Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Tuesday, November 2, 2003. Election Day.
I voted today at 9:30 am at the 92nd Street Y. It was inspiring to see the longest lines I've ever seen when voting at the Y. My favorite snapshots were; 1) a limo driving up, a driver hustling to open up the back door and helping a well-dressed, feeble old man out of the car and onto a walker as the old man painfully and slowly made his way to vote and 2) an old bull dog tied to a parking meter while his owner was inside voting--the bull dog looked liked Dick Cheney, mean and sad.
I had lunch with a good friend, a conservative Bush supporter, who predicted a Kerry win, which raised my spirits. What we agreed on was that if Kerry wins there will be a better chance of legislators getting together and working out reasonable compromises that would modernize the election process, reduce the deficit, and reform election financing.
I walked home (95th Street) from 33rd Street--up Fifth Avenue to 58th Street to make sure that FAO Schwartz was closed (it was), across 58th to Madison, and up Madison all the way. It was a will-power walk. I didn't stop at Ferragamo, Gucci, Hermes, Timberland, or Ralph Lauren.
When I got home, I checked out the blogs and the early indications from Daily Kos were in favor of Kerry. I read another blog that recommended that people check out blogs because blogs would have the best early information because they would publish early (and unreliable) exit poll information that the networks and old-line news organizations wouldn't touch.
I then went to Romenesko, as I do every day, and linked to Jimmy Breslin's last regular column for Newsday. I love reading Breslin and I was sorry to read that his column would be his last, so I sadly clicked on it. However, I was rewarded with one of his best, in my opinion. Please read it. He predicts a big Kerry win as he has been for months. I felt better.
I voted today at 9:30 am at the 92nd Street Y. It was inspiring to see the longest lines I've ever seen when voting at the Y. My favorite snapshots were; 1) a limo driving up, a driver hustling to open up the back door and helping a well-dressed, feeble old man out of the car and onto a walker as the old man painfully and slowly made his way to vote and 2) an old bull dog tied to a parking meter while his owner was inside voting--the bull dog looked liked Dick Cheney, mean and sad.
I had lunch with a good friend, a conservative Bush supporter, who predicted a Kerry win, which raised my spirits. What we agreed on was that if Kerry wins there will be a better chance of legislators getting together and working out reasonable compromises that would modernize the election process, reduce the deficit, and reform election financing.
I walked home (95th Street) from 33rd Street--up Fifth Avenue to 58th Street to make sure that FAO Schwartz was closed (it was), across 58th to Madison, and up Madison all the way. It was a will-power walk. I didn't stop at Ferragamo, Gucci, Hermes, Timberland, or Ralph Lauren.
When I got home, I checked out the blogs and the early indications from Daily Kos were in favor of Kerry. I read another blog that recommended that people check out blogs because blogs would have the best early information because they would publish early (and unreliable) exit poll information that the networks and old-line news organizations wouldn't touch.
I then went to Romenesko, as I do every day, and linked to Jimmy Breslin's last regular column for Newsday. I love reading Breslin and I was sorry to read that his column would be his last, so I sadly clicked on it. However, I was rewarded with one of his best, in my opinion. Please read it. He predicts a big Kerry win as he has been for months. I felt better.
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