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Voting tomorrow, in addition to being your civic duty, gets you into the Comedy Club free

Posted by jvrabel at 4:35 pm, Monday, November 3rd, 2008
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Need a little extra incentive to get to the polling place tomorrow? The Hilton Head Comedy Club is offering free admission to the 8 p.m. show on Election Night for anyone with proof that they've voted - voter registration card, "I Voted" sticker, anything. Headlining that night is Tim Walkoe, a national comic and a winner on ABC's "America's Funniest People."

No reservations are needed for the free show, but voters can call 843-681-7757 with questions. The club is located in Pineland Station, 430 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.

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LET'S CELEBRATE THIS HISTORIC VOTE

Posted by admin at 11:40 am, Monday, November 3rd, 2008
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With all the energy and excitement about Obama and this election, the reality is that some folks will have to wait in line before voting. But there's no reason for it to be a downer. With your help, we can turn it into a celebration!

So many people showing up and voting is a reason to celebrate. Just think of this historic occasion: for Democrats it's the chance to vote for the first African-American President.

PopCast: Obama's amber-wavy infomercial,

Posted by jvrabel at 10:26 am, Monday, November 3rd, 2008
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OBAMA'S AUNT + CAN YOU REFUTE PHOENIX NEW TIMES FACTS ABOUT CINDY?

Posted by admin at 8:04 pm, Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
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In response to THIS:
"plebeian wrote:
I missed your comments about Aunti Zeithun, AnneVilla
Here is your opportunity to set the record straight.
http://www.islandpacket.com//politics/story/655901.html
Looks like he turns away from some laws...like our immigration laws."

I posted a REPLY - only to then be told this:

"brezz2285 wrote:
STAY CLASSY, MS ALL-CAPS.....

VOTE FLIPPING: PRO-GOP MACHINE REMOVED

Posted by admin at 5:42 pm, Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
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"Watchdog Group Issues Press Release Calling for No 'Recalibration', Immediate Removal, Impounding of Such Machines...

A county clerk in Colorado has finally done the right thing for the voters by removing a touch-screen voting machine from service, and quarantining it, after it was discovered to be flipping votes from one candidate to another. The failed machine in this case was a Diebold Accu-Vote, a frequent flipper.

As reported by the Colorado Independent (Hat-tip VoterAction.org)...

OBAMA VIDEO: HOW TO SPOT GOP SUPPRESSION TRICKS

Posted by admin at 5:50 pm, Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
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The Obama campaign has put a video on voter suppression called "Making it Count: How to Protect Your Vote & Spot Dirty Tricks."

Watch:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/02/obama-camp-warns-against_n_1401...

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OBAMA TAX PLAN: NYTIMES LATEST TO REPEAT MISINFORMATION ABOUT IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES

Posted by admin at 11:35 am, Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
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The New York Times quoted McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky saying: "Barack Obama's plans to raise taxes on small businesses and his attacks on Midwestern family farmers have turned off rural voters." But the Times did not point out that less than 2 percent of taxpayers declaring small business income would see a tax increase in 2009 under Obama's plan, according to estimates by the Tax Policy Center.

Saturday Morning Punter: Two big games -- one dandy, one dud

Posted by jjarrett at 2:52 pm, Saturday, November 1st, 2008
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It looks like we got one dandy and one dud out of last night's region title showdowns, and naturally, I saw the dud.

The game that lived up to the hype was Northwood Academy's 17-14 win over Hilton Head Christian Academy, in which Uriah Singleton's 94-yard kickoff return lifted the Chargers to their first win in five tries against Hilton Head Christian. I'll go ahead and predict these two teams meet again in three weeks for the SCISAA Class 2-A state title.

OBAMA: RON REAGAN ENDORSES (LINK)

Posted by admin at 11:58 am, Saturday, November 1st, 2008
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"I assumed most people already knew that I had supported Obama. Anyone who has spent five minutes listening to my program would have known that. But if it helped to make it official, I'm happy to make it so."

LINK:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-reagan/making-it-official-i-endo_b_139...

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MORE GOP VOTER SUPPRESSION TRICKS

Posted by admin at 8:24 pm, Friday, October 31st, 2008
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"...in predominantly Democratic Denver, Republican-owned Sequoia voting systems company failed to deliver to the post office more than 10,000 mail-in ballots while telling city election officials that all of the expected 21,000 ballots had been mailed. (This incident represents only one of the required mailings.) Sequoia now admits they made a "technical" error, and the ballots have been mailed to waiting voters.

...Republicans are actively seeking to suppress the voter turnout among the youth and minorities and poor people likely to support Obama.