Tag Archives: election

Dems know how party

November 4, 2008 – 8:59 pm

Here at the downtown Marriott, even the valet is in the spirit of things, telling this reporter he’s hoping for Democratic wins across the board tonight (that’s right, I sprung for valet parking … it’s election night).
It’s 7:45 p.m., and Democrats are steadily filing into the grand marble lobby, which is echoing with chatter and [...]

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Broken voting machine fixed (or just turned on)

November 4, 2008 – 2:08 pm

A voter e-mailed LEO Weekly to report the voting machine at Saint Louis Bertrand Church was not working this morning when he was there to cast his ballot.
“I was in line before the place even opened,” says Anthony Henderson of Old Louisville. “There were about 50 people waiting and the machine wasn’t accepting anybody’s ballot.”
As [...]

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Lunchbox: Halloween edition

October 31, 2008 – 1:00 am

Cool toys: Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2008 include a retail DNA test, just in case you have some immediate paternity questions.
Mr. Hope’s hangmen caught: Two UK students were arrested for hanging an Obama effigy from a tree on campus. They said it was in response to the Palin mannequin hung from a balcony in [...]

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Katie King kind of, sort of apologizes

October 21, 2008 – 5:12 pm

Assistant prosecutor Katie King does not deny hurling expletives at her supervisor, but she claims not to recall the exact phrase, which according to Page One was “fucking cunt bitch.”
And although the 29-year-old district court judge candidate says she has since apologized to her supervisor in the county attorney’s office, she points out that the [...]

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If you don’t have anything inoffensive to say …

October 20, 2008 – 6:30 pm

An Oct. 18 story in The Chicago Tribune examines the fact that longtime red state Indiana is a surprise toss-up in the presidential election. Unfortunately for New Albany, the story quotes the following resident:
For others, like David Ward, who runs an antique shop with his wife in New Albany, the issue is race. Ward, a registered [...]

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