We have ours. They have theirs. Spotted, of all places, in Ithaca: ...
I was tipped off about this by readers and on Twitter. Thanks to our friends at The Right Scoop for grabbing the clip for us. While it's nice to receive recognition, we didn't, um, you know, build that National Empty Chair Day on our own. Obama built it. ...
The Good Wow. Just Wow at the reaction. I never imagined that Empty Chair Day would sweep the nation, take over Twitter, make its way to the banner headline at Drudge and stories at The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere. (added) Michael Patrick Leahy has details...
From Derek in Hollywood, FL, who went for a threesome, "Barack Obama, Deval Patrick and Elizabeth "RunsWithScammers" Warren have joined me for a panel. Please ask them the hard question but nothing about the economy, jobs, the last four years, records, or welfare reform."
Kate from McKinney, TX asks: "Do I win the award for the most colorful chair?"
Susan From Melbourne Beach FLL
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Calvin from Oak Ridge North, TX, hits a familiar theme:
Outside Insurrection HQ in Ithaca:
From Eva in Wilmette, IL:
Leslie Eastman, who is part of the College Insurrection team, submits this photo and also is collecting links at her blog:
From Georgane in Summerville, SC:
From Kahne in Houston, who writes:
Beignet the Pug is trying to tell the empty suit that her Mommy really would like a more favorable environment to build buildings, because she is an Architect and this has been the worst year in her career. Houston’s unemployment rate is lower than the rest of the country, but has inched up over the last year. This photo is taken in my front yard, in the most liberal part of Houston, the Museum District, where I have the ONLY Romney bumper stickers on my car in my ‘hood’ (I have several neighbors that felt My car would be damaged because of the bumper stickers and they cower in their beliefs!) because I live in the artsy part of town, I’m sure that those passers-by my house will certainly “get” this as it is abstract Art! LOL…..I love your sites and am an avid follower! Keep up the good work!
From Anne in Ridley Park, PA, who says "he doesn't sit here."
From commenter DINORightMarie in VA, her dog Jack and the chair: "the sign has a Romney Ryan 2012 image, the Branco Cartoon in center, and the Clint Eastwood quote at the bottom, from Sandy’s sign."
People did not wait for today, and started sending photos yesterday. (Boston radio host Michael Graham already had reserved a empty seat for Elizabeth Warren on Friday!)
From commenter VonBeck2, who writes from flooded Louisiana:
"My dad lives in Laplace, LA. He experienced flooding during the recent hurricane that passed through this area. This is the first time that his home has flooded. This is significant because his house didn't flood during Hurricane Katrina.... So all of that money spent has the effect of just flooding somebody else. Here's my contribution to the empty chair meme. This was taken today as I went to check on him. The water has receded some but it is still to high to restore electricity to his neighborhood, which. is a big deal in the deep south. So I was thinking where is Obama. Not in Laplace, La. I wonder if he is having fun campaigning while the suburbs drown."
From Darren, who writes "Couldn't wait for tomorrow....":
From Jeanne in Fort Worth, TX, who writes "Count me in for Monday's 'Empty Chair Day' campaign. However, I'm so keen that I'm starting on Sunday! My sign says "Make My Day! Fire Obama On November 6th." Wouldn't it be great to see an entire neighborhood with empty chairs in front of every home?"
From Matt in Topanga, CA:
From Maria in Gladstone, NJ, who writes: "Here is my empty chair photo. It's (almost) as broken as our economy! Love your website, keep up the good work!"
From Rob in Owasso, OK:
Twitchy reports that parents are pressuring advertisers and calling on Nickelodeon to stop promoting Jason Biggs, and in particular that the network stop linking directly to his twitter account, where lewd and off-color tweets have recently made headlines: As Twitchy reported last night, Nickelodeon is actively promoting the...
Lyrical genius behind the Burt Bacharach legend, died yesterday: Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is...
President Obama is really hoping he is as successful at drawing a big crowd next week, as he has been at drawing small ones all year. Let's not forget, by the campaign's own admission, smaller gatherings are apparently preferable to bigger ones. Two weeks ago, an...
last night in the Saturday Night Card Game, in which I suggested that Matthews' hyperbolic, non-stop accusations of Republican racism were a marketing ploy to secure himself a coveted media niche. With the benefit of some hindsight, I think I was too kind in my analysis. I think...
Another alumnus of Prager University. From reader R: Seen in Boston ...
That's what reader Sandy writes: Prof - Seems that there is an effort to make Monday "empty chair day" Below is an image of my front lawn, just mowed, to ensure the emptychair looks right. The sign next to the chair says: “We own this country . ....
Chris Matthews has gone farther and more aggressively than any other major television figure in the accusation that the Romney campaign and its supporters are using racism as a core campaign tool against Barack Obama. Everything has become racist to Matthews. The use of the term "Chicago." Arguments over...
So writes reader Jim, who sends along several photos from the Romney-Ryan rally in Jacksonville which is starting as of this writing. (added: Prof. Reynolds also is posting reader photos) He further writes: "Line for RomneyRyan Jax Landing event - two lines both way longer than...
Badger Pundit has put together this video interspersing parts of Clint Eastwood's speech at the RNC with the advertisement that ran during halftime of the Super Bowl. I think it's pretty effective. ...
The impossibility of changing the liberal bias in the mainstream media is almost a daily topic here. Reader Brian sent this email with some pertinent thoughts on the topic, which I thought I'd pass along: I've had your blog in my RSS feed for awhile and find...
Drudge and LI have something in common. August 2012 was our best month ever in terms of traffic. LI had 1,449,541 page views, Drudge had 943,281,513. Of course, I didn't build it on my own, nobody does. I was helped by the very generous linkage of Prof. Glenn Reynolds,...
