AM hasn’t let me sleep in three nights. Or four?
But also:
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How is it acceptable that the candidates have essentially deserted their jobs in their quest to have another? I can’t think of another type of job where this would be ok, but apparently it’s fine in politics. But only at the highest level: When someone we know ran for city council, he took a leave of absence from his job. Senators? Eh, who really needs them to be on Capitol Hill anyway? For 18 or so months of a six-year term they are allowed to seek other employment? Again, why are we paying them?
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I can’t even talk about politics with people, not that I would really want to, but I seem to be surrounded by single-issue voters. “How is Candidate X for Israel?”
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Not that I want to dismiss the importance of that, being a religious Jew and all, but for the time being I live here, in the US. And on the earth at large. (Um, Kyoto?) And vote accordingly.
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The comparisons of Obama to JFK. I don’t get it.
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The fact that Romney actually has to defend himself in Massachusetts. Excellent. But shouldn’t that TELL people something? Like “he was so disliked that even in a primary he has to really campaign”? Romney, as far as I can tell, is the ultimate in job desertion–apparently halfway through his term he decided he was SO OVER Massachusetts. Or so my friends from Massachusetts tell me. They are all Democrats, as far as I know, but apparently the Republicans are also feeling snitty.
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I thought I had more to say on this. But I haven’t really slept since last Thursday.
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Go vote if today’s your day. Duh.
And:
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I know it takes time to print the ballot cards and whatever. But my choices included Biden, Kucinich, and Richardson. Even though I mostly get my news from Mamapop, I knew they were already out of the race.
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I have been a registered voter for almost 15 years. I hope this is why I don’t recall ever presenting proof of identity, age, or citizenship in order to vote. But at some point I must have, right? All I have to do now is give my name and sign the register–I assume the signatures are supposed to match. But let me say that when I originally became a NY voter, I had just changed my name and the signature was really new. So now, eight years later, I do a lot more of the “scrawl.” Nobody says a word.
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Madeleine 4 Prez! You’ve got my vote.
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February 5, 2008 at 11:03 am
Madeleine
If I were you, I’d be a single-issue voter by now — vote for sleep! Which candidate wants to be photographed holding AM for a couple of hours so you can get a nap?
February 5, 2008 at 11:16 am
shanna
No worries – Massachusetts was SO OVER Romney as well.
I think I finally decided to vote in the Democrat primary today (I have the option of voting in any party’s primary). It was a tough call, because I really want Romney to lose Massachusetts, but in the end I don’t think I can bring myself to vote for McCain at this stage (or any stage, probably, since either Clinton or Obama would be a better President, in my mind).
February 5, 2008 at 11:32 am
LC
Romney, as far as I can tell, is the ultimate in job desertion–apparently halfway through his term he decided he was SO OVER Massachusetts. Or so my friends from Massachusetts tell me. They are all Democrats, as far as I know
As I’ve been told by the long-term (that would be measured in generations) locals, most MA residents are Democrats. And the only position to generally be held by a Republican is governor. A (D) for governor here, in my understanding, is a sign that some (R) has really annoyed the populace. Hmmm, wonder who that might be . . .
No worries – Massachusetts was SO OVER Romney as well.
Ditto!
February 5, 2008 at 1:10 pm
halloweenlover
I know, the whole job desertion thing sucks. I also am so annoyed at the piss poor behavior ALL the candidates have shown during this campaign. Honestly, I want to look up to our president, not think he or she is like a child.
Off to vote as soon as Gabe is up for his nap. I’m all for Hillary, and the comparisons of Obama to JFK drive me crazy too.
February 5, 2008 at 1:39 pm
revdrmom
“No worries – Massachusetts was SO OVER Romney as well.”
No kidding! And I only lived here for the last year or so of him being governor.
I do sort of get the comparison of Obama to Kennedy–it’s the hope message. Even though I was just a kid when JFK was elected I can evoke that sense that something exciting was happening. (We should also remember that the Kennedy bubble burst, and if he had not been killed, it would’ve caught up to him.)
What I don’t get is the nostalgia for Reagan. Gah. I never got what people found charming about him, and he was no super-star president.
February 5, 2008 at 2:18 pm
3daughters
We have voters cards with our names and poll location. You don’t have one? We got them after we got our driver’s licenses and registered to vote at the DMV and again after we moved and registered our cars and licenses at our new address. Could things be that different from state to state?
February 5, 2008 at 5:18 pm
chichimama
I don’t get the nostalgia for anyone…:-).
C voted for me today
. And yes, there were a lot of names on our ballot as well that were totally worthless vote wise.
February 6, 2008 at 8:16 am
michaela
We are going to the caucus here on Sunday. I’ve never done this before, but my state allows independent (technically “unaffiliated”) voters to select a party on the day of the caucus. I am realllly curious what this is going to be like. And, I have to admit, I wanted yesterday’s results on the D side to be inconclusive enough that I’d still be motivated to attend the caucus. Not that ME has enough delegates that any of the candidates really care… Even NPR skipped mentioning us in their list of upcoming primaries this morning!
February 6, 2008 at 8:44 am
Grandmere
We now have to show picture id to vote….evn if we have our voter’s registratiion card with us, signatures and all. Still need a picture id….I find that unfair to people without a driver’s license.
February 6, 2008 at 11:32 am
caramama
For the first time in… well, ever, I’m really excited about voting in a primary! I go for the D primary next Tuesday. I’m voting Clinton, but I’ll happily support either Clinton or Obama.
But I also don’t think it’s right that they can desert their jobs to campaign for another. I mean, I know a lot of people sit around their desks all day searching monster.com for jobs instead of doing their work, but they hide it from those who pay them their salaries, right?