One thought crossed my mind, though. If you wouldn’t mind indulging me in a little experiment, please write me in for Burleigh County Commission. It would be interesting to see if we could make a statistical showing.
If you don’t know when to vote, please visit the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office at www.nd.gov/sos to find your polling location. You may even get a sample ballot in PDF format that you can print and use to practice. You can weigh your choices, fill out the sample ballot, and take it with you. Nobody can cast your vote for you, but you can use the sample ballot to help remember the choices you wish to make. It’s not like you’re taking the SAT in there; you can bring notes or a completed sample ballot in to assist you. Make your choices on the sample ballot, take it with you to the poll, and copy your well-considered choices to the actual ballot. That’s perfectly legal and a good idea if you have a shaky memory.
I know the media has carried Barack Obama through this election, and they may well push him over the top; but with the worship he’s been given by all the mainstream newspapers, broadcast news outlets, and cable news stations, he should be up by thirty points in the polls. The fact that he isn’t gives me a little bit of optimism. The fact that ACORN has managed hundreds of thousands of fraudulent voter registrations is worrisome, however. We’ll let it all shake out and see what happens.
Even if the Obamessiah lost in a landslide, you know there would be weeks of caterwauling about voter fraud. If he wins, we’re in for a bumpy ride; however, if he and his ilk take the country where they want to, the backlash could seal their party’s fate for decades. Now is not the time to worry; it’s the time to call all your friends who don’t want to be socialists, rally ’em up, and get them out to vote. Regardless of the result, we’re going to have a big mess to sort out come Wednesday morning. The difference between the two candidates will be the nature of the hangover.
I’m going to be too busy Tuesday to pay much attention to the coverage until evening. To torture one’s self with a constant barrage of news all day isn’t worthwhile anyway. See y’all tomorrow night, then.