The last couple of days have proved to be interesting as people have debated political and spiritual ideas in the blog world. Hopefully, there's grace and understanding for those who don't see eye to eye on every issue. I mean...seriously, can you think of anyone anywhere who sees things exactly the same way you do? Isn't that the beauty of community and fellowship with each other?
Having said that, I'm going to call on that grace as I have to vent for a moment here. Tennessee politics has been such an interesting animal to me. Corruption seems to run amok. It seems like every week someone new is being prosecuted for doing something illegal in office.
As far as I know, neither of these candidates for US Senate are guilty of anything more than making me want to scream. Harold Ford, Jr (dem) and Bob Corker (rep) are duking it out here in Tennessee. Every day brings one more new commercial where one attacks the other. Enough! At this point, I might vote for a Doodlebop over either of them...and you know that's saying a lot for me.
Just when you thought you'd left Junior High and all its back biting and juvenile name calling, the political process brings it back in living color. Boy howdy...just can't wait til the next Presidential election.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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I'm with you Brandon. I think I'd rather vote for a four-fingered morning kids show figure with bad hair before Corker or Ford. Just don't vote for the blue Doodlebop...wow, how frightening is he?
Hey, can I write your name in? Maybe we could start a blogger campaign for you.
Loved spending time with you the other night. Let's do it again soon. Rrrrcccckkkk
I don't think things are much better here in Texas. I had the same thought this morning as our canidates for Congress (Chet Edwards and Van Taylor) duked it out in the commercials lacing the Today show. I can't stand all these mean commercials. It makes me not want to vote for any of them. Maybe I will write in Rooney Doodle! Really makes me dread 2008!
We have the same problem in Illinois at the gubernatorial level. I'm sick of both of them--and when the media asks them a question on the road, the incumbent spouts meaningless answers. It's enough to make you stay away from the polls--or go to the Green Party, which is what I'll likely do November 7.
I think I'm scheduling a movie-fest on election night. After I vote, of course.
What really sucks is that those ads work. If you don't use attack ads, you get less votes. Just a fact.
I know ya'll will think I'm being a wet blanket, but on behalf of good folks who work the polls (mostly retired senior citizens)......
seriously, don't write someone in just to be funny. It happens every election season.
It takes poll workers MUCH longer to process the vote count and get those turned in to the county when folks write in fictious candidates.
Just remember those poll workers are doing service for the community and it's not their fault when you don't want to vote for the available candidate.
Blog about it, fuss about it, talk about it, laugh about it, but don't harass the poll workers with it.
Be ye kind.
I was just joking about writing in Roonie.... I actually watched a documentarty on poll workers this week. The average poll worker is over 65. We are about 500,000 poll workers short in The US each presidential election! AND 99.3 percent of all poll workers are volunteers! Maybe I should sign up to be a poll worker! :) Do you think they would let me bring the baby?
Brandon, I couldn't agree more. When we were in Nashville for the Zoe Conference (which was AWESOME again this year by the way)it seemed every other ad on TV was telling us how Ford Jr. was partying it up with the Playboy Bunnies or going all around the world on private jets paid for by special interest groups. We have the same problem here in Michigan, with the race for Governor heating up, nothing but mudslinging on both sides between incumbent Jennifer Granholm and the owner of Amway, Dick DeVos, her challenger. Neither side wants to tell us what they'll do to fix things, they just want to bash the other side. I can't wait until it's over!
My stand for the past several years has been to not vote for a person who bashes their opponent. I want them to tell me what they will/will not do if elected. Leave the other person alone to tell me about themselves.
Unfortunately, like thomas+ said, the ads work and if they don't bash their opponent, they don't get elected. Well, so be it. At least I have done my homework and will vote for the person who tells me what they plan to do.
I'm afraid it has come to the point where I have no one to vote for because they all bash their opponent. I dread the next Presidental election!
Pegc--good luck with that. Looks like you'll be saving some gas not having to drive to polls.
Snappy...you're right! Be kind to the poll workers. They are in an incredibly difficult and stressful position.
Turff...remind me to tell you about my experience when I got home from the movie. I was scared to death. The ONLY thing that kept me from being too scared was remembering that moment in the movie when that guy went "nininini" and then the hilarious text you sent on the way home. But, I know I heard voices. I know i did. Rrrrrrrrccccckkkkkk
Why can't someone sweep in at the last minute after these guys have made idiots of themselves and sweep it up through positive ads? I am sorry--I don't care how "wonderful" a politician is... when their ads go sour so do I. Isn't it possible, if there must be an attack, to keep it on the issues? It's the inflam atory language I hate...like "Harold Ford Jr is 'slick'. He says one thing but does another..." It's at this point in the campaign that it becomes absolute blather.
Be glad you don't live in Louisiana. Do you even want to know what political corruption we have?
Haha! I'm just glad I don't have to be accountable for it.
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