There Really Is No Excuse Not To Vote. It's Easy- And A Lil Story

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I think there's a double negative in there but it's early. I got up yesterday morning about 7:00 A.M. to collect some money I received from selling the furniture in my home which is being foreclosed on. I went through all the stages of grief that Elizabeth Kubler Ross described so well. I really liked my home. This economy is dreadful; especially in the Greater Orlando area.

I went to see my buddy who was hung over. God bless him, he self medicates himself with alcohol. I guess it makes him forget how crappy it is not to have an income; at least for awhile. Anyway we get to talk about early voting and he says you can just go to the library and vote. I try my best to encourage him to come with me but he declines. I don't think he will vote.

Anyway so I go to the library in Casselberry and there are a bunch of people with signs including a sign for Alex Sink. I giver her a thumbs up.

There was no line and I get my ballot. The first box was for U.S. Senate. This vote causes me some consternation but not nearly as much consternation as if I knew my vote would actually make a difference in that race. If I thought voting for the devil would stop Marco Rubio I would have voted for the guy with horns and a red cape. But he's not on the ballot and Rubio is crushing his two main opponents, Meek and Crist, so I vote for Kendrick Meek. I vote for Kendrick because he has a (D) after his name, and is a longtime friend of the Clintons going back to his state trooper days when he escorted then Governor Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential election, and supported Hillary to the bitter end during her unsuccessful presidential primary company. I reward that loyalty with loyalty.

Every vote after that was easy. I just did as I have done since I cast my first vote for Bob Graham in his 1978 gubernatorial campaign I voted for the Democrat.

[xchrom]

1. i'm so glad you voted for meek. that's awesome.

very, very sorry about your home. very difficult.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. What Finally Caused Me To Vote For Meek

Was my lifelong history of voting Democratic and his loyalty to the Clintons. Kendrick Meek could have withdrew his support from Hillary when it became politically expedient but he didn't.

A lot of good DUERS have gotten "griefed" for voting for Crist. If I thought he could stop Rubio I would have too but it doesn't appear to be the case. I am pragmatic enough to cede the case for strategic voting but with both Meek and Crist hopelessly behind I fail to see the strategic advantage in voting for Crist.