Hi Brianna,
(Assuming that the results will be as close as they're saying) Take a drink every time Dan Rather analogizes the closeness of the race with something obscure, nonsesical, and completely hilarious.
some examples from the 2000 CBS coverage:
From
http://archives.thedaily.washington....lectionra.html
TOP 20 OF ELECTION 2000 DAN RATHER-ISMS:
20) "If you think the election's over, don't you go there!"
19)."The rest of us could be out here in the desert for a good while." -On Americans awaiting Presidential election results.
18) "It's way past the witching hour at this point in the game."
17) "Close only counts with hand grenades and horseshoes."
16) "This much tension can't be cut with a saw. It requires a blowtorch!"
15) "Well, the word 'goofy' comes to mind. It may be a tad strong, but I'm not sure."
14) "If a frog had sidepockets, he'd carry a handgun."
13) "The race is tight, like a too-small two piece bathing-suit."
12) "Both parties have champagne on ice, but that champagne might get so cold that you'd have to get a pick ax to open it up because its so frozen up."
11) "Round and round it goes, exactly who and where the vote comes from, nobody knows."
10) "Bush was at the 5-yard line. Now he moves back to about the 3-yard line."
9) "They've put up, now they can shut up, because they've won." -Speaking of the to-be-determined presidential winner.
8) "Gore winning without California would be like trying to scratch his ear with his elbow."
7) "They're like a smiling cat in a creamery." -Comment of state of Tennessee residents after Bush took Tennessee
6) "This race is crackling like a hickory fire."
5) "He must be madder than a rained-on rooster." -On Bush after the first Florida electoral votes went to Gore.
4) "His lead is melting faster than ice cream in a microwave."
3) "No one's calling this race, oh boy. Not even me!"
2) "Let's face it, Al Gore has his back to the wall, his shirt tails on fire and his bill collectors at the door."
1) "That's how tight it is: It's spandex tight!"
hope your party is a blast!
