Encouraging news:

[fancycwabs]

Looks like generally more Democrats are early-voting than Republicans.

Obviously early-voters do not an election make, and there's no rule that says you've gotta vote your party affiliation, and there's certainly still an opportunity for voting machine shenanigans by the good people at Diebold (or whatever it's called now), but it's nice to feel excited about the future for the first time in a long time.

I guess there's still the possibility of the oft-mentioned "October Surprise," but IT'S TOO LATE, 'cause I voted TWO WEEKS AGO. And my hardened, drunk the Kool Aid 'Publican friends are terrified that Obama's gonna take their "hard-earned" money away and give it to poor black people (they'll even take a smaller tax cut under McCain if it means poorer folks will still be worse off than they are).

Comments

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

I only wish I were kidding about that last sentence. DO remember that I live in Tennessee, however. You have no idea how many people I know who begin sentences with the phrase "I'm not racist, but..."

[incyr.livejournal.com]

I realize you live in Tennessee, but it still makes me cringe when I hear that sort of talk in this day and age. Knowing it still exists is one thing, but hearing it actually spoken is another.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Agreed. That sort of comment always makes my want to scream, "Who is your mother?"

But then I remember that if they're racist, their momma's probably racist too, and I get even more sad.

[loree-borealis.livejournal.com]

"I'm not racist, but..." is a lot like "No offense, but...". They both mean I'm not going to like what comes after.