Something for Everyone: Polls and Humor
by Linda Thieman

Here at Blog for Iowa, we try to take into account differences in coping styles and temperament.  To that end, I'm offering up a couple of link suggestions to help you deal with the nervous energy that no doubt is plaguing many of us before Tuesday's big election.

But first, let me update you on my absentee ballot status.

First thing this morning, I made a polite phone call to the Buena Vista County Auditor.

"Hello," I said, "Is this the Department of Losing My Absentee Ballot?"

The lady at the other end of the line was very kind.

She replied, "No, honey, I think that's next door.  You need the Department of Lost, Misplaced, and Democratic Absentee Ballots.  I'll transfer you over."

I thanked her most sincerely.

Long story short, our absentee ballots had arrived, one day after we mailed them.  So, we're good to go and I heard later in the day that the website that the Dems use to track absentee ballots has now been updated by the county, not to mention post-dated.

So, another crisis averted.

To The Links

Suggestion One:  If you are the kind of person who wants some kind of reassurance, I might suggest you pour over the final poll numbers and the interpretations provided at The Emerging Democratic Majority website.  You can always get the straight scoop from Ruy Teixeira, void of the usual disinformation provided by the GOP cable news networks.  And it's looking pretty good for Kerry, too.

Suggestion Two:  Everyone knows that I just love the Woodbury County Dems' website.  I mean, come on, how can you NOT love a website whose motto is:

The Woodbury County Democratic Party...
We're as Fair and Balanced as Fox "News."
They distort... You Decide!

Rick updated his Late Night Humor page on October 29th, so if you're in the mood for a good laugh and don't want to get overly analytical with polling data and such, I might suggest you give the Woodbury County Dems' website a try.

OK, just one joke for good measure:

“Earlier today, John Kerry went hunting for geese in Ohio, but Bush says Kerry only did it for the photo op. The weird part is that Bush said this while wearing a flight suit and standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier.”
--Conan O’Brien
Rest up if you can - tomorrow's a big day!

Mwah!