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Hey now?! What with that 90 degree left turn?
Looks like ti Need to get to ACME and buy up all the bread and hot dog rolls.
Never mind bread and hot dogs. Get ye to the nearest liquor store say Krestons or Veritas and buy beer, wine and rum.
Time for a Hurricane Party.
damn right, pooker.
right wing theory that this is sent by God in order to knock out most of Obama’s electoral strength in 3…2….
LOL! I’m on my way to Kreston’s shortly. Having company for dinner, but I plan on buying extra!
French Toast Mania Time!
Charter School of Wilmington has already announced they are closing Monday, possibly Tuesday.
Anybody heard anything from the districts?
Don’t forget to clear storm drains of leaves and debris before this starts.
“LOL! I’m on my way to Kreston’s shortly. Having company for dinner”
, but I plan on buying extra!”
Smart move. In emergency situations always stock up on the staples and essentials. 🙂
While hoping the hurricane doesn’t bring major problems to all of us, the prospect of significant damage to the mid-Atlantic and states to the north is one more reason for us to be thankful we have the Electoral College. If the aftermath of the storm limits voting, it may reduce the overall count from Virginia to Maine (reducing Obama’s popular vote total). However, assuming roughly equivalent impact on Republican and Democratic voters in those states, Obama remains likely to carry them all, and preserve the Electoral College margins shown in the recent DL polling reports.
Other thoughts:
Some of the prophets of doom are suggesting power outages that could last weeks. What if there are extended states of emergency in multiple states? What if people can’t get out to vote? There’s no precedent for it, but can Election Day be changed? (Imagine the roar from the GOP if Obama suggested it. Imagine the cheers from the GOP if a hurricane turned out to be as powerful as a dangling chad.)
What about the deluge of attack ads we expect to be bombarded with over the next 9 days? I can’t imagine any of the Super PACs cutting back, but the audience might be smaller. And how will voters respond to such ads when they’re dealing with a natural disaster?
The storm could be the ultimate October surprise. And, quite seriously, Obama’s response, and the effectiveness of the federal government in the immediate aftermath, could turn out to be the deciding factor. (This is not the time for a “way to go, Brownie” moment.