Looks like Moron Pundit isn't the only one with a Doom Meter

The New York Times talks to a few of the sort of people who, well, still read the New York Times, and they're worried:

“Look, I have this sense of impending doom; we’ve had a couple of elections stolen already,” Mr. Downs said. “The only thing worse than losing is to think that you’re going to win and then lose.”

 

He considers that prospect and mutters, almost involuntarily, “Oh, God.”

To talk with left-leaning Democrats in New Hope, San Francisco or Miami Beach, to drill deep into their id, is to stand at the intersection of Liberal and High Anxiety.

Right now, more than a few are having a these-polls-are-too-good-to-be-true, we-still-could-lose-this-election moment. Their consuming and possibly over-caffeinated worry is that their prayers and nightly phone calls to undecided voters in Toledo, Ohio, notwithstanding, Mr. Obama might fall short on Election Day.

To walk on Broadway, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is to feel their pain. “Oh, God, I’m optimistic, but I can’t look at the polls,” said Patricia Kuhlman, 54, nervously tapping her Obama/Biden ’08 button. “I’m a PBS/NPR kind of person, and, O.K., I do look at some polls.”

Ms. Kuhlman shakes her head and says, “If he doesn’t get this, I’ll be crying so hard.”

There's a reason why these people are worried. It's because this thing is not over. Not by a longshot. And the pollsters and Captain Bullshit's media lackeys are flat-out LYING about his lead, trying to keep you from turning out on Election Day. They think you're stupid, but you're not.

Get out there. Volunteer for McCain-Palin. Talk to everyone you know and make sure they turn out to vote. Show YouTube videos to someone you know who's on the fence and doesn't pay attention to this stuff as closely as you do. Help take veterans to a local polling place. Do whatever it takes.

And then, sit back and enjoy Patrica Kuhlman's bitter, bitter tears.

(h/t)

Update: I knew I'd seen this article somewhere else:

They may as well have typed "We're not scared, maybe you're the ones who are scared" 110 times and hit Send.

Exactly.

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