We are on the countdown. Pundits on radio are already analyzing the vote. Hashing over who won like it had already happened. Actually, (I was going to quit overusing that word, wasn't I?)
10,000,000 people have already voted. Many states allow early voting. All states allow absentee voting. I have concerns about abuses when all this early voting is allowed. Couldn't people easily be voting early and often? Mayor Daley lives on.....
Only the people collecting revenue from political ads will miss them. The rest us have had it. Shut up, already. Go away. People who don't know who they want to vote for by now shouldn't be allowed to vote.
We were discussing candidates qualifications last evening. I guess we are caught up in it too. Jon remarked that maybe it isn't so important that a candidate have "Washington experience". Okay. I see that at some level. Both parties have a candidate who has been accused of not being ready to be president. His example made me laugh. "How about Abe Lincoln or Harry Truman?", he said. "They weren't insiders". Ah, I think they were. Both were in congress before getting the big job. Truman was a senator and Abe Lincoln served one term in the House of Representatives. One term. Two years. Haven't we been critical of OBama for not having enough experience? Haven't we discounted Sarah Palin for her two years as Governor? Makes one think. Maybe Jon was right. Maybe they don't need a lot of "Washington" time. I am not endorsing either of these candidates, just amazed at Lincoln's background.
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