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Whistling in the Dark
There is Only One Thing That I Blog...
Tomorrow, all the politicians leave our state and don't even think about it again until 2010.
Posted on 2008.01.08 at 14:09
So, as I live in New Hampshire, today was Primary Election Day, otherwise known as "the only day New Hampshire is significant to the united states election process, and that is disproportionately so."
Voting is done at the Episcopal Church in our little town, right next to the hospital, and as with many of these places there are rules about how close to the front door you can campaign. So a hundred feet away there are massive signs and people waving, throngs of supporters of Obama and McCain, Romney and Clinton, and the gruff unsmiling bearded men for Ron Paul.
That is not what caught my eye.
What caught my eye was the twentysomething man, looking sheepish, holding the Richardson sign.
He looked embarrassed, but man. It takes balls to stand there, holding your sign and stating to the world "this is the guy whose policies I like, and positions I agree with. I voted for him in the Primary even if no one else in the state does, and if you're a Democrat you should too." I respect that man. It's easy to be one of a crowd. It's American to stick to your beliefs even when you're all by yourself.
Voting is done at the Episcopal Church in our little town, right next to the hospital, and as with many of these places there are rules about how close to the front door you can campaign. So a hundred feet away there are massive signs and people waving, throngs of supporters of Obama and McCain, Romney and Clinton, and the gruff unsmiling bearded men for Ron Paul.
That is not what caught my eye.
What caught my eye was the twentysomething man, looking sheepish, holding the Richardson sign.
He looked embarrassed, but man. It takes balls to stand there, holding your sign and stating to the world "this is the guy whose policies I like, and positions I agree with. I voted for him in the Primary even if no one else in the state does, and if you're a Democrat you should too." I respect that man. It's easy to be one of a crowd. It's American to stick to your beliefs even when you're all by yourself.