{"id":121,"date":"2004-10-03T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-03T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2008-07-09T19:32:49","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T00:32:49","slug":"what-exactly-does-that-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/what-exactly-does-that-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry “Won” the First Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, so Kerry “won” the first debate, by most accounts<\/slash>. But I had really really high hopes for it, so perhaps that is why I feel a bit disappointed. I was surprised that Bush could even hold his ground – chalk it up to the watered-down format he insisted on, I guess.<\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

  • Make sure your registration is up-to-date; you can check your NC status here<\/slash>.\n<\/li>\n
  • There’s still time to vote by absentee ballot; call your county Board of Elections for details; in Wake county, NC, that’s (919) 856-6240.\n<\/li>\n
  • VP debate, Oct. 5th, 2nd Presidential debate, Oct. 8th\n

    Update 10\/5\/04:<\/b> Wake County has a great setup where you can go directly to cast your absentee ballot<\/slash>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    OK, so Kerry “won” the first debate, by most accounts. But I had really really high hopes for it, so perhaps that is why I feel a bit disappointed. I was surprised that Bush could even hold his ground – chalk it up to the watered-down format he insisted on, I guess. What’s next: Make … Continue reading Kerry “Won” the First Debate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-issues","category-rants-and-raves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-1X","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/cant-hold-back-any-longer\/","url_meta":{"origin":121,"position":0},"title":"Boot Bush!","author":"m","date":"August 29, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Why do I feel so strongly about this election? 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