It's not a big secret that I've spent the last 8 months working first for John Kerry for President then for Kerry-Edwards 2004. I wanted to post a thank you to everyone that supported us. This was my first political campaign of any sort. And while the ups were awesome (post super-tuesday) and the lows sucked (wednesday, Nov 3rd, at 5am) I wouldn't give up this experiance for anything. Our campaign showed that internet and politics are here to stay.

This campaign isn't John Kerry's loss as much as George Bush's win. We hit all of our numbers. We hit all of our targets, we motivated our base and got out a large part of the vote (yes I'm still bitter over the 3M 18-25'ers that registered but didn't vote). We got half the popular vote (or something reasonably close to it). They didn't blow our doors off and wrt to the EC it came down to 150k votes in OH. In a race of over 100M votes that's close to 0.1%. A very tight race indeed.

There's gonna be a shake up in the democratic party. (The -thunk- sound wednesday morning was all the power leaving the democratic party.) There will be a lot of introspection over the next year. Hopefully we can get our base together and draw strength from what we've lost this election season. I'm still a democrat. I still believe in the positive power of the federal goverment. I think health care should be available to everyone. I think that we should encourage jobs to stay in the united states. And most importantly I believe the goverment should encourage scientists and researchers to push the envelope in their fields, because more knowledge isn't a bad thing.

Yes I'm scared about our future, and I hope President Bush keeps his promise (again) to unite the country. But I'm done crying and attending "this sucks" parties. We can buck up. We will win. Fuck that guy.

--timball="For a better tomorrow."

Thanks, everyone, for your support.

] All throughout the debate, Bush was seen taking notes on
] a piece of paper at his podium. At great risk to life and
] limb, we were able to smuggle out the notes and present
] them so that they are available for everyone to see. Many
] Bothans died to bring you this information ...

NINTENDO 4EVAR!

Bush's Debate Notes

] God bless the electoral college! If this country elected
] its presidents with some "popular vote," presidential
] candidates would have to pander to every state in the
] country instead of just a handful of loser "swing" states
] like Ohio and Michigan. Screw you, California, Texas, New
] York, New England, and the South! Giblets flips you the
] electoral bird 'cause you don't count this time around!

Fafblog is the only blog I seem to read... it's funny.

Fafblog! the whole worlds only source for Fafblog.

] An official at 'Fox News' Channel has said that one of
] its political reporters has been disciplined for posting
] a fake news item on its website about US Democratic
] presidential candidate John Kerry.
]
] Paul Schur, a spokesman for the network, said Fox's chief
] political correspondent Carl Cameron had been disciplined
] for posting an item on FoxNews.Com that included several
] made-up quotes attributed to Kerry.
]
] "Carl has been reprimanded," Schur said yesterday,
] declining further comment.

"reprimanded" I read that as "given a bonus". Fair and Balanaced my ass.

Fox News Channel admits reporter posted fake story about Kerry

I'm calling it now. The Republicans had setup this debate as the one that Bush was strongest on. They made it so that the expectation was that John Kerry had to knock this out of the park. I'm here to say that he did.

BRING IT ON

--timball

[[ MemeStreams ]]

] If it walks like a Republican, and votes like a Republican ...

] Zell Miller was once a centrist Democrat. But, in the
] past few years, he's increasingly supported George W. Bush
] and the Republican agenda in the Senate. The non-partisan
] National Journal's 2003 ratings say Zell Miller is more
] conservative than 73% of his fellow Senators. In fact,
] his voting record is more conservative than 23 Republican
] Senators. For more information about Zell's record, see
] "Has Zell Miller become a closet Republican?" or listen to
] his 1992 convention speech at www.listentothisvoice.com.
]

I've been asking for weeks how can Zell Miller claim to be a democrat. He claims his party has sold out the ideals of Truman and FDR, but I think he's just gotten more senile w/ age.

zellout.com

] the geekiest protest sign

PHOTO: When Nerds Protest The RNC.

] We want to send motivated volunteers like yourself to
] swing states and plug you into our local operation on the
] ground. The Travelers will campaign in swing states going
] door to door and making phone calls. Travelers will
] provide their own transportation.

Go to a swing state! Help get out the vote!

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] Kerry on The Daily Show Tuesday
]
]
] In little more than 24 hours from now, we're going to
] have a special treat: our very own presidential candidate
] John Kerry on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Tune in
] Tuesday night at 11:00 PM EDT on Comedy Central for the
] fun.
]
]
] (And if you miss it on Tuesday night, there are repeats
] on Wednesday at 1:00 am, 10:00 am and 7:00 pm.)

The Official Kerry-Edwards Blog

] A front group for the Bush campaign called "Swift Boat
] Veterans for Truth" is continuing to spread their lies
] about John Kerry's military record. Their statements have
] been contradicted by official Navy records, the New York
] Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and every
] man who served under John Kerry -- yet George Bush
] refuses to condemn their tactics. Through his silence,
] George Bush is approving their action. And Bush campaign
] officials in Florida are even promoting events for this
] front group.
]
] Enough is enough. No matter what these Bush campaign
] shills now say, John Kerry's commanders remarked in 1969
] that, "In a combat environment often requiring
] independent, decisive action, LTJG Kerry was
] unsurpassed." In fact, all of John Kerry's performance
] reports (available on our website) display an absolutely
] heroic record of service.

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