Election Day 2008

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Originally uploaded by lb_philly.

We've never seen a line at the polling place across the street from us. Roy says that when he first looked, just before the polls opened at 7:00, it extended around the corner. It's still 30 or 40 deep. I took a few pictures -- click on this one to get to the other four.


UPDATE: On the darker side of Philly voting, there are reports that Republican poll-watchers are being ejected from Philadelphia polling places despite a court order to the contrary. Last presidential election, some Philadelphia voting machines were discovered to be pre-loaded with a couple thousand votes for Kerry, so highjinks are a concern. Election Day shenanigans are a two-party sport -- generally practiced by the party in power at the local spot where machine politics is strong. In our case, that would be the Democrats. In other places that would be the Republicans. In both cases that would be scum. If we can't believe that our votes won't be nullified by fradulent votes, our confidence in the electoral system will be eroded, just as it is by voter suppression.

A Day at the Polls

Sure glad I didn't see anything like this:
( Black Panthers with nightsticks at North Philly poll )

A political column worth reading...

Words of Wisdom from the Instapundit

( excerpts so I'll have them when I make my 2008 LJBook )

He has a better class of commenters, too, at least for the first comment. I have to love someone who says "assume, arguendo"...

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Okay, I'll do it too:

Not Politics
1. Stop talking about politics for a moment or two.
2. Post a reasonably-sized picture in your LJ, NOT under a cut tag, of something pleasant, such as an adorable kitten, or a fluffy white cloud, or a bottle of booze. Something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.
3. Include these instructions, and share the love.

The above is coleus grown from cuttings. One was a fallen piece from a supermarket plant. The other belonged to my neighbor down at the corner and was collected with permission.

I actually posted a bottle-of-booze photo last night, and it had something to do with politics.