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Hope; Nope

Friday, October 31st, 2008

(I can’t believe I cut the freaking “H” off. Sheesh.)

Poll finds 23% of Texans think Obama is Muslim

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Gosh, I’m so proud to be a Texan. *sigh*

Houston Chronicle

A University of Texas poll to be released today shows Republican presidential candidate John McCain and GOP Sen. John Cornyn leading by comfortable margins in Texas, as expected. But the statewide survey of 550 registered voters has one very surprising

3rd

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Oh dear

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

What have I gotten myself into? I heard they were desperate for election workers in town, so now I’m going to an election worker training session Saturday from 9-1 and I’m supposed to show up on the UT Campus by 6am on Tuesday and should expect to be there 12 …

Liquor

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Darra and the big nut

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama

Monday, October 27th, 2008

TPM Election Central

Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents.

Nina Williams, a stay-at-home mom in Lake County, Indiana, tells

When “mavericks” collide

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Palin’s off-script comments irk McCain aides – CNN.com

McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls — recorded messages often used to attack a candidate’s opponent — “irritating” even as the

The big nut

Monday, October 27th, 2008

A kitten is saved by its mortal enemy

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

BBC NEWS

Firefighters have used a vacuum cleaner to rescue a six-hour-old kitten which had become trapped down a drain.