A little slice of heaven for me to call my own. Not all will like what I have to say, but I will say it with honesty.
Early Voting
I voted yesterday at the annex and I'm glad to get it over with. I'm happy with my choices and didn't want to fight the craziness of the Tuesday. Present outside the polling place were the Dems with the Big Blue Bus and the republicans with a big blue tent. There was a cutout of Obama in front of the Bus but the mccain that I've seen at the victory center was nowhere to be seen. I went over to say hello to the guys manning the blue tent and offered a little levity with the suggestion that it would be kind of fun to get our two carbboard guys and place then side by side on the annex steps as if they had met there.
There were two men working the tent, a younger, affable fellow, and older, surly looking guy who looked like his nose had been on the losing end of a fistfight(s), acne, or something else. The younger guy indicated that we'd need to wait till 4:30 when the polls closed. I realized my gaffe and agreed. The old guy indicated that we should separate them on the stairs and anyone who came out and went to the Obama one "we should shoot them". Needless to say, I was taken aback, and indicated to the ugly guy that he had just assaulted me. He then proceeded to ask me if I liked to hunt. No. Do I like to Fish? No. I think these were qualifiers of why in his mind I was voting for Obama.
The younger fellow asked why I had made a decision to vote Obama, and I indicated that ever since I have been of voting age, we have been presented with a choice of the lesser of two evils, including this election. I continued that I thought neither of the candidates are even close to perfect, but in mccain I see more of what got us to where we are today, and his choice of running made sealed the deal for me. Old guy wanted to get into it more, but thankfully my friend exited from the polls and it was time to leave.
The old guy is the exact person the Walton republicans shouldn't have representing them right before someone enters the polls. I have to question their knowledge of who they're sending out in the field. He may be of better service in North Walton.
Early voting is the way to go. Thanks to all the poll employees and workers who will be putting in an inordinate amount of time over the next two weeks.
There were two men working the tent, a younger, affable fellow, and older, surly looking guy who looked like his nose had been on the losing end of a fistfight(s), acne, or something else. The younger guy indicated that we'd need to wait till 4:30 when the polls closed. I realized my gaffe and agreed. The old guy indicated that we should separate them on the stairs and anyone who came out and went to the Obama one "we should shoot them". Needless to say, I was taken aback, and indicated to the ugly guy that he had just assaulted me. He then proceeded to ask me if I liked to hunt. No. Do I like to Fish? No. I think these were qualifiers of why in his mind I was voting for Obama.
The younger fellow asked why I had made a decision to vote Obama, and I indicated that ever since I have been of voting age, we have been presented with a choice of the lesser of two evils, including this election. I continued that I thought neither of the candidates are even close to perfect, but in mccain I see more of what got us to where we are today, and his choice of running made sealed the deal for me. Old guy wanted to get into it more, but thankfully my friend exited from the polls and it was time to leave.
The old guy is the exact person the Walton republicans shouldn't have representing them right before someone enters the polls. I have to question their knowledge of who they're sending out in the field. He may be of better service in North Walton.
Early voting is the way to go. Thanks to all the poll employees and workers who will be putting in an inordinate amount of time over the next two weeks.
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Hi John. we saw you leaving the annex as we were just arriving to do our early voting!
we were in line with neighbors we do not know well, so on the way out, we were laughing about the fact that we probably just all cancelled out each others votes. then when walking out of the building it was great to see the Big Blue Van sitting there. I had been kind of nervous in the booth filling out my ballot. To me, voting for Obama was one of the most important things I've ever done. It was a very personal moment. So, we wave to the Big Blue Van dudes and Kurt comments that he's going to have his picture taken with Obama. YOu should have seen the look of disgust on our neighbors faces. She said, "Oh, that's too bad". Priceless. But also sad. So, I took off my jacket and just stood in the sun in my Black Obama shirt. The neighbors were definitely not amused, and nearly ran to their cars. I'm not sure what to think about this kind of reaction. But, it is at least interesting to see it, kind of a sad social commentary on something, I'm not sure what.
hope you don't mind me blogging your blog.
Posted 10-25-2008 at 02:52 PM by Tootsie
Updated 10-25-2008 at 02:55 PM by Tootsie
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