Political Motel
This article just about says it all. Kerry Landslide!
http://www.politicalstrategy.org/archives/000580.phpI'm planning the best party ever for November 3.
Today's WHAT THE FUCK moment (it's getting more difficult to decide on just one):
Remember this cute electronic voting machine simulation that was going around a couple weeks ago:
http://wearabledissent.com/101/floridaballot.html Well, apparently, this is exactly the software they're using in New Mexico, according to a
story in the Albuquerque Journal.
Motel's "What the Fuck?" moment for Oct. 20:
Robertson: I warned Bush on Iraq casualties
President's response: 'We're not going to have any'
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/19/robertson.bush.iraq/index.html
Here's an update to the list (below, from 9/27) of our volunteer activities:
- made approx. 150 more calls to Arizona regarding Vote-by-Mail
- 15 more MoveOn calls (to Mesquite, NV, this time)
- called 60% of the people in our precinct, visited about 20 on foot
- lots and lots of data entry for phonebanking calls placed by Sac 4 Kerry volunteers
- delivered 4 lawn signs to neighbors
- hosted a jam-packed Debate House Party, where we raised $500 for the DNC
- hosted another Saturday morning phone bank (about 20 people, 1000 calls placed)
- made about 20 calls to Colorado about early voting/vote-by-mail and to gauge Kerry support
Why I'm saying "Kerry Landslide"Here's what the polls were saying in October 2000:
Oct 27 Gallup Tracking Poll
John Stewart is my Hero.
John Stewart goes on Crossfire, calls Tucker Carlson a dick. Link includes a transcript and link to video.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
O'Reilly Hit With Sex Harass Suitthis is the funniest and most disturbing thing I've ever seen...must read.
There is a LOT of
speculation going around that Bush is going to find a way to avoid showing up for the third debate tomorrow (or tonight, depending on when you read this).
The reasons for believing this are sound (everyone expects Bush to do poorly on domestic issues, why would Karl Rove agree to a third debate if they actually planned to have Bush show up?), and the setup has begun...check it out (copied from the drudge report):
"WASH TIMES: U.S. security officials are investigating a recent intelligence report that a group of 25 Chechen terrorists illegally entered the United States from Mexico over summer... Members of the group, said to be wearing backpacks, secretly traveled to northern Mexico and crossed into a mountainous part of Arizona, Gertz to report in Page One Splash, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE..."
Note that:
1. this is old news ("over summer") posing as news
2. this popped up the night before the debate
3. the debate, and the supposed terrorists are in Arizona!
Bush is a no show. "Gotta do hard President work to defeat terrarists". We'll know in a few hours. What do you think?
The Onion
Back in 2001, The Onion printed an article called "Bush: Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over." A few years ago, I started noticing that The Onion's parodies were becoming believable.
In this parse of The Onion's story from January 18, 2001, Dan Chak shows just how believeable.
Just one example to whet your appetite: A picture caption from the story reads "Soldiers at Ft. Bragg march lockstep in preparation for America's return to aggression." (Keep in mind, this story was written on January 18, 2001, two days before GWB took power).
Chak's extensive linking of the original site shows just how much of The Onion's parody, wasn't.
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