A racist Texas homeowner has lynched an empty chair representative of President Obama, in his front yard. His neighbors complained, and this was his response:
“I don’t really give a damn whether it disturbs you or not,” [Bud] Johnson reportedly told [his complaining neighbor]. “You can take [your concerns] and go straight to hell and take Obama with you. I don’t give a shit. If you don’t like it, don’t come down my street.”
His street? He didn’t build that.
Geoffrey Skelley’s post “Less Than 50 Days to Go” at Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball takes a look at mid-September Gallup RV polling relationship to final results for all 15 presidential elections since 1952, and notes: “The most obvious conclusion we can make from these data is that it’s better to be ahead at this point. Of the 15 elections between 1952 and 2008, only twice has a candidate who held a lead around this time failed to win the election.” Those two exceptions are Nixon in 1960 and Gore in 2000, who did in fact win the popular vote.
The Springsteen Contagion:
Daniel Trone mapped Springsteen’s 1500+ shows over 40 years. I am amazed how much he did not travel to the west coast early in his career.
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