Live Blogging the Election: Unedited Transcript
Live Blogging the Election from Washington DC (Transcript)
November 5, 2008 by Kaitlin
5:36
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Kaitlin: I’m just leaving my hotel room in Washington DC to head over to NPR in Washington DC. There was a slight technorati issue with Inside Islam. Yikes! You can check twitter updates tonight under #nprbloggers. Also, here’s a tour of the studios from Andy Carvin (at NPR’s Social Media desk) at: qik.com/video/447106 I’m going to go find a place to plug in for the long haul. |
5:38 | [Standby] I’ll be back shortly: going to plug in at NPR Studios. |
6:36
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Kaitlin: The point of this live blog is for me to organize my thoughts for a post I did today on Inside Islam and keep up with the new media happenings throughout election night. I have several links to share from Talk Islam, Muslim Matters, and mainstream news sources. I’ll be sharing my reactions to election politics and recap Muslim issues, too. Here’s my post from Inside Islam today… |
6:39
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Kaitlin:
From Inside Islam: “Rumors that Barack Obama is a Muslim or Arab or terrorist have been part of the “smear campaign” mounted against him by the opposition. The controversy has been on my mind a lot, especially after seeing this video of McCain’s town hall meeting |
7:00
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Kaitlin: First polls close in two minutes. Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky. Kentucky and Vermont up first the others will probably take longer. |
7:01
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Kaitlin: CNN is being audacious: will make a prediction right now. You don’t say! |
7:30
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Kaitlin: My background research for this post started with a video of McCain’s campaign rally, where someone called Obama an Arab as a diss. Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMloaj6b68&eurl=http://insideislam.wisc.edu/index.php/archives/165 |
7:38
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Kaitlin: Juan Cole writes Informed Comment, one of those great research/academic blogs for framing and defining world issues. He writes about religion, Middle East, and History. In one entry he has a great definition of “Arab:”
“An Arab is a native speaker of the Arabic language, which is akin to Hebrew. The Arab civilization is one of the more glorious in world history, having bestowed on the world great scientific and cultural achievements. And on America-Arabs: “Arabs began immigrating into the United States in the 1880s from Lebanon, and have been an important ethnic group during the past over a century. They provided everything from auto workers to physicians and comedians. There are probably three million self-identified Arab-Americans, |
7:40
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Kaitlin: Source: Informed Comment, McCain: Obama Decent, no Arab |
7:44
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Kaitlin: I’m following election coverage on NPR’s 2008 Election Map. |
8:03
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Kaitlin: McCain wins OK and TN; Obama wins CT, DE, DC, IL, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ & PA. from NPR politics on Twitter. |
8:06
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Kaitlin: The election should be “called” when we know CO and California. |
8:17
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Kaitlin: Just took a poll with NPR Bloggers: Who came the furthest? I came in second. Damn you Guardian journalist from London and my competitive nature. |
8:26
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Kaitlin: Obama up by 6 in CA. |
8:34
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Kaitlin: Social media overload. I’m concentrating with all my will to upload pics onto flickr to show you the insanity of blogging, listening to radio, watching TV, and keeping up with Twitter. |
8:38
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Kaitlin: Blogger multi-tasking on Flickr Here are some pics I took from NPR tonight. |
8:48
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Kaitlin: Highlights from Twitter: @spewker is sitting RIGHT NEXT to @wrightbryan3 and yet we’re following each others thoughts on Twitter. Hilarious! #nprbloggers |
8:51
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Kaitlin: Here’s an election post that showed up in my RSS feed today. Elections 2008 Open Thread on Muslim Matters |
8:53
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Kaitlin: The link above: Muslim American voter pics and reactions from today (including swing states like Ohio) |
9:05
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Kaitlin: Bloggers like Muslim Matters, AltMuslim, and Talk Islam have been talking about the importance of addressing islamophobia in America as early as January. The first person to address the issue publically was Colin Polin in his interview with MSNBC. |
9:05
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Kaitlin: Muslim Matters on Colin Powell |
9:06 | [Video file] | Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama on Meet the Press Play |
9:17
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Kaitlin: The McCain rally conundrum: People call Obama a secret Muslim and an “Arab” and conservative Muslims support McCain in the same room. |
9:17 | [Video file] | NPR: At Rally, McCain Supporters Meet Intolerance Play |
9:37
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Kaitlin: For my own entertainment here’s an “exit poll” of my own: which network has the cooest map? |
9:42
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Kaitlin: NPR’s Interactive Map New York Times MSNBC |
9:51
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Kaitlin: The Atlantic says “the overwhelming issue of our time: the threat of Islamist terrorism after 9/11” in Obama and the War on Terror |
10:11
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Kaitlin: “@blogislam The seem to be a bit behind the times–The issue is the economy” from aagha on Twitter |
10:15
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Kaitlin: Overstatement of the election: “Usually the official website lags” from NPR blogger across the table |
10:21
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Kaitlin: Coveritlive takes the election by storm. I’ve never seen so many live blogs going on at once. Utterli, an audio sharing web application, also very popular. Jill foster is a blogger here tonight with a cool approach. Here’s one of her Utterli interviews: http://www.utterli.com/u/utt/u-ODAyODkwMg |
10:23
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Kaitlin: Blogger sarcasm: Wait, TX goest to McCain? Nah, none of us saw that one coming. We’re all smirking. |
10:24
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[Comment From Ellen] We want to know what it looks like where you are and who is there and how exciting it might be. It is very cool here in stolid Madison where everyone is so sure that Obama has won that we are going to bed. We want details, inside islam. Give us news! |
10:29
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Kaitlin: We’re starting to talk local politics at NPR… we’re looking to youse guys and connecting on Twitter about the latest projections/reports. |
10:30
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Kaitlin: Andy livestreams the NPR coverage. Here’s the video. |
10:32
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Kaitlin: I’m diving into my RSS feed for the newest stories. What we’re talking about now that the election is over: Tech and the Economy |
10:34
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Kaitlin: “Sad Fox News Uses ‘Greenscreen’ Tech From the 19th Century” http://lin.cr/6um |
10:39
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Kaitlin: Gawker says: “We’re calling it Obama Wins.” I’m going to have to agree. But I’ll stay until CA. |
10:40
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Kaitlin: |
10:40
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[Comment From Ellen] Yahoo News is reporting that Obama is having “commanding lead.” Inside Islam, what are you doing in RSS feeds. Tell us what the latest new is. How are they reacting in Iran, Tunisia? |
10:40
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[Comment From Ellen] I’m not going to do Twitter. I am barely able to get to this live blog. Just tell us what is happening where you are. We are saying our prayers and counting sheep. |
10:41
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Kaitlin: Eurpeans are anxious. |
10:43
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Kaitlin:
collazoprojects: NPR Chatter: Obama will capture CA & OR & it’s all in the bag.
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10:45
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Kaitlin: |
10:45
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[Comment From Ellen] What are Europeans anxious about. We have a new young president with vision and verve. His middle name is Hussein. He is multi-racial. How cool is this? We are going to change the world. Why would they be anxious, other than the fact that they played a huge part in the economic downturn and now they have to pay the piper. How many multi-racial visionary leaders do they have to help change the world? |
10:46
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Kaitlin: Twitter: @blogislam it’s on every network here, turn out 90% of dutch voters would have voted obama |
10:50
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Kaitlin: Next up on identity politics: people will be talking about the biracial issue. Remember when the census changed? Nobody really noticed but now they will. I’m calling it. |
10:51
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Kaitlin: “The First Election the Internet won” written by the blogger sitting next to me. |
10:52
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Kaitlin: “The year campaigns leveraged the Internet in ways never imagined. The year we went to warp speed. The year the paradigm got turned upside down and truly became bottom up instead of top down.” Mark McKinnon, a senior adviser to President Bush’s campaigns in 2000 and 2004. |
10:53
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[Comment From Ellen] Yes, but we Madisonians here in Lutheran territory want to know from the nation’s Capitol: Will the Obama presidency help with the Christian/Islam tension or will it mean nothing? Isn’t there someone there with some insight. I see nothing in the Main Stream Press. |
10:58
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Kaitlin: I’m posting “Will the Obama presidency help with the Christian/Islam tension or will it mean nothing? Isn’t there someone there with some insight. I see nothing in the Main Stream Press.” on Talk Islam. |
11:00
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Kaitlin: CNN just called it!!!!!!!!!! |
11:01
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[Comment From Ellen] Is the internet going to help us talk about these tensions and the election and heal over wounds? Will we use this tool to help us all move forward? Not sure, Inside Islam. I sure hope so. |
11:04
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Kaitlin: AP calls Florida for Obama. |
11:06
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Kaitlin: “I wanted to hear it from Fox news” says the blogger on my other side. |
11:08
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[Comment From Ellen] Andy’s video shows a very quiet group of journos analyzing and writing scripts. Is it quiet there or is there a hum of excitement and deadline pressure? Has NPR called it for Obama? |
11:08
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Kaitlin: NPR hasn’t called it yet. |
11:10
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Kaitlin: NPR: Vox Politics |
11:11
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Kaitlin: McCain just called Obama to concede. |
11:15
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[Comment From Ellen] Wow. Wow. WOW!!! |
11:15
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[Comment From Ellen] WE are headed to bed here in Madison. We need tp get some sleep so we can go to work tomorrow. Have a ball in DC knowing that the new generation has come of age. We look forward to your leadership. |
11:16
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Kaitlin: The older generation goes to bed, the younger parties. And so is life. |
11:18
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Kaitlin: Listening to McCain conceed. Wow. It’s real. |
11:22
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Kaitlin: McCain says “our faith” while conceeding the election to Obama. |
11:26
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Kaitlin: The digital generation from NPR HQ in Washington D.C. |
11:27
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Kaitlin: Sorry, McCain, I’m so over the boos and idle chatter. |
11:31
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Kaitlin: Bush has called Obama to congratulate him for the victory. |
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