In special elections over the last year or so, Democrats have done about 5% better than the polls suggested.
So I looked at the current Senate polls and made this map. If that happens in November (and no guarantee of that), here’s what the results would be.
Now this is tremendously unlikely, of course, especially since the GOP is doing everything it possibly can to cheat and steal the election, but it’s certainly a nice fantasy. None of the senate prediction pages suggest anything like this. It only has a chance if we all come out and vote in gigantically huge amounts. After all, there are more of us than them, and we prove that whenever we actually show up and vote.
I am posting this also to point out that states that everyone assumes is always red are really not that red — a switch of just a few percentage points and it can go the other way.
Here’s the map assuming Dems do 5% better than the current polls. Light colors means less than 5% lead, medium are 10% and more than that are dark.
Once more, a disclaimer: This is not a prediction. It’s tremendously unlikely to happen. It’s mostly here to say “Look, if we all come out and vote, this is a possibility.”
Years ago, my wife Heidi Hooper (the famous dryer lint artist) had a booth at the New York Renaissance Faire where she made armor. (Her Masters’ is in metalsmithing). She also made leather armor, and when you poked the holes for laces, we’d end up with lots of little, round pieces of leather.
So we decided to package them in small bags and sell them as “cow seeds” for a dollar. I wrote up the “instructions” for it, and made it full of terrible puns. We posted it and said if anyone could read it out loud without smiling or laughing, they’d get a free packet. It was a good way to attract attention to the booth.
My beautiful wife working at the Ren Faire around 2003 or so
Anyway, I recently found what I had written and want to share it with you now. Try reading it out loud and see if you can keep a straight face.
How To Grow a Cow
Take your cow seeds and find a suitable spot. Cows prefer pastures so attempt to plant there; which shall also have the added benefit of making the cow’s milk already pasturized.
In the ground, exactly three and one quarter inches from the surface, plant your cow seeds. Sprinkle upon said planted seeds exactly one thimble of cow’s milk, heated to exactly 84 degrees. Every day at the exact same hour, hoof it to the site and sprinkle the same. Keep your eyes open for nasty weeds, as a milkweed is unwanted.
Soon you will see the proper plant emerging; indeed, it is a bo-vine! In order for the vine to grow and climb, plant next to it a steak. You will certainly be mooved by the experience. If it takes a long time to sprout, remember: leather late than never.
When the bovine is up to your calf, steer your sights towards pruning the udderly unnecessary limbs. Four is the perfect number. Be forewarned: if you cut all limbs, you will have ground beef; and if some are cut uneven, you will have lean beef.
If you aren’t careful, a tail may be removed by mistake; however, these can be replaced at any retail store.
If you heifer forget to milk your plant, it would be a cowtastrophe. If that is the case, hide. And blow a horn. It may be a wise idea to hire a lad to care of your plant (a “cowboy” as it were).
If all is successful, a fine young cow will be there for you! Soon all of your friends will be calling you a “cow chip off the old block.”
Planting more seeds will produce like results and soon you will be in the War of the Roses! (No, wait, the War of the Roses was a crown battle, and the seeds will give you brown cattle.)
Be sure to educate your cow well or it will produce milk of amnesia. Do not make her nervous, or she will have milk shakes. Do not pamper her, or you will receive spoiled milk.
Is it easy to milk a cow? Sure, any little jerk can do it; however, any little jerk must be careful or the results will be beyond the pail.
WARNING: If these instructions are not performed exactly, your cow seeds may never sprout and you will be left udderly cowless.
It’s time to face facts. Conservatives hate America. They’re in love with their dream of what they want America to be, and they claim to love America, but it’s an America that doesn’t exist.
They hate the fact that anyone can become an American.
They hate the fact that in America, you’re allowed to be of any religion or no religion at all.
They hate the fact that in America, they’re not allowed to push their religious laws about abortion or gay rights on everyone.
They hate the fact that America includes people who are different than them — different races, different religions, different ways of looking at the world.
They hate the fact that a majority of Americans disagree with them on almost every important issue.
They claim to love America while hating a majority of the people in America, and a majority of the Constitution and our laws.
They’ve done a good job of packing the courts with fellow haters, and electing fellow haters to political office, so those of us who love America are constantly having to fight them.
But the bottom line for them is that they hate what America is, which is why they constantly scream that they want to “Make America Great Again” — meaning, a white, straight, Christian, male-dominated America.
The saddest part about the whole Israel / Palestine debate I am seeing among fellow liberals is how easily it turns into anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim commentary
I’ll repeat what I’ve said before and then that’s all I’m going to say because this always turns into a terrible debate:
Israel is a democratic country surrounded by countries that want them completely eradicated and have no interest in living together, and they support terrorists who attack Israel. That doesn’t mean Israel has the right to treat them as terribly as they have done, or to commit war crimes.
I can support Israel without agreeing to what their government is doing in the same way I can support the US without agreeing to what our government is doing.
Attacking the Israeli government for their actions is NOT attacking the Jewish people, many of whom (including Israeli citizens) ALSO disagree with their government.
And attacking Muslim politicians here in America who say we should not be supporting Israel in their war crimes should be based on their positions and NOT on the fact that they are Muslim (since there are nonMuslims who also say that).
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