Eavesdrop DC » Elections http://eavesdropdc.com Hear something funny? Email it to eavesdropdc@gmail.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Biden’s already redecorating. http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/12/bidens-already-redecorating/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/12/bidens-already-redecorating/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:12:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=928 From our eavesdropper:

i was out and about today… and there was a young family walking behind me.
an adorable 4 year old girl spoke up and said “I saw Joe Biden’s house today!!”
the dad said “Yeah, I told her that because I couldn’t bear telling her that Dick Cheney lived there…”

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/12/bidens-already-redecorating/feed/ 1 Metro: Yes we can. http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/11/metro-yes-we-can/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/11/metro-yes-we-can/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:48:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=927 Overheard while transferring from ridiculously crowded Red Line train to ridiculously crowded Yellow Line train at China Town

Woman One: Dammmnnn girl! This Metro so damn c-rowded

Woman Two: Shit yeah. Too many people here.

Woman One: Don’t worry, Obama gonna take care of that.

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/11/metro-yes-we-can/feed/ 2 Perhaps he just enjoys standing in long lines? http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/05/perhaps-he-just-enjoys-standing-in-long-lines/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/05/perhaps-he-just-enjoys-standing-in-long-lines/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:21:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=924 Walking down the sidewalk outside the polling place with a woman on a cell phone walking behind me.

Woman on cell phone: “Gurl, I don’t even know why James was up in there. He a convicted felon and can’t even vote!”

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/11/05/perhaps-he-just-enjoys-standing-in-long-lines/feed/ 1 The drinking games will start AFTER the polls close. http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/29/the-drinking-games-will-start-after-the-polls-close/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/29/the-drinking-games-will-start-after-the-polls-close/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:08:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=919 From the teacher at a election-worker training class held by the DC Board of Elections and Ethics:

“Election day will be a long day. Make sure to bring plenty of food and drinks. And by drinks, I don’t mean alcohol.”

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/29/the-drinking-games-will-start-after-the-polls-close/feed/ 0 My second favorite get out the vote strategy http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/09/my-second-favorite-get-out-the-vote-strategy/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/09/my-second-favorite-get-out-the-vote-strategy/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:54:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=905 GW (Tuesday before the debate had started), two friends were talking at a table.

Guy 1: Man… debate or class. Debate or class.
Guy 2: You don’t know who you’re going to vote for yet?
Guy 1: Nope.
Guy 2: Well, if you’re still on the fence, then you’re a moron and I’d appreciate it if you didn’t vote.

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/09/my-second-favorite-get-out-the-vote-strategy/feed/ 0 Everyone’s a little bit racist. http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/02/everyones-a-little-bit-racist/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/02/everyones-a-little-bit-racist/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:51:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=899 Girl: Florida is changing and we haven’t even had the Great Schlep yet.
Girl 2: Yeah but i’m talking to my grandma, and she’s listening to me, even if she’s a little bit racist.

– 13th and H

No, this is not a paid commercial for the Great Schlep, but if you don’t know what we’re talking about, watch this:

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/10/02/everyones-a-little-bit-racist/feed/ 0 They’re totally like backstage passes, man! Rock on! http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/26/theyre-totally-like-backstage-passes-man-rock-on/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/26/theyre-totally-like-backstage-passes-man-rock-on/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:35:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=710 Two GW students in the audience of the Clinton policy speech yesterday:

(In complete seriousness)
Guy 1:I should have brought my Capitol Hill intern badge.
Guy 2:Hmm…
Guy 1: My intern badge, I should have brought it with me.
Guy 2: Aww yeah man, you would have totally gotten access!

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/26/theyre-totally-like-backstage-passes-man-rock-on/feed/ 0 ‘Dems fightin’ words! http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/25/dems-fightin-words/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/25/dems-fightin-words/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:55:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=707 “Hillary is more of a man than Obama will ever be – and she’s more of a woman than he’ll ever have”

–The Bottom Line

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/25/dems-fightin-words/feed/ 1 I’m so used to this kind of political nerdiness, I no longer even find this funny or unusual. http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/06/im-so-used-to-this-kind-of-political-nerdiness-i-no-longer-even-find-this-funny-or-unusual/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/06/im-so-used-to-this-kind-of-political-nerdiness-i-no-longer-even-find-this-funny-or-unusual/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=696 Cashier: (looks at groceries) Oh, are you throwing a party this weekend?

Woman: I’m hosting a “Super Tuesday” party tonight! What else could all this food and wine be for?!

–Trader Joes in Foggy Bottom

]]> http://eavesdropdc.com/2008/02/06/im-so-used-to-this-kind-of-political-nerdiness-i-no-longer-even-find-this-funny-or-unusual/feed/ 0 But would you vote for "Pokey?" http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/07/but-would-you-vote-for-pokey/ http://eavesdropdc.com/2007/06/07/but-would-you-vote-for-pokey/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:56:00 +0000 eavesdropdc http://eavesdropdc.com/?p=485 Guy on phone: “I don’t vote for people who put their name in quotation marks on the ballot.”

[pauses]

“Well, yeah, if it was “Killer,” then I’d definitely vote for him.

–M Street

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