The 7th, part one

This didn't take long. The FBI is already investigating reports that voters have been receiving last minute calls advising them that their voting place has been moved, the date postponed etc...my local sources tell me that some of these calls have already been traced to George Allen campaign associates - of course, my 'local sources' have been drinking heavily for the last 18 hours or so and I'm kinda hoping they stop calling me with their seemingly hourly updates.
Take a nap, why doncha?

The ball is in play- we'll just have to sit tight and wait.

My local paper has an informal 'evote' that shows Mr. Webb (D) ahead of Mr. Allen (R) by a 2 to 1 margin. One can only guess at the accuracy or relevance of this, but I find it somewhat encouraging.
No one was working the exit polls at my precinct- I hung around outside, hoping to get impressions of voter attitudes, but mostly I just got wet, as it is pouring rain at the moment.

Here's a Webb campaign anecdote I like:

Webb told a crowd that at a county fair this summer a fellow came up to him
saying he had a plan to end the war: "Get all the sons and daughters of everyone
in Congress and of everyone in the major media. Put them all in a training
program and announce that in six months if the war isn't over these people are
going to go fight it. The war will be over in six months."

Hell, yeah. If I was Dictator, I'd draft every Iraqi war supporter between the age of 18 and 65 and send them straight to Iraq. They'd be responsible for providing their own weapons -after all, guns are cheap and legal here- surely the same people who support cutting education, healthcare and housing programs for poor Americans wouldn't hesitate to cough up a few of their own dollars to buy a M-16 with a full-auto conversion kit.
What?
You expect the Government to do everything for you?

I'll even compromise a bit:

-You can write the weapons off on your taxes.

-If you are really, really poor, I'll issue you some Welfare Guns.However,if you are poor enough to qualify for my Welfare Gun program, you are probably already in Iraq, prison or both.

-As soon as you achieve 'Victory' , you can come home. But NOT ONE DAY SOONER than that.
This should provide some incentive for defining what "Victory" really is