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11-07-2006, 11:41 PM
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^^^I'm so glad I live in a blue state where Democrats just swept the entire board.
Woohoo! Deval Patrick was elected governor of Massachusetts, kicking Kerry Healey's ass! Numbers are preliminary but she's already given her concession speech.
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11-08-2006, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by centaur532
^^^I'm so glad I live in a blue state where Democrats just swept the entire board.
Woohoo! Deval Patrick was elected governor of Massachusetts, kicking Kerry Healey's ass! Numbers are preliminary but she's already given her concession speech.
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Yeah, the Boston Globe can't help falling over itself in excitement of a Dem. governor and legislature. After reading this morning's edition, I don't know how ANYONE can defend the impartiality of that paper.
That said, Patrick ran a solid campaign, and he was really the only one who did so. Kerry Healey is extremely smart, but she just didn't run a good campaign.
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11-08-2006, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by centaur532
^^^I'm so glad I live in a blue state where Democrats just swept the entire board.
Woohoo! Deval Patrick was elected governor of Massachusetts, kicking Kerry Healey's ass! Numbers are preliminary but she's already given her concession speech.
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What I don't understand about this state is why do people think it's so bad to be able to sell wine in all grocery stores? Luckily, my grocery store is one of the 3 allowed in a chain to sell liquor.
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11-08-2006, 10:05 AM
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I would like to be happy with the election results in my home state but we did some pretty stupid things yesterday. 
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11-08-2006, 10:24 AM
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I voted yesterday, but none of it really counted since I voted mostly libertarian - because I would like to see a viable 3 party system here, and because I didn't care for anyone running in the normal parties.
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11-08-2006, 10:43 AM
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That's what I did by voting Green in Illinois. And besides getting 10% of the vote, the Green Party is now a major party. I'm a big fan of multi-party politics and I hate how it's been engineered by the two parties in power to stay a two party system
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11-08-2006, 11:00 AM
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Dear Melissa Hart:
Be the man that I've come to believe you actually are and QUIT WHINING. You lost to a dude who looks like Alex P. Keaton, deal with it and STFU.
xoxo,
33 and most of Pittsburgh
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11-08-2006, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl
Dear Melissa Hart:
Be the man that I've come to believe you actually are and QUIT WHINING. You lost to a dude who looks like Alex P. Keaton, deal with it and STFU.
xoxo,
33 and most of Pittsburgh
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Seriously co-sign. I am SO glad I don't have to see her whiny commercials anymore. I can't decide if she's manly or just horsey?
That is the best thing about the day after election day. No more damn commercials. No more Lynn Swann talking but not really saying a damn thing. No more of Rick Santorum pimping out his family.
Speaking of Rick- did you see the pictures of his family last night? His kids were dressed like they were Amish. Really, you can be super-Catholics and still dress with some amount of self respect and style. God won't look down upon you for being at least slightly stylish.
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11-08-2006, 11:22 AM
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That's what I did by voting Green in Illinois. And besides getting 10% of the vote, the Green Party is now a major party. I'm a big fan of multi-party politics and I hate how it's been engineered by the two parties in power to stay a two party system
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I was really surprise with the Green party turn out. 49% to Blagojevich, 40% to Topinka and 10% to Whitney. That's a greater turn out than at least from what I've seen in the past (mostly in the 5% range). I could definitely see the Green party rising.
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11-08-2006, 11:47 AM
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I think a lot of people were not happy with the choice between Blagojevich and Topinka. I also think Topinka's choice of running mate really hurt her - I know a lot of people (especially women) who would have had no problem voting for her, but could not stand Birkett and didn't want him anywhere near the governor's mansion. (he is dreadful!)
That said, it is a beautiful day to be a Democrat. 
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11-08-2006, 11:15 AM
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I would like to be happy with the election results in my home state but we did some pretty stupid things yesterday. |
It's true. Disappointing setback.
Overall, however, I'm pretty hopeful today.
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11-08-2006, 12:59 PM
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It's true. Disappointing setback.
Overall, however, I'm pretty hopeful today. |
Oh snaps, Brew-city!
Although I'm formerly of that grand #2 party city in the country! I do visit often...
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11-08-2006, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by KSigkid
Yeah, the Boston Globe can't help falling over itself in excitement of a Dem. governor and legislature. After reading this morning's edition, I don't know how ANYONE can defend the impartiality of that paper.
That said, Patrick ran a solid campaign, and he was really the only one who did so. Kerry Healey is extremely smart, but she just didn't run a good campaign.
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What I don't understand about this state is why do people think it's so bad to be able to sell wine in all grocery stores? Luckily, my grocery store is one of the 3 allowed in a chain to sell liquor.
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Boston Globe is a paper in a super liberal blue state. I never had any delusions of its impartiality. It's like Fox News, only liberal!
I really don't get the wine thing either. We can make gay marriage legal, but wine in supermarkets? Think of the children!
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11-08-2006, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by centaur532
Boston Globe is a paper in a super liberal blue state. I never had any delusions of its impartiality. It's like Fox News, only liberal!
I really don't get the wine thing either. We can make gay marriage legal, but wine in supermarkets? Think of the children!
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Oh definitely, I never had delusions either, it's just that the levels of impartiality surprise me sometimes. Seven years living in Boston dulled me to it a bit though when I was reading it every day. Between the Globe and the Herald, there's no middle ground.
The wine and beer thing was annoying; now that I'm out of the state, it's nice to be able to stop by the grocery store to pick up a 6 pack or whatever. Who knows though, they did take away the ban on Sundays.
Also, Heath Shuler won - hopefully he ends up as a better Congressman than NFL QB:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2653384
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11-08-2006, 02:44 PM
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BTW, looks like they're calling Montana for the Democrats leaving only Virginia to go (and there'll almost certainly be a recount there as the margin is small enough that the state will do it for free at the loser's request.)
/Not sure if everyone's calling it or not but there's about a 4,000 vote difference with 99% reporting.
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