It came and went. Wednesday morning quarterbacking in the newspapers and on the internet ensued. One article I found quite interesting said that if the Republicans lose the presidency this year (if you’ve been sleeping, they did), they have to get a new strategy other than getting new voters to not be able to register to vote.
A month later, we find Mitt Romney in seclusion at his La Jolla compound (I once lived there but in a 600 sf condo). His staff knew he would win so he didn’t even bother to have a concession speech ready. Really?
Apparently Mr. Romney has no taste for re-making the party into a winning one. Today I found out that the state legislature in Wisconsin is trying to ban new voters from registering on election day. The governor, who just survived a punishing recall electon, agrees with the bill but says it’s not a priority.
I worked in politics for years. I thought I was in policy and I was, for the most part, but I got out before it became solely about the politics. In my mind, the issues matter. Everyone who is of age and meets non-arbitrary eligibility criteria such as living in a state for 30 days should be allowed to vote.
What shouldn’t surprise me but does is that the elephants, instead of coming up with rational ideas that rational people may vote for, are choosing to to the opposite. Down with health care! Down with Medicare and Social Security! Yeah, let’s get those Commies who have paid taxes for the past 45 years! Don’t teach children about birth control. Home mortgage interest credit – abolish it! Above all, letting those “homos” marry is a threat to the American family! Huh? Also, fire your lawn guy, he’s probably illegal anyway. We need a big, huge fence, I tell you.
How many times can we play this 78 record when Best Buy doesn’t sell record players anymore? I can’t even listen to it on my 8-track. Give Americans something to believe in and we’ll vote for you! Did you hear that or was your hearing aid turned off or was Rush Limbaugh too loud on the 60″ plasma?
Don’t encourage people not to register to vote. In my mind, that is the most un-American thing a representative we hired to represent us, can do. Thanks for reading. Dee
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