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Zell Commented on Election Central Morning Roundup by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-12T14:19:45Z

"Obama spoke over the phone with various world leaders yesterday: President Luiz "Lula" da Silva of Brazil, Pope Benedict XVI, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, King Abdullah of Jordan, and President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya."

Big deal. Palin spoke to the King of France!

Zell Commented on County Where Palin Hailed "Real America" Voted Overwhelmingly For Obama by Greg Sargent and Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-06T23:05:17Z

Asia rocked, man. The appropriate example of "bad 80's supergroup" is Damn Yankees.

Zell Commented on Palin On Not Revealing Whether She Voted For Ted Stevens: "I Am Exercising My Right To Privacy" by Greg Sargent

2008-11-04T17:46:42Z

On my way to teach, this morning: "Vote for the hero and the hottie." Yes, it was on a pickup truck.

You know, Joe Biden seems like a swell guy, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that he's a hero.

Zell Commented on McCain Camp Sues Virginia Over Military Ballots]]> by Zachary Roth

2008-11-03T23:20:10Z

I'm sure that McCain is just using this for political advantage (as demonstrated by "The campaign's complaint says that Virginia military voters posted overseas who support the Republican nominee will be denied their right to vote"), but I don't understand why it isn't just the law in the first place.

Count every vote; any absentee ballot (military or otherwise) postmarked by Election Day and received within ten days after Election Day is counted.

It's not like the Secretary of State of Virginia - or whatever state - has to officially announce the results immediately, and there's no reason why they wouldn't be able to say exactly what they do today - after all, they don't currently know on Election Day how many ballots they're going to receive by the 14th, so they don't know whether or not they're going to have to count them. But that doesn't keep them from declaring a provisional - not official winner, more or less immediately.

Zell Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-02T11:26:55Z

Simultaneously hilarious and terrifying.

Just what we need, a giddy, starstruck Commander in Chief.

On the positive side, at least she seemed to have at least a vague understanding of who Nicolas Sarkozy is. That's honestly more than I expected.

Zell Commented on McCain Running Robo-Slime In ... Washington State? by Greg Sargent

2008-10-30T17:44:42Z

One obvious possibility is that neither McCain nor his campaign staffers are competent enough to make good decisions.

In fact, I think this could be a prime example of Occam's Razor.

Zell Commented on McCain Running Robo-Slime In ... Washington State? by Greg Sargent

2008-10-30T17:43:30Z

One obvious possibility is that neither McCain nor his campaign staffers are competent enough to make good decisions.

In fact, I think this could be a prime example of Occam's Razor.

Zell Commented on Palin Supporter On Obama: "Kill Him" by Greg Sargent

2008-10-14T19:09:57Z

So what did Hackett say?

I'm guessing "Hussein".

Zell recommended Obama actually had votes for 50-50 MI Split by Minjo Hussein Arugula

2008-06-01T01:28:42Z