Well, we’re almost at the end of this very long election season. Here, we have a very close House race going on, and the final (and only “nonpartisan”) poll shows things a dead heat, with Teabagger Anne Marie Snorkle and Dan Maffei tied, and Green Party candidate Ursula Rozum pulling 8% of the vote. Since I doubt she’s pulling many votes away from Snorkle, there’s a good chance that her candidacy will saddle us with another two years of our right wing, anti-abortion, big business, kill medicare and social security, climate change denying piece of crap. Is Maffei perfect? No. But he’s not a teabagger nut job, either. Rozum (like Ralph Nader) sas it won’t be her fault if Maffei loses, because he could go out there and campaign on all the things she is, if he wanted to. Yes, and then he and Rozum could duke it out for a distant 3rd place.
One of our Senators is also up for reelection – Kirsten Gillibrand. This will be her first full term (having taken over for Hillary Clinton when she left to run for President), and last I saw she was polling at about 67% of the vote over Wendy Long, who boasts impressive endorsements from the likes of George Pataki, John Bolton, and Sean Hannity. Hard to believe she’s behind.
There are a bunch of Senate seats up for grabs tomorrow around the coutry, and it’ll be a real bummer if the Republicans are able to pick up enough seats to take control. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.
Of course, the big ticket tomorrow night is the Presidential race. Things are looking pretty good at the moment, which has me very worried. Things looked good for Al Gore and John Kerry, too. But between rigged voting, voter suppression, and the partisan Supreme Court, well, things didn’t work out so well. Let’s just hope things don’t turn to shit this time around.
I’m gonna go ahead and turn on the chat room tomorrow night (if I can remember where it is), just in case anybody wants a little company while the returns come in. It might be a long night.
But, hey, at least it’ll finally be over – one way or another.
Thanks for the chat room. It will help.
Lola has an appointment with the Shelter Island vet. He paw is bothering her and she doesn’t look lively and happy…so off to the vet. I don’t know the vet. I used that office only once and really didn’t like them but I’d rather have them look at her paw than drive to NYC, though I’ll do that if it’s necessary.
We have a close congressional race out here too. Tim Bishop is running again Rethug Randy Altshuler. I once had a 6th grade student named Randy Altshuler. He was bright and smart and very kind. I hope they are not the same person.
Good luck with Lola. I hate it when my critters aren’t feeling well. I’d rather be sick myself. I hope you can get your home cleaned up and back to normal as soon as possible. I guess my brother got his power back at about two o’clock this morning. He lives over in Hauppauge.
Other than no power (and getting kind of cold), he didn’t have too much damage. He went and bought a kerosene heater, but couldn’t find any kerosene. Now he’s looking at getting a generator (which he should have done the last time – if not the time before that).
You folks on the coasts may need to find higher ground as the sea levels rise.
Lola did great at the vets. Very nice vet, too. Turns out she pulled out a toenail. Ouch. But now she has antibiotics and pain medication, as well a new, red dog boot and she’s much happier.
Home Depot got a shipment of generators in Riverhead so I have hope your brother can find one. Power is a wonderful thing. Thank you Tesla and Edison.
As for the house, the insurance adjusters have to do their thing and then we get to work. The Allstate adjuster talked to us yesterday. He travels all over the states. He said he found NYers a stoic lot. Wait til he talks to some complaining whiny rethugs.