Just when I thought the GOPers had won NC again, we finally flip blue.  Yaaayyy!

It was a close race in North Carolina.  I've been waiting for the provisional ballots to be counted and the BOE to call the race.  The AP canvassed the precincts instead and declared NC Blue.From the AP story:

RALEIGH, N.C. — President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue.

The Associated Press declared Obama the winner after canvassing counties in North Carolina to determine the number of outstanding provisional ballots. That survey found that there are not enough remaining ballots for Republican John McCain to close a 13,693-vote deficit.

In your face all you who annoyed me in 2004 with your Red state/blue state, I hate the South prejudice.

I've been waiting 8 years for this. Words cannot describe my joy tonight. All I can say is -

YES WE CAN!!!!

I feel a drab, grey existance leaving and the colors coming back.

Bye, Pat McCrory. Crawl back in your hole in Charlotte.

One spoiler, NC did not flip blue for the Presidental race.

Next time!

Voter fatigue is be-setting me.  I've had 43 robo-calls in the past two days. My neighbor put up a snarky anti-Obama sign.  I'm becoming irritable. 

And so I started playing with Photoshop. In the spirit of Halloween and because I love HBO’s True Blood I came up with my very own anti-"McPain” sign:

Thanks to a bad back sprain and a sinus infection (a combination from Hell) I've been out of commission for the past month. I've not been able to keep up with politics and had given up on any answer from Pat McCrory regarding the lack of closed captioning of his TV ads. One can imagine my surprise this morning when I saw McCrory's TV ad with closed captioning. At first, I wondered if I was seeing things, perhaps a left over hallucination from 3 weeks on pain pills and sundry medications. Upon doing a double take, yes indeedy, Pat has finally closed captioned his TV ads after nearly a year of neglect now that election day is one week away. I'm still waiting for the Earth to freeze on its axis and careen out of orbit. Surely Judgment Trump will blow.

There is something unique about Pat McCrory's political ads. In sea of politicking, McCrory is the only major candidate who does not caption his ads for the hearing impaired. I've watched his ads since May, and nary a caption is in sight. As I type now, his “Status Quo” ad is on and no closed captions appear. To me and the nearly 1 million North Carolinians with hearing loss, it's a pointless ad featuring two old men jabbering together. Pat, what is the point? Tell me what you are talking about.

I knew it. That post-a-thon at the end of July would mean I'd slack off in August. So a recap of the very hectic 10 days:

• Went to my sister's house 4 times
• Drove frantically around Cary doing errands
• Frantically did housework
• Frantically did yard work
• Found another yellow jacket nest and ran frantically away
• Completely immersed myself in the altered art project and frantically turning dominoes into jewelry.
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So I went to Lifetime this morning. I had a good workout, but it's too hot to be enthusiastic about it. Stopped by HT on Kildare to pick up lunch and milk and then back home.

Of course the endless construction on Tryon Rd. took out a lane near Waverly Place. I sat through two or three stoplights in near 100 degree temps as noodle brains ran out of road and realized "Gee this lane is closed!"

Yes, I'm breaking the sound barrier today for blogging. Knowing my schedule, who knows when I have this much time again.

I've just read the dumbest thing on WRAL's GOLO train-wreck and I just have to comment. WRAL has a daily human interest piece by David Crabtree where he finds some interesting out of the way place here in North Carolina. Today's story featured an old, run down cemetery in Belhaven.

Now how could anyone politicise a story about where Little Eva is buried? Ho, ho! Leave it to one neo-con noodle-brain!

Some neo-con, most likely in the throes of chronic constipation, posted:

I knew there had to be some reason why I've been obsessed with Donna Summer and my old disco records for the past few months. Raleigh has made the list as one of the top Gay Ghettos for 2008.

From Topix and real estate blogs, Raleigh ranks number 4 on the list, tied with Tampa and St. Pete.