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pameladeanRaphael and I just got back from voting. It's a warm, overcast day, full of rustling yellow leaves that sound like rain. We'd come prepared with a water bottle, books, a bit of leftover Hallowe'en candy, and some Luna bars. There was no line, only a brief wait because all the little booths were filled and I hadn't noticed the tables one could vote at instead until the election worker told me. But I was voter #1359, and I've never had a four-digit number before.
I'm not much for election paraphernalia even if I'm very excited about a candidate, which in any case is not the norm. We have no yard sign, bumper sticker, button, or T-Shirt. But when I got home, I wrote "OBAMA 08" on a Post-It note, carefully peeled my "I Voted" sticker off my shirt, and planted it on the Post-It. I think I'll want to keep it around.
I always thought that the first black president would be a Republican. I figured they had all the big racists, since the Voting Rights Act, and would be able to stomp them flat if they really wanted to have a black candidate, whereas a Democrat would be battered by the full force of nastiness available. Sometimes it's nice to be wrong.
P.
I'm not much for election paraphernalia even if I'm very excited about a candidate, which in any case is not the norm. We have no yard sign, bumper sticker, button, or T-Shirt. But when I got home, I wrote "OBAMA 08" on a Post-It note, carefully peeled my "I Voted" sticker off my shirt, and planted it on the Post-It. I think I'll want to keep it around.
I always thought that the first black president would be a Republican. I figured they had all the big racists, since the Voting Rights Act, and would be able to stomp them flat if they really wanted to have a black candidate, whereas a Democrat would be battered by the full force of nastiness available. Sometimes it's nice to be wrong.
P.
