Tonight, I watched Hijacking Catastrophe on Link-TV (DirecTV channel 375, Dish Network 9410) and notice it'll be replayed 3 more times before the polls close. Link TV is one of those channels that most people never watch, but I think it's a hidden jewel among the fluff.
Hijacking Catastrophe is a powerful piece, significantly more so than Fahrenheit 9/11 which was (after all) vintage Michael Moore.
Tomorrow may be an interesting day: more Americans may vote than ever before. We'll see if the Bush regime has succeeded with their "Politics of Fear" propaganda campaign, and secures another 4 years in power. If you didn't vote early, get out there and vote! (don't forget to Bring Your Identification).
The Dallas Managed News said that all major polls predict GWB will win the popular vote (49-48%) but there's a huge wild card: a large number of first-time voters. And, as we all know, it's Electoral College votes that count. As I predicted before, the weather is also a huge factor in getting people to the polls (example: lots of snow hit Colorado yesterday).
I saved the graphic on electoral-vote.com to see how close it was to reality. Maybe (just maybe) we'll know in 24 hours. Then again, maybe the US Supreme Court will get to decide another election, 5-4?
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What`s keeping Ohio, GB?
I predict that W will win 2-7-0 votes. Not erectoral collage votes. Supreme Court votes. 2 for Kerry, 7 for W, 0 abstaining. I also predict that all future elections will be decided by the courts. :-(
By the way, does anyone else think that states are competing with one another to be the one to "decide" the election? I mean, honestly, why else would New Mexico withhold early voting and absentee voting numbers from their returns all night? I don't think any other state did that. They just wanted to prevent the media from counting their EC votes.
Another thing. Did you notice that *hours* after FOX gave Ohio to W that CBS still claimed that NBC was the only network to declare a winner in Ohio? I thought it was funny that CBS still clings to the idea that the only important media outlets are the old big three (ABC, CBS, NBC). They probably can't spell c-a-b-l-e either! ;-)
Speaking of cable, last night I wished I had cable (or Satellite) so that I could see how Comedy Central was covering things. Did Jon Stewart have wall-to-wall coverage?
Of course, the only really sensible coverage was on PBS, which actually went to regular programming when it became clear that we wouldn't have a winner. Did all of the other talking heads stay up all night?
-- William Bob
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