That’s right, you should all go out and exercise your right to fill in little bubbles on a sheet of paper, slip the paper into a machine and discover tonight that your choices made no difference when the final results are tallied. God, I love the smell of democracy in the air! It reminds me of visiting the barn at the State Fair where cows and horses stand around and poop all day.
My dad filed an absentee ballot since he’s been out of town for the weekend, so I got a peek at who’s on which ticket beforehand. For City Council, there are the two incumbents and one person who has no experience at any level of politics, which is why I figured Big Bird would be a pretty good candidate instead: you know he’s going to be working for the children’s best interests and he’ll want to clean up the streets. And teach everyone basic Spanish. But there’s a much larger list running for governor with their various party’s support. I just wonder what some of them would want to accomplish if they were elected. We have:
- Independence
- Republican
- Democratic-Farmer-Labor
- Green
- American Party
- Quit Raising Taxes
I shit you not. There is someone running for the “Quit Raising Taxes” party. Some politicians focus on the war on terror, education, Social Security… I wonder what they’d really do if they ended up in office. Farm subsidies for all? That might explain the smell of democracy in the air.
