My God. The reports of the people at the polls.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

Already. Crack of sparrow fart, the reports sound like the The Who in Cinncinnnati. That is amazing. Phenominal. I am 52 and I just don't remember ever hearing anything like this in my lifetime.

At that start of this megillah, I said that something was moving in this nation. Something inexhorable and huge.

I had no idea. None whatsoever. This is so good for us. Apathy is our true enemy. Involvement and passion is our best friend.

[deadparrot]

1. Please, God, I hope the great majority of them are voting the right way

Please let this thing be going in our favor...

[calico1]

4. I would find it hard to believe that

so many people would register in throngs (and so enthusiastically) to have the idiot in chief elected. I would think most new voters are voting for Kerry.

[ExclamationPoint]

12. Voting Kerry

I beleive most are voting for Kerry. People who really want change vote so passionately, not people who want things to stay the same.

[Ishoutandscream]

33. Absolutely - the more voters, the better our chances

I'm so excited!

[jezebel]

14. I have to say I'm really nervous about that. My husband and I went to the

polls at 6 AM here in a northern suburb of Atlanta (a very Republican area). The polls didn't even open until 7, and when we got there at 6 there were already at least 100 people in line. When we left at 8 there must have been 600 in line. What worries me is that they looked Republican. But then again most people probably think my husband and I do.
I just hope the other side is not out in record #s too.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

2. Damn, that was well put.

I was nervous until I saw those lines this morning. Most people in this country are good and decent and now I'm sure we'll have an unemployed Chimp tomorrow thanks to them. Nothing beats the power of an inspired people!

[KlatooBNikto]

13. All the pent up rage against the usurper is coming out at the voting

booths.He is going to find out at the end of the day how his arrogance has awakened a sleeping giant.

[Road Scholar]

3. No great thing was ever done without passion! nt

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Oh, I don't know...

You see, I have gotten laid a few times without...But it was still great. Remember: Even the worst sex is merely fantastic. :D

[SEpatriot]

5. No retreat, baby, no surrender!!

The turnout is happening. Pray that it overwhelms the theft and chicanery of the Repugs. And above all, GOTV!!!!!

[Nashyra]

9. I don't think people show up in droves for the status quo

the repukes were on the GOTV to counter the ground swell that they saw the Dems were getting.

[vademocrat]

6. "The Winds of Change" - Cat 5 Hurricane heading toward the Chimp

Richmond VA - polls open at 6am. at 5:45 am I was #23 in line. Brother reported from Richmond also he & his wife were #126/27 at 6:45am! Another brother from Alexandria, VA reported 50 people in line at 5:45am.

VA = Democratic Surprise

to add: I've taken the day off and am driving people to the polls today. Have 2 appts already - 4 more voters!

[Skidmore]

8. I want this election's results to shut down punditry as a

profession. I want that smarmy class of leaches to be so gobsmacked that we only hear the sweet and pure tones of the voices of the people. Mosh!!

[fertilizeonarbusto]

10. Skidmore, you're a person after my own heart

Just behind seeing Chimpy back at the pig farm and hearing the Freepers wail will be the pleasure of watching the punditry squirm like the worms they are when the people throw their scenarios out the window. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

[GumboYaYa]

11. I have always voted firts thing in the morning.

Today I got to the polss at the same time I usually do, aroun 6:15 am. In the past my voter number has varied from 3 to 7. Typically I am one of the very first voters in my precinct.

I showed up at 6:15 am this morning and I was voter #91. I was shocked. My precinct also is heavily democratic.

[DemNoir]

15. I still believe

In the collective wisdom of the American people

[kcwayne]

16. My poll was not busy in Indianapolis (Repuke Central)

I waited about 10 minutes to vote and was merrily on my way. The good news is that an overwhelming majority of people in my neighborhood will vote Republican, so if they don't show up in droves, it is a good thing.

[DoYouEverWonder]

17. Jeez, I didn't smell any sparrow farts

But I did see a piliated woodpecker while I was in line.

We open at 7:00 AM. Very long line when I got there. Everyone was relaxed and patient. I live in a mostly Democratic area, so this is good news for Kerry.

My precinct tends to be a a lot of older folks, but this morning the line was very mixed. Young, old, white, black, lot's of professors.

Everything was going smoothly, but fortunately we rarely have problems in Alacuha County.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

19. Oh, lucky you!!!!!!!!!!!

I live in the city and I haven't seen a pileated in years. They are so magnificent. I hope he voted for Kerry :-)

[DoYouEverWonder]

21. I took it has a good omen.

n/t

[H3Dakota]

18. Voting started at 7am...

I got there at 6:20am & was #16 in line. Before 7 rolled around, the parking lot was full & the line wrapped all the way around the building. Traffic jams on the way in to work as I go by 3 polling places - all had traffic lined up on the roads waiting to get in just to PARK! I have *always* voted at 7am and I have never before had to stand in line to do so - this was a first for me, but very rewarding!!

[concord]

20. Long line in MA

I've lived and voted in this Boston suburb for the past 14 yrs. I've never been in a line longer than 4 people. This morning, we got there just before the polls opened and the line was down the street and around the corner. It was even longer when we left. This has GOT to be good news.

Hope is on the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fenderplayer96]

22. Okay, so I'm a Brit...

...and I've never wanted to be American more than I do today. I want to vote, dammit!

Threads like this one are giving me a lot of hope for tomorrow (and not just cap-T Tomorrow, like some far-off future - I'm talking about Wednesday onwards :) ) I hope Bush gets thrown out on his arse, and enough Republican evil from the past 4 years is uncovered and documented and shown before every election to keep them safely out of power for the next 400 years!

For the sake of the US and the rest of the world, Go Kerry!

[Skidmore]

24. I'll make you an honorary American and will cast my vote later

today for you. I want this bunch stripped of their wealth and slammed into prison until they are all old and worrying about whether or not they are eligible for their Social Security.

Let's hope the world has seen the last of the Bush family, too.

[fenderplayer96]

34. Thanks, Skidmore!

I appreciate the vote on my behalf :)

I agree totally with your post, except for the "prison" bit. Well, maybe prison longer term, but I'm thinking "stocks" instead (no, not as in stocks and bonds - stocks or pillories, check this or this out. From the news the other day, I understand there are plenty of rotten tomatoes in, of all places, Florida...)

[Skittles]

27. you sound like my mum

she lives in Illinois - has lived in the US a long time but is and will always be British - she wishes she could vote too. She thinks Bush is a "bloody twit" and don't even get her STARTED on Alan Keyes!!! :D

[MacGregor]

29. Hey, I've got dual citizenship: I'll share my vote with a fellow Brit!

Well, actually, my parents are American and I was merely born there, but I spent a lot of my Formative Years in the U.K. -- I know I wouldn't be the liberal-on-the-chromosomal-level that I am today without that.

So, yeah, it's a convoluted, nonsensical conceit, but hey, just go with it, mate, and enjoy your half a vote for John Kerry... =)

[oasis]

23. This is what democracy looks like. (nt)

[Catfight]

25. Democracy is a beautiful site, someday we'll have honest elections! nt

[Neecy]

26. wheee!

The news just reported 2-hour waits around Kansas City to vote.

A big turnout in Jackson County means Democrats WIN.

[Philostopher]

28. Holy effin' crap!

I'm in a smallish, incorporated 'city' (it's really kind of a southern suburb of Dayton), largely white, middle class, and our registrations were reputedly something like 65% R, 45% D, last I saw any statistics on that stuff. The poll workers are all elderly people who've done this stuff for years; we voted punch cards, which these people have worked with for decades. I'm setting this up because the poll workers weren't the reason things took so long.

It took us forty minutes to vote, and our precinct is one of the smaller ones in the area! The poll workers were amazed -- said it was quiet at 6:30 when they opened up, but they'd been slammed since 7:30. We got there at 8:00, and I just walked in the door and sat down here at 8:40.

Now, we had about a 60% turnout in 2000 in this part of town. If it took forty minutes to vote at eight in the morning, here in my sleepy little bedroom community, I can only imagine what's going on elsewhere.

It's really warm today, here in SW Ohio. I give it mid-sixties already. It's damp, but it's not raining hard. Nothing that seems likely to discourage anybody but the most casual voter, in other words.

Best of luck to everybody in Ohio who's working the polls, watching the polls and voting. If the turnout here in my little 'leans red' precinct was like this, can only imagine what it's like in the city!

The experience did make the Mr. and I discuss being poll workers in the future, if we stay here. Everybody working our precinct is over 70 -- I don't see them making too many more elections. Somebody has to do that stuff -- maybe it's time it was us.

[treehuggnlibrul]

30. Weepy here. Love hearing it! Keep the stories coming!

[C_U_L8R]

31. NYC

I got to the poll at 6:15 - PS89 close to ground zero - and the line was around the block.
Took an hour and a half to get to vote for President Kerry. Turn out was awesome...
didn't deter any workaholic NYers. Many folks were calling into work to cancel meetings and such.

They really do need more poll workers and machines - and I would have thought that they'd anticipated the huge turnout. Innocent bungling or something more political... no matter... the voters in that line were determined and commited to vote. A good showing for NY.

[Lorien]

32. Call all your friends today

I didn't last time, and was surprised at how many didn't vote!