Very funny, and true. I stayed up until about 1am too, until it looked like Bush would carry Ohio. I think Rather spent more time explaining every 15 minutes how "we do not declare a winner, just report the projections" than he did anything else. I guess after last time they felt they had to.

>-Beer and pizza from the place down the street, to drink/eat while watching the returns: 20 bucks
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>-New wide-screen TV to watch the returns: couple hundred bucks
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>-More beer and pizza because it's gonna be a long night: another 20 bucks
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>-calling your wireless provider to increase your minutes so that you can talk to your family and friends about who's gonna win: 20 bucks
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>- Turning off all the lights and torturing your two cats by flashing a laser pen all around house...because at 1 AM, anything is better than hearing Dan Rather describe for the hundredth time how many states Kerry needs to win to have a chance: priceless
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>For everything else, there's MasterCard