Comments on: The view from here

By: Glen

Glen — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:25:05 +0000

BillG, My cousin attended the same concert: she said it was amazing (and she’s ummmm-somthing). On 15 minutes’ notice, she also got to a Kerry rally in Dublin, northwest of Columbus. Again, the crowd was going nuts. I don’t know why these events are described like mildly enthusiastic chess tournaments.

By: nolo

nolo — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:07:45 +0000

hp, I bet that was the call. My caller ID picked up the Ken Blackwell call as coming from a Virginia number.

By: Dell Adams

Dell Adams — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:38:51 +0000

“Hey, 8 Tesla. If something’s in there, we’ll find it.” BillG, you only thought you were kidding. (Via Instapundit, via Editors in Pajamas)

By: HP

HP — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:29:43 +0000

Here in Hamilton County, OH, I got a postcard a couple weeks ago confirming my registration and naming my precinct and polling place. Is that not SOP in all Ohio counties? No call from Blackwell, unless that’s the prerecorded message from an out-of-state number (“Are you voting in the November 2nd Presidential Election?”). I didn’t pick up. If they call back, I’ll answer “No” and see what happens.

By: Ramu Isagod

Ramu Isagod — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:50:37 +0000

Paranoid, yet? http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/10042113.htm?1c Wray filed a challenge against 25-year-old Barbara Jean DeWilde of Stow, but testified that he had no personal knowledge that DeWilde didn’t live at her Stow address, other than information he received from Summit County Republican Party headquarters. DeWilde called the challenge “a mockery of America’s free election process.’‘

By: Redshift

Redshift — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:39:45 +0000

Great post; keep the news coming! Supposedly, Kerry’s crowds lack intensity. This is just another one of those GOP talking points that gets circulated despite the truth, like the reporters talking about there being “several hundred” people at the Philly Kerry-Clinton appearance. I’m so glad to hear that “I will be a President who believes in science” is getting such a response. That was the line in Kerry’s convention acceptance speech that went straight to my heart and made me think “He’s talking to me!” It could easily be dropped in the campaign in favor of issues like the war and the economy that have a more immediate impact, but for our long term leadership (intellectual and economic), I think it’s just as important, if not more so.

By: Adi

Adi — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:23:37 +0000

well Columbus IS a big city compared to Athens (where i currently live), and most of rural SE Ohio. though not a citizen, i have travelled around this area, cause one of my roomies is from a nearby county and i have seen a lot of pro-dem yard signs etc on the rural highways. there still is a chance hopefully of Ohio swinging the dem way

By: Chad Baker

Chad Baker — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 16:10:17 +0000

If Ohio suffers the fate of Florida in 2000, at least they won’t go through it alone. We here in the Sunshine State see nothing different from four years ago and it may even be worse this time.

By: Ramu Isagod

Ramu Isagod — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:51:29 +0000

Thanks for the post. I’m curious if these stories (links below) are being widely reported in Ohio and whether you can see any effective countermeasures being taken. http://lawgeek.typepad.com/Lake%20County%20Suppression%20letter.jpg http://atrios.blogspot.com/2004/10/bogus-challenge-in-ohio.html

By: Extinct Tory

Extinct Tory — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:49:03 +0000

Great fun! Am sending it to my Ohio friends back home. Well, except for the one running for Clark County Commissioner on the GOP ticket.

By: InsultComicDog

InsultComicDog — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:32 +0000

Sounds good. Time to get our azzes in gear.

By: John Davies

John Davies — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:47:08 +0000

If your wife wants to contact me I’ll provide my resume to prove that this Bush voter has a brain. Or we could meet in E. Cambridge, OH. It’s about half way to me in Pittsburgh. She might be suprised at how deeply the other side thinks.

By: nolo (in lovely Cleveland, Ohio)

nolo (in lovely Cleveland, Ohio) — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:46:53 +0000

I got the same canned call from Ken Blackwell this morning, and at first I had the same paranoid reaction. Then I wondered what would have happened if I’d answered “no” when I was asked if I knew my precinct.

By: Duane

Duane — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:36:48 +0000

Let me give a warm welcome from the spectator stands! Great, funny post. God knows, on this topic, I can really do with a laugh.