Rush Limbaugh Quote of the Day 7/2 - Al Franken/Iran/November 08

Rush:

"Look at this. From Iran's press television, the state-run media in Iran: Ahmadinejad gains votes in recount, just like in our country! It had -- just like in our country. Norm Coleman wins in Minnesota in a recount, and they keep having recounts, and Al Franken wins. So they had the recount in Iran, and shazzam! Ahmadinejad gained votes!"

And shazzam! Add Minnesota to the axis of evil folks. Damn that Al Frankenidad and Ayatollah Pawlenty.

Al Franken will make an interesting Senator. No, I don't think there was any wrong-doing in the Minnesota election. Yes, I do think there was mass voter fraud in Iran. Why? Maybe because 50 or so cities had more votes cast than eligible voters. That is a start. Did Ahmadinejad actually lose? No idea. Will he be removed from office? No.

Franken's win finally concludes the last of the November 2008 elections. The day before the elections, November 3rd, I made predictions for each state in the Presidential race, each Senate race, each Governor's race, and each House race. My results?

President: I predicted Obama would win 375 electoral votes to McCain's 163. Actual Result: Obama - 365, McCain - 173. I miscalled Missouri and one of Nebraska's congressional districts.

Senate: I predicted all 35 races correctly.

Governor: I predicted all 11 races correctly.

House: I predicted 421 of 435 races correctly.

Overall? I did pretty damn good. I may need to find a way to bet money next election day.

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Election Night from Grant Park

I finally got around to uploading videos from my camera. I forgot that I had taken a few videos of the pandemonium in Chicago the night Obama was elected president.

The first one takes place while Kyle's friends and I were walking to Grant Park before results began to release. You get a sense of how many people were on the streets that night. Plus, Kyle does an awful Borat impression.




This next video is pretty lame and dark until the very end, when the Pennsylvania results are displayed and someone shouts a humorous expletive in the background.



This is Kyle's impeccable prediction for the Democratic nominee in 2012 (I mean 2016). And he gets the name wrong too. It's ok, emotions were high that night:


Kyle sure is excited. The sarcastic comment is targeted at Kyle's ex, who is a conservative:



This is known as mass hysteria:


The chant. You can see a lot of Kyle's friends here. Yes we did, Kyle. Yes, we did.


The next two videos are at a drum circle that just kind of opened up on the streets. Kyle's wearing the purple shirt and our friend Taylor is right next to him.

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