Many of you have watched as I have expressed my frustration with the upcoming presidential elections. Here's a video that pretty much sums it up for me:
The guy who puts these "Indy Updates" together is "Will the New Guy", the producer of the morning show I listen to every day. :-) I love how he mentions Terre Haute in this one... and I cringe to think that I almost grew up there. (You think I'm a hick now? I would have been a stinky hick if I'd grown up there.)
Anyhow, we had our primary a few weeks ago. It just so happened that I had a "Democrat encounter day" shortly before the primary vote - it was the day that I was returning from my West Coast vacation.
Hillary supporter encounter
So on the plane ride back from SFO, I was surrounded by Hillary supporters. All of them were women in their 40s and 50s (except for one guy who was wearing the "gays for Hillary" badge). As expected, the Hillary supporters were extremely rude to everyone on the flight except themselves.
It just so happened that I sat next to one of these Hillary supporters. She was pretty rude to me, which left me shaking my head. HELLO!! I AM AN IMPRESSIONABLE, ELIGIBLE VOTER HERE!! Which means you should totally be sucking up to me right now and convincing me that I need to vote for your candidate, right? Apparently not.
It then occurred to me that she probably didn't think I knew how to speak English. But then I used my great diction to ask for a glass of orange juice, so no excuses there...
Obama campaigner encounter
That same day, I get home and check my answering machine. I have this long message from Barack Obama's campaign (a female staff worker):
"Hello, this is _______ from Barack Obama's campaign, reminding you to vote in the Indiana primary on May 6. It's gonna be a really close vote, so Barack wants you to get out there. Your polling location is... um... Car... Carnel Middle School..."
HELLO!!! It's Carmel!!! That's an M, not an N, honey. She's not finished, however. She goes on to botch the street address of the school. And then:
"Um, so, remember to bring your... uh, photo ID with you when you go to the polls. If you don't have a photo ID, um... [10 second pause]"
I was like, dude. You're obviously reading off a sheet of paper... and you're still struggling with this? I'm at the end of the alphabet, girl - so I can't be the first person you've called!! She goes on:
"If this is your first time voting, please be sure to bring a bank statement or... um, a utility bill. If this is your first time voting, please... oh. Yeah, please bring a bank statement or utility bill with you..."
::sigh:: I felt like calling the girl back and telling her that weed is really bad for her. Can't Obama find anyone better to campaign for him? What is this nation coming to??
I'm voting for myself, y'all... or one of my more responsible friends... ;-)
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