# Nov '04 Election Comments Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 2, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563 "2004-11-02T16:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/421 "2004-11-03T04:43:39Z")
I’ve still got about three fingers left in this bottle of Gold especial…hell I’ll have a shot w/ya 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/422 "2004-11-03T04:43:49Z")
Does it pay to shop around other threads, or is this the place to be? I dont want to overtax the hamster guys. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/423 "2004-11-03T04:43:57Z")
On the positive side, it appears that Daschle is going to lose which makes me feel warm all over. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/424 "2004-11-03T04:44:07Z")
Bush leads by 130,000 votes in Ohio, two thirds reporting. The major urban centres have reported a lot of their votes. I don’t see how it is possible for Kerry to come back. Ohio was the state he had to win and it’s time to accept that he has lost it. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/425 "2004-11-03T04:44:11Z")
The blankety-blank Sconnies are 50-48 for Kerry, Florida’s a lost cause, Ohio’s up in the air. Minnesota’s solidly for Kerry (thank the blankery-flank lord) and who knows. Why do I do this to myself? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/426 "2004-11-03T04:44:43Z")
> [@Random](#): > > Ohio Bush lead narrowing (as predicted). 116,000 votes. Cuyahoga still largely out. Ohio is really starting to piss me off. Exit polling has the state with a significant lean towards Kerry but Bush’s actual lead still holds at around 120 thousand. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/427 "2004-11-03T04:45:32Z")
> [@ShockingAlberto](#): > > I wonder if it’s an excused absence if I don’t go to class tomorrow, either out of curiosity or depression over a Bush win. > > My optimisim’s fading. ☹ Well, that same thought just occurred to me, but unfortunately, I’m the teacher. I think I’m going to bed at midnight, unless a miracle occurs and they call Ohio first. I’ve been up since five, and enough is enough. ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/428 "2004-11-03T04:46:55Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Does it pay to shop around other threads, or is this the place to be? > I dont want to overtax the hamster guys. wouldn’t know…haven’t bothered to look. everybody here has their (hick) bottles handy and are keeping up with the results so fukit I got my cigars handy and a rocking chair. have a seat ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/429 "2004-11-03T04:46:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Bush leads by 130,000 votes in Ohio, two thirds reporting. > > The major urban centres have reported a lot of their votes. I don’t see how it is possible for Kerry to come back. Ohio was the state he had to win and it’s time to accept that he has lost it. CNN still shows Cuyahoga at 52% of precincts. That could be close to 100,000 votes right there. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/430 "2004-11-03T04:47:07Z")
LOL…thanks for giving me a nice chuckle Fretful. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/431 "2004-11-03T04:47:39Z")
What? With all the brain power put together in this thread, you can’t tell me who’s going to win? I’m going to bed, hugely dissapointed with the Straight Dope. ---
**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 3, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/432 "2004-11-03T04:48:16Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > What? With all the brain power put together in this thread, you can’t tell me who’s going to win? > > I’m going to bed, hugely dissapointed with the Straight Dope. Disappointed with the Straight Dope? I’m disappointed with America in general… ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/433 "2004-11-03T04:48:20Z")
Call FL and AZ already, CNN. BUsh has both locked. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/434 "2004-11-03T04:48:55Z")
> [@lno](#): > > The blankety-blank Sconnies are 50-48 for Kerry, Florida’s a lost cause, Ohio’s up in the air. Minnesota’s solidly for Kerry (thank the blankery-flank lord) and who knows. > > Why do I do this to myself? So you can return some of that moolah you won in Bricker Challenges? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/435 "2004-11-03T04:49:15Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > wouldn’t know…haven’t bothered to look. everybody here has their (hick) bottles handy and are keeping up with the results so fukit I got my cigars handy and a rocking chair. have a seat Thanks, I just fixed me a screw driver. No rocking chair but I got a Lazy-Boy. Good deal. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/436 "2004-11-03T04:49:19Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Ghostbuters? Ghostbusters, yes. “Choose the method of your destruction!” I’ll take a shot of that tequila, **CBEscapee**. Got any olives? I like mine with olives… According to Jon Stewart, most of the states that had anti-gay marriage laws on the ballots passed them. Maybe there’s some sort of barge in the middle of the ocean I could go live on. ☹ Better make that a doubleshot, **CBEscapee**. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/437 "2004-11-03T04:50:50Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Disappointed with the Straight Dope? I’m disappointed with America in general… There’s still hope, at the moment… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/438 "2004-11-03T04:51:26Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > CNN still shows Cuyahoga at 52% of precincts. That could be close to 100,000 votes right there. It’s 94,000, still short, and Bush will pick up votes in the following counties: Defiance, Clermont, Van Wert, Warren (maybe as many as 25,000 there) Licking and Miami. I wish this wasn’t so, because I despise Bush, but he’s taken Ohio, and with that, the election. The unwillingness of the networks to call it is silly. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/439 "2004-11-03T04:52:28Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > I’ve still got about three fingers left in this bottle of Gold especial…hell I’ll have a shot w/ya 😃 I’ve got an unopened one here. What does ‘Fabrica La Rojena’ mean? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/440 "2004-11-03T04:52:48Z")
At least I won’t have to learn about an _entirely_ new presidential administration. I can keep trashing the same Admin. I’ve got four more years until I have to learn about a new guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563.md?page=23)