28 October, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I have to fill out my absentee ballot from Massachusetts and mail it off fairly soon. I didn’t think I was even eligible to vote, given that I have no U.S. residence. But I went to an expat fair recently and Democrats Abroad had a booth and they said I can use my last address for voting purposes. The guy who helped me request the ballot still uses his old address from 1952! So I guess I get to vote as a Waltham resident until I return to the US — if I ever do. I miss Waltham. Hello Bacon Street! I miss our local Dunkin’ Donuts where all the scary bikers hung out. (Actually, I would kill someone for an onion bagel right now.) And I really miss my next-door neighbors, who ran a meth lab and one winter night their house caught fire quite spectacularly, with flames shooting out of the roof. They were left homeless after this, poor homeless drug dealers. Gee, those were some good times.
So looking at the ballot, I’m quite disappointed Mitt Romney is not running for governor, as it’s always fun to vote against that dumbass. Ballot Question #1 is interesting: Should food stores be allowed to sell wine? Uh, I couldn’t possibly care less about anything in my life. Actually, the first Mass. town I lived in was Arlington, which is a completely dry town. Yes, Puritanism is alive and well in New England. You’d drive across the town line into Cambridge or Lexington and there’d be all the liquor stores. Gee, those were some good times.
So the real dilemma is what to do about the senate race. I will not vote for Ted Kennedy. I refuse. And there’s only the Republican running against him and I’m not voting for him. No independent? No Green candidate? How disappointing. I have no idea if this is a close race — I doubt it. But even if my vote for Ted Kennedy would make the difference between that seat going Democrat or not, I don’t care. I can’t in good conscience vote for that man. I’d rather not ever vote for a member of the Kennedy family at all, since I think the whole lot of them need to vanish from public life. Forever. But I will most certainly not vote for a user and abuser of women who drove a young woman off a bridge and instead of seeking help, left her there to die alone. Does a man like this deserve to be Senator? No he does not.
So my only option is to write in a candidate. I have an idea of someone I might write in on my ballot, but if anyone knows of a Massachusetts resident who deserves my vote for Senator, please let me know. I’m open to suggestions. And no, I don’t think David Ortiz is eligible, but it’s worth looking into. [Oh come on, I'm entitled to one Red Sox joke!]
Tags: Ted Kennedy, David Ortiz, U.S. Senate
Anglofille said @ 2:40 pm | news & politics, personal |
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Oh PLLEEEEEZZZZEEE vote for David Ortiz!! Hell, I’ll even second it! I’ve still got to put my absentee ballot in the mail. I can write him in!
Mitt Romney sucks sweaty donkey balls.
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If you’ll do it then I’ll do it!
