One for the history books

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Keen. I await repealing of DMCA, Patriot Act, etc, etc... and will be rather mightily ticked if they don't happen, so, like, get on that now that you have the Exec and Legis branches. Failure to do so will be seen as lack of promised change.

Sleep now.

Dear NC: Obama up by <15,000 votes, 98% reporting... but what about those absentee military ballots from Ft. Bragg, etc? Might be a tight one.

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[actsofcreation.livejournal.com]

I have a crisp new $100 bill that says the DMCA won't be repealed.

It's younger brother Andrew thinks the Patriot act won't be repealed either.

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Nuh uh, no sucker bets for me. :)

[babbleon1.livejournal.com]

Sigh - I gotta agree, I don't think DMCA is going anywhere. Too much else to focus on. Patriot act might.

I have a question in to my mom about the absentee military ballots - she'll know. However, a lot of those guys are black, and blacks broke >95% Obama, so the absentee ballots may not be as Republican as they have been in the past.

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Mom says that the 80K absentee ballots counted up to yesterday broke 65-35 Democratic, and she doesn't see any reason why that proportion would change with the remainder.

There were a lot of provisional ballots as well; NC decided that military coming back Sat/Sun could register and vote on Tuesday, provisional ballots. However, again, she would expect that to break even at worst.

I'm not sure why the networks still haven't called NC for Obama, but unless someone calls for a recount, I think we really did go Dem.

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Awesome.

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On what basis do you think those specific things will be changed? Do you recall a long list of items that The New Guy pointed to and said "This is what I will do?"

I don't. We have no idea what he's going to do. He might even pull his mask off and reveal himself to be a space alien.

No one in recent history has been elected so far up so fast with so little track record to justify that trust.

The New Guy likens himself to Lincoln all the time - I think Kennedy is the better comparison. Pro: the Space Program. Con, a weak domestic and foreign policy.

We will see, but I'm not at all optimistic. Look at his record at the Harvard Law Review. Most of his supporters were disappointed once he was elected to run it, and things weren't all that different at all.

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Oh, I'm not optimistic, I'm downright pessimistic.

You'll note I didn't single out Pres Elect Obama, I mentioned both the Exec *and* Legislative branches. This has little to do with the candidate, and much to do with the larger party, so speaking of 'he', singular, misses the point I was attempting to make.

I don't believe for a minute that the New Party In Power is going to give up the powers created by the Previous Party In Power, even though they've been bitching about fighting them for the past 8 years. (They'll wield them *correctly*... trust them.)

It will be interesting to see if the party who has been in opposition to these rather insane pieces of legislation has the balls to reverse them, now that they have the means to do so.

My guess is that these issues will simply slide into a quiet limbo, and be forgotten. I look forward to being proven wrong, however.

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Ah, I always know where to go when I feel that warm glow of hope inside. Jason to the rescue. ;)

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*laugh* Glad to be of service! :D