Wrong city and state - this event was held in Carson, CALIFORNIA. I should know, I was there. But I truly and deeply appreciate the Dune reference!

I thought that today's Palin event was at the Home Depot center in Carson, CA - a suburb of Los Angeles?

Great pic!

I think the rally was in Carson, CA though.

wonderful Dune comment ;)

> wonderful Dune comment ;)

Not really accurate, though, given that the Kwisazt Haderach *must* be male

:o)

These crowds seem typical, wherever she goes, and Republican fund raising sets new records, buy polls keep assuring us that McCain/Palin is a dying campaign.

In the words of another (but far lesser) Science Fiction icon, "That does not compute". :-)

> "That does not compute"

Yeah, that's been getting me, too. They might only be speaking to the choir, but that's the only way it can work without someone lying their butts off about the polls, which seems as though it ought to be detectable.

:-/

Vootie:

Check out The Strata-Sphere (frequently posts about the various pols and how they can be biased), and Stolen Thunder (blogger DJ Drummon there specializes in disecting these polls and their various weighing methods and outright guesswork).

They both seem to feel that things are FAR from lost.

There may well be a LOT of lying to polls, and cooking of same, in an attempt to get us to just give up ("What's the use?") and not even vote.

Well sorry, democrats (not really), but we have had a consistantly better record than you about actually showing up at the polls and voting. That's how it will be this time.

Have a good day :-)

>That's how it will be this time.

That is somewhat what I hope.

And I can only imagine the shrill outcries of "cheating!" and "vote fixing" when it happens, if it does, after this kind of disinformation has been fed to a gullible liberal electorate. The irony will be lost on them.

My greatest hope remains with the “Silent Majority”.

It is very real, comprised of folks who abhor confrontation and arguing with loons, and are apt to respond to the left’s “get into their faces” tactic by going into the voting booth with “Vengeance is mine!” in their thoughts.

They probably don't get polled all that much as they are busy with working and LIFE (and possibly skipped for fear they might give the wrong answers).

They aren’t big on demonstrations or political stickers (I suspect the likelihood of people actually going to the polls and voting is inversely proportional to the number of stickers on their cars), but they DO go out and vote.

Obamaphiles: note how many cars are free of political stickers; and be afraid, be very afraid :-)

P.S. I totally believe what I just said about the "Silent Majority".

I also suspect that the Bradley Effect will be in play here, because many people may have serious doubts about this guy's totally non-existent resume but choose to tell pollsters what they want to hear rather than argue about whether they are racist or not.

This could apply to exit polls as well, resulting in discouraging news when they are reported, followed by WTF? when the actual numbers come.

At least, that's my hope, and I don't think it an unreasonable one.

Don't lose heart. That's precisely what they want us to do; be so worn out and sick with despair, that we don't even go and vote election day.

I'm tempted to accommodate them this far; skip election day by early voting for McCain/Palin if I get the chance.

Think THAT will make 'em happy?:-)

Nah... Not even remotely possible. Ever notice how many of his supporters go around looking as if they just swallowed something particularly nasty?

If it wasn't for who they are, I'd probably feel sorry for them; it must really suck to BE them sometimes.