A great Election Day routine

Eric Zorn, of the Chicago Tribune on his election day routine...

"On the day of presidential elections now, I wake up at 5 a.m. and set my tape deck to begin recording conservative talk radio hosts.

This year I'll record four hours of Tedious Teri O'Brien and the house elf who serves as her co-host; two hours of Bush/Keyes supporter Eileen Byrne and her sensible lefty co-host Jay Marvin; and three hours of Rush Limbaugh, all on WLS AM.

I'll store the tapes away until Wednesday. If Bush wins, I'll record over them and never listen – as I ultimately did after the 2000 election.

But if Kerry wins, I'll listen to and savor every last prediction of victory, smug expression of assurance and pooh-poohing of Kerry's chances, just like I did after Bill Clinton beat Bob Dole in 1996.

The pleasure of listening to Limbaugh crow, "We're going to do it, folks, we're going to win, I can feel it! I can feel it!" when I knew they didn't do it and they lost was, I admit, a small-minded pleasure. But a huge one."