I fell down the stairs this morning. Coming down to gather my briefcase and purse and head to work, I noticed my parents had nicely laid the Times out at the bottom of the stairs with the headline “BUSH LEADS” and a very nice little yellow sticky note with a smiley face on it.
I was so shocked that I took a tumble down the stairs and landed with my face smack on the paper (this is not a joke, my aching back and the side of my face being proof…). I thought they were fooling me. If you had told me 2 months ago (amongst all of the anti-Bush extravaganzas and the “He’s destroying the country” cries) that Bush would “win” (with Kerry conceding the race this morning ) I would have laughed in your face and said that there was a quiet padded room and a jacket with nice long sleeves waiting for you in the “other Bellevue”.
But no, looks like 4 MORE YEARS! I’ll get used to this eventually, but it’s still a little scandalous to me for some reason.
And on a funny side note, I took my son with me to the polls last night. Turned out to be not such a good idea – he wanted to help me fill out the bubbles. (Yay for no chads!) He proceeds to announce (in an elementary school gymnasium, packed with people and with great acoustics) every single choice I was making on the ballot. My choice for governor was met with great scowls and grumbling, but my presidential choice (announced in little 5 year old speak, sounded pretty funny) caused the two ladies next to me to start howling.
Also, I was a teensy bit shocked to see so many choices for president. I’ve never voted in a presidential election before (I know, it’s ALL MY FAULT that Bush got elected last time, I’ve already heard) so I was startled to see 7 or 8 names on the ballot, under political parties I had never even heard of. Is anyone a member of these parties? How does it work? I thought you fell under one of three umbrellas the US Government holds over us – Democrat, Republican or Libertarian? (And those anarchists that don’t particularly care for government have a little umbrella all their own)
How do those parties work?
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