Election 2004 Archives
February 02, 2005
I haven't said a lot about the election since November, but it has been discovered by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that in 17 wards there were 100 more votes cast than there are actual voters. How much more fucked up ...
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January 20, 2005
Illegal aliens were allowed to vote in Harris County because of a voter registration based on the "honor system" that pretty much lets anyone who marks a box vote with no actual checks made to the authenticity. Houston Chronicle At ...
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November 05, 2004
Doing some digging into actual facts, Bill over at INDC Journal, has crunched the numbers on current job growth, growth forecasts and current job loses under President Bush. What is phenomenal is that with the news out that 337,000 jobs ...
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Ace of Spades has a piece on Trump, Kerry and a new show called "The Candidate". Go check it out. ...
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November 04, 2004
I was just crusing around tonight/morning and managed upon an excellent write up by EdWonk over at The Education Wonks. It goes over numerous opportunities squandered by Kerry that could well have put him in the White House if EdWonk ...
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Posted by Digger at 12:33 AM
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November 03, 2004
Check out this cool map from USA Today that has the county by county vote results. If you go to the link above you can see your states county by county results as well. They're also continually updating the map ...
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I think it's pretty clear that the majority of people in the country are against gay marriage. While I'm against gay marriage because it infringes on an institution that it millennia old I am in favor of civil unions. I ...
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There were several changes made by the election yesterday that will directly effect future immigration reforms. First and foremost Senator Tom Daschle was defeated. Daschle was a big promoter of amnesty for illegal aliens. Martin Frost in Dallas was defeated. ...
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Posted by Digger at 09:55 AM
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I'm glad Barack Obama won and beat Alan Keyes handily. Alan Keyes is a wacko. That is all. ...
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Posted by Digger at 09:37 AM
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The stock market soared after it was announced that John kerry had called the president and conceded the election. As of 9AM the Dow is up 140, the NASDAQ is up almost 27 and the S&P up a little over ...
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Posted by Digger at 08:55 AM
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Fox news is reporting that John Kerry has called President Bush and conceded the race. Now I'm just waiting for both their speeches and then we can put all this behind us, unless we want to have a recount, just ...
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Posted by Digger at 08:19 AM
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November 02, 2004
The polling place was easy to find as I had been there for some other votes in the past, including last years recall election. It was a nice brisk day, probably about 60F I headed to my polling place after ...
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Posted by Digger at 09:28 AM
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I know this is late for a lot of you and I've been meaning to write it but we must get rid of Robert Matsui as our Congressman in District 5 for California. He has probably the worst record in ...
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Posted by Digger at 07:00 AM
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We in California have about 16 propositions on the ballot this year and while it's late on the eve of the election I figured I'd run through them and make a few comments on why I'm voting the way I ...
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I couldn't say this any better or more humorous than Jeff at Beautiful Atrocities could. Go take a quick read of his take on Barbara Boxer, Incumbent Democrat Senator from California. ...
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October 31, 2004
Our friends over at The Education Wonks managed to track down Barbara Boxer, a Democrat and an incumbent Senator out here in California (the other being Diane Feinstein), at a stump speech in town. EdWonk managed to wiggle to the ...
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Posted by Digger at 01:43 AM
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October 30, 2004
That's right, you can see the actual skulls of the presidential candidates here. via Instapundit ...
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October 29, 2004
Looks like the Aussies have made their choice. And their choice is a strong economy, strong military and a bright future as they have elected the conservatives into power. I'd just like to let our mates down under know that ...
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October 27, 2004
Jane at Armies of Liberation says that next election let's just have a national block party rather than giving candidates the money to spend on the constant bickering. I'll have to agree. While I believe in the free market this ...
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October 26, 2004
If you haven't been to The Onion this week head over there for their "Countdown to the Recount 2004". Other segments include "The Onions Election Day Guide" with such gems as: Keep in mind that the name of every person ...
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Posted by Digger at 08:06 PM
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October 25, 2004
Well, this is annoying and I wonder if I'll run into this too. TallGlassOfMilk over at Drink This... found out that not only had she registered as a Democrat, but she had signed it as well. Go read her story ...
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Posted by Digger at 02:14 AM
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On the Cuyahoga County, Ohio ballot below you can see it is really screwed up. Just like this absentee ballot that was really screwed up. This time around the screw up favors Kerry and has the Republicans up in arms ...
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Posted by Digger at 01:31 AM
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October 22, 2004
There's some cool pumpkin carvings over at Blogs for Bush, go check 'em out real quick. ...
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Posted by Digger at 10:23 AM
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October 21, 2004
What is wrong with these groups? They constantly fail to understand the separation of federal funds and political endorsement. Funding should be yanked immediately for any group that mixes the two. AP Lately, stories of politics and flu vaccinations have ...
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October 14, 2004
I've heard this about 100 times and am sick of it, so I was pleasantly surprised to see Rusty at The Jawa Report totally blow the claim away. Charts, facts and everything. And this is the first president in 72 ...
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Posted by Digger at 08:06 PM
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Poor, tired Jane over at Armies of Liberation fell asleep and missed the debates last night. Her astute eight year old daughter took up the banner and writes an insightful piece that shatters all the spin put forth. Head on ...
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October 13, 2004
Finally, A question on immigration! President Bush is just horrible on this issue and it is one of the major strikes against him for me. Now he just said he doesn't support amnesty. He doesn't get to the heart of ...
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Posted by Digger at 06:54 PM
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This is really quite uncalled for. A Tennessee Democrat, Craig Fitzhugh, who is running for congress has passed out this flyer as part of his campaign. Now being a Farker I've seen this before. It's one thing to maybe photoshop ...
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October 09, 2004
John Howard won a 4th term in Australia. This is great news for the coalition and for any rational minded peoples of the world. Unlike Spain and the Philippines, Australia has shown that a true friend doesn't fold like a ...
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Posted by Digger at 06:41 PM
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I watched the debate and both the candidates came off well. I'm partial to George Bush, but I have to admit that Kerry came off better than I thought he would. I still don't agree with his claims that he ...
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October 07, 2004
Here's a little quiz sponsored by AOL News and Time magazine. It runs you through the issues and then matches you according to the candidate best matching you on those issues. Here's my results: Thanks to Chad for linking to ...
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Posted by Digger at 05:35 PM
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Haha! Go check out this "professional" news website Say Anything (via Allah) caught posting a Bush win already! Screenshot and all. Rob at Say Anything has a retraction and there's an apology on their news site with the hilarious headline ...
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Posted by Digger at 02:58 PM
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Look at this stupid ballot. It's an absentee ballot from Michigan. Look where the Presidential vote is. The arrows are all jacked up. A vote for Kerry is a vote for Bush? Blue Lemur has the story. The Miller Consultations ...
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Posted by Digger at 12:26 PM
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In my recent voter sample ballot I received in the mail from the County of Sacramento Voter Registration and Elections there was this page in the back. It's always good to know that you can use a Bank Statement since ...
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October 06, 2004
Man I almost cried while reading some of this stuff on Something Awful. Here's a little sampling of the commentary. In an effort to prove how strong he was, Cheney injected a syringe full of heroin into his heart. He ...
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Posted by Digger at 11:08 AM
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Do we really want someone voting who listens to a video game character's instructions to do so? Apparently MTV thinks so. In its latest Choose or Lose campaign they plan on using Lara Croft, Spongebob Squarepants, The Sims, characters from ...
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Posted by Digger at 08:39 AM
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October 02, 2004
Farrah over at CamEdwards.com has a piece on an undecided voter friend of hers that watched the debate the other night and finally made her decision. I'm in agreement with her friends sentiments. It's easy to use hindsight to say ...
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October 01, 2004
A group calling itself The Talent Show went up on stage after the debate and managed to pilfer George W. Bush's debate notes. Bush was seen scribbling through the debate and The Talent Show has provided an exclusive scanning of ...
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Posted by Digger at 12:28 PM
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I watched the debate, I didn't do any live blogging or any of that over the top stuff though. It went ok for both I thought. Kerry didn't look like a total asshead although I noticed his hands were shaking ...
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September 20, 2004
I've been avoiding the campaign as others are covering it sufficiently. Once in awhile a topic or issue comes up that I can't ignore and I comment on, this is one of those issues. Captains Quarters is covering an article ...
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September 05, 2004
Now this is just ridiculous. I've tried to stay away from commenting on the candidates and parties, but this just takes the cake! The Kerry campaign has just put out this PR Release [ backup copy here -ed ] entitled ...
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September 04, 2004
In the latest entry from The Politburo Diktat the ever eloquent Commissar explains the why and how of the failure of the protesters at the Republican National Convention this past week. Excerpt: There is another aspect to the protestors' failure. ...
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August 31, 2004
I've been purposely avoiding the presidential candidates and conventions, as there are plenty of others focusing on those topics. I've been sticking strictly to issues that I take to heart. However, the speech by Rudy Giuliani last night at the ...
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August 29, 2004
Check out this video over at The Daily Recycler.(scroll down to play the video) Good thing we don't leave the wars to the dems, "thays don't be punchin' so well". Kid dropped his crap and looked like he was about ...
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August 24, 2004
Via Backcountry Conservative we have an article from the AP outlining this new mailing by the Democratic Party. A state Democratic Party effort to enlist new voters calls on people to make a choice between being drafted for military service ...
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