Wade on Birmingham » Blog Archive » Vote 2008: Live blog, Election Night (transcript)

7:07	Wade: Welcome!

7:41	Jen: Thanks!

7:43	Which wife will make a better first lady? Cindy McCain ( 0% ) Michelle Obama ( 0% )

6:47	Jen: Ok, so there are our tests. And now we’re live!

6:49	Wade: Remember, our 14th caller who knows the UltraRock 98 phrase that payz wins front-row seats to Aerosmith!

6:51	Who’d you rather #1? (Have as president) Abraham Lincoln ( 50% ) Nick Saban ( 50% )

6:53	Jen: (Semi)early predictions, Wade?

6:55	Wade: Someone at work asked me who I thought would win.

6:56	Wade: Colleague 1: Obama. Colleague 2: Mayor McCheese. Me: The American public and democracy.

6:57	Wade: And now, please welcome, to sing our National Anthem, American Idol Taylor Hicks.

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6:59	Jen: Did you get any free stuff with your I Voted sticker?

6:59	[Comment From Sean] There’s no way the American public wins.

6:59	[Comment From Sean] I got a free sticker!

6:59	Jen: That you nearly lost…

6:59	Wade: What do have against Taylor, Jen?!

6:59	Wade: Or America?!

7:00	Jen: Everyone knows I hate anyone my mom loves

7:00	[Comment From Sean] Same thing she has against America?

7:00	Wade: Welcome everyone to Hour 1 of our live blog of Election Night! Thanks to Jen for live blogging with us all night.

7:02	Jen: Pennsylvania goes to Obama along with Illinois, New Hampshire, and Mass–is Penn where the gunclingers live?

7:02	Jen: Ah, check the map below

7:02	[Comment From Sean] Where’s the free beer?

7:02	[Comment From Maggie] Thanks for having us, Wade. I am personally celebrating this live-blog by leaving and going out for ice cream in about 5 minutes.

7:02	Wade: Please, no pissing off the people with guns!!

7:02	Jen: Get me a scoop! (Chubby hubby, pls, kthx)

7:02	Wade: Free ice cream from Ben and Jerry’s?

7:03	Who’d you rather #2? (Have as president, or just have, I guess) Kendra ( 33% ) Holly ( 67% ) Bridget ( 0% )

7:04	[Comment From Maggie] Oh, hell yes. Finally, voting brings me immediate benefits.

7:04	Jen: Breaking: Alabama cannot be projected

7:04	Wade: That is very surprising

7:04	Wade: McCain was a 20 point favorite. TWENTY.

7:04	Wade: I was ready to call Alabama for McCain back in July.

7:05	Jen: And I have the email chains to back that up.

7:06	Wade: Keep a close eye on that Alabama map below this live chat window.

7:06	[Comment From Maggie] 103. Halfway there!

7:06	Jen: 270 is the magic number, Maggie

7:06	[Comment From Maggie] Note: I’ve had a couple beers already and can’t add.

7:06	Jen: Free with your I Voted sticker?

7:07	Wade: That’s OK: the Wade on Birmingham Election Team is cranked on meth and peanut M&M’s.

7:07	Jen: And big salads

7:07	Wade: What channel(s) is everyone watching? We’re currently on ABC.

7:07	Jen: Quick lurking, Lori

7:09	[Comment From Lori] Caught me. I’m obviously not very good at it. You guys are definitely helping my ulcer.

7:09	Jen: For the record, Wade & I are monitoring the networks, plus CNN.com, Foxnews.com, and MSNBC.com

7:09	Wade: Sorry to hear about it, Lori, feel better.

7:09	Jen: Yay! Producer ducks in front of camera on Fox!

7:10	Jen: Gaffe(r)! Gaffe(r)! Gaffe(r)!

7:10	[Comment From Lori] I will have a miraculous recovery if Obama wins.

7:10	[Comment From Kari] What up, peeps!

7:10	Jen: You may have a miraculous recovery sooner than you think

7:10	[Comment From Sean] My kids are pulling for Grover to win in Alabama.

7:10	Jen: Cleveland?

7:10	[Comment From Kari] I can’t watch right now….

7:11	Jen: Why not Kari?

7:11	Jen: Are robot cartoons on?

7:11	[Comment From Sean] They’re also in the bathtub. So were blogging wet.

7:11	[Comment From Kari] It’s too stressful.

7:11	Jen: A-ha, well, we’ll keep you posted. Drink more wine.

7:11	Jen: Sean, use a battery pack.

7:11	[Comment From Kari] I’m watching gary busey on celebrity rehab.

7:12	Jen: How crazy is he?

7:12	[Comment From Kari] what a nightmare he is.

7:12	Wade: – CNN projects Obama wins New Jersey, Illinois, Connecticut; McCain takes South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee.

7:12	[Comment From Kari] did anyone hear about the shit going down in moody today?

7:12	Jen: What happened in Moody?

7:12	Sean: BTW, I tried to throw the Adger votes for a straight Nader ticket.

7:13	[Comment From Kari] the town hall, a polling site, was decked out in mccain banners.

7:13	Sean: Alas, he still got zero votes.

7:13	Jen: OHHHH

7:13	Sean: There are children singing on CNN in Phoenix.

7:13	Wade: Kari, did you notify the election officials?

7:13	Sean: This is just creapy!

7:13	Jen: Did anything happen? (To the Moody folks, not the singing children)

7:14	[Comment From Kari] there were round table discussions about the ballot going on INSIDE

7:14	[Comment From Kari] no booths

7:14	[Comment From Kari] no, i didn’t vote in moody

7:14	[Comment From Kari] the confederate flag was flying high!!!

7:14	Jen: Pics?

7:14	[Comment From Kari] however, there were long rectangular tables in homewood.

7:14	Lori: I voted at a table in Hoover, which I didn’t really like. But there was no discussion.

7:15	[Comment From Kari] look, i didn’t see it.

7:15	Jen: LOL

7:15	[Comment From Kari] i’ve never voted at a table before.

7:15	Jen: I heard that from several people today

7:15	Jen: One in Hoover, and I think Wade

7:15	[Comment From Kari] lol

7:16	Sean: I voted under the table. Glug, glug.

7:16	Sean: My kids were running circles around the privacy screen.

7:16	Lori: Me neither. I was afraid someone was going to follow me to the scanning machine and snatch my ballot out of my hand screaming “NOBAMA”

7:16	Sean: We only have one at our polling place.

7:16	Wade: How long did everyone have to wait?

7:16	Jen: <5 minutes

7:17	[Comment From Kari] my son said he would only go with me to vote if i voted for president nader.

7:17	Sean: About 15 minutes.

7:17	Wade: About 20 min.

7:17	Jen: WHAT is Nader’s favorite part of the frog’s lifecycle?

7:17	Sean: The line was 10 deep. It was a huge turnout for my rural community

7:17	[Comment From Kari] no line in hommwood.

7:17	[Comment From Kari] homewood

7:17	Lori: I was the only person in the A-B line at 3:30

7:17	[Comment From Kari] lol!!!!

7:17	Wade: Maybe 50-70 in Woodlawn.

7:17	[Comment From Kari] not sure, i heard he’s a muslim.

7:18	Shephard Smith’s secret? Botox ( 75% ) Browlift ( 25% )

7:18

7:18	[Comment From Kari] lol

7:18	[Comment From Kari] Wade, your site is great!

7:18	Jen: Ha–there’s the producer!

7:19	Wade: A shot from about 5 minutes ago when a tech ran in front of the green screen.

7:19	Wade: Thanks, Kari!

7:19	Wade: Ok, only 3 hours and 41 min to go.

7:19	Sean: Can’t wait for them to call Jefferson County.

7:19	Wade: Alabama map has its first county lit up below.

7:19	[Comment From Kari] i mean really….

7:19	Sean: I’ve been to that county.

7:19	Sean: there’s not much there

7:20	Sean: But the dog track

7:20	Jen: CNN has a much more conservative count: 77 Obama 34 McCain

7:20	[Comment From Kari] yay! obama has alabama

7:20	Jen: What??

7:20	Jen: Oh oh, just for right now

7:20	[Comment From Kari] how long will that last???

7:20	[Comment From Kari] lol

7:20	[Comment From Kari] one county

7:21	Wade: Birmingham live on NBC right now

7:21	Lori: On election night the whole “black belt” turns blue.

7:21	Sean: Why is Alabama yellow on CNN? Don’t they know our motto? We dare defend our rights? Should we be another color?

7:21	[Comment From Kari] do ya’ll have a delay?

7:21	[Comment From Kari] my comments are taking forever to post.

7:21	Wade: Yellow dog democrats.

7:21	Jen: Foxnews.com reports 77 Obama 39 McCain

7:22	Lori: Wow, that’s very fair and balanced.

7:22	Lori: I’m surprised they announced anything they didn’t like.

7:22	Wade: Blount County for McCain

7:23	Kari: I still can’t get over Gary Busey.

7:23	Kari: lol

7:23	Kari: anyway…

7:23	Jen: I’ve only seen episode one

7:23	Kari: how close do you think this is going to be????

7:23	Jen: He’s like a dog that thinks it’s people

7:24	Jen: I think it will be a landslide

7:24	Kari: lol

7:24	Lori: I pray that you are right, Jen

7:24	Kari: i hope so

7:24	Kari: it’s hard to see that from here…

7:24	Jen: You heard it here first

7:24	Jen: Or from Karl Rove

7:24	Kari: nice.

7:25	Jen: Or one of millions of other pundits

7:25	Lori: There’s a really cute reporter on cnn.com

7:25	Jen: What color are the other states on CNN, Sean?

7:26	Jen: Which one, Lori?

7:26	Lori: TJ something

7:27	Who’d you rather #3? (Have as president) Taylor Hicks ( 0% ) Ruben Studdard ( 75% ) Bo Bice ( 25% )

7:28	[Comment From christopherdavis] election night 2008! well slap my bi-partisan ass.

7:28	Kari: Who is coming up with these polls?

7:28	Wade: Welcome Chris Davis!

7:28	Lori: Bathtime for baby. Back in an hour. Happy blogging…

7:28	Kari: i picked bo bice…

7:28	Kari: why did ruben get 100%

7:29	Kari: i’m claiming fraud.

7:29	Jen: I voted for Ruben

7:29	Jen: and my mom, by calling Canada

7:29	Wade: Ruben for Governor 2010

7:29	christopherdavis: thanks wade. it’s good to be here in my first venture into the blogosphere. the air isn’t as thin as i thought. novirtual nosebleeds.

7:29	Kari: well obviously your vote is the only one that counts.

7:29	Kari: for shizzle

7:29	Jen: Try again

7:30	Kari: lol

7:30	christopherdavis: if rueben is elected governor he can sing a poorly written and produced song at his own inauguration.

7:30	Kari: and his wife can do his hair.

7:30	Jen: I’m sorry, 2011

7:30	Jen: Alabama does go for John McCain

7:31	Sean: The mac is not back in New Hampshire, according to CNN.

7:31	Wade: To no one’s surprise.

7:31	Kari: YES!

7:31	Wade: About McCain and Bama

7:31	Jen: Jen prediction: All states beginning with “A” with go McCain

7:31	Kari: no about obama and NH

7:31	Wade: Arkansas?

7:31	Jen: Arizona and Alaska

7:32	Kari: I pick all states with an M will go Obama

7:32	christopherdavis: any undecided voters on this blog? if so, i have a punch in the neck for you later. i don’t mean that in a violent way.

7:32	Kari: except Mississippi

7:32	Jen: Montana? Hmmm

7:32	Sean: All states that start with Z will go for Nadar.

7:32	Sean: Nader.

7:32	Sean: Zader

7:32	Sean: Vader.

7:32	Jen: Zagat’s

7:32	Jen: Are you drinking that wine from the box?

7:33	Wade: Puerto Rico? American Samoa?

7:33	Kari: who me?

7:33	Jen: No, Sean

7:33	Jen: GUAM!

7:33	Kari: mine is a 6.99 wine FROM THE BOTTLE!

7:33	Sean: My 108 year old Nanny was just on NBC 13. She was voting.

7:33	Sean: Amazing stuff!

7:33	Kari: nice.

7:33	Joe the plumber? Engaging everyman ( 0% ) Annoying douchebag ( 100% )

7:34	Wade: That’s funny, I was just on Sean’s nanny.

7:35	Wade: Good night, drive safely.

7:35	Sean: Potty mouth. There are kids monitoring this blog.

7:35	Jen: Tip your waitress

7:35	Jen: Can your daughter read?

7:36	Sean: No. But I am reading it out loud to her in lieu of a bed time story.

7:36	Wade: Hey kids, don’t vote, don’t stay in school.

7:36	Kari: I’m telling you…

7:36	Jen: Is this going to be about Busey?

7:36	Kari: my kid voted for nader in the mock election

7:36	Kari: no

7:37	Kari: but why does he think he’s a therapist?

7:37	Jen: What were his reasons?

7:37	Sean: I voted for Nader once. Perot twice.

7:37	Kari: he cares about the environment

7:37	Sean: Your kid will come around.

7:37	Jen: I wrote myself in once

7:37	Sean: Or there will eventually be someone he can vote for.

7:37	Wade: The Nader doc is simply fascinating. Required viewing for all voters.

7:37	Kari: i believe specifically poler baears

7:37	Sean: Funny, I wrote you in today

7:37	Jen: 2!

7:38	Kari: i vote myself in

7:38	Kari: wrote

7:38	Kari: lol

7:38	Sean: When you get to washington representing the 6th district, I want some damn pork in Adger.

7:38	Sean: Oh wait, got pork in Adger.

7:38	Jen: Beat me to it

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7:38	Kari: can we talk about gary busey for a minute?

7:39	christopherdavis: lord gary of the manor busey?

7:40	Sean: Why Gary Busey?

7:40	Sean: It’s about to be over.

7:40	Sean: CNN: Projecting PA for Obama.

7:41	Jen: We like celeb rehab

7:41	Wade: PA is a lynchpin.

7:41	Jen: I don’t know why he thinks he’s a therapist, but I think Shelley will eventually freak out on him

7:42	Kari: i am completely mezmerized by him.

7:42	Wade: Next video will be a 10-minute drum solo so Jen and I can pee and do coke.

7:42	Kari: hahaha

7:42	Jen: It’s the teeth

7:42	Kari: he’s living on another planet

7:42	Jen: foxnews.com is having difficulties

7:43	Sean: CNN: And now we got to Phoenix, where people are peeing all over themselves at the Biltmore.

7:43	Jen: cnn.com: Obama 102, McCain 34

7:43	Kari: lol

7:43	Kari: who is the freaking reporter?

7:43	Sean: Dana Bash

7:43	Kari: she looks like a who.

7:44	Sean: Crap… Shelby County just went for Karl Rove.

7:44	Sean: No surprise there.

7:44	Kari: Dana Lou Hoo

7:44	Jen: McCain filing a something in Pennsylvania–lawsuit, injunction, missed the exact

7:44	Kari: no way…

7:44	Sean: She just needs the hair thing.

7:44	Kari: already?

7:44	Kari: why?

7:45	Jen: Obama doing better with white dudes than John Kerry

7:45	Kari: wait what is he filing in PA?

7:45	Sean: That’s cause he’s more like a white dude than John Kerry.

7:45	Sean: Kerry’s from another planet.

7:45	Sean: And I voted for him.

7:45	Jen: Also doing better with white dudes: American beer, twins

7:46	Kari: maybe the same one as Gary Busey.

7:46	[Comment From Melinda] Any news about Elizabeth Dole?

7:46	Wade: She’s losing or has already lost.

7:46	christopherdavis: hot korean women seem to fare well with white dudes too. but that’s what i hear at the country club and costco.

7:47	Wade: http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/hagan-defeats-dole-senate-dems-up-three-2008-11-04.html

7:47	Kari: nice.

7:47

Wade: ”

Democratic challenger Kay Hagan knocked off Republican
Sen. Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina’s Senate race, the third pickup in what
is unfolding as a big night for Senate Democrats.

Hagan, 45, a five-term state senator, now becomes North
Carolina’s second female senator in the traditionally Republican state. With 4
percent of the precincts reporting, Hagan was up 59-38 percent against Dole.”

7:47	Sean: they also do better with other white men.

7:47	Jen: Joe Biden wins his senate race

7:47	[Comment From Melinda] great!

7:47	[Comment From Melinda] thanks for the link Wade.

7:47	Wade: Biden still running for Senate?

7:47	Wade: That dude won’t quit.

7:47	Jen: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/04/biden-wins-senate-re-election/

7:48	christopherdavis: speaking of white dudes, busey specifically. he does have the choppers. his teeth are a conduit to higher learning.

7:48	Wade: I have no idea what subtext show is being discussed. On my own blog, too.

7:49	Kari: poor thing.

7:49	Jen: He thinks he’s not there for rehab, but as an inspirational speaker

7:49	Kari: celebrity rehab with Drew Pinsky.

7:49	Jen: He out-Kanickies Kanickie

7:49	Sean: Have we had a Palin siting yet?

7:49	christopherdavis: cuba gooding junior gets and oscar and he refuses to do anything good ever again. busey gets an oscar nod, refuses to wear a motorcyclehelmet and goes insane

7:49	Wade: Who else snagged “I Voted” sticker freebies?

7:49	Jen: I haven’t seen any candidate on the tube

7:49	Kari: MEEEEEE!!!!

7:50	Sean: My kids hugged me.

7:50	Wade: Palin is waiting it out with the McCains in AZ.

7:50	Kari: my kid got one, too!

7:50	Sean: And Graeme left something in his diaper for me.

7:50	christopherdavis: i guess what i’m saying is, i hope obama doesn’t get any oscar consideration.

7:50	Sean: that was all free!

7:50	Wade: Obama is up for an Emmy, btw

7:50	Sean: No way she is “with the McCains”

7:50	Kari: for what?

7:50	Sean: I bet she’s not even allowed at the Biltmore.

7:50	[Comment From Dave] I was listening to NPR in the car, and they called PA as soon as they came on at 7 (8ET). That the race was that clear immediately doesn’t bode well for McCain next door in Ohio.

7:50	[Comment From CA] Just signing on..this is better than TV..Palin just went to Arizona to be with McCain

7:50	christopherdavis: in that case get barack a helmet just to be safe

7:51	Sean: Is he going to ride a motorcycle?

7:51	Wade: He’ll be better protected than the troops.

7:51	Sean: Or win an oscar

7:51	christopherdavis: maybe a vespa. he’s very continental.

7:51	Best I Voted freebie: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream ( 50% ) Chick-fil-A ( 0% ) Starbucks coffee ( 0% ) Krispy Kreme doughnut ( 17% ) Babeland sex toy ( 33% )

7:51	Kari: mccain HAD to win PA

7:51	Sean: But he’s got big ears. Imagine the drag.

7:52	Kari: and, i didn’t know chick fil a had freebees

7:52	Wade: My fave giveaway: flu shots for voters.

7:52	Jen: http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2008/11/03/your-reward-for-voting-free-coffee-a-donut-and-more.aspx

7:52	Sean: I think I figured out Dana Basch.

7:52	Sean: She’s not a hoo.

7:52	christopherdavis: philadelhia, the city of brotherly love, but no love for a brother. don’t be hatin.

7:52	Wade: http://voteandvax.com

7:52	Sean: She’s James Carville in a wig!

7:52	Kari: what!!!?

7:52	Kari: nice.

7:52	Kari: she’s still a hoo

7:52	christopherdavis: i’m so racially edgy aren’t i?

7:52	Sean: So he’s a hoo too?

7:53	Kari: yes.

7:53	Sean: Hooey.

7:53	Kari: does that make GB a hoo?

7:53	Kari: Dole defeated

7:53	christopherdavis: and while we’re talking about PA. it’s white cheese on my philly. you slather some of that cheeze whiz crap on my sandwhich and we’re gonna have a fight

7:54	Sean: No way. He an evil (@#%)^)($

7:54	[Comment From Melinda] i didn’t know babeland was giving out freebies. Looks like 33 percent of you knew. Where the heck is Babeland? Obviously, I need to get out more.

7:54	Wade: Babeland is wherever I am.

7:54	Sean: By the time I get back to this chat it will be over, but my kids need ALL their medications.

7:54	Wade: We’ll keep it going, Sean.

7:54	Sean: Busey land maybe.

7:54	christopherdavis: catch me up. what’s aHoo? is this Dr. Seus related?

7:54	Kari: yes!

7:55	Kari: sorry…

7:55	Kari: i should have clarified

7:55	christopherdavis: yes me kari? or yes sean?

7:55	Kari: where is jen?

7:55	Kari: Yes chris

7:55	Jen: Sorry sorry

7:56	Kari: A Hoo is a Dr suess character

7:56	christopherdavis: answer me dammit. why do you ignore me so kari? what happened to us? we used to be beautiful!

7:56	Kari: sorry…

7:56	Kari: the wine is kicking in

7:56	christopherdavis: i can’t saty mad at you kari.

7:56	Jen: They’re in the Grinch!

7:56	Kari: and Horton

7:56

7:56	christopherdavis: oh i know my grinchian lore.

7:56	Kari: I love horton

7:56	Wade: Dana Bash, fyi

7:57	Jen: http://raincoaster.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/the-grinch-and-cindy-lou-hoo.jpg

7:57	Kari: lmao

7:57	christopherdavis: carve me off a slice of that rare roast Who beast!

7:58	Kari: i love that we are talking about hoos and GB.