Slog - Comments on One Jinxy Post http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post So much good news floating around out there for Dems... it's kind of scary. It's kind of getting our hopes up, like those exit polls on election day in 2004 that showed Kerry winning. Hopefully just posting a few links to upbeat stories about upbeat Dems—and downcast Republicans—won't screw this all up... Polls Good & Tight: Some races are still in play, but things are looking good for Dems. Gas Prices Down: That usually helps the party in power, but not this time. Independent Streak: Independent voters backing Dems by a 2 to 1 margin. Independents Mo: They're breaking for... Copyright 2008 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:23:24 -0800 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:29:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gurldoggie As George Will wrote in the Washington Post two weeks ago: "If, after the Foley episode -- a maraschino cherry atop the Democrats' delectable sundae of Republican miseries -- the Democrats cannot gain 13 seats, they should go into another line of work."

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480349 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:04:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Even Novak predicts more than 20 seats.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480358 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:17:13 -0800 Comment by sally the michael j. fox ad made me get all teary eyed. you would have to be satan himself to not vote for the dem! the republican agenda doesn't give a damn whose life it destroys. as long as the rich stay rich.

]]> sally http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480389 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:11:54 -0800 Comment by chops oil prices creep higher.

rush calls michael j fox a faker.

a-holes.

]]> chops http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480401 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:18:43 -0800 Comment by Noink I heard Barack Obama on NPR last night. I only started following national and international news around when the current Bush was elected, so I was astonished to find myself, for the very first time, respecting an active politician. The dude made it clear he's a member of the reality-based community, he did the pontificating that politicians have to do, but he seemed to be actually thinking about everything he said. Could someone so reasonable possibly actually be elected president?

]]> Noink http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480409 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:34:42 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I dunno. He'd be the first senator to get elected since Kennedy, and Obama doesn't have the Kennedy machine to help him. On the other hand, like Kennedy, he hasn't been a Senator very long, and so hasn't been exposed to a fatal dose of radioactive soul-destroying Senator-Speak, a vocal affliction that has tragically taken John Kerry's life and replaced him with a pontificating wind machine. There is no cure for Senator Speak.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480418 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480418 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:42:17 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Yes there is, Fnarf: You attempt to swallow Joe Biden whole. You choke on Biden and die. And you're cured!

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480421 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:44:33 -0800 Comment by Gomez I have a good friend who tells me he believes Obama will be assassinated if he runs for prez... and given how good and sharp he is, I have to wonder.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480444 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480444 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:07:07 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie Lyndon Johnson was a senator too.
Obama has a bigger problem which no one seems to be talking about, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exists. You may have missed this: the man is Black. Call me a cynic, but that fact alone makes him unelectable.

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480454 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480454 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:21:09 -0800 Comment by Dianna I hope the rebublicans lose so badly it's embarassing. And the more (dem or rep.) who go to jail, the better. Maybe then we can begin some sort of reform of the power of lobbyists........but I'm not holding my breath.

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480455 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480455 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:24:14 -0800 Comment by Soupytwist I must be 12 years old, because when I saw "Chandler Woodcock - Republican" I cracked up.

]]> Soupytwist http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480465 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480465 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:28:16 -0800 Comment by Gomez Ah, the sad truth of the top of America politics: since 1789, zero non-male, non-white presidents.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c480532 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:20:16 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Yes, Johnson was a Senator once, but he was not elected from the Senate. He was elected a short year after one of the most traumatic episodes in American history, which among other things elevated him from veep to President. Hardly comparable. And Barack is no LBJ, for better or worse.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c481042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/jinx_post#c481042 Politics Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:29:14 -0800