11/4/2006
Dead Heat: I’m Off to Walk Doors
by Matt Singer on 9:21 am.
Mason-Dixon has the race as a dead heat: 47-47. The poll was in the field from October 31-November 2. The Rasmussen poll that had Tester up 4 was taken November 1. The Zogby poll showing it a 1 point race occured between October 24 and October 31.
The reality? We’re tied — at most, 1 or 2 points ahead — at worst, we’re down 1 or 2. It’s turnout now.
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I’m surfing whilst phone banking. If any of you are not multi-tasking, shut the damn computer off and call HQ and VOLUNTEER.
Go!
I’m on my way out as well, but I wanted to remind everyone that the NRA has done something to convince people that Jon wants to make them register their guns and ammo. ( so I am told by the daughter of a well connected gun loving businessman here)
If Tester were actually able to get to DC, he’d just follow party lines and do whatever Chuck Schumer and Barbara Boxer told him to do…and according to Chuck, Babs, AND the UN, guns are bad.
Ok, we’ll believe you instead of his record. GOod call. Thanks for opening our eyes. Maybe you and Andy Hammond could get together and come up with a script for us to follow.
Source? What has Tester done to protect the rights of gun owners in MT?
Better ask the NRA about that one, since they give him an A.
Filling out a survey and actually backing-voting for/againstlegislation are two COMPLETELY different things.
Even the tradesports margin is narrowing…. http://tradesports.com/aav2/trading /tradingHTML.jsp?evID=41042&eventS elect=41042&updateList=true&showExp ired=false
I wonder why John Kerry hasn’t been here to stump for Tester? Bush stumping for Burns seems to have had a positive effect.
Yeah, smart one. That is why the stadium was only half full. In the whole state of Montana, only 5,000 people could bother to show up.
Maybe Ted Haggard ought to come stump for Conrad. At least now I know why the Repubs are so dead set against gay marraige. Why buy the cow when the milk is (almost) free?
TED HAGGARD?! Oh, you mean the good, Christian man that talked with bush at LEAST once a week! Wow! So, now we know who the little chimp talks to! God, Haggard the faggard, and Henry Kissassanger! My GOD! What OTHER wierdo or war criminal out that does he talk to that we DON’T know about yet?! No WONDER this administration is characterized by EVEN rethugly stalwarts as “dysfunctional”! When you have Haggard the Faggard advising a chimpanzee on family values WHAT DO YOU EXPECT! I wonder, just WHAT kinda family does ol’ Faggard have??????? Is bush his love chile?????????
Why are Demos so homophobic? Why are you so anti-gay. YOu always throw out the Gay bashing. You should really be more sensitive to gay people.
Also, why are Democrats against Indian education? Conrad Burns appropriated #3 Million dollars for an Indian tribe and you guys take exception to that. Why do Democrats hate Indians so much?
maybe because that indian tribe, the Saginaw’s in Michigan, is the wealthiest tribe in the nation, and didn’t even need that money. Look at the tribes in Montana, like the Crow for instance. Think they could’ve used that money. You’re an idiot Max
Some of the people who post here seem to think that Tester will bring world peace and end hunger in his first month in office. They fail to realize that politicians are politicians. I really doubt that he gives a damn about Matt or LTW, he just wants grass roots (or astroturf) support. If he does not get elected someone putt Singer on suicide watch or at least get the guy a hobby.
That’s funny because it’s true.
Jake, you truly are a douche bag. Frankly, it seems that you are the one in need of a hobby. Don’t you have some sort of new vehicle to wax or a Jewish financial consultant to hang out with?
L….you an anti-semite?
Maybe not an anti-semite, although he/she sounds like one, but for sure an ignorant asshole.
Apparently you don’t remember one of Jake’s pointless posts that desicribed his excellent money saving skills due to his Jewish financial consultant and all the things he recently purchased. I only remember this because it striked me odd that he felt the need to point out he was Jewish. My comment was in no way intended to offend anyone, and I am far from an anti-semite.
Wait a second, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA…oh gosh, give me a second HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA …. just let me get this under control, my sides are hurting…HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH…. I really can’t help myself, I need a minute.
You Demos and your joke botching. Everyone knows that in spite of being wicked bright and whitty, John Kerry and other demos often have trouble expressing themselves.
I know what you meant to say “You know education, if you don’t make the best of it, you don’t study hard, if you don’t do your homework and you don’t make the effort to be smart, you will not do well. If you do, you become a Jewish Financial Consultant.”
If you botch the joke you become an anti-military or worst yet an anti-semite.
What the hell? You can kindly take your extremely unhelpful anti-Semitic comments and stuff them where the sun don’t shine, please.
No, you should keep them on this site because that is how Demos really feel. That is why Kerry said the things he did. I think its good that you Demos really tell us what you really feel about a race, sex, creed, sexual orientation.
p.s. Good letter to ed in the Trib today blasting one local VFW here in GF that has on its sign, “home of conrad burns, lifetime member”. The writer took to task the VFW because poor jarhead corndog NEVER SERVED IN A THEATRE OF WAR OVERSEAS! Like everything else about this idiot burns, this is a LIE! Connie burns NEVER served in a theatre of war! PERIOD! So, connie must be inflated by his supporters! Pretty damn insulting to REAL vets who DID actually serve in foreign wars, MYSELF INCLUDED! Connie burns is a phony in ALL he says and does! The ONLY club that he’s a lifetime member of is the JAC, the Jack Abramoff Club!!!……..and maybe an honorary member of an Indian tribe back east!!!
Can we please hear another NAM story, please. . .
Sorry, jakey, but I can’t help it if no one in YOUR party served! Oh, except BUSH!! TOO FUNNY!, and marcy racicook, who somehow, like bush, jumped to the head of the line to get into the Guard! Funny how that works! How many rethugly vets YOU know, jakey?
i KNOW right, CUZ bill CLINTON totally SERVED his COUNTRY in VIETNAM!!!
Do you guys ever view an issue from a rational standpoint, or is everything just a knee-jerked, half-cocked, whiney, emotional reaction?
Al Gore volunteered to serve in Nam. John Kerry is a decorated war hero. Cheney had four draft deferments. Jimmy Carter has the second longest record of serving on active duty of any President, only behind Dwight D. Eisenhower (who was a liberal republican by the way). The Dubya deserted his national guard unit and had his father fix the records. The democrats have twenty Iraq war veterans running for congress this year; the repubs have one.
Your point is?
I wasn’t making a point…I was asking a question.
We don’t have to tell Tester about serving in the Military because his brother served in the Air National Guard. Did you know that President Bush also served in the Air National Guard. It seems to count for Tester, why doesn’t it count for the other lefties?
Larry, you just must not have paid enought attention in school and ended up getting STUCK IN NAM. And no I dont know any Republicans who served, except my Dad, my uncle, half of my mom’s side of the family and well. . . dont have time to list them all here, but go on and act like youre special.
No, HELL no. I’m not special, just more special than bush, limbaugh, o’lielly, hannity, perle, wolfawitz, five defferment dick, move-to-the-head-of-the-line marcky racicook, and an ENDLESS list of chickenhawks conducting an immoral, illegal “war”!
Marc Racicot showed up in my friend’s ROTC unit a few days after getting a low draft number in the late 60s. No one could figure out how he got in so fast.
Maybe that explains why Smilin’ Marc got to be the Bush-Cheney Campaign Chairman in 2004. They both knew how to dodge.
You know the difference between Vietnam and Iraq? Bush knew how to get out of Vietnam.
It’s like watching two people engage in a duel with wet spaghetti as their weapons.
Who will come out on top?
That was in referenct to Jake and Kralj, not Burns & Tester.
I give it to Larry by 7%.
Thanks, Shane. But ya know, I just LUV pointing out what hypocrites the Rethuglies are. I mean, where ELSE can you find a guy like Haggard the Faggard advising a complete IDIOT on family value matters?! Actually though, it’s not a really well-kept secret that ol’ georgie himself has engaged in some rather homo behavior in the past. And heck, who can forget the TWO HUNDRED SOME “sleepovers” with gannon/guckert/www.hotmilitarystud. comm! I mean, what was THAT all about? Was chimpy gettin’ more family values training???????? These criminals in there now are unreal! And that’s simply what they are. CRIMINALS!
Max, are you aware that Tester is missing 3 fingers? the military doesn’t take you if you don’t have all of your fingers! Also , are you aware that “Dubya got out of flight status during the golf war by refusing to take a flight physical? Anyone else would have faced a court maritial for that. He refused to follow orders and got away with it because his daddy was president. Bush is Chickenshit, plain and simple, but doesn’t hesitate to send our young men and women to die in a war we had no business in, but he and Cheney’s [another chickenshit] buddies rake in billions from it. JJ
Oh, your talking about the Golf War. Well if we are talking about the Golf War then I did serve. In fact I served up a 72. Pretty damn good huh?
Shh, don’t let facts get in the way of the local trolls’ bloviating. You know how they hate facts.
There are soldiers with missing legs who are serving this country. If Tester didn’t go to the military because of a handicap its because his gut hangs down to his kneecaps. He looks like he needs a defibulator in that commercial of him and Shitzter walking up the capital stairs.
you mean like Max Clelend? you saw what your boys did to him. He left three limbs in vietnam, and you stupid ass chickenhawks ran campaign ads featuring his picture next to osama’s. Is that how you treat a war hero Max? you’re an idiot
Yes Max, you’re right. People serving under the CURRENT rules are still serving while missing body parts. Back in the days when Jon was eligible (by age) for military service, THE RULES WERE DIFFERENT.
Idiot.
By the way, I heard recently that the NRA has bought some ads with Lee Newspapers supporting Burns. Don’t know if it is still happening but if it is, tomorrow’s Lee newspapers and the election day papers will be wrapped in a plastic bag telling voters to support Burns. I know that there was some controversy about this but if your paper is wrapped in this garbage tomorrow, call Lee and threaten to cancel your subsription. The race is too close for this kind of bullshit.
Um…this is a capitalist society. The Lee Newspaper chain is allowed to advertise as they wish.
I realize socialism it your ideal, but that ain’t gonna happen, so deal with it.
My last response to this hasn’t posted yet…
Last I checked this was a capitalist society….the Lee newspaper chain is allowed to sell advertising to whom ever they choose.
I realize you kids love socialism, but it ain’t happenin’.
Everything about this race says Burns should lose. He won by a rather narrow margin last time, he’s less popular now, this is a horrible year for Republicans, he has made a good number of high-profile really stupid statements (almost doesn’t need to be said), we have a candidate who the grassroots and college scene are jazzed about, very good Dem ground game this year, and on and on. So while the race is narrower than it has been in the past, I am still very optimistic about victory. Which is not to say anything will be taken for granted at this point, but we should be out there feeling positive as things move into the last couple days.
I said the exact same thing about the Cubs this year. You demo’s should pop the corks because the partys over. YOu definatly have it in the bag. The Repub don’t have a clue how to win elections. People in Montana hate George Bush and prefer Kerry and his wicked sharp intelligence and whit over Bush any day.
You have a lot to be happy about. YOu have a candidate that is for high taxes, pro-gay marriage, wants to cut and run from the war with terrorists, pro flag burning, pro-abortion for kids, for giving pedofiles the right to look at porn in libraries. I got to hand it to you guys. You have sure picked a winner for Montana. And its all because of those jubilant college kids who like to shout people down at debates.
you are a first class idiot
Au contraire, Trout. He is a typical Rethuglican.
I know this has made the rounds before but it bears repeating.
http://www.billingsgazette.net/arti cles/2006/11/03/news/local/33-burns .txt
My astonishment is not that Burns is for sale. That’s been pretty well-established. My astonishment is (A) just how cheaply he can be bought, and (B) how bold he is about selling his office.
He recommends a guy for appointment to the federal bench THE DAY AFTER collecting $2,000 from him? Wow! I wonder if he gave him a receipt labeled “PAYMENT FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIP APPOINTMENT”?
Even more remarkable is that Conrad is so willing to sell federal judgeships on the cheap. I mean, his vote on the Marianas Islands went for $5,000 but he charges only $2,000 for a federal judgeship? Those jobs are lifetime appointments and pay about $150,000 a year. That’s like buying a Porsche at Wal-Mart.
I did three hours of phone banking today. Back for more tomorrow. I don’t give a rat’s ass about who served what. To me, the only thing this vote is about is fear. If you vote for Burns, you’re voting for fear. If you’re voting for Tester, you’re voting for what is right with this country and courage. Vote for courage.
Wow, just wow.
Hey hit-escape, what color is the sky in your world?
Thanks for keeping the focus on GOTV. We have an opportunity to elect Jon Tester and send Conrad Burns to retirement. I can’t think of a greater political opportunity that’s come our way in Montana in some time.
I only put in 4 hours today, but hope to put in some more tomorrow and will have all day Tuesday.
It is up to us to make sure that Tester’s supporters get to the polls. That’s how we’ll win.
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