Voting in a Little Midnight Madness
So who's NOT watching the "debate" between McCain and Obama tonight?
I love my mom's response to my asking her if she was gonna watch: "No. I already know who I'm going to vote for."
Mom, you don't want to watch that trainwreckery? You don't want to watch more lies being said on TV?
I feel her though because, ahem, I already know which candidate has my vote too! And seriously, how do people not know yet which candidate they're gonna vote for? I recently read Jen of A2EatWrite's great post, "How to Vote/How to Buy a Car" -- and it's SO true. Some people spend more time reading Consumer Reports and researching in Kelly Blue Books than they do reading up on the presidential candidates.
Another question: Are YOU registered to vote? If you aren't, PLEASE get yourself registered TODAY. I recently found out that someone I've known for 20 years wasn't registered. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to just come out and say, "Shame on you because your grandparents couldn't vote for a good part of their lives and neither could mine because of racism in this country." But instead I said, "Oh, good for you. You'll be a first time voter!"
Truly, if you are gonna be a first time voter at the age of 44, more power to you. Better late than never, I guess, but, um, thanks for the gift of continual trickle-down economics.
Anyway, it's Friday and I'm already blasting some Chemical Brothers. After all, I have to get myself pumped up for my TEN MILE RUN tomorrow morning. Hmm... since the world has lost it's darn mind, how about a little "Midnight Madness"?
Just imagine if McCain gets asked about the Keating 5 tonight and then he rips his mask out to reveal that he's the... whatever the heck this dancing thing is in this video! Instead of responding, he does break dance moves! I'm sure Fox News would then report that that should put concerns about his health to a rest. "McCain's got a with-it-ness that will, beyond a shadow of a doubt, fix the economy!!!"
With all the craziness that's already happened this week, I would not be surprised. You just wait and see!
I love my mom's response to my asking her if she was gonna watch: "No. I already know who I'm going to vote for."
Mom, you don't want to watch that trainwreckery? You don't want to watch more lies being said on TV?
I feel her though because, ahem, I already know which candidate has my vote too! And seriously, how do people not know yet which candidate they're gonna vote for? I recently read Jen of A2EatWrite's great post, "How to Vote/How to Buy a Car" -- and it's SO true. Some people spend more time reading Consumer Reports and researching in Kelly Blue Books than they do reading up on the presidential candidates.
Another question: Are YOU registered to vote? If you aren't, PLEASE get yourself registered TODAY. I recently found out that someone I've known for 20 years wasn't registered. I couldn't believe it. I wanted to just come out and say, "Shame on you because your grandparents couldn't vote for a good part of their lives and neither could mine because of racism in this country." But instead I said, "Oh, good for you. You'll be a first time voter!"
Truly, if you are gonna be a first time voter at the age of 44, more power to you. Better late than never, I guess, but, um, thanks for the gift of continual trickle-down economics.
Anyway, it's Friday and I'm already blasting some Chemical Brothers. After all, I have to get myself pumped up for my TEN MILE RUN tomorrow morning. Hmm... since the world has lost it's darn mind, how about a little "Midnight Madness"?
Just imagine if McCain gets asked about the Keating 5 tonight and then he rips his mask out to reveal that he's the... whatever the heck this dancing thing is in this video! Instead of responding, he does break dance moves! I'm sure Fox News would then report that that should put concerns about his health to a rest. "McCain's got a with-it-ness that will, beyond a shadow of a doubt, fix the economy!!!"
With all the craziness that's already happened this week, I would not be surprised. You just wait and see!
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I plan to finish off my first 50 neighbor to neighbor phone calls this weekend and either do more from home or go to a phone bank gathering.
McCain looked like he could barely contain his rage a few times. He was so condescending and kept saying that Obama didn't understand things....Grrr. I don't want a person like that representing me!!
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You mean you didn't want to get up at 2 AM to watch it? :) I didn't watch the whole thing either. It was pretty painful to see McCain's teeth. The man looks like he could use a box of Crest Whitestrips. I'm sure the "thing" in the Chemical Brother's video has better teeth.
Toni,
Exactly. I got up at 4:45 for my morning run this morning. I was just exhausted last night and had a horrible headache, so I was in no mood to watch it. I'll bet that THS about the cults was a trip.
Jen,
National Review? Oh I'll definitely check THAT out. :)
Lola,
"Al Jazeera friends" Love it! It is fun to watch with friends and totally crack on what folks say. A friend was gonna come over but I (horribly) forgot that we'd talked about it earlier in the week and did not feel great and so I totally flaked. It ended up being a good thing because I did not watch too much. Although, it would've been fun to throw popcorn at the TV everytime McCain said, "What Mr. Obama doesn't understand..."
Sundry,
McCain's body language was horrible. His vibe was totally, "Can you believe this uppity negro?" Sooo offensive!
And SO cool that you are making calls! I know two folks who are trying to go to Nevada to help the Obama campaign. It's so cool to see how Obama totally brought in his organizing experience and has more people involved than ever before. Nice to see a less apathetic electorate!
Jennifer,
If you vote absentee do you get the little sticker that says, "I voted"?
"I have a bracelet too"
And McCain over used the Miss Congeniality line, its cute the first time after that its tired.
And congrats on running 10 miles. I would never run 10 miles. Walk yes run no
I put the stickers in my journals as a memento. BUT the absentee thing is tempting because during the last presidential election I stood in line for over an hour to vote. It was a little crazy.
Doret,
There's a group of racewalkers that walked the ten miles. I have no idea how long it took them but they're awesome! I cheered when I heard about that, "I have a bracelet too," line. Amen, put a stop to the phony anecdotes!