Tuesday February 12, 2008

votastic!

i voted in the va primaries this morning. and there was a guy there, also voting. he was very loud. and old. and fat. and bearded. and he cracked me up. since va is an open primary, you can vote in either the demo or rep primaries, but not both. you just tell the election peeps which party you want to vote for. he hadn’t decided yet. but on the way to the ballot box he did quip: “dangit, i should have voted in the republican primary for anyone but mccain.” zing! fair enough. but no one offered to let him switch. when it was his turn to go to the next open ballot box, he stated (loudly) that he would only place his vote in the far left ballot box, adding: “ma’am, i am so far left, that i am not just a democrat, i’m a socialist.” i was then fortunate enough to be taken to the ballot box next to him, where i could be showered with his next comment which was whispered in semi-under-his-breath-but-loud-enough-for-bar-conversation grunt: “maybe i should vote for kucinich {chuckle chuckle}.” (sidenote: kucinich dropped out on jan 25th). go america. go loud voters. here’s to the sanctity of the secret ballot. hip hip et cetera.