Love/hate this election so far

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I think the "hate" part is obvious. No, I'm not talking about any candidates, I'm talking about the nasty process.

But the reason I'm LOVING this election happened last night. I go to bed pretty early and was in bed with the lights off when the phone rang at 9. WTF, everyone knows it better be a big damn emergency to call me at that hour.

I don't recognize the area code or phone number on the caller ID but I answered anyway. A very nice male voice makes it clear that he's calling on behalf of the Obama campaign. I live in NC so he was calling to make sure I was registered, etc.

We talked just a tad. He's a 69-year-old farmer from upstate NY. He's voted regularly but never participated in a campaign before this. He had been up since 4 a.m. but was doing his best to keep his eyes open long enough to call all of the people on his list to urge them to register and vote.

I went to sleep with a huge smile on my face.