Last November 2ndWhat a roller coaster ride it was. Kitty, Aaron and I had built the Kerry Haters blog into a major force in the blogosphere. We were nearly a top 100 blog in the TTLB traffic ratings (without a single Instalanche, I might add).
Our intention was always that the blog would end triumphantly after the election. We were confident going into that day.
And then suddenly the exit polls came out and it looked like Kerry was going to win. We did not join in the wailing and gnashing of teeth; instead we exhorted our friends to make sure that they voted. For a moment it looked like Kerry Haters was about to become a real major league blog. And I can't tell you how unhappy I was at that prospect.
In the end, of course, it turned out that the exit polls were fatally flawed and Bush won. Kerry Haters hung around for a couple more months before finally giving up the ghost. KH was a fun experience, especially with our breaking two major scoops--Christmas in Cambodia and October at the UN--months before they hit the mainstream media.
Others with memories of reelection day:
La Shawn Barber
was still working at a charity with lots of liberals, so the only smiling face she saw that day was her own in the mirror.
Sister Toldjah reflects on who
the real idiot was in that race.
Jason at Generation Why wants to know
where were you when you heard Kerry had conceded. I was
in my car on the way to the office.
Blogs for Bush's Matt Margolis
has similar reflections to mine on his blog:
Thanks to the support of hundreds of bloggers who joined our blogroll, we became the largest grassroots blog for a political candidate... and it was with their support that we made it into the top ten of the TLB Ecosystem (I think our peak was 6) andwell into the top 100 blogs on Technorati. This was accomplished largely without the help from other high traffic Top 40 blogs... which makes me much prouder about what we accomplished here.Don Surber's
also smiling.
The Ex-Donkey Blog
wasn't nervous at the exit-polling data. I wasn't either until I looked over at Tradesports, where Kerry was about an 80-20 favorite as of mid-afternoon.
The Man at GOP & The City remembers
casting his useless vote (he lives in New York City).
Alamo Nation
has kidney stones (ouch!) but remembers Harry Potter registering to vote in last year's election.
