# McCain not as forked as the McCain Forked thread, but still forked **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 8, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951 "2008-10-08T03:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 60
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1181 "2008-11-04T13:06:59Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > By the way, PA has no early voting at all, so tomorrow will be a madhouse at the polling places, I assume. The law is that anyone in line by 8 p.m. gets to vote. I wonder what the over/under is on when the last vote is cast? As a sort of report from the front lines, I live in Lancaster, PA, and I voted on the way to work this morning, at 7:15 AM. I’ve voted at this polling place in 2002, 2004, and 2006, and I have NEVER seen this many people there this early! There was actually a line of 7 people when I got there at 7:15 (doesn’t sound like much, but I usually get there at that time and sail right through without even seeing another voter). By the time I left at around 7:30, there were at least 18 to 20 people waiting to vote. Seriously, I have NEVER seen this many people at that station in the last six years. And it was a diverse crowd, too, not anywhere near lily-white. I think Pennsylvania’s going to disappoint the Republicans, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1182 "2008-11-04T13:50:44Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Seriously, I have NEVER seen this many people at that station in the last six years. And it was a diverse crowd, too, not anywhere near lily-white. I think Pennsylvania’s going to disappoint the Republicans, folks. From your fingers to God’s eyes… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1183 "2008-11-04T14:00:31Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I think Pennsylvania’s going to disappoint the Republicans, folks. I don’t think most Republicans really believed they were going to win Pennsylvania, anyway. It was a Hail Mary strategy. McCain’s chances of winning rest almost entirely on voter suppression now. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1184 "2008-11-04T14:35:29Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > From your fingers to God’s eyes… That’d be an interesting 3 Stooges skit… ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1185 "2008-11-04T14:39:01Z")
McCain has apparently forgone his election day ritual of going to the movies, opting instead to spend the last possible moments campaigning. Conversly, Obama is playing his traditional game of basketball, which he did during every primary vote. That’s it folks, stick a superstitious fork in McCain - he’s DONE. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1186 "2008-11-04T15:35:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > This alone makes me wonder how someone could support the Republican Party at this particular time. How can a person who believes in democracy support a party that so openly and brazenly tries to cheat people out of their right to vote? “At this particular time”? They do that every major election. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1187 "2008-11-04T16:04:56Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Of _COURSE_ it was only a joke. Uh huh. Of _COURSE_ no charges will be filed. It’s only democracy, after all. Who gives a shit about that? It was only a joke. Forging official government seals is a real knee-slapper! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1188 "2008-11-04T16:11:00Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I do not think EddyTeddyFreddy was missing that, that is why “timing” was mentioned. I do think it was bad timing for the filers, but even if the grandmother had not died today, I do think the people filing this are scum. Some dickweed shill by the name of Brad Blakeman [tried](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/23/gop-strategist-on-palins_n_137226.html) to cite Obama’s “taking a 767 campaign plane to go visit Grandma” as a _tu quoque_ defense after Palin’s $150,000 fancy-dress shopping spree hit the news. The host of the show he was on pretty much laughed in his face (IIRC, he later commented that he wasn’t sure whether to be more stunned by the gross insensitivity of the gross stupidity of the gambit). ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1189 "2008-11-04T16:26:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Some dickweed shill by the name of Brad Blakeman [tried](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/23/gop-strategist-on-palins_n_137226.html) to cite Obama’s “taking a 767 campaign plane to go visit Grandma” as a _tu quoque_ defense after Palin’s $150,000 fancy-dress shopping spree hit the news. The host of the show he was on pretty much laughed in his face (IIRC, he later commented that he wasn’t sure whether to be more stunned by the gross insensitivity of the gross stupidity of the gambit). _SHRIEK_ Liberal biased media! /\*SHRIEK ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1190 "2008-11-04T17:15:38Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > So I did GOTV work in Pittsburgh today, and the scope and depth and organization of the Obama campaign is utterly stunning… > > Then yet other shifts of volunteers went to every single supporter’s house hanging door signs with voting information, rights, and that individual voter’s polling place. We had one of those on our door yesterday, as did our next-door neighbors whose door I can see from our window. I liked that it said you can still vote if you have unpaid taxes, parking tickets, or the like- I know trying to intimidate people like that is one of the tactics of the scum who would like to deprive people of their right to vote. > [@](#): > > Tomorrow we’re going to visit every single supporter and ask them if they’ve voted. If they haven’t, we’re going to visit again. And again. And again. Plus whatever we’re doing with polling place lawyers and witnesses and line watchers and so forth. We’re going to go vote this afternoon after Mr. Neville gets home. He’s coming home around 2:30ish- he knows this is more important than anything at work could be. We will wait until we vote, even if that’s after 9 tonight. A [500-km asteroid impact](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489931), a [Republican zombie horde led by Gerald Ford](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=490853), or both wouldn’t stop me from going to the polls and voting for Obama. (Voting would be totally futile in the former case, since I don’t think either candidate has a good plan of what to do if the oceans start boiling, but I’d vote anyway. Some things you just have to do, even if they’re futile, and this is one of them.) > [@](#): > > By the way, PA has no early voting at all, so tomorrow will be a madhouse at the polling places, I assume. The law is that anyone in line by 8 p.m. gets to vote. I wonder what the over/under is on when the last vote is cast? Thanks for the heads-up. We’ll bring something to read with us. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1191 "2008-11-04T17:25:34Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > A [500-km asteroid impact](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489931), a [Republican zombie horde led by Gerald Ford](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=490853), or both wouldn’t stop me from going to the polls and voting for Obama. (Voting would be totally futile in the former case, since I don’t think either candidate has a good plan of what to do if the oceans start boiling, but I’d vote anyway. Some things you just have to do, even if they’re futile, and this is one of them.) So which of the two candidates has a good plan for the Republican zombie hordes? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1192 "2008-11-04T17:34:17Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > So which of the two candidates has a good plan for the Republican zombie hordes? I think McCain would be likely to die of shock and immediately join the Republican zombie hordes. That would work for him, I suppose, but not be so good for me. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1193 "2008-11-04T17:44:05Z")
I was going to early vote last week but looked at the lines, remembered previous elections and their lack of lines, and went to vote before work. It was INSANE! They had to divide us up by last initial, but regardless the letter, I would have had ONE WHOLE PERSON in front of me. :rolleyes: Hmmmm, wait in line to beat the rush by voting early or wait until election day? An hour or more versus five minutes? Looks like I made the right choice. I do have a more flexible schedule than some people, but I suspect many of those people could’ve waited and saved themselves some time. On the other hand, filling out out my ballot and leaving lacked some of the bandwagon thrill. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1194 "2008-11-04T18:15:56Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > We had one of those on our door yesterday, as did our next-door neighbors whose door I can see from our window. I liked that it said you can still vote if you have unpaid taxes, parking tickets, or the like- I know trying to intimidate people like that is one of the tactics of the scum who would like to deprive people of their right to vote. Beautiful, just beautiful. You know the [pic of Obama with the caption](http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/liberalism_bomaye.php), “Everybody chill the fuck out - I got this!”? He really _does_, doesn’t he? > [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > I think McCain would be likely to die of shock and immediately join the Republican zombie hordes. I thought that had already happened. He sure seemed like one of the undead during the debates. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1195 "2008-11-04T20:51:28Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I thought that had already happened. He sure seemed like one of the undead during the debates. Heck, during the one debate he shambled around like an extra from a zombie flick. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1196 "2008-11-04T21:38:42Z")
Just got back from voting and going to Trader Joe’s. Two more votes in PA for Obama. I think we were the only ones in the Trader Joe’s who weren’t wearing Obama pins. > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Heck, during the one debate he shambled around like an extra from a zombie flick. That’s true- [with his tongue out, no less!](http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/johnmccain/ig/John-McCain-Pictures/John-McCain-Tongue.htm) OK, so do you think he’s the leader of the Republican zombie horde, or is Gerald Ford? > [@rexnervous](#): > > Pittsburgh 23 - Washington 6 Oh, and yay Steelers. There will be extra joy in Pittsburgh if Obama pulls this one off. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > You know the pic of Obama with the caption, “Everybody chill the fuck out - I got this!”? He really does, doesn’t he? And that is, IMO, _exactly_ the attitude we will need in our next President, to get our economy back on track. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951/1197 "2008-11-04T22:16:26Z")
Regardless whether McCain is forked a lot, forked a littel, spooned into Pail, or triumphant, we’re going to know pretty soon and this thread is long enough. If you want to follow the actual election, try watching or posting to [2008 Presidential Election Results Thread. See it here as they come in](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491112). This is, (at long last), closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-not-as-forked-as-the-mccain-forked-thread-but-still-forked/466951.md?page=59)