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October 31, 2004
What little I can remember about 1976 is red, white and blue. I was only 4 years old. Maybe it was the pageantry building up to our nation's bi-centennial, or School House Rock repetitiously explaining the democratic process in between Saturday morning cartoons. Whatever it was, America seemed united and proud of the process. I've never seen so many people excited, tense and electrified over an election than today, and I couldn't feel more proud to be an American.
TENSIONS:
A few weeks ago, a Democrat handing out flyers about the anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" outside an Episcopal church was set on by members of the congregation."When they saw what the flyers were for, they got furious. They circled the poor man, rolled up the papers into balls and pelted him with them," said a witness.
A recent dinner party turned ugly when a Republican guest inadvertently revealed his colors, prompting a Democrat to threaten to "upturn his rocking chair so he would fall on his head and suffer grave bodily harm," according to a guest.
[US Election Tensions Overflow in Mexico Expat Town - Reuters - 10-30-04]HIGH TURN OUT:
More than 1.8 million Floridians have cast their ballots through early or absentee voting - nearly 2 1/2 times the number of people who voted early in 2000.
[Nearly 2 Million Vote Early in Florida - AP - 10-31-04]DEAD HEAT:
Bush has solid leads in 23 states with 197 electoral votes and is favored in four more, which could bring him to 227. Kerry is equally solid in 13 states with 178 electoral votes and is favored in five states, which would bring him to 232. It takes 270 electoral votes to win
[Bush, Kerry in Reach of Electoral Win - Washignton Post - 10-31-04]DELAYED SPRINT:
U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has coasted to easy wins in recent elections, but this year he is running hard as his once-ascendant political career has hit a rough patch.
[Embattled Texas Republican DeLay Running Hard - Reuters - 10-30-04]THE PLANETS ALIGN:
"Saturn, which is the lord of health and fortune for President Bush, has been eclipsed by the Sun, which is unfortunate and gives him a clear defeat," Lachhman Das Madan, editor of a popular astrology magazine, told Reuters."Kerry will win," said Madan, who is also known as "the emperor of astrologers." "It is cosmic writ that George W. Bush cannot become president of United States again."
[The Planets Have Made Up Their Mind: Kerry Wins - Reuters - 10-31-04]
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