November ought to be a blast
May 6th, 2008, 7:31 am · Post a Comment · posted by jjurney
I just returned from voting. Long line at Hunter’s Chapel on Buckhorn Road. Add to that we had some mouthy northern transplant talking to/at us like every syllable out of his mouth was the most important sound ever. What’s new.
Mike Gravel is still on the ballot! So Democrats have a third choice even though the voters guide says he is now a member of the Libertarian Party. Look for Elmer Fudd and Mickey Mouse to draw more votes than ol’ “Give ‘em Hell Gravel” or as he is better known, “Who?”
I hope the state is taking notice to the early voting and primary turnouts and can do something, anything to alleviate the crush of voters that will undoubtedly be casting ballots in November. I would hate for North Carolina to become the new Florida or the new Ohio. I remember people waited for hours at some Burlington precincts back in 2004.
Even though this is just a primary, elections excite me. As a journalist, there is a certain rush of adrenaline that goes along with waiting for the returns and then hammering together headlines and packages in a white-knuckled frenzy right before deadline. I doubt it will be that exciting tonight but it will be a good test run for November.
Update 1 p.m.: Hillary needs to stop calling me. If my wife finds out I’ll find my stuff out in the yard tonight. Bill called me yesterday. Just waiting on Obama and Gravel to blow up my phone. And how could I ever get tired of the “No to Land Transfer Tax” calls? I have enough of their mailers to re-paper the sunroom.
I also got a call from DirecTV trying to sell me HBO and Cinemax under some complicated contract. Like the run-up to the Iraq War, it sounded too good to be true. I wasn’t fooled then and I won’t be fooled now.
