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It's election day in the great commonwealth of Kentucky and I have gone to exercise my franchise. As has been the case for the last seven or eight elections, I was the first one to cast a ballot in my precinct. Our choices aren't exactly stellar - the gubernatorial race is certainly aptly-named, as we have two "goobers" running for the office. The incumbent was indicted for participating in a partisan hiring program (all charges were later dropped in a plea agreement), and the challenger's sole platform plank is bringing "casino gaming" to Kentucky. The challenger has led in the polls by 20% or more and is probably going to win. Elsewhere on the ticket we have a candidate for state treasurer campaigning on the notion of abolishing the office, and an incumbent Agriculture Commissioner whose primary qualification is that he was a beloved member of the University of Kentucky basketball team.

Also here in the great Commonwealth of Virginia.

My district features two guys named Bob who have run campaigns devoid of mudslinging and acrimony, and relying on the issues. They musta figured out we weren't so dumb in these here parts. The other districts' candidates clogged up my TV with their stupid ads, but my mailbox was empty.

It was....refreshing.

minimetoo26 wrote:Also here in the great Commonwealth of Virginia.

And in Mississippi, too, I believe, where they, too, are electing a governor.

minimetoo26 wrote:My district features two guys named Bob who have run campaigns devoid of mudslinging and acrimony, and relying on the issues. They musta figured out we weren't so dumb in these here parts. The other districts' candidates clogged up my TV with their stupid ads, but my mailbox was empty.

Stop the presses!!! A campaign based on issues and not mudslinging? How is that possible? Won't the average voter be confused?

minimetoo26 wrote:It was....refreshing.

<Sigh> Would that that had been the case in our area. We were deluged with doorhangers, mailbox inserts, and dreadful attack ads (the incumbent was flogged for the hiring scandal, the challenger for involvement in a bankrupcy case). Oh, there was the occasional "nice guy" ad (fuzzy focus and soft music, talking about "values" and "faith" and all that sort of stuff), but they were few and far between. I am grateful to the DVR because it allows me to skip the political ads.

earendel wrote:It's election day in the great commonwealth of Kentucky and I have gone to exercise my franchise.

Jeff and I have registered as permanent absentees. When the girls were younger, I used to take them with me to vote, but it's gotten to be a hassle, so I just vote at home.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

earendel wrote:It's election day in the great commonwealth of Kentucky and I have gone to exercise my franchise.

Jeff and I have registered as permanent absentees. When the girls were younger, I used to take them with me to vote, but it's gotten to be a hassle, so I just vote at home.

I like the term "permanent absentee." It fits my brain...

I just tell my dad to come over for a minute and watch the kids if I don't want to wait for Stephen to come home. I usually purge the leftovers on Tuesdays anyway since trash pickup is on Wednesday, and my dad likes to either nosh or take home the more recent ones. I always have too much stuff in my fridge.

I was the second voter in my district this morning, where the ballot consisted of an unopposed slate of Democrats running for town council, three candidates for judge from each party (about whom I have heard, in sum total, nothing) and a referendum about swapping one acre on land somewhere in the Adirondacks.

Why do I think next year's campaign season will be somewhat different?

minimetoo26 wrote: I usually purge the leftovers on Tuesdays anyway since trash pickup is on Wednesday, and my dad likes to either nosh or take home the more recent ones. I always have too much stuff in my fridge.

Come on over, Dad, it's refrigerator clean-out day!

I don't even know if we have any elections here today.

I am always this well informed in matters of politics...

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:I don't even know if we have any elections here today.

I am always this well informed in matters of politics...

lb13

If you did, you'd know. The TV would not let you forget.

My opponent: Wrong on Taxes. Wrong on Immigration. Wrong for Granite City.

That kind of BS....

minimetoo26 wrote:If you did, you'd know. The TV would not let you forget.

My opponent: Wrong on Taxes. Wrong on Immigration. Wrong for Granite City.

That kind of BS....

Nobody local is going to advertise on TV around here. 75% of the ads I see every election year are for candidates I can't even vote for because they're running in Missouri.

There are no signs in any yards, so there's probably nothing up for grabs.... at least anything important. They like to hold elections at weird times around here anyway (The city elections are always in April of odd numbered years)....

lb13