Ooh! Scan it!

This is last year's, but this year's is the same. It's my icon in my journal.

I voted! 8 Dems and 1 Republican. I had marked my sample ballot 7/2, but changed my mind at the last moment. Now they can stop talking about it and give me the final results.

Bad news of the day is that it seems that mac's school does not have any afterschool program.

msbelle, would it be possible to get in touch with the class parent for the classroom he'll be in to ask if you could ask what after-school programs other kids in the class go to? Then Mac might have a "buddy" with whom he could go the first couple times.

1 Republican

I'm sorry. We're going to have to revoke your rights as a Buffista. Please turn in your porn and F2F swag immediately.

(So just kidding.)

Hubby can never remember if Bush is a Democrat or a Republican. Honestly. And, yes, he follows the news. He knows who he doesn't want to vote for, but he can never keep track of parties.

And now, the lighter side of the election:

The capacity of Bush followers to live in a world of fantasy, ignore all unpleasant realities, and be guided by their desires rather than rational judgment is well-established. Even still, sometimes it is so extreme and creepy that it can still shock and awe. From Mark Noonan at Blogs for Bush:

As for me, this is a great day to be a Republican - I've been talking big about how well we're going to do and my faith, shaken from time to time, never failed. Now it is to be put to the acid test - we shall know within 24 hours of this writing if I've been whistling past the graveyard, or have been realistic in my predictions. I'm standing by my words: the GOP gains seats in both Houses.

"My faith, shaken from time to time, never failed" - isn't that how people are supposed to talk about their belief in their God and their religious beliefs, not their political Leader and their political beliefs? But to many Bush followers (and to the President), those two things are one and the same — they are guided by faith in their conviction that they are Good and Right and destined to prevail, even in the face of mountains of facts and evidence to the contrary. That, as much as anything else, accounts for the current predicament of our country.

Huh. Now I wanna check back at that blog tomorrow to see how this guy is dealing with being so fucking wrong.

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Totally! I had a last minute change of heart, too. That was what was funny about the paper ballots. Usually we have the electronic screen, and I can push the button and then push the other guy's button and then push the first guy's button again before I finalize. I had to be more definitive this time, 'cause the form was filled in with ink.

to see how this guy is dealing with being so fucking wrong.

It will involve God allowing it to happen because we've fallen from righteousness. The Old Testament God was big on letting nasty things happen to people who peeved him.

I had to vote for two Republicans. The county district attorney is, at least nominally, a Republican, but her opponent is an idiot. The state agriculture commissioner, a Democrat, is the Strom Thurman of state officials. I suppose it's appropriate that he's older than dirt. Anyway, he's so far behind the times that he might as well be a time traveler.

It will involve God allowing it to happen because we've fallen from righteousness. The Old Testament God was big on letting nasty things happen to people who peeved him.

Yeah. Either that, or he'll blame the liberals for stealing the election. By, you know, voting. Or maybe he'll just be convinced that democracy is bad, because it stands in the way of a theocracy.