Tag Archives: election

I did something that some people won’t like

November 2nd, 2008 – 11:27

I’ve saved this post for a while, for fear of pissing off a couple of my readers (about 40% of my normal readership, in fact). I now no longer really care what they’ll say, and my wife already knows this anyway.
I didn’t vote Republican.
There, I said it. I didn’t vote Republican. Now [...]

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Decision 2008

September 23rd, 2008 – 21:11

My absentee ballot came in the mail Monday. Disappointingly, 2 of my 4 votes are going to be in uncontested races.
Now to research…

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Is American Government necessarily a two-party system?

September 11th, 2008 – 22:18

Disclaimer: *sigh* This started as more of an attempt to figure out why a two-party system exists and how to change it without a total revamping of the gov, but dissolved into a rant about crappy negative politics while I composed it. If it feels disjointed, I’m sorry. Please bear with and offer insights on [...]

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Modern US politics, a 100-word rant

January 15th, 2008 – 21:44

Democrats, Michigan was an eye-opener for me.  It should be for you, as well.
First, congratulations on operating within the letter of the law.  Masterfully done, no matter how unoriginal (Jesse Jackson in 1988, George Wallace in 1972).   Second, yes, congratulations on achieving today’s stated goal.
Today, Michigan proved that the party of tolerance (of all except [...]

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Elections past

April 17th, 2007 – 19:44

Link and run: Disarranging Mine: Elections past (1982), a story about Marie’s one and only stint as a pollworker in Chicago during a non-presidential election year.

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