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: https://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.

7:58	Kari: lol

7:58	christopherdavis: it’s democracy at it’s finest

7:58	Kari: alabama mccain

7:58	Who’d you rather #4? (This one’s for governor) Charles Barkley ( 67% ) Barkley from Sesame Street ( 33% )

7:58	Wade: Oy, the Fox anchor is talking about his Facebook account.

7:59	Jen: I’m friending him

7:59	Kari: me too

7:59	Wade: It’s like Demitri Martin on Daily Show, but even less hilarious.

7:59	christopherdavis: a whovillian conversation in russia during a presidential race will get you thrown in stalag 13

7:59	Jen: In Soviet Russia, the Who hears you

7:59	christopherdavis: we don’t dis demetri in this house young man!

8:00	Wade: Welcome, to Hour Two of our live blog on Election Night 2008.

8:00	christopherdavis: i love you jen. lol

8:00	Wade: Please feel free to say hi, don’t just lurk!

8:00	Jen: Heh

8:00	christopherdavis: oh god, i just typed lol. what the?

8:00	Jen: It’s better than saying it out loud

8:00	Wade: Next up, political lolcats …

8:00	Jen: Wisconsin to Obama

8:00	Kari: I’m a LOL er

8:00	Kari: bitches

8:01	Jen: I can has lektoral votes?

8:01	Kari: did you take your ambien

8:01	Jen: Minnesota to Obama

8:01	Kari: please do…

8:01	Kari: it would be way more fun

8:01	Jen: No ambien tonight, the new coverage will take care of it

8:01	Jen: Wade will take it

8:01	Kari: i called the M!

8:01	Wade: But not orally.

8:01	Kari: M states!

8:02	Jen: MMMmmm, states

8:02	Kari: but remember, i opted OUT of Mississippi

8:02	Jen: Montana???

8:02	Kari: wow, it does look like a landslide

8:03	Kari: no, i like montana

8:03	Wade: Be sure to tell your Facebook and MySpace and Twitter friends to drop by: http://snurl.com/wade-vote08-live

8:03	Jen: Fox just indian-gave Obama Ohio

8:03	Jen: No offense to my native american friends

8:03	Kari: ha!

8:03	christopherdavis: just heard arizona is too close to call. talk about hometown disadvantage

8:03	Wade: Ugh, Karl Rove on Fox — forgot he was on there.

8:03	Kari: that sucks

8:03	Kari: CD

8:04	Kari: k, i’m gone for a minute

8:04	Kari: my kid won’t go to bed

8:04	Jen: see you soon

8:04	Wade: MSNBC 175 Obama 70 McCain

8:04	Jen: Shocking

8:04	Kari: he’s afraid of mosquitos

8:04	christopherdavis: i’ll be right back too. i hear undecided voters on my lawn

8:04	Kari: and there is one in his room

8:05	Jen: too bad there’s no frog there to catch it…

8:05	christopherdavis: a mosquito or undecided voter?

8:05	Jen: either

8:05	Sean: I’m back. PBS is projecting the Isle of Sodor for Obama.

8:05	christopherdavis: frogs cathc undecided voters?

8:05	Sean: He’s usefule.

8:05	Sean: useful

8:05	Wade: Wish PBS was doing live national coverage.

8:06	Sean: Sununu went down.

8:06	Sean: Thus CNN projects.

8:06	christopherdavis: pbs stands for punked out baby suckers

8:06	christopherdavis: poor sununu. we hardly knew ye

8:06	Wade: RIP Obama’s grandma.

8:07	christopherdavis: was he undecided?

8:07	Jen: So depressing–the Biltmore hotel with “Take me home tonight” playing in the background

8:07	christopherdavis: RIP indeed.

8:07	Jen: Oui, cheers Madelyn

8:08	Wade: For more live blogging (and in-depth polling): http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

8:08	Obama Half white ( 40% ) Half black ( 60% )

8:09	[Comment From Dave] Jen, I’m watching Fox, and I don’t see the Ohio for Obama call you report.

8:09	Sean: “If republicans can’t beat a lunatic like Al Franken, then we’re in bad shape this year.”

8:09	Sean: That’s damn funny.

8:09	Jen: It was a mistake, Dave–Shepherd called it out as an error

8:09	Sean: Carville thinks Obama is going to take Fla.

8:09	Jen: who’s the quote from, Sean?

8:10	Wade: That’s the odd thing about American racial labeling: someone who’s “half-black” isn’t biracial or mixed race, he’s black.

8:10	Sean: The mustachioed republicn guy.

8:10	Jen: ah, him

8:10	Sean: Anderson Cooper was quick to back pedal from the Carville comment.

8:10	Jen: Mah boo?

8:11	Jen: Did he say who was the mole?

8:11	Wade: I am not the mole.

8:11	Sean: I have a mole.

8:11	Sean: But I’m not saying where.

8:11	Wade: moley moley moley ..

8:11	christopherdavis: guaca mole

8:11	Jen: Then you must not have a cat

8:11	Sean: Alex Castellanos

8:11	Jen: GUAM!

8:12	Wade: From FB world: “Erin Sullivan wishes Tim Russert was still with us.8:33pm”

8:12	Sean: Graeme’s allergic to moles.

8:12	Sean: And cats.

8:12	Jen: I didn’t think I would say this, but I think Kari was actually raising the level of discourse

8:12	christopherdavis: tim was essential.

8:12	Sean: CNN: GA for McCain.

8:12	Wade: I’ve been watching the Sunday morning shows lately, and it’s been sad without him.

8:12	Jen: rats

8:12	Sean: No word on Chambliss.

8:13	christopherdavis: not to harp on this, but just out of curisity, were any of you bloggers undecided? fess up.

8:13	Wade: No freakin way.

8:13	Sean: I was decided after Fla. 2000.

8:13	Jen: I couldn’t even decide if Obama was half white or half black

8:14	[Comment From Dave] ABC reports all 4 of Maine’s electoral votes go to Obama (that state along with Nebraska splits up its votes)

8:14	christopherdavis: unless obama ate a human baby on national television, there was pretty much no doubt that i was going to vote for him.

8:14	christopherdavis: so i don’t get this undecided shizzle

8:14	Jen: For me, it would depend on how cute the baby was

8:14	christopherdavis: sadist

8:14	Wade: psst: no one says shizzle anymore.

8:15	Jen: Ah, another for Kari’s M states rule

8:15	christopherdavis: alll babies are cute. even the homely ones.

8:15	[Comment From Maggie] In a parallel world where 2000Mcain had run against Obama, I might have been undecided.

8:15	christopherdavis: oops

8:15	christopherdavis: my apologies… shiznit

8:15	christopherdavis: shilzenit?

8:15	Sean: Darnit, there are kids… oh wait, they went to bed.

8:16	Which did you do first? Vote in real life ( 80% ) Say you voted on Facebook ( 20% )

8:16	christopherdavis: kids need to learned obscure profanities sometime

8:16	[Comment From Maggie] For the record, I waited for ice cream for longer than I waited to vote. Also: Coconut 7-Layer Bar Rocks.

8:16	Jen: YUM

8:16	christopherdavis: that’s what this election night needs. ice cream

8:16	Wade: Maggie: saw your FB status first.

8:17	[Comment From Maggie] Seriously. I would vote for Ben and Jerry for ANYTHING right about now.

8:17	Wade: We know we’re second to FB.

8:17	christopherdavis: someone bring me some hagen das. mango flavor please

8:17	Wade: And now, the contestants weigh in on a giant scale.

8:17	christopherdavis: nothing more american than voting and hagen das

8:17	Wade: Who will be the Biggest Loser?

8:18	Jen: Frusen Gladje?

8:18	Sean: Karl Rove

8:18	[Comment From Maggie] Also, MSNBC has called Minnesota (my current home state) for Obama with….wait for it….0% of precincts reporting.

8:18	christopherdavis: frusen gladje? now i have to marry you!

8:18	Wade: FYI: Sessions wins his Senate seat again over Figures.

8:18	Jen: Bring boardwalk fries

8:18	[Comment From Dave] Amusing quote from Katie Couric: “All the white states are currently undecided”

8:18	Wade: White power.

8:19	[Comment From Maggie] White people: Confused. Again.

8:19	Sean: You mean white powder.

8:19	Sean: That’s why they’re confused.

8:19	Sean: McConnel Retains his seat.

8:19	Sean: CNN projects.

8:19	Jen: David Plouffe’s wife is still pregnant

8:20	christopherdavis: indecisive whites. sounds like all the parents of the white women i’ve dated after their daughters told them of my “skin condition”

8:20	Sean: You havea mole?

8:20	christopherdavis: exactly

8:20	Sean: Jefferson went for Obama.

8:20	Sean: So did Walker County.

8:21	christopherdavis: jefferson went for obama. first sally hemmings, now this.

8:21	Jen: So here’s the dream I had about Obama about a year ago

8:21	christopherdavis: do tell…

8:21	[Comment From Maggie] psoriasis?

8:21	[Comment From Dave] NOW Fox has projected Ohio for Obama.

8:21	Sean: Wait.

8:21	Sean: Do I need to get my kids up so we don’t have to hear this Jen?

8:21	christopherdavis: begrudhingly

8:21	Jen: We have this passionate night of sex, but I’m feeling conflicted because I don’t want him to cheat on his wife

8:22	christopherdavis: oh my god, you didn’t kill his wife did you?

8:22	Jen: Afterwards, he tells me that he and Michelle both cheat on each other, and basically everything he’s ever said in his speeches has been a lie

8:22	Jen: Naturally, Im totally crushed

8:22	Sean: No. She killed his daughters.

8:22	christopherdavis: so he’s a republican clinton

8:22	Jen: But I still want to keep seeing him, so I’m torn

8:23	christopherdavis: strumpet

8:23	christopherdavis: trollip

8:23	christopherdavis: hpmewrecker

8:23	Jen: Yes we can

8:23	christopherdavis: yes you did

8:23	[Comment From Maggie] If it makes you feel better, Jen. I had a dream about having sex with Michelle.

8:23	Jen: LMAO

8:23	Wade: MLK is rolling over in his grave.

8:23	christopherdavis: i feel better already

8:23	Jen: He said she was cheating!

8:24	Sean: West By God Virginia went MCCain=CNN

8:24	christopherdavis: MLK and harvely MILK woud be

8:24	Wade: State flower of WV? Satellite dish.

8:24	Sean: Hank WIlliams JR. Wolf BLitzer you’re a moron!

8:24	christopherdavis: macainiacs are out in full force

8:24	Sean: HW has been dead for 60 years.

8:24	Jen: where?

8:25	Sean: CNN

8:25	Sean: At the BIltmore.

8:25	Sean: Playing live right now.

8:25	Jen: ah

8:25	Sean: Oops.. too late

8:25	Sean: Sounds like they’re getting ready to call FLa or Va.

8:25	Jen: flava!

8:25	christopherdavis: i hear hank the third is a bit of an ass. that’s neeither here nor there. just idol gossip.

8:26	[Comment From Maggie] Bob Schaffer just told me that all Obama has to do is win Washington, Oregon, Cali, and Hawaii and he wins now.

8:26	[Comment From Maggie] Is hank III the son of Hank Jr.? I’ve always wondered.

8:26	christopherdavis: c’mon fla! with your marshlands, and retirees

8:26	Wade: Jews and Cubans…

8:26	Wade: chads and oranges

8:26	christopherdavis: yes hank three is the son of hank jr

8:26	[Comment From Maggie] CSI squads

8:27	Jen: socks and sandals

8:27	[Comment From Maggie] Poor Hank III.

8:27	Wade: Bham News columnist said he would not vote: http://blog.al.com/archiblog/2008/11/the_reasons_i_wont_vote_today.html

8:27	christopherdavis: rockets and red glaring faced retirees

8:27	Wade: I thought it was disingenous of Archibald.

8:27	Jen: mickey and minnie

8:28	Wade: “Why don’t I vote? A vote is a thing of value that I will not give. A vote is an overt political act that I can not perform.”

8:28	christopherdavis: columnists have to vote.

8:29	Sean: He’s wrong.

8:29	Wade: OH for Obama – MSNBC.

8:29	Sean: And his paper endorses.

8:29	[Comment From JB] Dad and Mom.

8:29	[Comment From Maggie] I’m not sure who all this applies to here. But I’m taking this list of “5 Things White People Shouldn’t Do If Obama Is Elected” to heart. http://www.theroot.com/id/48691

8:29	christopherdavis: well lah-di-da da mr. archibald

8:29	Sean: Therefore he votes.

8:29	Sean: John takes himself too seriously.

8:29	Wade: You can’t be a paper that encourages people to vote and then cop out.

8:29	Sean: I told him this at a halloween party last week.

8:30	Sean: He was not even wearing a costume.

8:30	Sean: That’s just slacking.

8:30	Wade: Does Ohio mean it’s over?

8:30	Jen: What up JB?

8:30	christopherdavis: i wonder does archibald ever hurt himself getting off that high horse of his while trying to smell the sweet aroma of his own shit.

8:30	Jen: I feel like it might be

8:30	christopherdavis: i kid archibald i kid

8:30	Jen: Is Kari back?

8:31	[Comment From Maggie] Wade: That’s what Bob S. says.

8:31	Wade: Usually, I think Archibald is on the money, but not today. Even Romanesko led with it.

8:31	[Comment From Dave] McCain advisor: “When you work with John McCain, you learn it isn’t over till it’s over.” She didn’t explain how McCain was going to get a million voters bussed into California before polls close there.

8:31	christopherdavis: i don’t think ohio means it’ over just yet

8:31	Sean: Pausing to eat dinner.

8:32	Wade: Nom nom nom

8:32	Jen: NBC: 200 O 85 M

8:32	christopherdavis: need a cookie. be right back

8:32	Jen: CNN: 174 O 69 M

8:32	Jen: Battleground states of PA and OH to Obama

8:32	Wade: Brian Williams and co. discussing Ohio now on NBC.

8:34	[Comment From JB] is it wrong to be looking at this blog in one tab, stealing music in another, and looking at nekkid ladies in a third?

8:34	[Comment From Maggie] I am so fucking envious of Kyle right now.

8:34	Jen: Better than watching me & Wade sing naked

8:34	Lori: Oh man, I missed all the good stuff!

8:35	Wade: Kyle Whitmire of Bham Weekly in Grant Park in Chicago right now.

8:35	Jen: Welcome back!

8:35	Wade: His colleague Madison’s twitter feed: http://twitter.com/MadisonU

8:36	Lori: Maggie and I perfected our Dancy Dance. If I’m feeling crazy I might video it.

8:36	Wade: Jen and I are watching “Privileged” instead of election returns.

8:37	[Comment From Maggie] Did I get drunker than I thought, or are we talking about a different Maggie?

8:37	Jen: Do eet!

8:37	Lori: Didn’t I tell you?

8:37	Jen: Oops sorry

8:38	[Comment From mikec] hume is so lost in the technology

8:38	[Comment From Maggie] Have you seen the footage of that Park?

8:38	[Comment From Maggie] I keep looking for Kyle’s head when they do the flyovers.

8:38	Lori: Ha! My daughter’s name is Maggie.

8:38	Jen: sorry, got a little out of order

8:38	christopherdavis: what’s privelaged?

8:38	Who’d you rather #6? (for President) Gary Busey ( 43% ) Omarosa ( 14% ) Jonny Fairplay ( 43% ) Trishelle ( 0% )

8:39	[Comment From JB] South Park is showing the “naggers” episode (With Apologies to Jesse Jackson) right now. the race war is over. see you hillbillies later.

8:39	[Comment From Maggie] Black males, according to Gerry Ferraro.

8:39	[Comment From Maggie] Lori: I’m not sure if it’s better or worse that you have a naked dance video with your daughter.

8:40	Jen: it’s wade and I who are naked

8:40	christopherdavis: i guess somebody’s got to be naked.

8:40	Lori: There is NO naked. It’s a reference to a kids show Yo Gaba Gaba. It’s like muppets on acid.

8:41	christopherdavis: yo gabba is yo awesome

8:41	Lori: I am totally addicted. I really would like to see it on acid (not that I would know what that is like). DJ Lance’s hat rocks!

8:41	christopherdavis: the skinny black guy on yo gabba looks like a young french bootsy collins. hey baby!

8:42	Jen: you don’t have kids, right Chris?

8:42	Wade: Ha! I just got the joke from 7:38 p.m.

8:42	Lori: I gotta go again. Thanks for the laughs. Hope he keeps rolling along! GOBAMA!!

8:42	[Comment From Maggie] I have not seen this show. I am intrigued

8:43	christopherdavis: no kids. maybe i’ll trick some woman into marrying me and she’ll spawn some offspring for us

8:43	Jen: http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.yogabbagabba.com/&usg=AFQjCNH8r32NQkujxT-6Ey1hfp8dPWCwlw

8:43	Jen: meant http://www.yogabbagabba.com/

8:43	Jen: thx lori!

8:44

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8:44	[Comment From Maggie] Liddy has GONE DOWN. (not that way. we hope)

8:46	Jen: which way is that, maggie?

8:46	christopherdavis: young french bootsy collins for president!

8:47	[Comment From Maggie] The way that involves Bob and Viagra.

8:47	[Comment From Maggie] This Yo Gabba Gabba thing is insane. I want children suddenly so I can make them watch it.

8:47	Wade: Hey, children are everywhere. All you need is a van and the promise of candy.

8:47	Sean: May… stop to eat dinner and the discourse falls of a cliff

8:47	Sean: Man…

8:48	Sean: So does my typing.

8:48	Wade: Hell, Sean’ll give you one of his tots.

8:48	Wade: George S. on ABC: “Wal-Mart Republicans”

8:48	christopherdavis: attention all local dealerships. do not sell wade a white windowless van

8:48	Jen: abc: 200 O 124 M

8:48	Wade: Otherwise known as a “rape van.”

8:48	[Comment From Maggie] Sean, I only want them if I can put them in a Skinner Box and force them to watch Muppet Show and Yo Gabba all day

8:48	[Comment From Tracy] Is this going to be in the paper?

8:49	Sean: New mexico goes to Obama. CNN

8:49	Sean: What paper?

8:49	[Comment From Maggie] Wade, I prefer you call it a “surprise sex van”

8:49	[Comment From Tracy] If so, Mom and Dad, I totally voted for McCain.

8:49	Sean: She did not!

8:49	christopherdavis: thanks for the clarification on the street name for said deviant vehicle wade

8:49	Jen: I can’t believe it was only 4 years ago that they were talking about how hopeless (no pun intended) the dems were, and that talk has already switched to the reps

8:49	Jen: yeah, Tracy, front page

8:50	[Comment From Tracy] I don’t know who that Sean person is…some cult member.

8:50	[Comment From Maggie] Schadenfreude is nice, isn’t it, Jen

8:50	Jen: yum

8:50	christopherdavis: it’s quite the turn around. a whole new world. don’t you dare close your eyes. copyright disney

8:50	Sean: The cult of Facebook Status update…

8:51	Jen: From facebook: Bryan Payne is OMG my SONS CAN BE PRESIDENT!!! THANK GOD!

8:51	Tracy: Don’t out me to the parents, Sean.

8:51	Jen: From me: but not your daughters, and don’t you forget it

8:51	Tracy: My little corner of Indiana went blue, in a (relatively ) big way.

8:51	Jen: it’s because you’re such a tease

8:51	Sean: Good for you. PRobably because you guys just moved there.

8:51	Sean: You know… tipping point.

8:52	Sean: I’m working on a tipsy point.

8:52	Jen: yeah, she’ll tip your point

8:52	Wade: Alabama amendments update: http://www.al.com/election/coverage/index.ssf?stateamend

8:52	Jen: or something

8:52	Tracy: It was the Ann Arbor vibe. We imported some free thinkin’. Pretty good for a county with no Whole Foods.

8:52	Wade: MS just went McCain.

8:52	Wade: South pretty red so far

8:52	Jen: Apple went Obama

8:53	Kari: Hey, wouldn’t it be ironic if the republicans won the popular vote, but LOST?????

8:53	Tracy: Stop telling my campaigning secrets, Jen.

8:53	Jen: WB Kari!

8:53	Wade: ABC now reading twitter feeds.

8:53	Jen: they are reading twitter feeds on TV

8:53	christopherdavis: thanks MS. had a n opportunity to finally show some smarts and you blew it. m-i- crooked letter-stupid

8:53	Wade: And we’re blogging about them reading twitter feeds.

8:53	Jen: Breaking: Wade and I share a brain

8:53	Sean: Just saw a bumper sticker in Hueytown: Don’t blame me, I voted for whitey.

8:53	[Comment From Maggie] I love irony!

8:54	[Comment From Maggie] oy

8:54

Wade:

State Amendment – 1-Rainy Day Account
–

Ballot Issue

November 04, 2008 – 09:50PM ET

Alabama –
388
of
2843
Precincts Reporting
–
14%

Name	Votes	Vote %
Yes	121,858	60%
No	81,820	40%

8:54	christopherdavis: nobody likes whitey more than i do

8:54	Wade: What’s y’all’s take on Amend 1?

8:54	[Comment From Maggie] Oh, shit, Wade. Are the Alabama voters favoring a tax increase?

8:54	Jen: Don’t blame me, I voted for Vaggie

8:55	[Comment From Maggie] Does that mean y’all can get your roads fixed sometime this century?

8:55	Wade: No, it’s just raising a cap so that the rainy day fund can be used more effectively.

8:55	Jen: what roads?

8:55	christopherdavis: if it’s actually used for what it’s inteneded, i think amendment 1 is a good idea

8:55	Wade: Not a tax.

8:55	[Comment From Maggie] phew. I was about to think the sky was falling.

8:56	Jen: Breaking: Dancing with the Stars results show tomorrow night

8:56	[Comment From Melinda] Any word on the state supreme court race?

8:56	christopherdavis: no need for taxes. just sell the mayor’s escalade, custom suits, and that deck he built onto his office.

8:56

Wade: http://www.al.com/election/coverage/index.ssf?supreme

Supreme Court – Place 1
–

General

November 04, 2008 – 09:53PM ET

Alabama –
667
of
2843
Precincts Reporting
–
23%

Name	Party	Votes	Vote %
Paseur , Deborah Bell	Dem	205,650	50%
Shaw , Greg	GOP	202,983	50%

8:56	Wade: Dead heat.

8:57	Wade: Now ask me tomorrow’s winning lottery numbers …

8:57	[Comment From Melinda] Thanks.

8:57	christopherdavis: paseur? that sound french to me. dern french liberals! next thing ya know they’ll be putting croisants in the school lunches

8:58	Kari: Wait, Jen…

8:58	Sean: CNN: This just in

8:58	Sean: We’re NOT projecting a winner in the presidential race…. but

8:58	Jen: Hmm?

8:58	Kari: what do you mean i was raising the level of discourse?

8:58	Sean: John McCain can’t win.

8:58	Jen: LOL

8:58	Kari: sorry

8:58	[Comment From Melinda] Wade I’ll ask you about the lottery when I come and get my freebie.

8:58	Kari: i had to see what i missed

8:58	[Comment From Dave] What’s the story with the Blount County amendment, blocking outside cities from annexing any Blount Co land without a countywide vote? What city are they trying to thwart – is Bham close enough? Gardendale?

8:58	Sean: “Now those of you out west, go vote.”

8:58	Wade: Hottie alert: ABC 33/40 reporter Ana Jasen.

8:58

8:59	Sean: I’m trying to annex part of Blount county.

8:59	Jen: I’m the wrong person to ask about those amendment thingies

8:59	Wade: Checking on Blount Co. for Dave……

8:59	Sean: Actually, it may be Tuscaloosa.

8:59	Kari: Ana Jasen….

8:59	Sean: Or it could be hoover.

8:59	Kari: seriously?

8:59	Jen: They were like GMAT questions

8:59	[Comment From Maggie] Damn, Ana Jasen

8:59	Kari: she looks like she ran into a window

8:59	Wade: Tsk tsk

8:59	Jen: a HOT window!

8:59	Sean: She’s definitely got some proportion issues.

8:59	Kari: SMOOSH!

8:59	Wade: Jealousy is not pretty on you.

9:00	Kari: me?

9:00	Jen: but who does her hair

9:00	Sean: She’s all head.

9:00	Jen: lol

9:00	Kari: i wanna go there.

9:00	Tracy: roots, tsk

9:00	Kari: pshyeah

9:00	Sean: Iowa goes to Obama. CNN

9:00	Sean: Must vote for Ethanol.

9:00	Wade: Welcome everyone to Hour Three of our Wade on Birmingham Eleciton Night Live Blog.

9:00	[Comment From Maggie] insert joke here

9:00	Sean: Them Mormons: All McCain, all the time.

9:00	christopherdavis: ana…gerowwwwl.

9:00	Tracy: When does Princess Leia come back to CNN?

9:00	Wade: Halfway there.

9:01	Sean: Okay, another break. I’ve got to iron clothes.

9:01	Choose Jen’s next hair color: platinum ( 14% ) blonde ( 29% ) dark brown ( 14% ) red ( 43% )

9:01	Sean: Damnit. Why don’t I live in a “red” house. Then my wife could do it.

9:01	Tracy: BWAHAHAAAAAA!!! I totally make Tomas iron.

9:01	Kari: ohhhh….

9:02	Kari: ilsa fischer

9:02	[Comment From Maggie] CBS is not calling the election. But Bob Shaffer totally is.

9:02	Kari: so is anderson cooper

9:02	Jen: hmm, interesting

9:02	Jen: BUT DID HE SAY WHO THE MOLE IS?

9:02	[Comment From Maggie] Ashton Kutcher

9:03	Kari: no, DID WE SAY HOW I WAS RAISING THE LEVEL OF DISCOURSE

9:03	Jen: oh right right

9:03	Jen: things went downhill after you left

9:04	[Comment From Maggie] You know what I’d pay to see, speaking of discourse raising: An Anderson Cooper/Keith Olberman sex tape.

9:04	Wade: Falafel, I say.

9:04	Jen: olbermann hangs left

9:05	Kari: well…

9:05	Kari: i think it’s pretty much over

9:05	Sean: Wait… there are still chads to be pried loose in florida.

9:05	Jen: abc: 207 O 135 M

9:05	Sean: Don’t take away CNN’s ratings.

9:05	Jen: or ours!

9:05	Sean: Good point. Iron’s hot.

9:06	Kari: i love how on fox they said nothing about ohio…

9:06	Kari: they were talking louisiana

9:06	Jen: fox broke ohio

9:06	Kari: whatevs

9:06	Kari: that’s not what i saw

9:06	Jen: lol

9:06	Kari: arizona

9:06	[Comment From Dave] Answer to my Q about Blount Co amendment: Springville, and Bham apparently have interest in annexing parts of the county.

9:06	Jen: but did you kill the mosquito?

9:06	Wade: Thanks, Dave.

9:06	Kari: gop insider

9:07	Kari: “it’s over for mccain”

9:07	Wade: Birmingham would no doubt do great things for any place it annexes.

9:07	Kari: interesting…

9:07	Kari: yes

9:07	Kari: i caught it in my hand

9:07	Hottest pundit: Karl Rove ( 0% ) George Will ( 33% ) Ann Coulter ( 17% ) James Carville ( 50% )

9:08	Kari: the mosquito

9:08	Jen: wow!

9:08	Kari: i rock

9:08	[Comment From Dave] Bham may have its sights set on Inland Lake, which is a water source. http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/statebriefs.ssf?/base/news/1224749747222560.xml&coll=2

9:08	Wade: Ann Coulter! She’s a fellow Cornellian.

9:08	Jen: you do rock; who needs a frog

9:08	[Comment From Brent] oops, I accidentally voted for Carville, I meant Will. Bow ties are HOT!

9:08	christopherdavis: anne coulter is also a fellow troll.

9:08	Kari: or a milipede

9:09	Kari: or a hermit crab

9:09	Kari: the crabs were traumatic

9:09	Jen: but who does her hair?

9:09	Kari: i wanna go there

9:09	christopherdavis: i’m sure she’s under a bridge riight now waiting to rough up some goats

9:09	Jen: oh, thought you were talking about coulter

9:09	Kari: pshyeah!

9:09	christopherdavis: i was

9:10	Jen: about her being a hermit crab

9:10	Wade: Fivethirtyeight calls Obama for prez at 8:46 pm CST. http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/obama-to-become-next-president.html

9:10	christopherdavis: why would i insiult a hermit crab?

9:10	Jen: lol

9:10

Kari:

9:10	Kari: my scalp itches

9:11	christopherdavis: maybe your scalp has soraiasis of the liver

9:11	Wade: I demand a recont on the Hottest Pundit poll.

9:11	Wade: Why wasn’t I listed?

9:11	Jen: I am watching this whole video, Kari

9:12	Kari: good

9:12	Wade: I am waching Jen watching this whole video.

9:12	Wade: Meta!

9:12	Kari: how bout a dike spike?

9:13	Jen: I did not know that was even a thing

9:13	Wade: MSNBC 207 Obama 135 McCain

9:14	Kari: i feel bad for mccain

9:14	Jen: missouri leaning mccain with 21 in

9:14	Wade: I feel bad for Trig.

9:14	Jen: indiana onscreen, and now I know where tracy lives! in the blue part!

9:14	Kari: nothing about scotty?

9:14	Sean: Has ironed three shirts in the time it took for you guys to go way off topic.

9:15	Kari: please…

9:15	Jen: who’s scotty?

9:15	Kari: it bc i’m BACK

9:15	Kari: scotty vanity?

9:15	Jen: is that the singer?

9:15	Wade: Anyone got some Jefferson County results?

9:15	Kari: yesssss…..

9:15	Jen: he’s… great

9:15	Kari: lol

9:16	Jen: jeffco: 1 vote for obama

9:16	Jen: at least

9:16	Kari: itnwas me

9:16	Jen: it was me!

9:16	[Comment From Donna] I’m in a hotel room in Medart, FL, and have no cell phone service, unless I go outside in my jammies. Making me crazy! Jeffco went for Obama. Can you believe it?

9:17	Wade: Birmingham/Jeffco has always been heavy Dem.

9:17	Jen: we’re that blue dot

9:17	Wade: Exactly.

9:17	Jen: although I think of myself as more of a foulard

9:18	What would it take for you to vote for the “other guy” for prez? Gun to head ( 20% ) $1,000 ( 20% ) Sub-prime mortgage ( 0% ) GOP shopping spree ( 60% )

9:18	Sean: I love that Mississippi hasn’t been called yet.

9:18	christopherdavis: that sounds french! you buddy buddy with that paeur?

9:18	christopherdavis: i mean paseur

9:19	Kari: Hey, I opted out.

9:19	[Comment From Maggie] Really? I”m seeing Miss. called

9:19	Sean: I made it clear, my Alabama vote could be bought.

9:19	Wade: MS = McCain.

9:19	Jen: I am

9:19	Sean: Just not on CNN yet.

9:19	Kari: that’s Pasteur

9:19	Jen: How are the senate races?

9:19	Wade: Most of the South is red.

9:19	Sean: Okay… maybe on the tube, But not on the web site.

9:19	[Comment From Donna] All my friends have gone to bed. How can they sleep?

9:19	christopherdavis: the dailyshow’s indecision live coverage just can’t be beat!

9:19	Wade: Ambien!

9:19	Jen: cnn.com is behind the broadcast

9:20	Jen: yay ambien!

9:20	Kari: thanks!

9:20	Wade: More election coverage from the Onion… http://www.theonion.com/content/index

9:20	Kari: CD, I’m over CNN

9:20	[Comment From Donna] Wine.

9:20	christopherdavis: colbert is taking this hard

9:20	Kari: wine and ambien?

9:21	Country you’d most like to invade next: Iran ( 0% ) North Korea ( 0% ) Canada ( 33% ) Mypantsistahn ( 67% )

9:21	[Comment From Donna] Hey, whatever floats your boat.

9:21	Jen: no, if I take ambien at wade’s i can’t get home

9:21	Kari: love it

9:21	Kari: not you,

9:21	Kari: donna

9:21	Kari: or wade

9:22	Jen: a-ha

9:22	Kari: we all know how you do with ambien.

9:22	[Comment From Donna] wow, texas for Obama. Who’d thunk it.

9:22	Wade: Onion: Voting Machines Elect One Of Their Own As President http://www.theonion.com/content/video/voting_machines_elect_one_of

9:22	Jen: hmmm, Donna

9:22	Kari: ps i have a sex pistols album for you

9:22	Jen: rockin

9:22	Wade: TX = McCain acc. to MSNBC

9:23	Jen: Alabama: McCain 59% Obama 40%

9:23	christopherdavis: is anyone watching fox?

9:23	Kari: NO!

9:23	Kari: It was a little sad

9:23	Wade: Has Rove bitten the head off a live bat yet?

9:24	Kari: I’m watching comedy central

9:24	Wade: House Dist. 3: 52% Rogers / Seagall 48% (74 % boxes in)

9:24	christopherdavis: i’m sure they’re begrudgingly giving poll results in obama’s favor

9:24	[Comment From Donna] No, really. I’m sure TX went for Obama (uh-huh)

9:24	[Comment From Donna] No, cheney is the bat-biter.

9:24	Kari: yeah…

9:24	Jen: I watched Foxnews Sunday at mom’s and Rove called 338 for Obama

9:25	Kari: I’m calling 327

9:25	Jen: I want some of what Donna’s drinking

9:25	Kari: I think you just need food.

9:25	Jen: i had the big salad

9:26	Kari: no, i mean real food

9:26	Jen: it had bacon

9:26	Kari: like a steak or something

9:26	Tracy: McCain is only up by 4k in IN

9:26	[Comment From Donna] It’s red, it’s cheap. goes well with Ambien (or xanax, or valium).

9:26	Jen: i eat steak almost every night

9:26	Tracy: …and 12% left to report

9:26	Jen: wtg donna

9:26	Jen: woot, tracy!

9:26	Kari: nice

9:26	Jen: ths for the update

9:27	Kari: what is wtg?

9:27	Tracy: NP. Do I get some Ambien?

9:27	Jen: you can haz

9:27	Kari: christ… i LOOK at ambien and I’m out for a week

9:27	Kari: you bitches are hard core

9:28	Wade: OK, now everyone say what you’re wearing.

9:28	Jen: one of my temps is taking tomorrow off in anticipation of a celebratory hangover

9:28	Kari: what do you want me to be wearing?

9:28	Kari: lol

9:28	Tracy: ooooh

9:29	Jen: the rest of this liveblog will be charged at $3.99/min

9:29	Jen: please enter your credit card numbers

9:29	[Comment From Donna] I think I’ll let one of my sleeping co-workers drive us home.

9:29	Kari: he started it!

9:29	Tracy: I don’t know you, Keri, but I like your sassy talk.

9:29	Wade: Baxley over Twinkle in PSC by slight margin with 28 percent counted.

9:29	Jen: kari, tracy. tracy, kari.

9:29	Kari: i’m like 3 glasses of cheap wine in…

9:29	[Comment From Donna] Will a corporate AMEX work?

9:29	Kari: what up

9:29	Jen: I couldn’t vote for anyone named Twinkle

9:30	Kari: me neither

9:30	Jen: Donna, YES

9:30	Kari: that why i voted for myself

9:30	Kari: on everything

9:30	Sean: Okay… I’m done lurking.

9:30	Jen: oh, you really did write yourself in?

9:30	Kari: yes

9:30	Sean: Now I’m going to bed. 4 a.m. is sooooooon. Thanks for the political entertainment.

9:30	Sean: Adger signing out!

9:30	Jen: gnight!

9:30	Wade: Have a safe trip, Sean.

9:31	Sean: I have to… I’m flying to a blue state.

9:31	Jen: abc 207 O 138 M

9:31	Kari: you may be looking at the next judge of the civil court of appeals

9:31	Tracy: BYem Sean!

9:31	[Comment From JB] c u next tuesday.

9:31	Jen: but who would do my hair?

9:31	Kari: i wanna go there

9:31	Wade: Stay classy, JB.

9:31

Wade:

President – National Results

November 04, 2008 – 10:28PM ET

Precincts Reporting: 40%

Name	Party	Votes	Vote %	Electoral Votes Won	States Won	Electoral Lead
Obama	Dem	29,665,681	51	202	18	59
McCain	GOP	28,370,748	48	114	13	74
Nader	EPF	253,104	0	0	0	0
Barr	Ind	236,783	0	0	0	0

9:31	Kari: pshyeah

9:32	Kari: i love how nader is in there

9:32	Wade: Oprah on ABC now

9:32	Kari: so for rizzle…

9:32	Jen: so, obama charged the press for premium spots at his party

9:32	Jen: didn’t bother me, but did bother some…

9:32	Wade: me

9:32	Jen: thoughts?

9:33	[Comment From Donna] GO-BAMA (and I don’t mean the football team)

9:33	Jen: oprah compares election to 9/11

9:33	Wade: Go Saban!

9:33	Kari: anyway…

9:33	Kari: i’m for real thinking Ilsa Gischer

9:33	Kari: Fischer

9:33	Jen: https://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/02/08-15/isla-fisher-picture-2.jpg

9:34	Tracy: I can’t believe my husband became a citizen so he could vote and he is sleeping thru the results.

9:34	Kari: no, not that

9:34	Jen: Oprah: “We will even take the drug addicts’ vote”

9:34	Jen: he looks like a big sleeper

9:34	[Comment From Donna] Signing off. Time to get horizontal. thanks for communication on this amazing night.

9:34	Jen: then what?

9:35	Jen: night Donna!

9:35	Wade: Night, Donna. Sleep tight. Safe travels.

9:35	Wade: OMG, Oprah still talking.

9:35	[Comment From Donna] TNX. Keep the faith.

9:36	Jen: Breaking: Oprah does not take credit for Obama’s impending win

9:36	[Comment From JB] Indecision 2008 is much funnier than Oprah. More commercials, too!

9:36	Jen: we don’t have cable

9:36

Kari:

9:37	Jen: ooooo

9:37	christopherdavis: oprah is on?????

9:37	Kari: she sucks

9:37	christopherdavis: no she doesn’t. you take that back.

9:38	Kari: never

9:38	Kari: she’s the antichrist

9:38	Kari: well…

9:38	Wade: JB: We need live transcription of Comedy Central, please.

9:38	Kari: i take that part back

9:38	Kari: it’s a commercial

9:38	Wade: Jeffco results. ftp://ftp.jeffcointouch.com/elections/Active%20Election%20Files/Electionreportset.html

9:38	Jen: it’s not wise to piss off the oprah

9:39	Kari: whatevs

9:39

Wade:

                                                       VOTES PERCENT

           PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 377).  .  .  .  .       349   92.57
           REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .   380,069
           BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .   282,707
           VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .             74.38

          STRAIGHT PARTY
          VOTE FOR ONE  1
           Democrat (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   107,143   65.55
           Republican (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    56,305   34.45

9:39	Kari: what do you think of ilsa?

9:39	Jen: loves it!

9:39	Kari: you couls barack THAT color!!!

9:39	Jen: but shouldnt I go blue?

9:39	Kari: no

9:39

Wade:

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/11/winners_declared_in_jefferson.html

Winners declared in Jefferson County: Smallwood wins tax collector

Posted by Birmingham News November 04, 2008 9:25 PM

Categories: Elections

With 86 percent of the votes counted in Jefferson County:

Incumbent Democrat Tax Collector J.T. Smallwood wins, 61 percent, defeating Republican Vickie Evans Fuller, 38 percent.

Jefferson County tax assessor: Birmingham business owner Gaynell
Hendricks, a Democrat, 55 percent, defeats Republican Jeff Caddell, 45
percent.

Jefferson County treasurer: Democrat Jennifer Parsons Champion, 56
percent, defeats Republican incumbent Kenneth Gomany, 43 percent.

Assistant tax assessor Bessemer Cutoff: Democrat Andrew Bennett, 64 percent, defeats Republican Andrew Smith, 36 percent.

The turnout in Jefferson County was estimated at 75 percent of the eligible voters.

9:40	Jen: agh, giant article!

9:40	Kari: 75% is a lot

9:40

Wade: reposted:

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/11/winners_declared_in_jefferson.html

Winners declared in Jefferson County: Smallwood wins tax collector
Posted by Birmingham News November 04, 2008 9:25 PM
Categories: Elections

With 86 percent of the votes counted in Jefferson County:

Incumbent Democrat Tax Collector J.T. Smallwood wins, 61 percent, defeating Republican Vickie Evans Fuller, 38 percent.

Jefferson County tax assessor: Birmingham business owner Gaynell Hendricks, a Democrat, 55 percent, defeats Republican Jeff Caddell, 45 percent.

Jefferson County treasurer: Democrat Jennifer Parsons Champion, 56 percent, defeats Republican incumbent Kenneth Gomany, 43 percent.

Assistant tax assessor Bessemer Cutoff: Democrat Andrew Bennett, 64 percent, defeats Republican Andrew Smith, 36 percent.

The turnout in Jefferson County was estimated at 75 percent of the eligible voters.

Results from the county’s website

9:40	Jen: Isnt the normal turnout around 40%?

9:41	Wade: 75 percent turnout in Jeff Co!

9:41	Wade: sometimes 50 percent

9:41	Kari: Insanity

9:41	Wade: 50 percent in past years

9:41	Kari: what happened to Traci?

9:41	Kari: or donna?

9:41	Jen: i bet she’s around

9:41	Jen: donna went to bed

9:41	Kari: she’s all ambiened up

9:41	Jen: sean went to bed

9:42	Jen: jb is looking at naked ladies and jon stewart

9:42	Kari: it’s 930

9:42	Jen: (not together)

9:42

Wade: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/11/amari_owens_win_jefferson_coun.html

Amari, Owens win Jefferson County district judgeships

Posted by Birmingham News November 04, 2008 9:27 PM
Categories: Elections

Two Republicans appointed district court judges lost election bids today.

With 88 percent of the vote counted, Democrat John Amari received 56 of the vote to defeat Norman Winston a Republican who had 44 percent of the vote in the 10th Judicial Court, Place 1 race.

Democrat Shanta Owens received 54 percent of the vote to defeat Republican Davis Lawley Jr., who had 46 percent of the vote in the 10th Judicial Court, Place 2 race.

Jefferson County election results website

9:42	Kari: i’m watching stephen colbert talk in tongues

9:42	Tracy: I’m here, just getting IMed

9:43	Jen: hey! TMI! and I thought Tomas was asleep!

9:43	Kari: so is this a done deal or what?

9:43	Jen: depends on who you ask, i guess

9:43	Kari: i’m back on cnn

9:44	Jen: but I think it’s a good chance, while not a landslide

9:44	[Comment From Donna] Aaaahhhhh! Virginia for Obama!!!!!

9:44	Kari: is EVERONE PrO-bama?

9:44	Jen: I think it’s curious that the nets and cables are taking so long to call some very eastern battleground states

9:44	Jen: which would make the winner clear but end a lot of audience

9:44	Wade: Most nets being cautious tonight.

9:45	christopherdavis: hi pro glowbama

9:45	Jen: cautious like a fox

9:45	Kari: i feel like they are calling everything ridiculously early.

9:45	Kari: how can they know with 12% reporting?

9:45	Wade: They’re basing it on exit polling.

9:45	Kari: that’s ridonculous

9:45	Wade: Usually reliable.

9:46	Kari: did you all get exit polled?

9:46	Wade: psst, no one says ridonculous anymore

9:46	Kari: I DO

9:46	Jen: what? really?

9:47	Kari: I’m loving the holograms on cnn

9:47	Jen: CNN: Red states turning blue on U.S. map

9:47	Kari: why will.i.am, though?

9:47	Jen: cnn.com senate race: 54 dem 38 rep some undecided

9:48	Kari: why not someone more important for the first hologram?

9:48	Kari: serioisly, people…

9:48	Kari: this is important!

9:48	Jen: we’re not watching cable

9:48	Wade: Our pal Kathy liveblogging tonight over at Birmingham Blues: http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/11/04/live-blogging/

9:48	Jen: and i’m not entirely convinced you haven’t made up this hologram story

9:48	Kari: my bad

9:48	Kari: wait!

9:49	Kari: do people still say that?

9:49	Tracy: You have to see the hologram.

9:49	Kari: see

9:49	Kari: it’s rel

9:49	Kari: real

9:49	Jen: oh, yeah now I totally believe you

9:49	Jen: cause tracy says

9:50	Kari: whatever

9:50	Jen: lol

9:50	[Comment From JB] the hologram looks just like obi wan in every (spoiler alert) post-death vision to luke.

9:50	Kari: i feel like i’m talking to myself

9:50	Kari: GET CABLE!

9:50	Jen: he’s our only hope

9:50	Kari: it was leia that said that

9:50	Wade: Pic of the day from Bham News http://photos.al.com/birmingham-news/2008/11/birmingham_voting_3.html

9:50	Tracy: They could have had so much fun with the hologram, but they went all serious.

9:50

9:50	Jen: in a hologram!

9:51	Kari: i know

9:51	Kari: tracy did you see the first chic?

9:51	Kari: they explained the technology….

9:51	Tracy: YES. That is the only one I saw. And then all I could think about was Star Wars.

9:52	Kari: but if you’re going to use a hologram for the first time, why would you use an unknown?

9:52	Tracy: And how I would be asking if the camera behind me was making my butt look big.

9:52	Jen: live at the biltmore on abc

9:52	Kari: exactly

9:52	Kari: they should have saved it for barack

9:53	Tracy: Now that would have been much better.

9:53	Jen: once california is called, barack will be at 262

9:53	Kari: nice

9:53	Jen: with hawaii, 266

9:53	Kari: major projections at the top of the hour

9:54	Tracy: IN is still so close…

9:54	christopherdavis: how major?

9:54	[Comment From JB] and it’s not really even a hologram. why are they calling it that? have they never been to ripley’s believe it or not? or brookstone?

9:54	[Comment From Brent] Are we past the point where Palin wins by sympathy vote if McCain kicks the bucket?

9:54	Jen: with oregon or washington, he’ll be over the top without any add’l battleground states

9:55	christopherdavis: what about the country of alaska

9:55	Wade: If the Vietnamese couldn’t kill McCain, nothing will.

9:55	Jen: I’m calling it at 9:55

9:56	Tracy: Cause of death…

9:56

Wade: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/11/blount_stays_dry_by_3700_votes.html

Blount stays dry by 3,700 votes

Posted by Kent Faulk — Birmingham News November 04, 2008 9:48 PM
Categories: Elections

Blount County residents on Tuesday turned down a proposal to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages in the county. The vote was 13,736 to remain dry and 10,010 to go wet. Blount is one of 26 counties in Alabama that do not allow the sale of alcohol.

9:56	Wade: Sad.

9:57	Kari: that is sad

9:57	Wade: More booze for me, suckers.

9:57	Jen: More for me!

9:57	[Comment From Brent] McCain was hoisted by his own petard. He lost to Bush in 2000, so he tried to out-republican bush. and look what he got.

9:57	Wade: Exactly, Brent.

9:57	Jen: snaps to brent

9:57	[Comment From Maggie] THERE ARE SOME STATIONS CALLING VIRGINIA FOR OBAMA

9:57	Jen: plus wjen

9:57	christopherdavis: let the alchoholism begin!

9:57	[Comment From Maggie] I AM NOW SO DRUNK THAT I CAN ONLY USE CAPS

9:58	Kari: Ha!

9:58	christopherdavis: what about the plumber vote?

9:58	Kari: Maggie, i’m with you!

9:58	[Comment From Maggie] THIS ENTIRE ELECTION IS ONE GIANT LOLCAT MEME AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED

9:58	Jen: it’s cracked

9:58	Kari: lolcat meme?

9:58	christopherdavis: plumbers must be heard

9:58	Kari: projection…. virginia!

9:58	Kari: obama

9:59	christopherdavis: alaskan plumbers who enjoy six packs

9:59	Jen: which station, kari?

9:59	[Comment From Maggie] I CAN HAZ BLACK PRESIDENT!

9:59	Kari: cnn

9:59	[Comment From Brent] OMG, virginia?!?

9:59	[Comment From Brent] Chuck D must be so proud

9:59	Kari: 220 obama

9:59	Kari: 135 mccain

9:59	Jen: plus california

9:59	Jen: will be 275

9:59	Wade: It takes a nation of millions to hold me back.

9:59	christopherdavis: virginia hasn’t voted democrat since the paleolithic era