"Like a bunch of damned Canadians."

We elect a president and people start contorting their bodies to music like a bunch of damned Canadians.

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That other man from Illinois

Memorial Day
By MATT MENDELSOHN
Published: November 5, 2008

I used to be a photojournalist. And so Tuesday night, as some 200,000 Chicagoans gathered around a brightly lighted stage under the gaze of the world’s news media, I headed to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, expecting to find a crowd and some news. More

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Memo to McCain/Palin Campaign: The states of "Delusion," "Denial," and "Desperation" have no electoral votes.

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Grey Lady's Columnists

Thinking of Good Vibrations
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: November 5, 2008

Tralalalalala.

We are only thinking cheerful thoughts today, people. America did good. Enjoy. Link

Bring on the Puppy and the Rookie
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: November 5, 2008
WASHINGTON

I walked over to the White House Tuesday night and leaned against the fence. How can such a lovely house make so many of its inhabitants nuts? Link

The Obama Dividend
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: November 5, 2008

America is more than a place. At its best, it also is an idea. Link

Perfecting the Union
By ROGER COHEN
Published: November 5, 2008

Beyond Iraq, beyond the economy, beyond health care, there was something even more fundamental at stake in this U.S. election won by Barack Obama: the self-respect of the American people. Link

Memorial Day
By MATT MENDELSOHN
Published: November 5, 2008

I used to be a photojournalist. And so Tuesday night, as some 200,000 Chicagoans gathered around a brightly lighted stage under the gaze of the world’s news media, I headed to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, expecting to find a crowd and some news. Link

The Grey Lady's columnists have outdone themselves today and added some paint and polish to the old girl. Please read. (The last one I linked to in a previous post.)

Absentee Ballots

If the entire state of Minnesota can count all of the absentee ballots at the precinct on election day, is there some reason why other states can't? Do we need to start sending ethnic Scandinavians and Germans out to other states to help them clean up their elections? Or is there Just No Hope? Are we just one state surrounded by a sea of Banana Republics?

Note to the local politicos

If you're going to send Spanish translators to a polling place, make sure they can speak Spanish. (Or don't send them to a polling place with a bi-lingual Chair Judge.) Better yet, if you want to help out at the polling places, volunteer as an Election Judge. Poll Challengers are a different order of business -- they get to challenge voters from personal knowledge to prevent that "voter fraud" that Repugs are so worried about, not help out around the polls.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, carnyjack.