Election day horror
Nov. 2nd, 2004 01:11 amSo. What goodies will today bring, other than work? Oh, yeah. The end of those stupid campaign ads that annoy the fuzzy out of me. I don't mind the ones where the candidate says, "Vote for me and I'll do -this-, and change -that-. I believe -this- and a little of -that-, and I'm probably open to -these things-." I can handle a little mud slinging because it's bound to happen, and sometimes, [rarely but sometimes], the mudslinging brings out something useful that the other candidate wasn't so much trying to hide as hope you'll ignore. But I loathe the ads that have been playing incessantly on TV and flooding my mailbox all giving up on any pretense of issues, right or wrong, and are nothing but "vote for me because this person already in power says to, damn it." So just because they're friends with, or kiss someone else's ass, I should vote for them. No, I don't think so. Tell me what you're going to do with your power, not who probably got you this far and who you'll pal around with instead of doing the job you're elected to do. One Senate-hopeful has all but given up actually trying to say what he'll do and is instead shamelessly riding Bush's coat tails. Dude, no. If I was going to vote for you before, that would have killed it. I wasn't going to because I think he's a dick and am totally unsurprised about his love affair with our not so fair president, but hey.
Then there are the ads that just attack the opponent with nothing but, "Don't vote for him, he doesn't support -insert whoever is currently in power now-" Which for me is the biggest way of saying, "hey, vote for this guy!" And I don't like to do snap-judgment votes. I admit I don't spend hours pouring over the issues trying to figure out who I should vote for. I do try and pick up enough that my brain and conscious feel fine when I do vote. I'd like to think as I get older I'll actually be able to do more than skim various articles on whatever jackass has decided to lie to the masses this year, but for now I'll deal.
Which brings me to this: I don't think I have to encourage anyone on the f-list to vote. If you can, you probably will. I will say that I think it's kind of nutty to advise people who have no fucking clue about anything about any candidate to vote. It seems nuts. Do you really want to force a bunch of people who don't give a shit, who know less than I do, to go out and pick someone at random? Me, not so much. To each their own though.
So. Do I wake up at the ass-crack of dawn tomorrow to vote? I think I do. Now to find my identification so I can vote.
And finish Incubus Dreams sometime this week. Wheee!
Then there are the ads that just attack the opponent with nothing but, "Don't vote for him, he doesn't support -insert whoever is currently in power now-" Which for me is the biggest way of saying, "hey, vote for this guy!" And I don't like to do snap-judgment votes. I admit I don't spend hours pouring over the issues trying to figure out who I should vote for. I do try and pick up enough that my brain and conscious feel fine when I do vote. I'd like to think as I get older I'll actually be able to do more than skim various articles on whatever jackass has decided to lie to the masses this year, but for now I'll deal.
Which brings me to this: I don't think I have to encourage anyone on the f-list to vote. If you can, you probably will. I will say that I think it's kind of nutty to advise people who have no fucking clue about anything about any candidate to vote. It seems nuts. Do you really want to force a bunch of people who don't give a shit, who know less than I do, to go out and pick someone at random? Me, not so much. To each their own though.
So. Do I wake up at the ass-crack of dawn tomorrow to vote? I think I do. Now to find my identification so I can vote.
And finish Incubus Dreams sometime this week. Wheee!