Primary Elections - Go vote

Well, we are finally nearly to the day that all the mailings and telephone calls stop. That's right, tomorrow is election day, the noise level ought to drop drastically.

So far, Tara has gotten anywhere from 1-3 mailings a day in support of the incumbant. We have heard from the Mayor, Govenor, President, First Lady, some dude in Congress, and many other concerns people wanting us to vote for the incumbant. We have only gotten one or 2 mailings total for the challenger, and one phone call from some guy supporting the challenger, wanting our vote for him. Tara somehow got my email attached to her name on some Republican mailing list, the incumbant emails every other day. (At least someone for him sends it.)

This has all gotten me to thinking. (I'm still not going to affiliate, this is kind of attention is not the sort I seek after.) How does a regular person get to be elected anymore. It used to be back in the day, you could decide to run, and have an election of your peers. (Meaning people very much like you who share your same beliefs.) Now, it seems that if someone throws enough money at an election, they can make it turn out all right for them. Well, I'd say that 99% of the people this position represents doesn't have nearly the same amount of money as the person who is being elected, how can the represent them?

One way to get into higher elected positions is to "work your way up". I think this leads to people becoming detached from reality from being in govenment too long. They can get into trouble that way. (Or we could.)

Now, I'm likely to vote for the incumbant for one reason. (Assuming he makes it to the general election, we'll see what happens tomorrow.) Several years ago, my brother Adam was living with us, working down the street at a restaurant. (Not an election year, mind you.) He had broken(?) his arm, but didn't really go see the doctor, not having medical insurance. The congressman came in, talked to him, and eventually got him the number and address of a couple of clinics he could go visit that wouldn't cost too much. Then a couple of days later, he came back to check up on Adam. Now, I am not outraged at anything he has done in Congress, really, and he showed some character back then, so if his name is on the ballot, and I don't personally know the person he is running against, I will likely continue to vote for him. (Reserving the right to someday in the future become outraged, by the way.) At least several years ago, he was in touch with a teenage kid, who he never even had to acknowledge.

Not to influence anyone. I just wanted to get the story out in case something funny happens tomorrow at the polls and everything else leaves my mind. I'm really hoping for another "reporter stare down".

Vote the way you want. Just make sure you vote. Oh yeah, and the old saying "Vote early and vote often" does not apply here.