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November 01, 2008
I hear you knockin! But you can't come in!
So I'm reading this, because Justin told me to go to Protein Wisdom and find it. As it happened, just as I was right in the middle of it -- savoring every mean and vicious Rethuglican word -- a team of Obamacrat volunteers came knocking at my door. They were furiously barked at, and I merely waved through the window and yelled "I know!" (An acceptable answer to them, even if it says nothing.) Then I went back to my reading. ...It is no coincidence that formerly reliable conservative pundits are jumping the McCain ship like bilge rats in a galley fire. Most people attribute this craven capitulation to elitism. Noonan, Frum, Chris Buckley, that dithering Converse finishing school twit Kathleen Parker, they're elitists! No, they're not. Or that's not what is compelling them. They are fucking afraid. Afraid to be the last dissenting voice in the face of the Hope and Change juggernaut. The Chinese kid versus the tanks in Tiannamen they are not. They are elitists, but they are cowards first and foremost. We don't need them. And, unfortunately for them, Obama doesn't need them. Therefore I will speak their names no more.Read it all -- especially the many thoughtful and insightful comments from outraged fulminating lefties. I don't know whether Velociworld is right about the fear factor, but things done under duress are less culpable than things done in a deliberate and reflective manner. Besides, I have good friends who are voting for Obama, and if I can forgive them, what right have I to hold fearful Republicans to a different standard? It does not speak well of this country that anyone would cast a vote for or against anyone out of fear, though. Because, it's not as if someone is in the voting booth looking over anyone's shoulder. Which reminds me of a bumpersticker I'd like to see.... YOUR VOTE IS SECRET! MORE: Speaking of secret voting, Michele Catalano reflects on her father's advice -- "Don't ever tell anyone who you are voting for." She has repeatedly failed to heed that advice, and explains how you can lose friends that way. Of course, I think that begs the question of whether any "friend" you lose that way was a true friend in the first place. posted by Eric on 11.01.08 at 03:38 PM
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Wow indeed. Thanks for stopping by! Your post was a real treat, and so is your blog. May the angry hordes continue to not get it, and boost your traffic! Eric Scheie · November 1, 2008 06:10 PM My thanks again. And, yes, I realized I'd made the Edmonds/Edmunds mistake after I commented. Now I shall go listen to Double Barrel, by Dave & Ansil Collins. Good evening to you, sir! Velociman · November 1, 2008 09:34 PM But is your vote really anonymous? Don't they give you a ballot that had been set aside under your name? They do at my polling place. Don't the ballots have barcodes that could be used to track your vote back? Comment Poster · November 1, 2008 11:14 PM Double Barrel? Great song. Janet C · November 2, 2008 12:23 AM "Don't they give you a ballot that had been set aside under your name? They do at my polling place." Every time I have voted I sign the register and it is witnessed by the person with the notebook of eligible voters in my area, then a ballot is torn from a pad or taken from a box, put in a sleeve, and handed to me. That ballot number is not written down and there is no way to match it to my person. A number of ballots is at each location approximating, with some extra for wastage,to the number of voters in the area, but no ballot is specifically 'set aside' for anyone. The way you describe it, where you are voting does leave a specific paper trail, which I would find worrying. Stewart · November 2, 2008 03:16 AM Crawling from the wreckage comes to mind. dr kill · November 2, 2008 08:57 AM ktcrny cfyw adfqbvsnw cypstukqv vqbupm qrbisfwu fqphgjin rdakhwyg itln · November 4, 2008 03:32 AM ktcrny cfyw adfqbvsnw cypstukqv vqbupm qrbisfwu fqphgjin rdakhwyg itln · November 4, 2008 03:34 AM ktcrny cfyw adfqbvsnw cypstukqv vqbupm qrbisfwu fqphgjin rdakhwyg itln · November 4, 2008 03:35 AM Post a comment
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Wow. Linked to a Dave Edmonds title. I'll be telling my grandkids about that one!