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UdoKier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:09 PM
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Will you be sitting up Nov. 3rd watching the ELECTION RESULTS?
Edited on Wed Sep-01-04 01:09 PM by UdoKier
Even if I'm confident of a Kerry win on that night, I don't think I can do it. I hate election night, the nausea, the suspense, the red states! Just hearing them say "CNN has no called the state of Texas for Bush" etc. will just make me ill. The thought that ANYONE who is a citizen off this country casting a vote for four more years of this horror is just too much.

I'll wait til the morning, buy the newspaper and read the results in peace.
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molly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:10 PM
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1. Absolutely!
did it last election - 24/7 until it was sadly over.
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libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:16 PM
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8. Me, too. That was the most horrendous month for me!
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:10 PM
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2. I don't think I'll be able to sleep til I find out.
And then I'm gonna party like a rockstar when Kerry's the winner!
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:10 PM
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3. election
We should know by 9pm Eastern time when John Kerry will
be President elect
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cally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:16 PM
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9. Please NO
That would be 6 in the west and we would lose so many other important elections. Let's hope they report that Kerry won at 8 pst.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:18 PM
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11. That's what we thought last time... I went to bed at 10pm
knowing that Gore was president.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 05:06 PM
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48. Wow. Hope you're a morning person?
Wouldn't have wanted to have woken up next to you when you turned on the news the next day!
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The_Counsel Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:40 PM
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26. Actually...
...Kerry won't begin to rack up electoral votes before 9 p.m. It's just the reality of the election these days. States like Kentucky, Indiana and Georgia will be returning early -- and they'll probably go for Bush.

9:00 is the time to START watching the returns if you're a Kerry fan. That's when states like Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan will be reporting.

Now that I think of it, we probably WILL know by 9:30 whether Kerry will have a good night, as most of the swing states will begin reporting around this time...
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:11 PM
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4. Oh yes
I'll be up til the early hours. I'm going to have plenty of alcohol so I can either party my heart out or drink away my sorrows. I also have created a nice mix CD of victory music to play that night. I'll be biting my finger nails all the way, but I'll be glued to that TV til the bitter or sweet ending.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:12 PM
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5. Absolutely... and I won't make the mistake I made in 2000...
Edited on Wed Sep-01-04 01:12 PM by Misunderestimator
going to sleep like a baby, confident that Al Gore was our next president...
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:15 PM
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6. yes
having a tuesday night group-hug kind of thing, I hesitate to call it a party since I'm sure I'll be depressed no matter how it ends

If Kerry wins, he will certainly have his work cut out for him. Repube congress, repube courts, repube media collossus...

see how vile and dirty they are just trying to hold their power. I shudder at how low they will go if they lose it :evilfrown:
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Butterflies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:16 PM
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7. I'll have to wait up to be sure
I also went to be last time fully expecting Gore to be the winner by the next morning, but we all know what happened.
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Mrs. Overall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:17 PM
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10. I will be having an open-house that night for my Dem friends
to drop by at anytime and stay as long as they want into the evening (or into the next morning).

I think we need to support each other that night, so my house will be open with food and drink, pets and kids, so that we can watch the election results together. (And I am betting on having a big celebration around midnight!)
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DemNoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:19 PM
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12. It will not take that long
By 10:30 pm EST the bottom of america's TV screens will read "KERRY LANDSLIDE"
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Butterflies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:21 PM
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I love your optimism!
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Ishoutandscream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:21 PM
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13. I'll be furiously pacing
probably the whole night. And I will go to work the next day either deliriously happy or emotionally exhausted (if Bush cheats again).
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:21 PM
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14. Isn't it November 2?
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:23 PM
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15. I assume it was meant as... throughout the night, into Nov 3.
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:25 PM
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16. I might record it
And then not pick up a newspaper until I watch the whole thing.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:26 PM
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17. I will probably go online for the info I need.
I won't want to listen to the spin the various talking heads put on the results. I prefer to apply my own "analysis" of the results.
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michigandem2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:28 PM
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18. i took november 3rd off work to watch the bonanza
i might not be able to stomach it but I am hoping by that point its a big lead and really not a surprise who might win AND that the media has to start actually reporting the NEWS..and not their analysis!
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:29 PM
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19. Oh yeah
I'm working for a local Dem candidate for state rep in my district, so I'll be at her house for some of the evening, but back home later to wait up for results. I've been waiting for that night for four years and I'm not sitting it out, good or bad. And I'll probably be getting quite drunk, either way.
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Clinton Crusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:31 PM
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20. HAVE to watch
As much as the angst, terror, stomach churning and hyteria of 2000, makes my rational brain say "are you fucking nuts?" - I will have to watch, I couldnt sleep a flippin WINK unless I overdosed, knowing what was going on and *I* didnt know.

As wonderful or shitty as it turns out to be, I have to watch it. The brain cramping moments when they say "CNN/NBC/WHOEVER projects..." wil surely age me this time around.
:kick:
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:32 PM
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21. No, I'll be sitting up November 2nd
:D
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funkybutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:32 PM
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22. ARE YOU SERIOUS?? OF COURSE!!
I'm going to take a couple of days off
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:32 PM
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23. That night will be my
Edited on Wed Sep-01-04 01:33 PM by Connie_Corleone
PIZZA AND BEER NIGHT while watching the election returns.

Of course the election is on Tuesday not Wednesday.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:34 PM
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24. I'm on the West Coast, so I'll be up. But I hope Kerry takes it early...
And for certain. Here's hoping that the battleground state projections will have percentage spreads wide enough in Kerry's favor that the whole bloody thing can be called early.
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Clinton Crusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:41 PM
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28. Ohio and PA
I should have paramedics close by when these 2 come in. I wont touch FL with a ten foot chad.

They will be pizza, chinese and lots and LOTS of drink in my house that night...
:kick:
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:37 PM
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25. No need to stay up too late. We'll know by 11 pm.
We'll pretty much know all we need to know by 11:00pm. If Kerry gets 3 of PA, OH, FL, MI, then Kerry wins. If he loses 2 of them but gets MO or TN, it's still a Kerry win. If he loses 3 or more, then you don't want to know...
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:41 PM
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27. YUP...Sure will be. We should have a DU party.
A REAL one. Not a virtual one. Pick a meeting place in the middle of the U.S. and meet there to watch the election. Get drunk, party, celebrate the hard fought win. :hi: THAT would be fun! :bounce:
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:41 PM
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29. Definitely...and will ask for time off for the next day in advance
If it's good news, I'll be euphoric;
If it's bad news, I'll mope in bed all day collecting myself and eating chocolate.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:43 PM
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30. I might be SPITTING up!
If polls looks close towards November, I'll be a bundle of nerves.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:46 PM
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31. I'm sure I couldn't sleep
so I may as well stay up all night. Hopefully at Frost's campaign HQ watching him kick Pete Session's a**. I think that'll be the best party in big D. :) (thinking positive, thinking positive)
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michigandem2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:47 PM
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32. yeah I didn't sleep much LAST election
this one I will just stay up..take the kids to daycare on the 3rd and sleep soundly knowing we have elected a fine man...
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HuskerDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:49 PM
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33. You won't be able to sleep. Might as well watch. *eom
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NoBorders Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:49 PM
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34. heck ya!
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dubyaD40web Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 01:51 PM
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35. I'm going to party like it's 1999
Edited on Wed Sep-01-04 01:52 PM by dubyaD40web
I've got a HUGE big screen tv set up and ice cold kegs of beer on tap. Many of my friends will be over for it!!!
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devinsgram Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:07 PM
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36. I really don't know, but I don't
want to spend the whole night crying again.
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AngryOldDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:11 PM
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37. Have To Watch It
I'm hoping I'll be down among friends at the Democratic HQ. Win or lose, I think especially this year it's not a good idea to watch alone.

I did stay up all night in 2000. One of the strangest nights of my life.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:14 PM
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38. I wouldn't be able to function if I DIDN'T watch.
What else would I do?

Play Scrabble or watch a movie and pretend it's not happening?
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Christof Donating Member (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:16 PM
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39. Hell yeah I will.
And the moment that Kerry is offically announced as the next President of the United States, I will be going over to FR and rubbing it in their sorry-ass faces (I have an account there already, hehehe)!
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Monte Carlo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:16 PM
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40. Are you kidding? I've been waiting for 4 damned years!!!
If Bush turns out to be the winner... I don't know what I'd do. I sure as hell ain't leavin', though.
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liberalpragmatist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:21 PM
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41. I SOOO want to, but I have a Chemistry Exam Nov. 3!
Professors are the worst! I dunno what I'm gonna do. I may just try to study well before Nov. 2, then just stay up most of the night, maybe skip morning classes to catch a little sleep, head to my comparative politics class, then study some more and go to my chem exam.

But yeah, it sucks. Couldn't it be the following week or something?!
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:24 PM
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42. The litigation will go on for weeks
Get a good nights sleep.
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renotyme Donating Member (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 02:29 PM
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43. no I wont be staying up, Kerry will have it wrapped by 7pm
LANDSLIDE!
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tedoll78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 04:47 PM
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44. I'm skipping class on November 3rd.
I'm having a small group of friends over to my place for an election party. There'll be Kerry_Edwards cups, Kerry-Edwards buttons, Blue jar candles (for each blue state), an electoral map drawn on my inkboard, and tons of alcohol.

No matter how it ends-up, we'll be stinking drunk.
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LiberalPersona Donating Member (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 04:54 PM
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45. Yes
I'm going to watch the whole thing.
This is most likely going to be one of if not the most important election of my entire life.

The suspense is not going to allow me to sleep. And no matter who wins, I won't be sleeping until the next night because either lots of excitement or lots of mental anguish.
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Kimber Scott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 04:56 PM
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46. I'll be watching. It'll be like the Super Bowl around here!
nt
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Scorpious_Maximus Donating Member (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-04 04:56 PM
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47. I will bere on DU. n/t
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