Dropped Sophia off at school, then drove by the polling place with Simon (who ran around while I did my thing). Got accosted by the LA Times pollster outside (first time that’s ever happened to me!) and happily filled out a questionnaire on how I voted.
I am still stunned we’re even having this stupid election. Hello, I had my chance to vote against Gray Davis last year and I did so—last year was kind of my Year of Voting Anarchically: I voted for Camejo (whose policies I agreed with the most, but usually I don’t vote for third party candidates on principle and I have a sore spot in my heart for the Greens in general), I voted for San Fernando Valley secession, I voted for Hollywood secession. Don’t remember who I voted for for Senator, other than NOT DiFi and NOT the Republican. (I’m sure that comes as a shock.)
What stuns me even more than this election is that people are actually voting for Schwarzenegger. Just in terms of policy…um, does he have one? I don’t do cult of personality voting, I don’t understand why people would just trust that “he’ll do the best for us.” WTF? His chief advisor is Pete “I make Davis look good” Wilson, which should be enough to make any thinking Californian run screaming.
I hope the kids take voting as seriously as Darin and I do. Actually, given the nonsense going on right now—you’ve all heard of Diebold, I presume?—I hope we can still vote when they’re older.
I can’t believe Diebold is in business without a paper audit trail. This opens the doors wide for fraud.
Kind of like electronic poker:
Here, I’ll deal, don’t worry I’m not looking at the cards ….
wow amazed by the word WTF ^_^ you go Diane…Just a typical girl/woman ehh I really enjoy reading your journals but this is the first time I post some comment…(Hope you got my email and please reply me back ASAP..I really need your help.)
Annie
As near as I can tell, people are voting for a candidate that they see as similar to them. People I spoke with who voted for Arnie said that it didn’t matter that Arnie had no positions and no experience as long as he picked good people to surround himself with.
I didn’t ask how he’d know how to do that.
diebold’s memos are here:
http://d125.wortha.swarthmore.edu/