By now the nation knows that Colorado voted yesterday to legalize recreational marijuana. Not by statute, as one might expect, but by constitutional amendment. Colorado is odd that way, sticking all sorts of stuff into its constitution when it ought to just be a new state statute. We became the “first” state to legalize weed … Continue reading Legal pot; goodie for Colorado (not)
President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night and whether or not that makes you happy, we can probably still agree we’re glad the campaign is finally over. I was stunned when I heard the news. Actually missed it at first. Still had the Comedy Network on. When I flipped back to CNN, the projection had … Continue reading Obama wins
Editor/blogger Andrew Sullivan was beside himself with glee on tonight’s live Colbert Report. Assuming his glee doesn’t prove to have been premature, it was a kick to share his joy over the election returns. If you missed it, it will probably be available online tomorrow. (Update, Nov. 7: Here’s the link to the Sullivan segment.) Continue reading Andrew Sullivan — Delighted and delightful
I should have known better than to flip on the TV this morning while enjoying my coffee (it’s a habit; didn’t stop to think what I was doing). Sure enough, the first thing up on the screen was the station’s graphic of returns from a local precinct. Candidate A — 0%; Candidate B — 0%. … Continue reading Election Day morn
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are poised to give us some relief from the election returns tomorrow night. The Daily Show’s “Election Night 2012: This Ends Now” and The Colbert Report Presents “Election 2012: A Nation Votes, Ohio Decides; The Re-Presidenting of America: Who Will Replace Obama? ‘012!” will both air live on Comedy Central … Continue reading Comic relief on election night
Approximately twenty-four hours from now it will all be over. The 2012 presidential campaign and election will mercifully, finally be over. All but the counting. And possibly the shouting and the recounts and the late counts and the accusations and the challenges and the lawsuits and, god forbid, the Supreme Court ruling. The only thing … Continue reading All over but the counting?
