Vote? Yes You Can!!!
by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 4, 2008 6:36 AM CST
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No matter what happens today, between Obama and Palin we'll have a baller in the White House.
Of course, if this is what you're basing your vote on, we highly encourage you to stay home....unless you happen to be voting for our guy...in a swing state.
Whatever your political stripe, get out there and vote.
Here in Minnesota, you can find your polling place by clicking here. Minnesota is one of the few states with same day registration, so even if you haven't registered yet, you can show up at the polls with a photo ID and your latest utility bill and still pull the lever. Here is how you can register to vote on election day here in Minny:
Registering on Election Day
If you are not registered to vote or need to update your registration information, you may do so at your local polling location on Election Day. However, you are required to provide proof of residence when registering on Election Day.
To register at your polling place on Election Day, you must have one of the following with your current name and address in the precinct to verify your residence:
- A valid Minnesota driver’s license, learner’s permit, Minnesota ID card, or receipt for any of these
- A valid student ID card including your photo, if your college has provided a student housing list to election officials
- A Tribal ID card that contains your picture and signature
- A valid registration in the same precinct under a different name or address
- A notice of late registration sent to you by your county auditor or city clerk
- A voter registered in the same precinct as you who can confirm your address with a signed oath
- An employee of the residential facility where you live who can confirm your address with a signed oath
Alternatively, you may provide both 1) a photo ID from the list below, and 2) a current bill with your current name and address in the precinct.
| Photo IDs (may be expired) | Bills (delivered electronically or by mail) |
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Get out there and do it. Here in Minnesota you have no excuse not to.
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I was able...
to work from home today and roll into the polls at 10am. Minimal linage.
YES WE CAN!
by Pants_ on Nov 4, 2008 11:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Si se puede!!!
We had pretty decent turnout here at my Mankato polling station. I can’t wait until the results start rolling in. It will be interesting to see how Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia show in early results. If any of those go Obama you can probably call it early and…well, let’s just say I’m hoping for an absolute blowout.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 4, 2008 12:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Lets just say...
there might be a plan video tape myself dry humping an Obama yard sign if he seals the deal in Georgia.
by Pants_ on Nov 4, 2008 2:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It would be especially sweet...
…if Saxby Chambliss went down too. He’s the joker who associated a triple amputee Vietnam vet with Osama bin Laden in his last bid for office. He had this to say this time around:
"There has always been a rush to the polls by African-Americans early," he said at the square in Covington, a quick stop on a bus tour as the campaign entered its final week. He predicted the crowds of early voters would motivate Republicans to turn out. "It has also got our side energized, they see what is happening," he said.
Long live the south I suppose.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 4, 2008 2:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I might dry hump a Tinklenberg sign
if he can beat Bachmann, which I guess is a long shot. What an embarrassment. Anyways on a tangentially related topic, Sports Illustrated just put out a “sports ballot,” lame I know but there is one interesting tidbit, apparently democrats are almost twice as likely to choose basketball as their favourite sport than republicans – 13.7% to 7.9%. (Football was the runaway favourite sport winner for both parties.) Anyways I don’t really know how they compiled these numbers, I just glanced at it and it could be a crock of sh*t, but if you’re interested:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/specials/fansurvey/2008/index.html?eref=T1
by plinytheelder on Nov 4, 2008 3:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just so everyone feels welcome here...
… not all the Hoopus writers voted for Obama. :)
by wyn on Nov 4, 2008 3:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Come on man, they’re clearly not going to count that write-in vote for Hugo Chavez ;)
by plinytheelder on Nov 4, 2008 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As a Mac grad...
…I thought he’d go for a Kofi write-in. :)
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 4, 2008 3:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually voted for Kodos
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 4, 2008 3:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
speaking of Mac
I just rode my bicycle past the Macalester football stadium, I didn’t know they had a football team, much less a stadium? Turns out they are called the Scots and have a tartan or something on their helmets, kind of cool actually. Go Scots.
by plinytheelder on Nov 4, 2008 4:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Mac football...
… was epically bad when I went there. So bad, in fact, that there was talk of shutting down the team. Instead we just went non-conference. Now we’re a .500 team that beats up on bible colleges.
http://athletics.macalester.edu/schedule.aspx?path=football&
Sadly, my Peter Berg write-in vote did not have the earth-shattering impact I was hoping for.
by wyn on Nov 5, 2008 9:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As an interested onlooker...
may I thank you most sincerely for keeping Sarah Palin well away from nuclear launch codes.
by Auswolf on Nov 5, 2008 2:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
What's really scary...
….is that many in the GOP are pushing her to run again in 4 years. I myself think she’s cooked but we’ll just have to wait and see. Alaska had 2 elections last night: rep at large and Senate. Both guys are criminals and both guys look like they’ll win. It’s a crazy corrupt state that’s run on petro-dollars. It was somewhat ironic that she labeled Obama as a socialist when Alaska literally has state-run businesses and hands out checks to its citizens. She’ll have far greater scrutiny than ever before and she won’t be able to hide for another 4 years. I think that’s the last we’ll see of her on a national stage. Don’t worry though. We have a guy named Mike Huckabee who is Palin without the lipstick. Mitt Romney could be a doozy too. I have a feeling that Obama will be just fine. From temperament to intellect, the guy is first class and he surrounds himself with people who know what the hell they’re doing. If they run this thing right from straight out the gate (meaning that they don’t overreach like Clinton did in 92-93) he should be fine. I suspect they’ll start with popular initiatives like energy policy and getting rid of Guantanamo/torture. My God, I can’t believe we actually tortured people. Thank God it’s almost over.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 5, 2008 7:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It seems like the...
…GOP isn’t going to find a star in the next 4 years. I think the people who are pushing Palin in 4 years are just saying that to save face… much like McCain talking about how she was a great campaigner last night. I doubt Obama would have lost but I think the farcical Palin choice is going to haunt the GOP for years. She turned the McCain candidacy into a joke for a huge segment of young America.
The GOP machine will wait until the nation isn’t looking before they give her a “don’t call us, well call you”.
by Pants_ on Nov 5, 2008 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that's right...
…i read today that McCain’s campaign manager nixed Palin’s request to speak last night. I can’t imagine that would have gone well before McCain’s gracious speech.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 5, 2008 4:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Gratz on the new president and government in its totallity. Like Obama said, it’s gonna be a long road but it does indeed look like it’s the right road.
by Wim (Belgium) on Nov 5, 2008 2:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed...
…it was very exciting. I was driving back from the gym last night when he was announced the winner. I rolled down the window and layed on the horn. People with Obama lawn signs were coming out in their yards with drinks and hugging each other. I drove by one lady who was absolutely thrilled and honked my horn and we both yelled “yes we did” at the same time.
I thought McCain gave a very gracious speech and I hope that Obama can get him on board on issues like energy reform and the banning of torture. I’ll always keep the political stuff below the fold on this blog because it’s about the Wolves and we don’t want to scare off anyone with political views in a hotly contested climate, but this is such big news that it’s hard not to say something about it in the comments. Unfortunately, here in Minnesota we have a hotly contested Senate race that looks like it will go to a recount and I can’t imagine that ending with decent feelings all around.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 5, 2008 7:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
At least...
Norm and Al are two guys that aren’t exactly awe inspiring even to those who voted for them (immediate family excluded… wait do they even have immediate family in this state?). The only loss I saw as a legitimate gut punch was Prop 8 in Cali.
by Pants_ on Nov 5, 2008 10:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed on the gut punch
I don’t think it will be played as such, but this is the first time Mormon bloc voting and support has really flexed its muscles on this big of a level. There’s not a large Mormon population here in Minny so I don’t think people have an appreciation of how monolithic Mormon politics can get, but it’s out there and it’s a force to be reckoned with.
As for Norm and Al…leave it to a Lutheran-dominated Minny to have a Senate race with 2 New York Jews. God we’re a goofy state. Wrestlers, carpetbaggers, people calling for anti-American investigations…the list goes on and on. Every state should have same-day registration :)
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 5, 2008 10:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
...
Just as I as an American do not feel I should be judged for Bush’s crimes, I know all Mormon’s shouldn’t be judged for the work of the leaders. I’ll be working on a if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all policy for a loooong time…. a long time.
by Pants_ on Nov 5, 2008 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's an interesting political community
The Saints are a uniquely American religion. They have achieved the bottom up discipline of Islam without the top-down authority of the Catholic Church. It’s also very finely tuned to the sensibilities of modern conservatism.
Sorry, I was a polisci/religious study major and I kind of geek about when it comes to religion and politics. The LDS church was built as a theocracy and it is unlike any other religion in America in the sense that it has a recorded history of overtly promoting political ends within our democracy. There’s no other major group that promotes a doctrine like Lying for the Lord. I’m not saying that people are to blame or that anyone should be scared of this, but I just don’t think people have an accurate sense of just how politically different the Saints are than from, say, Minnesota Lutherans.
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by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 5, 2008 4:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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