Not a Universal Soldier

We Were On The Right Side: "'The content of the Vietnam protest is that there were despicable acts going on, but the despicable acts were being done by our government. ... I never hurt or killed anyone.'"

The whole idea is to keep names off the black wall.

"What you call the violent past, that was a time when thousands of people were being murdered every month by our own government. ... We were on the right side."

We Most Certainly Should Have Done More.

"The Children Are Watching" - Noonan

But They're Not Watching Republicans: The Republicans "lost the vote of two-thirds of those aged 18 to 29. They lost a generation! If that continues in coming years, it will be a rolling wave of doom."

"The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace" - says Rightie Mouthbreather

The Wall Street Journal's "Bring An Infant To Work Day" Winner Announced: "Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty -- a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House."

Thud !!

George Bush did not stand by us. He forever stands by 4000 caskets filled with the remains of those you love.

Those people are not coming back, and the Wall Street Journal is screaming mad to publish writer Jeffrey Scott Shapiro's words.

Loyalty, the least admirable quality in existence, lived in high esteem within Shapiros everywhere, even as "Captain A" plowed full speed through an ice field at night with no binoculars.

Once and yet again, WSJ types shake the "invisible hand-job of capitalism" and pretend it's the grip of god.

Walking Into The Light

"Bittersweet": "Detroit, MI here...I have been tossing and turning all night long and finally gave up and got up, put the kids things together in case I didn't get back in time, made a cup a sweet chai and packed a book in my purse. The parking lot was packed, the trees full of color and the air full of hope. All this and it was only 6:30 am.

Everyone there was joyful, hopeful and polite to one another. One Love. We all talked about this lady, Barack's grandmother, and how she already knew and died with the peace of having raised to adulthood one good and exceptional man/human being. May we all know this feeling.

I took in every moment and after casting my ballot I walked outside and felt like I was looking at the sun for the first time in 8 years."

Over The Parapet - Life, Romance !

If the election lasts longer than 4 hours, call the nurse: "This is beginning to look like a five-state election. Those states are Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Nevada. Essentially all relevant electoral scenarios involve some combination of these five states."

I should caution that by far the most likely scenario is that Obama wins some relatively decisive victory of anywhere from 3-12 points in the popular vote. If Obama wins the popular vote by anything in this range, he will find plenty of blue territory, accumulating somewhere between 300-400 electoral votes. The electoral math will matter very little.

We can probably assume, however, that IF the national polls tighten significantly (and to reiterate, the likelihood is that they will NOT), McCain will edge out a victory in North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, North Dakota, Montana, Georgia, and Missouri; put those states in the McCain column for the time being. Likewise, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa all appear safe for Obama, even in the case of significant tightening. Put those in the Obama column.

That leaves our five states in play. The victory conditions for Obama involving these five states proceed something as follows:

1. Win Pennsylvania and ANY ONE of Colorado, Virginia, Ohio, or Nevada*
2. Win Ohio and EITHER Colorado OR Virginia.
3. Win Colorado AND Virginia AND Nevada.

(* Nevada produces a 269-269 tie, which would probably be resolved for Obama in the House of Represenatives.)

Now, suppose you think that Colorado is already in the bag for Obama because of his large edge in early voting there. We can then simplify the victory conditions as follows:

1. Win Pennsylvania
2. Win Ohio
3. Win Virginia AND Nevada"

Ah gee, it all sounds as easy as pie on a third date.