despondent correspondent

* actual dailymirror cover attached.

* lancet is saying that the evidence that vioxx was deadly was available four years ago.

* " Attorney General John Ashcroft is likely to leave his post before the start of President Bush (news - web sites)'s second term, senior aides said Thursday." are they looking for someone worse? http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=3&u=/ap/20041104/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/ashcroft_future

* btw - did anyone watch jons on election night? was it funny? comforting? scary?

* do bluestaters get drafted first?

* "Exit polling accurately predicted the results in most states with very little error. Where there were discrepancies, they were significant in the +5 percent range, and always favored Bush."
http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=388

* onion headline 'Bush Does Victory Lap Around World Trade Center Site' its funny cos its true

* ""After all of the recriminations, infighting, and general madness before the election, the people of this fractured nation still found the courage to show up at the polls," said Anas Salman, an Afghan U.N. official who was in New York during the American electoral experiment. "More than half of America's citizens—a large portion of them women—made a valiant attempt to choose their own leader, even though there was no guarantee their votes would be counted. It was truly inspirational."" http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4044

* " "In early August, when the Swift Boat story started to pick up steam on the talk shows, Susan Estrich, a California law professor, well-known liberal talking head and onetime campaign manager for Michael Dukakis, had called the Kerry campaign for marching orders. She had been booked on Fox's 'Hannity & Colmes' to talk about the Swift Boat ads. What are the talking points? Estrich asked the Kerry campaign. There are none, she was told. Estrich was startled." wot a disaster. http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html/index.html

* has there been any electionabsed suicides yet? praps we could get a column up on iraqbodycount.net

* im not sure which is the saddest result - thune or coburn or bunning. at this point, ranking things prolly isnt that important.
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