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Tuesday, 4 November 2008
We're Calling This Thing! Next Time, Vote Independent...
Topic: Politics

Well, we don't really see a huge, late-night swing about to take place, so we're gonna go ahead and call this thing for Barack Obama.  Reasoning?  We don't care at this moment, and would rather sit down and play Grand Theft Auto IV.

So this is a lesson to you folks.  Not happy?  Don't vote for the lesser of two evils.  Vote independent.  If an independent candidate gets at least 5% of the popular vote, then that party qualifies for public funding.  And we all know what that means.

NO MORE TWO PARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM!

We're also very proud that in our precinct in Dallas, we were the only person to have broken from the pack of over 800 people and choose not to vote for John McCain or Barack Obama, instead voting for Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate.  Why would we be proud, you may ask?  Because this just confirms our pompous and arrogant claim that we are, in fact, the smartest person in our neighborhood.

In the immortal words of Edward R. Murrow, "Good night, and good luck."


Posted by James at 9:20 PM CST
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It's Your 2008 Election Night! Drink Up and Get Ready for the Raping!
Topic: Politics

Because we dumped this monstrosity a while back, we haven't been keeping the rare few of you who stop by updated on the latest political news.

And we're not going to tonight, like we did in days of old.  We might, but that depends on whether or not we're folding our laundry or shaking up another dirty martini.

But regardless, we're pumped.  Pumped to see who we get to bend us over more.  Is it going to be the Obama checks, or the McCain tax cuts?  Whew, just got a shiver.  So exciting...

Good luck America!  And tune to CNN to see their funky election "war room," which looks like a Technicolor version of something out of Dr. Strangelove.


Posted by James at 6:00 PM CST
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Monday, 28 July 2008
Political Poobah Disenfranchising! We Have Your End of July Poll Results!
Topic: Politics

We decided enough was enough, and we couldn't take it anymore.  So we're back for another smattering of political polls regarding the upcoming Presidential election.  You may ask yourself what took us so long.  It's easy.

The Heart of Darko editorial staff has officially stopped caring.  We don't care about Obama, and we don't care about McCain.  One is an angry codger who has stepped away from his political views to pander to everybody, and the other is an idealist who continues to preach a message of change without telling anybody what those changes would be.

So screw em both.  But we know that everybody is still all about the election, so here's your weekly poll roundup, which has some pretty interesting results:

RASMUSSEN - The robots have spoken!  Rasmussen's phone-using army of mechanical slaves has released that Obama is indeed leading McCain by a whopping three points.  Yes, three.   That's less than the margin of error, so we can toss this one out.

RASMUSSEN REPORTS 

GALLUP - The nation's most trusted polling firm (no idea why, considering how wrong they always are - ed.) has released their findings, and it's Obama 48% to McCain's 40%.  Whew, there's that whopping number we were looking for.  Even with the +/- four point margin of error, Obama still has a skinny lead that he has yet to improve upon in the past few weeks.  Maybe USA Today can clear this hodge-podge up for us.

GALLUP 

USA TODAY/GALLUP - Wait, what?  That's right.  Gallup has whored themselves out.  But now they have Obama up by what's that you say?  He's down?  By four points?  McCain is leading him by four points in the USA Today/Gallup poll?  Great.  Now we can never trust anything from Gallup again.

USA TODAY/GALLUP 

So for the beginning of this week, at least we have a little bit more confusion as our economy tanks and your car begins to eat tiny bits of you as you fill it up with that precious, precious gasoline it craves so much.  Enjoy your week!  Try not to cry in your Cheerios in the morning. 


Posted by James at 8:55 PM CDT
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Tuesday, 7 November 2006
Not Even Close to the End
Topic: Politics

Well, we're done for the evening, but the election is not.  Virginia, Missouri, and Montana aren't even close to being done, and even though Allen is losing in Virginia, he just came out on live TV and pretty much said for everyone to expect 3-4 weeks of lawyers going over every conceivable vote counted to get him the W that he wants.

Other than that, it looks like the Democrats are finished in the House with a +7 margin over the Republicans, which puts Nancy "Wakka Wakka Wakka!" Pelosi as the House Majority Leader.

Yeah, this will be interesting... Goodnight!


Posted by James at 11:52 PM CST
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Tonight Smells of Change and Cheap Scotch
Topic: Politics

There have been many interesting changes in tonight's election since we've last checked in.  First, the Democrats need only three more wins to take the Senate and two more for a W in the House.

Also, Joe Lieberman is actually projected to win, mere months after the Democratic Party labeled him incompetent.  We'll continue our drunken update, but now it's over to Comedy Central for the live and joint (no pun intended - ed.) Daily Show/Colbert Report election update show, featuring everyone's former favorite pontificator, Dan Rather. 

 

UPDATE: And the Democrats take the House and are +1 for the majority.  Now it just depends on if they can take the three that they need for the Senate.

Oh yeah, and Comedy Central's live show sucks. 


Posted by James at 10:15 PM CST
Updated: Tuesday, 7 November 2006 10:36 PM CST
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Your Nightly Congressional Upset Watch
Topic: Politics

As we look towards the future in the battleground seats, the numbers have remained pretty stagnant until... well... now.

Pennsylvania just got another Democratic House seat, which means that the party needs only ten more to take control of the House, while key match-ups will soon be decided in the Senate races with only a change of three needed to take charge for the lefties.  Montana, Virginia and Mizzou are still up in the air, so it'll be an interesting call.

We'll keep you updated, but we just pounded a pair of Irish Car Bombs (a shot of Bailey's/Jameson dropped into a Guiness - ed.), so expect the writing to become less and less coherant as the night goes on.

We love Election Night! 


Posted by James at 9:15 PM CST
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CBS Results Site Trumps All Others
Topic: Politics

Wow, how did we not know about this site earlier?  CBS News has a kick ass self-refreshing site showing the results, state-by-state and for the entire nation, with constant updates for all seat changes, elections, and percentage reporting claims.

Check it out.  You can leave it on without worrying about missing Friday Night Lights or Dancing With the Stars or whatever crap TV you have on instead of election coverage.

 

CBS NEWS ELECTION RESULTS 


Posted by James at 8:10 PM CST
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Lynn Swan to Stay on Sidelines, Out of Governor's Mansion
Topic: Politics

Every Steeler's favorite player, Lynn Swan, is projected to lose his bid for the Governorship of Pittsburgh.  And by a quite large margin we might add.  We should have a compiled list for you later.

If not, you can get it over on any news site or channel.  Now we make our triumphant return to booze... 


Posted by James at 7:10 PM CST
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As Stolen From The New Republic
Topic: Politics

Here are your damn Congressional returns.  Don't trust these as far as you can toss a full keg of Jaegermeister.

Democrats leading:

Virginia (52-47)
Rhode Island (53-46)
Pennsylvania (57-42)
Ohio (57-43)
New Jersey (52-45)
Montana (53-46)
Missouri (50-48)
Maryland (53-46)

Republicans leading:

Tennessee (51-48)
Arizona (50-46)

 


Posted by James at 6:22 PM CST
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First Congressional Returns; All Tied Up, Bottom of the First
Topic: Politics

As the first polls close on the east coast, the numbers have been kicked out as quickly as machinely possible, with the vote ending in a tie in two completely non-competitive races.

Kentucky was the first to release its preliminary numbers, which show Democrat Ben Chandler and Republican Harold Rogers easily retaining their seats.  Now that the polls are shutting down and the last votes are being scanned, punched, or tossed in the trash can, we should expect some new numbers coming out pretty steadiliy, so stay tuned.

We're on it like a fly on shit, which is the best analogy that fits this election season.

 

BREITBART 


Posted by James at 6:13 PM CST
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First Round of Useless Exit Polls Finally Released!
Topic: Politics

After waiting all day to see the outcomes of some of the important Gubernatorial and Congressional elections, the first round of exit polls have finally been released, and they conclusively... absolutely nothing.

In fact, the polls don't even mention the races and focus solely on Bush's job approval, which doesn't look good for the sitting President, which could mean a shake-up in Congress and throughout the States.

60 percent of all people polled (respondants were 56% Democrat, 44% Republican - ed.) claim they are not satisfied with Bush's job performance, which 40 percent say they are strongly disapproving of his ability to lead the country.

While these numbers do not show any election results, it would appear that a possible proverbial changing of the guard might take place.  You'll hear more when we hear more.

 

ABC NEWS 


Posted by James at 5:00 PM CST
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Weighing the Options; Not Disclosing the Exit Poll Data
Topic: Politics

By now we all know of the Republican's supposed plan to take down the voters of this country, since obviously we're all too stupid to vote.  Even though we proudly wore our "Vote F*cker" shirt to the polls today and received some nasty looks from the surrounding Hispanic people that couldn't read and gay guys that thought the colors were tacky, we proudly said we would not vote a party line, and then proceeded to scream out "take that, bitch!" after every bubble we filled in with our pen, until we were asked to leave because we were disturbing a kindergarten class or something.

Anyway, we've got pretty much nothing to report, since nobody's jumping the gun with any numbers for us to take a look at and scrutinize.  This is a bit frustrating, since WE WANT INFO, PEOPLE.  COME ON!

But not as frustrating as what happened to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who was turned away from the polls and his televised voting this morning because he forgot his voter's registration card and ID.  This helps to prove once again that politicians are, in fact, dumber than us.

 

AP via YAHOO! 


Posted by James at 1:48 PM CST
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The Miracle of Voting Irregularities; Blame it All on Diebold
Topic: Politics

In these early hours of election day, some voting irregularities have already begun to "disenfranchise" voters, which undoubtedly the Democrats will blame on the Republicans, even though some of the problems include heavy flooding in Washington State (not caused by Republicans - ed.) and one person oversleeping and causing the polls to open five minutes late in Indiana (probably caused by Republicans).

Then there's the case of the poll worker choking a voter in Kentucky, but that's just another day living in that state, we don't think it's any sort of sordid way to stop people from voting. 

Also, there's some weird lawsuit going on in Tennessee by a Democratic lawyer whom is claiming that since black people don't do anything until after dark, the polls should stay open later.  Seriously, that's not a racist joke on our part.

That's his actual goddamn argument.

But regardless of these problems and quite a few more, we're pretty sure that neither of the two parties are attempting to win a mid-term election with shady actions.  They're saving the big guns for 2008, when it will actually matter.

 

DRUDGE 

P.S. - No exit poll numbers yet, thank God.  Guess people realize how badly they were off last time.  Plus, both sides are saying don't trust them, since the Dems are still stinging while the GOP is hoping the numbers aren't correct. 


Posted by James at 12:34 PM CST
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Monday, 6 November 2006
Last Polls Before Tomorrow's Exit Idiocy!
Topic: Politics

Sure, we've been out of the loop for a while after going on our hiatus.  But we took two days off from our menial labor job to break things down for you today, but most importantly, tomorrow.  From our humble beginnings as a truly awful political blog to our current standing is a mildly distracting stupid news site, we've been reading thousands of pages of politial hooey for over two years.

And this evening, we give you the last round of USA Today/Gallup polls, which were found to be so horribly off during last election cycle that we don't know if we can trust them.  But it's fun to do so anyway.  However, we'll be quick about it, since Seinfeld is coming on TBS in a minute and we bought two four packs of Guiness to finish the day.   So here's your breakdown:

Congerssional Races - Democrats lead in five polls, including Ohio and Pennsylvania.  But that's not good news for them yet.  Even if they take every single one of those, they're still one seat off of a majority.  But a nationwide poll shows the Lefties running up on the Righters by a 51-44% majority, meaning little, since only residents of the districts with seats up for election can vote.

Stem Cell Voting - In the Missouri Second Amendment vote which we profiled earlier, we noted Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox, for your non-fans of 80s movies - ed.) and his ads supporting embryonic stem cell research.  74% of people are in support of this, proving again that the GOP doesn't know its people at all.

Overall Thoughts - Too close to call.  State-wide elections weren't mentioned in the poll, and each state's gubernatorial elections weren't addressed, but it should be an interesting day tomorrow.  We'll be braving the crackheads and muggers to get to our polling place tomorrow when we wake up (say, about noon or so), and we recommend you do the same. 

Remember to get drunk afterwards and check in here often, as we will continually update you on the exit poll madness and political speculation that will be going on as soon as the polls open up at 8:00AM.  And we'll try to be as impartial in our television viewing as we can by watching CSPAN's coverage.  But towards the evening, we'll be drunk enough to be switching to CNN and Fox News, since our minds will require some sensationalism after all the boring shit we've justs watched on the SPAN.

 

USA TODAY 

 


Posted by James at 5:07 PM CST
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"You're Breaking My Balls Here;" The Heart of Darko Stem Cell Voting Guide
Topic: Politics

Thanks to everybody's favorite Teen Wolf, Michael J. Fox, and his idiot counterpart, Rush "The Prince of Douchebags" Limbough, stem cell research voting has come to the fore front of an election year again.  With both the right saying it's a thing of murder and the left saying that the right are Biblical morons, there isn't much middle ground left.

We at Heart of Darko are turning to the facts and judgements in the case with the hope that you good people of America will come to your own decision about the merits or lack thereof for allowing stem cell research.  While our opinion is that of the Star Trek mind (the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few - ed.), there are many differing opinions.  Here are some thoughts and issues you must look at if you are in a state where stem cell issues will be voted on tomorrow.

Missouri and the Second Amendment - This anti-cloning petition allows researchers to use stem cells to help create cures of disease, as well as genetic problems, while pretty much saying that any sort of cloning ability is halted.

Wisconsin - Both candidates for Governor are taking different sides on the stem cell case, with Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle supporting stem cell research and his GOP counterpart Mark Green leaning against using embryonic stem cells for research and only allowing adult stem cells to be used, which pretty makes absolutely no sense.

Iowa and Michigan - Same deal as Wisconsin.  Democrats say kill the babies, Republicans say kill the adults, blah blah blah.

So there you have it, national voters.  We're with Marty McFly.  Who are you with?

 

MSNBC - COSMIC LOG 


Posted by James at 4:04 PM CST
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GOP Thanking God the Terminator is Still Loved for Killing Children, Being Governor
Topic: Politics

As we head into the home stretch for the midterm elections, the GOP is squeezing their balls hoping for some out-of-their-ass wins to help win some important gubernatorial elections throughout the nation, including biggies in Texas and California.  While candidates in our home state such as Kinky Friedman and Chris Bell are expected to offer current Governor Rick Perry a little less than a whiff at the polls (unfortunately - ed.), it's Arnold Schwarzenegger in Cali who is offering a bright ray of hope for the party, who expects to cruise to a win in the massively Democratic state.

They're encouraged by this fact based on the reality that they will lose many of their stronghold states, including Ohio and New York.  But with all of this looking into the future of their party, remember that these are still preliminary polls and thoughts.  After all, who would've thought that John Kerry could've fucked up his campaign as badly as he did?

The GOP is hoping that people forget that Schwarzenegger attempted to perform an on-screen abortion of Sarah Conner in Ther Terminator, because man, that could come back to haunt him.  That and the whole "Hitler wasn't too bad" thing from his younger years.

 

AFP 


Posted by James at 2:25 PM CST
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Saturday, 4 November 2006
Your First Warning! Last Free Weekend Before Mid-Term Election Madness!
Topic: Politics

You'd better go out and enjoy your last free weekend before Monday and Tuesday's absolute barrage of last-minute voting updates, commercials, phone calls, and total media blitz for the mid-term elections on Tuesday, November 7.

Even though this isn't as big as a presidential election year, there are a lot of important things being done, including the possibility of having a complete and total change in power in Congress and some new governors in multiple states, including our own (Texas, for those of you who have not been paying attention these past three years - ed.).

So enjoy your weekend, and trust that we've taken off our regular job on Tuesday to keep you updated about all the fake, false, and way off exit polls throughout the day, as well as live blogging the booze-soaked results evening.  If you have any tips or rants between now and election day, feel free to drop us a line or throw up a comment.  We'll run them down for you and then make you feel like a retard for evening suggesting as such.

Or we'll promise to give you a present for giving us a good tip, but then never do so, claiming that the Postal Service lost the package.  After all, we're stingy little bitches.


Posted by James at 12:13 AM CST
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Thursday, 21 September 2006
Political Backlash Begins Against Chavez Bush Comment; Led by... Nancy Pelosi?!?
Topic: Politics

Since making the comment at the U.N. that Bush is the Devil, multiple columnists, blogs and random people have struck out at Hugo Chavez for opening his fat, dumb mouth.  And now comes the political backlash, even from odd sources, such as Democratic insane-monger Nancy Pelosi.

"Hugo Chavez fancies himself a modern day Simon Bolivar but all he is an everyday thug," House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference, referring to Chavez' comments in a U.N. General Assembly speech on Wednesday.

"Hugo Chavez abused the privilege that he had, speaking at the United Nations," said Pelosi, a frequent Bush critic. "He demeaned himself and he demeaned Venezuela."

From the Bush side of things, there's not been any sort of word, as Condi Rice said she wouldn't even dignify Chavez's comments with a response.  We've also heard rumors that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad called Chavez and said "Damn.  You fucked up SA.  Don't call me anymore, homey." 

 

MY WAY NEWS

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Thursday, 14 September 2006
The Damn Weekly DSCC Email; Pulling Out the Big Guns as Slick Willy Comes to Bat!
Topic: Politics

We were excited and honored today when we opened our email inbox and, after sorting through the random penic enlargement, Cialis, and porn emails we apparently subscribe to, we noticed this week's DSCC email, with a special surprise; it was from President Bill Clinton himself.

Each week the Heart of Darko takes a look at the email sent by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for extra spin, "untruths" and falsities put out by those in power in the political party.  This service is a provided free of charge.  We put ourselves in mental harm way so you don't have to.

On November 7th, Americans will make a critical choice together - will we give this Administration and the Republican Congress two more years of unfettered control over our economy, our security, and our role in the world? - We hate to say it, especially since everyone's supposed to love Slick Willy here, but isn't the economy better than it ever was under his administration?  And aren't gas prices dropping?  And hasn't terror activity in our country been almost nonexistent?  Granted, our role in the world sucks...

You all know what the Republican attack machine can do when it gets going. And they have extreme talk show hosts, the shadowy Swift Boat groups and big corporate interests to fuel their campaigns. We have you. - Actually dude, you have your own smear groups.  Moveon.org, Cindy Sheehan, everyanot-nosed college theology student.  The Republicans just have better organization and don't smoke so much pot that they can't remember what they're protesting.

The consequences of inaction are enormous. Just look around the world. From the simmering war in Iraq to the terrible genocide in Darfur, there is an urgent need for a new American leadership... -  Iraq is a fucking mess.  Darfur is our country's fault?  Really?

Here at home, the stakes are just as high. The wreckage of Katrina laid bare the precipice that 37 million Americans living in poverty cling to every day. A year later, the poverty rate hasn't dropped a bit. - And one year later, out come the Katrina references.  "Katrina; the Democrats' 9/11."  And perhaps the poverty rate hasn't dropped because those affected by the terrible weather were propely taken care of.  Just saying.

We've got terrific candidates running terrific campaigns. I know these candidates. I have campaigned with them, and I am going to campaign with them again. They are winners - Oh boy, more Willy, coming to a stump near you.  Tell us what it's like, Iowa.

 

DSCC 


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Tuesday, 5 September 2006
Hillary Clinton Supported by a Jackson; Her Political Aspirations are Over
Topic: Politics

Despite Time magazine's glowing praise of Hillary Clinton as the next President of the United States (she's been on more covers than J-Lo - ed.), the junior Senator from New York might be in some big trouble with her latest endorsement.  This time it comes from another big-time jackass in the form of Janet Jackson, the boob-popping "less crazy" Jackson.

"Hillary Clinton as president -- that would be great," Jackson said in an interview with German press agency DPA Monday. "Then she could show all those people who wouldn't trust a woman with such a job."

This is from the singer who has had more awful songs than the entire early 90's grunge movement.  Get away Hillary.  Nothing good can come of this support.

 

BREITBART 


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