Comments on: Open Thread: PA Blue State Edition http://dumpendebat.net/2008/11/04/open-thread-pa-blue-state-edition/ A sniff in the kortevar, that what you cry for, yeled? A prert up the cull, a prang on the dumpendebat? Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:19:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stram http://dumpendebat.net/2008/11/04/open-thread-pa-blue-state-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8976 Stram Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:38:57 +0000 http://dumpendebat.net/?p=603#comment-8976 You should be proud of your state. Knowing how much time McCain wasted there in the last two-three weeks - only to get trounced - gives me tremendous glee! You should be proud of your state. Knowing how much time McCain wasted there in the last two-three weeks – only to get trounced – gives me tremendous glee!

]]> By: Hanque http://dumpendebat.net/2008/11/04/open-thread-pa-blue-state-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8975 Hanque Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:47:03 +0000 http://dumpendebat.net/?p=603#comment-8975 I didn't vote this year, mostly because the acrimony of elections and the discord they can create wears me down. I live outside the US and did my best to avoid the show this year. I doubt we'll see much change on anything that will immediately affect our lives with a change in the presidency. Thankfully our system of government places most of the power in local, state and the federal legislative branch; so the direct impact on a change in the presidency is somewhat overstated. The local ballot initiatives were indeed interesting. Where elections are concerned I will say this. In the US they are free, and for the most part, fair. We get a shot at changing things in our government every few years and for that I'll always be grateful, whether I participate or not. Closing comments: Three readers?? That makes me part of the illuminati. I didn’t vote this year, mostly because the acrimony of elections and the discord they can create wears me down. I live outside the US and did my best to avoid the show this year. I doubt we’ll see much change on anything that will immediately affect our lives with a change in the presidency. Thankfully our system of government places most of the power in local, state and the federal legislative branch; so the direct impact on a change in the presidency is somewhat overstated. The local ballot initiatives were indeed interesting.

Where elections are concerned I will say this. In the US they are free, and for the most part, fair. We get a shot at changing things in our government every few years and for that I’ll always be grateful, whether I participate or not.

Closing comments: Three readers?? That makes me part of the illuminati.

]]> By: Erik http://dumpendebat.net/2008/11/04/open-thread-pa-blue-state-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-8974 Erik Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:49:05 +0000 http://dumpendebat.net/?p=603#comment-8974 I'm very proud of your state as well. The moment I heard, I knew it was over. Good work, PA! Now in the very, very bad news department, it looks like prop 8 passed in CA, and prop 4 is too close to call. AND, I believe Michele Bachman retained her seat in MN. Prop 8 troubles me deeply. The yes campaign ran a very dishonorable race, but they stayed on topic and hammered the airwaves with their crap. The no campaign ran an honest campaign, but did it scatter-shot. And hence a very sad result: a goddamned constitutional amendment! People are simply not thinking - they're just not fucking thinking. I’m very proud of your state as well. The moment I heard, I knew it was over. Good work, PA!

Now in the very, very bad news department, it looks like prop 8 passed in CA, and prop 4 is too close to call. AND, I believe Michele Bachman retained her seat in MN.

Prop 8 troubles me deeply. The yes campaign ran a very dishonorable race, but they stayed on topic and hammered the airwaves with their crap. The no campaign ran an honest campaign, but did it scatter-shot. And hence a very sad result: a goddamned constitutional amendment! People are simply not thinking – they’re just not fucking thinking.

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