US Election

andy

michelle obama is hot

Glyn

Dimbleby is looking over the hill tonight and he's the main culprit on pronounciation as well. Still better than Sky though, who seem to be much more reluctant to call states for the Dems Maybe they have a tie-up with Fox?

Lucy

dimbleby clearly has a cold and is ill - he should have let someone fit and well present - I just think that he looks like he wants to go home to bed. Do we think Clinton voted for Obama?

unaesthetic

<a href="http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/04/political-pictures-barack-obama-hey-florida/"><img class="mine_2443106" title="political-pictures-barack-obama-hey-florida" src="http://punditkitchen.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/political-pictures-barack-obama-hey-florida.jpg" alt="Obama Pictures and McCain Pictures" /></a>

Pete

Keep watching florida and indiana

if mccain doesn't get both, we can all go to bed.

andy

if obama wins florida, we're done

Glyn

Sky just called Penn for Obama about an hour after everyone else. Wish I could see the look on the faces of the Fox News anchors (not rhyming slang)

Pete

Proof that large parts of america can't fathom a situation, number i meeelion:

Bob Barr got votes

Glyn

Great profile of Bob Barr in the New Yorker a couple of weeks ago. I particularly enjoyed the story of when he accidently discharged a firearm during a meeting and everyone joked that they would turn up for the next get-together with bullet-proof vests.

andy

This election is so in the bag for Obama, they're already talking about how he's going to be assassinated. Go USA!!

Glyn

He'll be behind bullet-proof glass for his speech later on.

rainbow_carnage

i am going to use the electoral map to plan our future american holidays. in kansas, for example, mccain leads 75% to 23%. that leads me to believe that i would not be welcome in that state. the same with georgia and tennessee.

Glyn

Hmmm... NBC calling Indiana for McCain.

andy

@glyn - i do hope so

unaesthetic

andy, it's a real possibility:

<img src="http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-10/43077739.jpg" />

rainbow_carnage

mccain is leading by almost 5% in indiana

Lucy

@unaesthetic - a lipstick wearing nazi? It's like allo allo but scarier. A lot scarier. not his shade.

Glyn

Could really do with Ohio or Florida being called for Obama now to finish this off.

andy

i even love jesse jackson today

rainbow_carnage

@lucy - is that anyone's shade? if a neo-nazi can't pull off that look, no one can

andy

i love that 'allo allo reference

rainbow_carnage

they really need to call ohio. he is miles ahead there

Lucy

I don't know - there might be some pitbulls (or hockey mums) that could pull off that shade.

rainbow_carnage

is the bbc actually 'calling' these results, or are they just copying another network?

Glyn

They're copying ABC

unaesthetic

that was one of the 2 guys recently arrested for plotting to assassinate obama. i don't get the lippy either...

andy

they are calling whatever abc calls - or so they said at the beginning

Glyn

They just had Ted Koppel on to illustrate the point

Glyn

Just make sure you don't go to ITV, they've got Jon Culshaw doing impressions

Lucy

... no ITV either...Not missing that one though.