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wayoutwalt
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0 posted 2000-11-08 01:02 AM


Scandal in the papers
Missing ballot boxes
All the votes were in
But where the heck were they

The whole world was watching
Even in Australia
Down to just one state
Holding two men in sway

Rainy night in Georgia
The nurse is surely spooked
One man, the loser
Is yelling out the door

What's it mean? What's it mean?
Such a strange word to scream
He is President
Though he lost years before

He died tonight, in sleep
The snow globe shatters loud
Strange, it never snows
Irony of his fate

His things were sold or burned
In Xanadu, his home
The tote board on fire
With one unshaded state

Florida...
Florida...
Florida...




[This message has been edited by wayoutwalt (edited 11-08-2000).]

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1 posted 2000-11-08 01:22 AM


hey Walty, nice poem.... so who will it be hey, Bush or Gore? we will soon find out  

"If my words could blanket the skies
and fill every corner and crevice of
this earth, still this won't be enough"
"Maree Russo"

wayoutwalt
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2 posted 2000-11-08 02:25 AM


AT THIS MOMENT ON THIS DAY GEORGE WALKER BUSH BECAME THE 43RD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!
wayoutwalt
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3 posted 2000-11-08 02:27 AM


ok ok fine i know but you know what i mean
Marge Tindal
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4 posted 2000-11-08 02:50 AM


Walt~
F L O R I D A  celebrates with T E X A S !
~*Marge*~


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tracie66
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5 posted 2000-11-08 03:48 AM


George W Bush he's da man, hope he does well.....

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



Severn
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6 posted 2000-11-08 05:51 AM


Hey - I WAS WATCHING TOO...

so there..

I just watched, not one hour ago, watched a whole bunch of Republicans jumping around in TEXAS celebrating

so there

I'm informed too!!!!

(I still don't think Republican should be the name of the party though..it seems pointless...IMHO)

Anywho - coolies on the poem...

K

The wind shifts like this:
Like a human without illusions...
This is how the wind shifts:
Like a human, heavy and heavy,
Who does not care.

W.S

wayoutwalt
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7 posted 2000-11-08 07:37 AM


thanky on my frosted lips i say with a cloud of puffy air, "florida"
Nan
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8 posted 2000-11-08 07:44 AM


Are you sure?????.....
wayoutwalt
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9 posted 2000-11-08 07:46 AM


hush nan i stayed up all the night staring at the TV and that means he is gonna win yuh...and furthurmore...florida...florida...
Severn
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10 posted 2000-11-08 08:22 AM


Heh...

I just heard...275 votes...

silly silly

sadly Walty staying up was all in vain...

RECOUNT AGAIN..

Glad I live where I do

our recounts take 3 hours ROTF

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11 posted 2000-11-08 09:05 AM


Walt~I am waiting anxiously to hear......I want BUSH to win SO much! I can't take any more Gore.......Loved the poem too.....very cool.   -SEA
wayoutwalt
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12 posted 2000-11-08 10:07 AM


sea and sev its not fair i havent slept in so long and my wife says see i know as much as you do ahhhhhhhh
Alicat
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13 posted 2000-11-08 10:12 AM


President Kane or merely Citizen? Who knows seeing as how Florida went for Bore, then for Shrub...I think they oughta give it to Nader just for a while, just to make everyone else sweat. Now where the hell's my kickba...um......political contribution? And my sled, dammit.......oh Rosebud, how I never knew you, seeing as how I was raised in Texas where it don't snow...but we could've had fun sliding down grassy knolls.....
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14 posted 2000-11-08 10:54 AM


Democracy in Action!!!!

Don't you love it???  This is why this is a great country ladies and gentlemen. . . only here, could one county, in one state, hold the attention of the nation, nay, the world while we await the result for the election of the next leader of the United States. . .

Let Freedom Ring!!!    

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


Alicat
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15 posted 2000-11-08 11:01 AM


Democracy in action! Though I'm sure it would taste better were we not in a Republic.  
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16 posted 2000-11-08 11:09 AM


And lest someone still thinks their vote doesn't count ....
HELLO !

I'm with you, Walt ...
breathlessly awaiting the recount results !
Sleepy ... and waiting !
~*Marge*~


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17 posted 2000-11-08 02:08 PM


Well, maybe I'll plan my next vacation there, for the sights and all...my vote is for the ocean!

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses
over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey.""
Laurie Lee

Kathleen



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18 posted 2000-11-08 02:13 PM


dittoing Ali to a degree...someone is raising too much KANE...and I don't mean Erica...

Walt, are you sure you knew WHAT you were watching last night?


Karilea
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I would rather be silent and write, then speak loudly and be bound.
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19 posted 2000-11-08 03:07 PM


Bush might actually win?  Well, hello Canada, you're looking mighty nice   Ok, not seriously, but i don't like him, he looks like a dumb person and I just disagree on some issues.  But what's it matter, it's not like we're the only superpower in this world and he'll be the most important person in office.  ....oh wait ...
(Just trying to start a fight )

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20 posted 2000-11-08 03:49 PM


You would think after all these elections we'd get it right and not have any confusion or controversy over simply marking a ballot...these are adults voting...yes....hello is it kindof hard to pick the right box...you had your five minutes in the booth now go on your way and leave me alone I don't want to hear your sniveling...thank you very much...I scribbled where it said bush and I know I did it and I have no doubt...Florida get your act together...ha....James
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21 posted 2000-11-08 03:55 PM


rosebud rosebud
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22 posted 2000-11-08 04:09 PM


They're both in trouble when Florida is the key. We are famous for having more dead people vote than any state in the country!! It's a circus....which is appropriate, I guess, when you have two clowns running  
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23 posted 2000-11-09 08:00 PM


And now I just heard on the news tonight that Gore is taking it to the courts over those 19,000 votes or so that were disqualified.......I figure as soon as the courts and lawyers get involved it won't matter who really won...'cause we won't find out 'till it's time for the next election....yikes....would that mean four more years of Clinton?!  

Denise

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