Tuesday
Mar 4
Mar 4
03:53pm by Pink Lady; General
3:50PM. Eileen’s current mental state: Relatively Stable.
I am still at the office, although I have slipped out twice now to visit the downstairs Omni bar, which typically consists of a couple sad sack traveling salesmen nursing martinis. And me.
Unfortunately, I remain unable to caucus because I am now apparently a part of the mainstream press that I once ridiculed. I have asked Evan Smith to fire me today and re-hire me in the morning, to no avail.
4PM. OK, now I’m sweating. Eileen’s current mental state: Anxious.
Wish me luck. You know I want this more than you do.
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You have officially passed the highwater mark of political geekdom. Pinot! STAT!
Just remember, with Cayahoga County (Ohio) going with paper ballots, the results for Cleveland might just be available by late Wednesday afternoon.
/Nurse!
“…I want this more than you do.”
Oh, no you don’t! I’ve been popping qualudes and Grey Goose sinnce nooon and I’m still on esrdge. I cam’t wlkait unldkntil thinfs iw ooodvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Has hillary promised you the press secretary position if she wins or something? you know she promises that to evvvverrrryyyoone!?
Oh, and doesn’t all of Texas use paper ballots for this thing? I know Dallas County sure did. I was circling in ovals and had flashbacks to the SAT.
http://www.showlush.com
Next time you head downstairs, call me. I could use a drink almost as bad as you could use another.
Re: 5. Perry’s Mollycoddler
Heck no. Fancy computer type thingy. The little old lady told us all not to touch the screen because “all that does is leave fingerprints” about 5 times.
Re: 5. Perry’s Mollycoddler
You’ve gotta be shitting me. No way Brazoria County is more tech advanced than another county in Texas.
Anxiety abounds across the state. Just one question… Do you think they’ll let me caucus with an open bottle?
It’s 5:15, the polls close in less than 2 hours, and the fun begins. In the meantime, I’m going to find a martini.
May the best woman or man win. You are all to be commended for your dedication to the candidates and for participating in this crazy process. I’m proud to know you, whether actually or virtually.
Hang in there, Eileen.
Re: 7. Pinkie Swear
I wish there were an old lady to tell me that at my precinct. I kept trying to make it a touch screen every time a new screen popped up.
Maybe I should have started the Valium drip AFTER I voted.
Re: 5. Perry’s Mollycoddler
Here in Crazy Town, we also have the “do not touch” screens. Just imagine a laptop built by playschool
/I think my precinct also has the same little old lady that Pinkie Swear had. She always tries to look me up in the book under my middle name.
http://www.inthepinktexas.com
Re: 6. lush
I’ll race you.
http://www.yougottaplayhurt.blogspot.com
I can’t wait to caucus.
It sounds so dirty.
http://www.yougottaplayhurt.blogspot.com
Also, why haven’t people commented on my predictions?
Am I yesterday’s news?
Re: 15. NOITALL
I tried to comment, but it wouldn’t recognize the password I know (or I thought, anyway) I establshed for the google account. And there’s no “did you forget your password?” option that I could find. And I couldn’t remember all the fake accounts I’ve created.
Can’t you allow comments absent the google account?
What I WOULD have said is:
You couldn’t blast Garnet out of that seat.
And
Are you sure Van Arsdale isn’t out? He is, as he has said, running against an entire radio station (Patrick, R-Crazytown).
So there.
Re: 16. Don’t Mess w/ Pink
Goin’ to the caucus and I’m gonna get harried.
Out.
http://www.writedamnnow.com
Just settle in the way I have:
1. Single-malt scotch
2. Left-over barbecue
3. Ultimate Choco-Coffee Brownies
-Put
Re: 5. Perry’s Mollycoddler
I just check E..none of the above.
I’m a proud cacasoid. Or however you spell it.
About 200 Dems filled the halls of a WillCo elementary school and snickered and pointed at the 10 Repubs that cacased. All whitebread BTW. The Clinton supporters came in with their shock troops….about 4rather stout yankee women who made their presence known, loud and proud, but they backed off when the rather tedious process of 200 people writing their data on notepads began. NTTAWWT, heck I’m proud of everyone there that participated.
So, a Williamson County precinct caucus voted 58% to Obama, 42% to Clinton. 9-6 on delegates.
I just got home and I’m way behind on drinking, but I met some neighbors, and learned a lot. Our 9 delegates: a very nice cross section of our precinct…white, black, hispanic, asian,young, middle-aged(where were the 60+?…stream of consciousness…not even the Hillary camp had geezers), and slightly more male than female. The kids were even well behaved, remarkable in the ‘burbs. There was one token overly organized far too well groomed young Dem complete with wife and 2 kids, but everyone else was just folks.
I had a blast. No, I’m not a delegate, despite well intentioned nominations of my fellow cacasoids. I live the Bush economy and have 3 jobs. But I voted twice. Did you?
caucus, my ass.
i waited about 3 ours for a bunch of old people (hillary supporters) with $5 calculators try to wait out the young people (obama supporters) while they ostensibly “counted” abut 300 names. 3 hours to count 380 names. hey, that’s like 2 names a minute. slow down, i’m old.
clearly, the precinct “convention” (that’s what it is actually called) was designed to be a little secret way to backdoor a third of the delegates without the voters being the wiser. once the voters found out about it, it got all the regulars in a bunch. don’t even get me started on robert’s rule of order. though, if you did, it would be the first time tonight.
meanwhile, as the lone person, out of 380, who signed in for someone other than obama or clinton (what is the matter with you people?), i was treated like i was simply wasting everyone’s time. not like the people who can’t count or add, who were keeping us all prisoner.
there was no “caucusing.” there was ineptitude, outright obstruction,and generally the same old backroom type of shenanigans that everyone likes to think are part of the past.
http://www.showlush.com
Re: 13. Pink Lady
If I’d known I’d still be caucusing at 11 pm, I would have sooooo had that drink.