Acceptance

Yes. We can.

Shehechyanu, V'Kimanu, V'Higianu La'Zman Hazeh

Thank God. The nightmare over. Time for the healing to start. Of our raped country, our ravaged reputation, our working and middle class.

Thank God.

Baruch Ata Adonai, Eloheinu Melech Ha'Olam, Shehechyanu, V'Kimanu,

Race Over...

If all projections hold, the presidential race is OVER!

And BARACK OBAMA IS THE WINNER!!!

Thank God Ohio went to Obama!

FiveThirtyEight.com Gives Obama a 98.9% Chance of Winning

So, if Obama loses, the election is OBVIOUSLY rigged.

FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right

BUT, I don't think he's gonna lose... :-)

Flip!

Great blog post: Heartless and Brainless: Flip The Script

How America Got Stuck With Utah...

Heh heh heh!

I Now Denounce You Chuck & Larry.

Is There ANY Person More Hated and Reviled in the United States...

... Than the Great Dick (Cheney, that is)?

The Daily Show: The Great Dick...

NOTE: Per some requests, I am now going to provide links to vids instead of embedding so many, as it has slowed down the blog and crashed browsers...

A Request...

Dear Senator McCain,

I know this election has meant everything to you and that you really hope to fulfill your dream of becoming president. I respect that. And I know that if Senator Barack Obama loses the election today, he will give a gracious concession speech and one the promises he makes during that concession speech will be a promise to work with the new president to help heal this country.

I ask the same of you. I know your party is set to sue and fight and do ANYTHING to make the election go your way, even if it doesn't. I ask you to be the maverick you claim to be one time during this election and, should YOU lose, DON'T listen to your handlers if it becomes clear you have lost this election. Instead, be as gracious as you know Obama would be and pledge to work with Obama to help heal this country.

Here It Comes!

Today's the day! Personally, I voted three and a half weeks ago. Frankly, I don't care if my (few) readers are Republican or Democrat (and I know at least TWO of you are Democrats!), GO VOTE!! It's a historic election no matter who wins or how you vote, SO GET TO IT!!!

What to Watch For on Election Night

Good article about what to look out for on election night. By Nate Silver.

THE Phone Call...

I got my phone call from Agudas Yisroel, the coalition of crazy right wing nut job rabbis, tonight. They wanted to know if I was aware Tuesday was election day. I said I was and before she could go on, I let know I was 100% voting for Obama (even though I already had) and that I believe it is absolutely prohibited by the Torah to vote for McCain.

So there. :-)

McCain on QVC. Um. SNL.

He was actually VERY funny! I think he missed his calling!

Sarah Failin' Palin Has a Conversation with... NOT French President Sarkozy!

This is hilarious! And she invites "Sarkozy" to go hunting.

This is actually real. It's been reported all over the media!

McCain Losing More Base Support...

Former Reagan adviser endorses Obama

(CNN) — Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein told CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.

Duberstein said he was influenced by another prominent Reagan official - Colin Powell - in his decision.

"Well let's put it this way - I think Colin Powell's decision is in fact the good housekeeping seal of approval on Barack Obama."

Powell served as national security advisor to Reagan during Duberstein's tenure as chief of staff.

Duberstein spoke with Zakaria about his final days in the Reagan White House. The Reagan official, along with Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Carter National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, also discussed the transition process to a new administration.

And let's not forget the latest NY Times/CBS poll that shows 59% of voters think Palin is a drag to McCain's campaign, is bringing down the campaign, and is NOT ready to be president, let alone vice-president.

Prominent Military Personnel in Israel for... Well, CERTAINLY Not for McCain...

Rather, they much prefer Obama! And they are saying now what I've been saying on this blog for over a year: that Bush has actually been DESTRUCTIVE to Israel, not good for the Jewish state.


Retired Generals of the Israeli Defense Forces and high-ranking Mossad officials on Barack Obama... from www.JCER.info on Vimeo.

Joe the No Show

Heh. Didn't get the memo...

Why I Was Zonked Yesterday

I had a sleep study done. It's one of the tests I needed to go through for my surgery, and OH, MY GOD. What an awful experience.

The tech was great. We shmoozed for a while. He's pure, Mid-Western working class, should be one of those typical voters who should be a slam dunk for McCain. His name was even Joe. But he said, growing up around here, he's seen this area literally die and he understands it's because the Republicans have completely effed up the country. So, he's voting for Obama.

But, I digress.

So, he connects about twenty leads to me: on my face, my neck, the sides of my face, my hair, my chest, my leg. He puts an oxygen measurer in nose and on my finger. You can imagine how comfortable THAT was. On top of that, I'm in an unfamiliar place, no wife, not my bed (although the bed WAS actually OK). It's takes a while to fall asleep. On top of THAT, the plumbing in the private bathroom in my bedroom had problems and the water in the tank of the toilet kept turning on as though to fill the toilet tank. And it wasn't sporadic. It was about every minute. Literally. And finally, on top of all THAT, I finally fall asleep and the tech wakes me at 5:30 AM to go home.

So, I didn't sleep very well that night. And I didn't get to come home and nap. I had to go to an early pre-op class, then pick up my daughter and take her to her well child three year appointment (her birthday is today!!), and start cleaning the house for Shabbos.

Well, at least I slept pretty well LAST night!

Obama on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Further Proof of Obama's Socialist Tendencies

I know. It's SO two days ago. But I've got all this crap I gotta do in preparation for my bariatric surgery on November 18, and I was so zonked yesterday because of my sleep study, that I didn't get a chance to watch until now.

The Socialist part is about four minutes in:

Not QUITE...

McCain's misrepresentation:

WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate John McCain is calling the economic policies of his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, to the far left of American politics.

No, actually, they're left-leaning, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD politics. The problem the Right has veered SO FAR to the right, that any politics that were considered, normal, albeit left-leaning politics, fifteen years ago are now considered radically left-wing fringe economics. What he doesn't get is that at this point, most of us are sick to death and tired of the extreme Right Wing politics and religious views by which our government has been held hostage for so freaking long.