Voice Of Reason

October 19, 2008

I Voted Today.

I voted today.  Yay me.  I wanted to wait until November 4th because it’s more fun to go with the big crowd on the big day, but I know the polling places are going to be crazy all day and I have to be at school.  So I’m done.  I met a lady out front at one of the early voting spots at Southwest Elementary School who said if I bought an Obama yard sign, I could get a free magic carpet ride.  She was laughing and standing on a carpet, but my thoughts verged on dirty.  Never mind…

 

Looking back over the last few months, I’ve done my part to help turn North Carolina blue for the first time since Jimmy Carter won back in 1976.  I have convinced one of my conservative teacher friends to back Obama and I have convinced members of my family to vote for Barack.  Taking the advice of another colleague, I have offered to have some other family members stay at home on the fourth.  Maybe that’s not the most democratic thing I’ve ever done, but there’s supposed to be good fishing that Tuesday.  I’m just saying…

 

It’s exciting to think that my vote may actually make a difference this year.  I was having a conversation with a fellow teacher from Michigan who was trying to complete an absentee ballot – I asked if she had considered voting here because we needed her vote more here.  She told me she wasn’t convinced Michigan was safe so she was sending her vote north.  Every little bit helps.

 

Bottom line is that I got a sticker.  And I’m going to wear my fancy sticker tomorrow at school.  I like stickers.  People should wear more stickers. 

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