Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 06, 2008
November 05, 2008
November 07, 2008
Transcript:
Voice from television: We've never seen anything like this, Brian... there are celebrations in the streets everywhere, in some countries bordering on euphoric! Soldier: Amazing... Ray: Let's see how this is all playing out on planet Fox... voice: Coming up: terrorist fist-bumps around the world! Soldier: Is he in a sports bar? Ray: Dude needs a change of shirt.
Bmonk’s analysis is on target. The margin in California was almost 2-1, but also, the voting systems are decided on state-by-state. Some still use paper ballots and some (I suspect California would be in this group) use high-tech computer machines which can send data almost immediately to election headquarters.
BTW, in the Carter administration, less than ten soldiers died in military operations and those were the ones killed in the failed hostage rescue operation. I spoke to a general who helped plan that, and the back-story is fascinating. Carter will go down in history as a weak president, but he was one of the finest human beings elected.