new citizens there with families and friends attending. A judge presides, who in my case was originally from Mexico and had his own story to tell. There was a class of children on the stage who sang songs and read essays about being American. The video of the president welcoming us was played. Everyone had to stand and pledge allegiance. The judge asked if anybody wanted to speak, someone going out into the audience with a microphone. He'd ask where they were from, how long the process had taken, etc. Hearing this is where it gets really touching. For many of these people this was a huge deal. A lot of very happy people in the room.
You receive a packet containing things like the voter registration form, booklets about the US and being a citizen, and a flag. On your exit you are given your naturalization certificate and it's all done.

lol @ #Satan

ugh @ Romney son appearance on 30 Rock. I hate when shows "address" politics by making both sides of an issue/election look like idiots

you must really hate the debates then

BOOOOOOOOM SO TOPICAL

these debates sucked! Biden was sort of entertaining.

would've been a lot better with a drunk obama or something

so i keep getting panicky emails that barry's been outraised by mittsy by $45 million in the final stretch. ouch

God dammit me too.

money doesn't matter at this point

you mean like 'in this economy'
you mean like cute american children playing w stacks of devalued dollars on the street

As in, "I'm working on an answer song to Randy Newman."

hey i know brad plumer!

and, Senator, you are no...oh wait

I tried phone-banking yesterday and remembered why I hated it so much. Spiked my anxiety levels. I'm far better as a tech support and logistics guy or even a canvasser than being on the telephonic front line.

"That's got to be troubling for Romney," McDonald said. "Election Day would have to be a Republican parade for Romney to win (Iowa)"

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-29/democrats-hold-early-voting-advantage-over-republicans

I don't think early voting stats matter all that much tbh.

well they matter in that people whove already voted cant change their mind, so if youre behind when early voting starts then its harder for you to come back than it would be w/o early voting

i early voted today btw

so thats one vote for obma sry mitt romney

also if youve voted then that eliminates the chance you wont vote

yeah it doesn't mean 'obama wins iowa' but it's a signal of gotv strength

is there any reason to suspect early vote would be non-representative or skewed democrat in iowa?

seems to be the case but i wonder why

In Colorado, Florida, Iowa and North Carolina, Obama banked so many early votes in 2008 that he won those states even though he ran behind in each in votes cast on Election Day itself, according to voting data compiled by the Associated Press.

democrats just trying harder to get people to vote early prob

dems pushed early voting harder + just a bigger gotv machine + obv more enthusiasm last time xp

there's an inherent interest in it for dems because their base is less likely to vote regardless

k cool

also if youve voted then that eliminates the chance you wont vote

Even if you get hit by a bus before Election Day. That's why I like early voting -- the potential to influence earthly events from beyond the grave.

surprised zombie voting parties haven't caught on already

So Romney will probably take Florida, huh?

Probably. Miami-Dade, Broward, and Hillsborough just ain't enough.

there's a 64.7% chance, I'd say

god i'm just getting panicked

need a hug?

this minnesota detour headfake is pretty weird

i'm chalking it up to the eastern seaboard & rust belt being air-traffic-jammed, tbh

heinous traffic outside the music shop where i take guitar lessons last night. apparently paul ryan was doing a thing in the republican-owned (?) bar across the street. heavy SUVs and secret service everywhere.

what bar is that so i can avoid it in the future

o'gara's!

they also hosted a big yes-on-voter-id blowout a month ago

oh yeah haha well it wont be hard to avoid that place since i fucking hate it anyway.

taking a stand!

LOL, never been in there. Never will be.

o'garas - all the charm of an applebees with food to match

now bigot friendly!

http://www.ogaras.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Serving-Our-Troops.jpeg

need a hug?

― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, October 31, 2012 11:37 AM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

YES

oh god ok fuck o'garas

hated that place anyway

is martin zeller still a thing?

i think so? hes actually a decent dude, so i cant really blame him for cash grabbing for years there, even if it does have the cool factor of having a residency at a low-rent bubba gump shrimp factory