More fun than what?

... than the PBS Newshour, you know. :)

Listening for the new-told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes.

Heh.

-CW

re: Love Lies Bleeding

I know it's only rock n roll, but I like it.

Well, I voted on Saturday.

Another voter! :)

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Well, I voted on Saturday.

You voted on caturday!? :)

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Wow. What's next, Black Sabbath's "Electric Funeral"?

Heh.

I mean, his song selections have never made much sense:

"You Can't Always Get What You Want" (about heroin addiction)

"YMCA" (about random gay sex in the pre-AIDS era)

"Fortunate Son" (about how rich people buy their way out of military service)

So I guess it's not all that surprising...

MtnCaddy [14] -

Aha! You read that article too! See my column today...

:-)

dsws [17] -

I'm still working my way through all the ballot initiatives. Will be dropping my ballot off directly at the county clerk's office. No middleman = no worries.

:-)

-CW

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2020/10/20/bidens-closing-message-has-been-there-all-along/

Enjoy.

-CW

The Drumpf campaign musical choices get weirder and weirder. I was listening a journalist report from his death cult rally yesterday and I'm pretty sure that Elton John's Funeral For A Friend was playing in the background.

Anyone who isn't already aware that Elton John is a musical genius need only listen to his masterpiece "Funeral for a Friend." He explained he was composing the type of music he wanted to be played at his own funeral, and that's what he created. The song "attached to it" called "Love Lies Bleeding" is basically "forgettable," but "Funeral for a Friend" is one of the most badass songs ever composed by John.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z314pQhLb2Q

What does Elton John think about Donald? Trump had asked him to play at his inauguration festivities. After turning it down, he explained:

I don't really want my music to be involved in anything to do with an American election campaign. I'm British. I've met Donald Trump, he was very nice to me, it's nothing personal, his political views are his own, mine are very different, I'm not a Republican in a million years. Why not ask Ted Nugent? Or one of those f------ country stars? They'll do it for you.

~ Elton John

I'm not exactly sure why the Trump morons thought Elton John would want to be associated with the Donald whom Elton described as a "barbarian" at a fundraising concert for Hillary Clinton.

Trump wants so desperately to be accepted by Hollywood celebrities just as much as he longs to be accepted by Broadway celebrities and New York "society," but the problem with that is they know exactly who he is and will never accept him... that thing he will never have that he covets the most. He really is a modern-day Benedict Arnold... a sick man who will sell out America's secrets for the billion plus he's in debt if he's allowed. Don't doubt it.

@nypoet22,

K, it was not quite the rabbit hole I expected. But shenanigans as described -- even in a notorious place like Broward County -- are disconcerting.

This is an example of GOP loyalty to Party over loyalty to the rule of law, loyalty to Country.

For what it's worth, I've worked the elections on the Precinct level many times here in California. I'm convinced that they've got it thought out such that ballot box stuffing (or destroying ballots) is neigh unto impossible. Every State does it their own way so I can only vouch for CA. a
But there's a lot of integrity in the other elections people I've met over 18 elections, and no reason to think it's different everywhere (besides 2016 Broward County, that is.)

Well, I voted on Saturday.

Things are looking better than I thought they would, but Democrats are masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Millions of votes may yet be lost to slow mail, voter suppression, error, and outright fraud. We heard about the relatively legitimate "official" ballot drop boxes in California. How many "official" drop boxes are out there that we won't hear about until November fourth, that the R&Rs have put out with no intention of ever collecting the ballots from? I wish I could take for granted that it's none, but I can't.

it's a bit of a rabbit hole, but feel free:

https://blackboxvoting.org/

nypoet22 wrote:

@caddy,

JL

Joshua I've read a lot of but by no means all of the various cheating scenarios out there. Cheating is not impossible but the longest of shots. While no one should trust the GOP to step up and do the right thing for Country over Party (impeachment et al) what scenario scares you the most? Please share link.

I mean, it's not like they arent already cheating: voter suppression, making voting harder for Democrats, etc. But to steal the Presidency away from the voters?

Two More Funny Feelings about 2020. Hint: this POLITICO writer started posting his considered predictions a couple of weeks ago, which this edition links to. A sample,

Generations of pollsters and journalists have fixated on the question of which candidate voters would rather have a beer with—a window into how personality translates into political success.

Here’s the thing: Americans have been having a beer with Trump for the past four years—every morning, every afternoon, every evening. He has made himself more accessible than any president in history, using the White House as a performance stage and Twitter as a real-time diary for all to read. Like the drunk at the bar, he won’t shut up.

by cheating.

JL

Is it reasonable to expect that certain newly in play states (North Carolina or Texas, for example) will if anything stay as they were, in this case, red?

Again, dear Elizabeth, where is Trump going to get the votes this time around? He's never topped 50% approval, the Repugs got hammered in 2018, there are few fence sitters and the news just keeps getting worse for the Trump administration. Americans are standing in long lines to vote these bastards out. Joe could keel over right now and Kamala would still beat Trump.So relax, good woman, and enjoy the action.

I know what my father believes in. Prior to politics, he supported gays, lesbians, the LGBQIA plus!

The orange doesn't fall too far from the tree. She may be the dumbest of them all.

:-)

-CW

So it takes its place as the only Safe Trump state this week.

That should have read "the only Probable Trump state," and it's now been fixed.

Sigh.

Is it election day yet? Can't come soon enough for me...

-CW

You're right, but races always seem to tighten at the end. I think it might be either the fence-sitters finally heading for one candidate or the other, or people getting so sick of politics that they stop answering the phone.

But I really don't know why this rule of thumb always seems to happen.

Kick and nypoet22 -

OK, fixed. Good eye. Mea culpa.

When writing these, I often tend to use shorthand in the first draft and just type "moved to Lean" and then when I edit it I try to be more explicit and define the categories better. But you're right, I blew this one in the editing. It's now fixed, and thanks for pointing the error out.

-CW

I had moved Montana up to Safe Biden last week, but now am having second thoughts after that recent poll.

^^^^^^^^^^ Fix that, please. ^^^^^^^^^^

after royally screwing up the entire country's covid response, donald had probably hit his floor of support already. at this point it's probably just measurement error. if there is some systematic way in which donald's support is being underrepresented by polls, he may yet prevail. however, i don't think any of these changes are meaningful in that respect.

JL

The intro to your column was a litany of all the ways Trump is screwing up so why is the race getting closer? Logic would indicate Trump would be faltering yet he is ahead of where he was a month ago. Why do you think that is?