So You Wanna Make the Rec List Do Ya?

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Thursday June 18, 2009 · 7:00 PM PDT

2009/06/18 · 19:00

So you wanna make the rec list do ya? You wanna have your name up in lights at the top right corner of the screen. You wanna have so many comments that your comments have comments, and your comment's comments have comments, and you comment's comment's comments have comments and your...well, I think you get the picture.

Well buddy, today's your lucky day. Cuz I've been there my friend. I've been to the top and have smelt the sweet success of temporarily rec list stardom. I've been there twice my friend. Twice! That's so many times I have to use both hands. So if anybody knows the secret, its me.

More after the fold...

nicweb

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Friday June 12, 2009 · 8:05 PM PDT

2009/06/12 · 20:05

I think its when I'm stressed that I'm at my weakest. Its been three days since I took a hit, and with the bills piling up, and the kids screaming in the background, its almost unbearable.

It seems like I can't escape the outside heat. Just a few seconds in the hot sun leaves me with little beads of sweat forming on my forehead and top lip, something I can't even escape in the cool refuges of my air conditioned home.

Please continue after the fold...

nicweb

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 7:55 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 19:55

In a little over 6 hours, my alarm clock will buzz, waking me to the start of what will surely be one of the longest days of my life. I'm going to open my staging location at 6am, make sure the runners are in place, and prepare myself for the rest of the day. It's the final 12+ hours in a 36 hour marathon for me the last three days.

For those of you (those very, very few of you) who've followed my story the last few months, you already know my story. Once upon a time I was too shy to canvass, and asked for the help of the community in giving me the nudge I needed to get out and help.

My worst fear was that we would lose and I would've done nothing, making the loss partially my fault.

More after the fold...

nicweb

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 5:23 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 17:23

Maybe Elizabeth Dole bit off a little more than she can chew.

RALEIGH (AP) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan filed a lawsuit Thursday against rival Elizabeth Dole, accusing the Republican incumbent of defamation and libel for running a television ad that questions Hagan's ties to an atheist political group.

Hagan filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court after Dole declined to remove the ad from the air by a noon deadline.

nicweb

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 7:14 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 19:14

Excuse the brevity, but I wanted to share a story with you all that I'm sure will brighten your day. Last weekend, in Greensboro, NC, I had the pleasure of participating in a dry run for the Obama's GOTV campaign. I'm a Staging Location Director, and I'm proud to say that there were over 1,100 knocks down by my team of volunteers. That may not sound like a lot, but given that we canvass in a hilly neighborhood, where the homes can be spread out, I think that was a pretty good haul.

The local field organizer was pleased that we were working out the kinks at our location, as we need to be ready for 3-4 times as many volunteers the weekend before the election.

During our late evening meeting to go over the day's events, he told me something that blew me away.

nicweb

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Thursday October 16, 2008 · 3:00 PM PDT

2008/10/16 · 15:00

Wow. I just saw a new ad on Americablog that completely floored me. The posting was done by John Aravosis. The ad features a brave, apparently very young, woman taking Sarah Palin to task for her extremist abortion views. My description can't even do it justice. The video after the fold...

nicweb

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 7:42 PM PDT

2008/10/12 · 19:42

I just checked over at ~~Poblano~~ Nate Silver's 538.com and see where the projections have been recently updated to account for a 94.1% chance of victory for Barack Obama, with Obama's predicted 350.5 electoral votes to McCain's 187.5. That, my friends is a landslide. More from Nate after the fold...

nicweb

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 2:44 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 14:44

Is there anything you could get 99 out of 100 people to agree on? Anything at all? Perhaps that the sky is blue (the sky isn't blue its azure!). You can't even get 99% of dentists to agree with the proper toothpaste you should be using. Is there anything you can get 99 out of 100 people to agree on?

A stunning 99% of the African-American vote goes to Obama, the first black presidential candidate of a major U.S. political party, along with 28% of the white vote. Seventy percent (70%) of whites support McCain.

nicweb

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Saturday October 04, 2008 · 8:58 AM PDT

2008/10/04 · 08:58

I had just finished StevenR's recommended diary this morning on the Obama campaign going for knockout on McCain by attacking his healthcare plan, when I stumbled across the new Obama ad on Ben Smith's blog at Politico.com.

The ad:

nicweb

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 5:05 PM PDT

2008/10/03 · 17:05

A few weeks back I posted a diary titled How Can I Be a Better Volunteer for the Obama Campaign?, where I asked for advice on how to deal with my overall shyness and inexperience when it came to volunteering. I received many great responses, and the support of the community was inspiring and empowering.

A couple of weeks ago, I finally got up the gumption to volunteer, participating in a community canvass on a Sunday afternoon. I initially worried that I'd be sent out into some neighborhood alone, not knowing what the hell I was doing. But that was hardly the case.

nicweb

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Sunday September 28, 2008 · 6:46 AM PDT

2008/09/28 · 06:46

First of all, LeBrandon did a diary similar to this one yesterday. He's got some excellent pictures and I encourage you to check out his post. Due to having exceeded the diary limit, I had to wait until this morning to post. I hope you enjoy.

If you've never been to an Obama rally before, I suggest you go if given the opportunity. This was my second, with the first being an indoor event at the War Memorial Auditorium during the primary season. Today's event blew that away, and may help us to win North Carolina come November.

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