5. November, 2002 - election day

• Coleman-Mondale debate: 11th-hour faceoff. Their debate showed me a few things (more about Mondale than about Coleman, mostly because Mondale hasn't been in the public eye much since 1984):
  • Mondale is clueless about technology. When asked about how to get technological advances to folks in rural Minnesota, Mondale didn't even mention the Internet.
  • I still don't like Coleman. I think he's a sleazy politician (yeah, I know I'm being redundant) and will be a mouthpiece for whoever's sending him money.
  • Mondale's also a mouthpiece for his paymasters.
  • Watching them both speak, I was impressed by how ugly they appeared during the debate.
  • Mondale's politics seem to be unchanged since the early 80s. At least he's consistent.
  • Watch out for anyone who tells you I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you.
  If we had Instant Runoff Voting, my order of choices for this race would probably be Moore, Drago, Coleman, Tricomo, Mondale, but we don't, so I'm going to have to make an ugly decision.
• Barkley named interim senator by Jesse Ventura. I like Dean Barkley, and think Jesse did one more thing right before leaving office. Was it partly payback for Moore & Tricomo being excluded from the debate? Probably. That's our guv.
• On the lighter (and pretty offensive) side, here are two attack cartoons talking about the Senate Race here in MN. [endwar]
• Enough of politics. Need a Used-Book Store? Write an Essay Online. The deadline for the contest was supposed to be November 1, but it's been extended. Of course the NYTimes, being the clueless organ that it is, doesn't actually include the link to the contest. The book store is While Away Books and the contest information is there. [boing boing]
• Seth Dillingham takes exception with a Violent Wendy's Ad. For good reason. If the commercial showed a man slapping a woman's head like that, everyone would be screaming about it instead of just a few of us nuts on the net.
• Tom Petty Is Pissed and talking about it. This sort of thing is good to see. Maybe he should team up with Neil Young sometime. [fark!]

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