Primary Colors

I voted...twice! Just kidding - Scott voted too. And according to every major news outlet, his vote actually counted! (MSNBC referred to the Democratic primary as both a popularity contest and a beauty contest.)

Yep, still bitter. I'm just hoping the Florida Democrats are either too dumb to realize how badly we've been dissed or too passionate to care come November. To be honest, my vote is up for grabs. I don't see why I should be loyal to the party after this, and I don't loathe McCain or Romney the way I loathe the current administration. Could be a dangerous combination...

Today, my vote went to Obama. And I feel a little guilty for that. So far, I am 0 for 2 on my Presidential scorecard, voting for Edwards in the '04 primary and Kerry in the '04 general election. I almost voted for Edwards today, just to keep my losing streak alive, but I thought I should throw my vote to the contestant who I thought was the prettiest and the most popular. Also, I'm really pissed at Bill Clinton's low-blows recently.

As for the amendment, I voted NO. I'm quite sure it's going to pass, because it gives more money to old home owners who care more about the money in their pockets than about education or whatever else that tax money covers now. That's also another example of something that does not belong in a state constitution. Why not leave taxes up to the legislature?

So that's my story. Who did you vote for?

Election Night

I love election night. I love attempting to watch TV and finally giving up and watching the results scroll across the bottom of the screen. I love that somehow the TV news people are able to project winners with just 1% of the precincts reporting. I also loved the hour-long "Midterm Midtacular" on Comedy Central. It was a beautiful night of television.

And on this particular "morning after," I love that we are back to having a two-party government. We can now get back to appropriate checks & balances. It will be interesting to see what ends up happening in the Senate in the days to come. I smell recounts!

Locally, my choice for Governor got his tush handed to him. My Senator won (duh!), and I split the rest pretty evenly. All six of the state Constitution amendments passed, which is half disappointing. I'm glad, though, that the amendment to change the majority needed to pass future amendments passed (albeit with a majority that wouldn't pass with the new restriction!).

This will probably be my last politics/election post of the year, unless something crazy happens. We now return to stupid pictures of my cats, already in progress.

Caption the Cat - Democracy Edition

As always, please leave a caption for Milo in the comments.

This picture, by the way, was a bit of a moral victory for me. Scott said he didn't think the cat would sit for a picture with a sticker stuck to him. He sat for four. I also got him to jump up on my lap to take the picture. Who'sAGoodBoy??? And yes, I had to add the text back onto the sticker - the flash totally washed it out. But the actual sticker was affixed to the cat.

Today was particularly full for a Tuesday. We got up at the butt-crack of dawn for our 8:30 eye doctor appointments, stopped at Cracker Barrel for breakfast (service was slow... and Al Sharpton hasn't yet returned our call), VOTED, played a round of mini golf at Winter Summerland (I lost by 2 because I choked on holes 16 & 17), and went grocery shopping.

Our polling place is the fire station. I had to stand in a line three-deep (behind my husband - damn that same last name - and an amazon woman who looked like she could snap us both in half) to sign the register, but then got to go right to the voting machine. I really wish those touch-screen things spit out some kind of paper receipt. Maybe then I'd trust it a little bit more.

It turns out that Scott and I voted the same for Senate, a few of the local and state offices, and five of the six amendments. That means we didn't cancel each other out and my vote actually counted. Somehow that just tickles me.

I hope everyone else out there went out and voted... especially the Democrats. And I CAN'T WAIT for the special live hour-long Daily Show/Colbert Report tonight. woot!