November 6, 2008
A New York Times article announcing the result has this bit at the end: Reflecting the intensity of the two candidates, Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama took a page from what Mr. Bush did in 2004 and continued to campaign after the polls opened. Mr. McCain left his home in Arizona after voting early Tue...
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Ah, what a relief: Obama. I stayed up till after 6 AM Moscow time - decided it was time to switch off the computer when one of my friends on Facebook posted this update: "[...] says it out loud: McCain can't win." I'm very happy. A coincidence, of course, but it was only last night that...
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Although I doubt many on this side of the ocean are staying up all night to watch this moment in history, I’ve decided to give in to my political tendencies and monitor how this election all comes together. Who knows. Maybe four years from now this blog won’t be around. At least I’ll get to sa...
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November 4th 2008 the American people will choose a new president. The president of the United States of America is the most powerful person in the world. We would like to know who would be the next president of the United States of America - if the world could vote! In the presidential electi...
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Please vote Barry into the White House (Baz, that black-house sh** still isn’t funny!) Please you guys. Let Obama win, so that the guy I report to at work doesn’t skip work and leave everything to me. You see, the thing is; dude supports Arsenal and they have been having a less than stellar run ...
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Note the date at the head of this post. Nov. 4th. A great national day of decision. A great race will be decided. Millions will watch the outcome. And the outcome will make many jubilant while others will be sad or indifferent. I am referring, of course, to the Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier hor...
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Krittivas Mukherjee wonders ‘how wise is predicting U.S. policies for any one particular country when what Obama or McCain will eventually do is, what they perceive is, good for the American people’ but asks the question nevertheless: Not all agree. “Yes, McCain might be more inclined to at...
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We are sitting in the dark tonight, reverently silent, eyes glued to laptops. We sit in the dark because no one can extricate themselves from their seats to switch the lights on. All that can be seen through the blackness are the glows of small apple logos and the flicker of the snowy TV reception i...
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