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Just wanted to post that for posterity as the President makes his entrance.
Update: Lovely speech. God bless America!

Fox called it for Bush 15 minutes ago. Secretary of State Ken Blackwell told Peter Jennings that he’ll take “2 days, 2 weeks, or 2 months” if he has to, to ensure a fair count. John Hinderaker at Power Line says:
The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office reports that with 65% of precincts in, President Bush [...]

Slimeball Rhodes Scholar Brad Carson loses to conservative Tom Coburn. Sweet! And in case you missed the desperate left’s last-ditch dirty trick trying to link Coburn to a white supremacist group, check this out:
The man alleged to be the author of an article, circulated in Indian Country, about a white supremacist group endorsing Tom Coburn [...]

Just wanted to share a nice e-mail from abroad:
Highly unfortunately I am English, but find myself living in Germany. However, I was fortunate enough to be invited to a “Politics & Party” election do in the Amerika Haus in Frankfurt co-hosted by CNN and Dresdner Bank. Unfortunately, it was less than salubrious, and basically a [...]

Fox News Channel just called my childhood home state for Kerry. Disappointing if that holds up, given the pre-election day Quinnipiac poll that had Bush and Kerry in a dead heat. According to the Home News Tribune, the final Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll, published Sunday, found Kerry leading by 45 percent to 41 percent. Two weeks ago, [...]

“Too close to call.”
“Too close to call.”
“Too close to call.”
“Too close to call.”
Wouldn’t it be cool if all the talking heads would just walk off the set and Brit Hume would announce: “We’ll be back when there’s actually news to report.” Hume seemed so bored a few minutes ago that he was making fun of [...]

Unbelievable. A lower Manhattan polling place is surrounded by left-wing propaganda art exploiting Abu Ghraib imagery.
(Hat tip: Little Green Footballs)

John Greenleaf Whittier is making the rounds. Thanks to the several readers who passed along “The Poor Voter on Election Day:”
The proudest now is but my peer,
The highest not more high;
Today, of all the weary year,
A king of men am I.
Today, alike the great and small,
The nameless and the known;
My palace is the people’s hall,
The [...]

I have some pride. I would strap a bomb on myself and blow myself up as a suicide bomber rather than call myself an American.
– A San Francisco State University student, shouting at College Republicans who were attacked by a mob of Palestinian protesters during a get-out-the-vote event
“They altered parts of the story to make [...]

It’s a gorgeous day here–translucent blue skies, temp in the 70s, autumn leaves doing pirouettes across the lawn. Every tranquil fall morning like this reminds me of the morning of Sept. 11.
My husband and I packed the kids in the double stroller and walked to the nearby elementary school to vote. We sang The Premable [...]

From the National Post: California liberals threaten to move to Canada if Bush wins.
Let’s hope they keep their promises this time around.

Poliblogger has an excellent compendium of major races and initiatives here. We’ll be keeping an especially close eye on Oklahoma and South Dakota; the 11 states holding referenda on same-sex marriage; Arizona’s immigration enforcement initiative; and the Colorado electoral college initiative.

Busy this morning transforming my daughter into Sleeping Beauty in time for her preschool Halloween party. Back later.
Meantime, check Powerline and The Truth Laid Bear for al Qa Qaa updates.
Also, Andrew McCarthy on Our Troops vs. Kerry’s Global Test and Clint Taylor’s excellent piece, which asks: Why won’t he fight terrorists as hard as he [...]

The Rawhide ticket or the Aqua Net boys?
You decide.

Mallard Fillmore imagines Nov. 3…
Yikes.
(Hat tip: McGehee)

Mommypundit has some invaluable insights on why Kerry is a dawg.

“I will bring my faith with me to the White House and it will guide me.”
– John F. Kerry, Oct. 20, Xenia, Ohio
Where are the church-state separatists now?

AP reports:
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) � Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that terrorists are aiming to derail President Bush’s chances at re-election through their attacks in Iraq…
“I consider the activities of terrorists in Iraq are not as much aimed at coalition forces but more personally against President Bush,” Putin said at a news conference after [...]

James Joyner highlights CNN’s attempt to spin a survey showing overwhelming troop support for President Bush.

Scroll down here.

My new column gives an overview of the campaign epidemic of anti-GOP hate spreading across the country. Here’s the intro:
How many hate crime anecdotes does it take before the mainstream media spot a trend? If the victims are politically correct, all it takes is one or two.
One alleged name-calling. A few alleged acts of vandalism. [...]

Believe it or not, they’re out there. Here’s the scoop, buried in a Los Angeles Times article on homeless voter registration drives:
On a recent overcast morning at a small park at 5th and San Julian streets, Burton and other volunteers attempted to entice the assembled men and women to register, using posters, loudspeakers and voting [...]

…immigration and border security.
As I wrote in my column this week, it’s the six-ton elephant in the room.

Newsflash: President Bush Did Not Win Election on October 7

Unadulterated Dennis Miller on Jay Leno just minutes ago:
That’s why I like Bush. He doesn’t over-think it. He wakes up every morning, jumps out of bed, lands on his two feet, scratches his balls, and says, “Let’s kill some f@#@$ing terrorists!”
And the crowd applauded.

For those still interested:
Just received a call from the IUPAT, which has now identified the union member who grabbed the Bush/Cheney sign from Phil Parlock’s daughter and threw the pieces at the family as they left the event. “We are taking steps to deal with the individual,” the union told me. Meanwhile, President Bush sent [...]

Just got off the phone with Phil Parlock, who is amused by desperate liberal rumor-mongering that the man wearing an IUPAT t-shirt and holding a piece of his little girl’s Bush/Cheney sign is his own son.
“That’s ridiculous. This is a small town,” Parlock told me from his home in Huntington, W. Virginia. “Everyone would recognize [...]

Democrats accused of ripping Bush signs (Kerry supporters rip up toddler’s Bush/Cheney sign)

LI man arrested in air rage case (Drunk Kerry supporter attacks Bush supporter on airplane)
Family Of Killed Soldier: Vigil Crowd Threatening (Peace activists threaten and taunt relatives of a veteran killed in Iraq)

9/11 Memorial Vandalized (Anti-war activists at the University of Tennessee desecrate [...]

Colin McNickle, the man to whom Teresa Heinz Kerry hissed “Shove it,” writes about the death threats he has received. Also, he is still waiting for the o-pin-KNEE-o-nay-ted Teresa to answer his original question.
Maybe he’d have better luck if he asked her in Portuguese, French, Italian, or Spanish.

Unfit for Command : Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry
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