Voting about 10 this morning was easy here too. Between early AM and noon hour was a good time. All booths were filled, and maybe one or two in line for each of the cubicles... However, that didn't matter, because the ballots were the pen and paper fill in the oval type. LOTS of items to vote on, but was in and other of there in 20 minutes.
Did have a disturbing view of the kids ideas of political posters though. Evidently the Middle School kids are having their own election, and their own candidates. Their big posters show four main parties, and various platforms they espouse. VERY liberal ideas these 7th and 8th graders. Pro abortion, Pro leaving Iraq, Pro legalizing "pot", etc. No political names, only the kids names who were running for their various parties.
Couldn't help but wonder how much their teachers are putting into their minds, or if they were actually reading the liberal Seattle Times, and PI....or were they listening and reading from MTV.com. ???
Chatted with a young woman at the bank later. She maybe 21-22 or so. Said her age kids were all excited to vote. Long story on how I got her to tell me she was voting for Kerry....not because she likes him, but she bought into the scare that the "other party" would take away Roe vs Wade... She said all of her friends were so excited to know about all the issues. No, she hadn't even heard anything about the OBL tape, nor translation. (She works till 6 every day....:/
But she did allow as to how MTV gave her and her friends both sides of the issues.
I haven't had the time nor the nerve to check it yet today. |
