# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/501 "2004-11-03T05:20:25Z")
Booze! Excellent idea… ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/502 "2004-11-03T05:21:01Z")
In the event of a 269-269 tie, isn’t there an elector in KY or WV that has already planned to not vote for Bush, regardless, thus ensuring a Kerry win? ---
**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, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/503 "2004-11-03T05:21:03Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, I love this country. I just think a little more than half the people in it are idiots. I’m a lot more elitist than that. I think almost everybody’s an idiot (present company excluded of course). Doesn’t affect my behavior though. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/504 "2004-11-03T05:21:25Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > This is precisely my fear. When you have two candidates that are very similar, it would make sense for it to be this close. But with these candidates so vastly different, it really shows that this nation is starkly divided ideologically. They’re vastly different? News to me. ---
**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, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/505 "2004-11-03T05:21:43Z")
CNN’s main page is wrong. Bush has more than 237, based on what they’ve called. Hmm… ---
**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, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/506 "2004-11-03T05:21:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I think the mods are hiding. I would, in their place. Most of 'em are probably already shitfaced and said to hell w/ it. BTW…did I hear somebody say the SOX won? Man I just don’t give a shit about sports anymore. WTF is this world coming to. The SOX and BUSH in the same week? Damn, next thing ya know the damned Cubbies’ll get offa their asses and do something. 😃 Where ya at **Unca Cece**? Man we ain’t heard much outta him 'round here lately have we. I think he moved to Florida last year. specially after he dropped that damned baseball. :eek: ---
**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, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/507 "2004-11-03T05:23:00Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’m waiting for a solid 270 count. I still have tequila in my bottle and I have other bottles. I thought you were going night-night. 😉 WI, only 15,000 vote diff with Kerry ahead. 56% in. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/508 "2004-11-03T05:23:15Z")
[http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/BOE/results/currentresults1.htm#0531](http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/BOE/results/currentresults1.htm#0531) Watch Cuyahoga County. Kerry is skewing faster than Bush. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT Vote for 1 (With 1211 of 1458 precincts counted) MICHAEL BADNARIK/RICHARD V. CAMPAGNA 1543 GEORGE W. BUSH/DICK CHENEY 185853 JOHN F. KERRY/JOHN EDWARDS 360118 CANDIDATE DISQUALIFIED 0 MICHAEL A. PEROUTKA/CHUCK BALDWIN 1591 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/509 "2004-11-03T05:23:23Z")
Good morning! So what did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/510 "2004-11-03T05:23:23Z")
NY Times finally decided to join us in the present and assign FL to Bush. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/511 "2004-11-03T05:24:11Z")
ABC is now reporting my scenario. ---
**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, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/512 "2004-11-03T05:25:35Z")
Well the gay marridge issue was badly mishandled by the Democrats. Christ, just call it a legal contract and make pains to note that they will not force any religion to recognize the marridge and I think you have a different result. This issue makes me ashamed to be a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![ShockingAlberto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@ShockingAlberto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShockingAlberto)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/513 "2004-11-03T05:25:41Z")
CNN’s really sucking up to the Republican guests. I mean, this isn’t even “being fair.” This is “So, our new overlords, how may we serve you?” I wish The Daily Show stayed on… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/514 "2004-11-03T05:25:44Z")
Kerry gets the remaining vote in Maine. Every vote counts. ---
**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, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/515 "2004-11-03T05:25:57Z")
Brokaw just said Florida’s definite. even with the absentees…he’s got more than enough to cover them. It is simply up to Ohio now. Yay booze. BTW did anyone see that glass GWB has setting beside him while ago. It sure looked like a tumbler. ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/516 "2004-11-03T05:26:00Z")
La Rojeña is the name of Cuervo’s distillery. Damn, this stuff is going down way too smooth. ---
**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, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/517 "2004-11-03T05:26:52Z")
> [@caphis](#): > > In the event of a 269-269 tie, isn’t there an elector in KY or WV that has already planned to not vote for Bush, regardless, thus ensuring a Kerry win? Would that elector live to see another day? Can you imagine the fate of the country lying in the hands of one elector who voted against the wishes of his/her voters? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/518 "2004-11-03T05:27:27Z")
Its appearently going to be days until we know…I guess there are something like 200k ‘provisional votes’ in Ohio which are going to have to be counted reguardless of who ‘win’s’ tonight. ☹ This sucks. -XT ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/519 "2004-11-03T05:27:28Z")
😕 A half hour ago, ABC and CBS were calling 237 and 246 electoral votes, respectively, for Bush. Dan Rather all but conceded Bush’s victory (not that he’s the deciding vote, but still). CNN and NBC, on the other hand, won’t even call Florida for Bush (as of 30 minutes ago). Why are CNN and NBC calling the electoral votes so differently? Aren’t they all working from similar information? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563/520 "2004-11-03T05:27:36Z")
> [@Random](#): > > CNN’s main page is wrong. Bush has more than 237, based on what they’ve called. Hmm… They just hadn’t finished updating it yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nov-04-election-comments-thread/272563.md?page=27)