Hand Me a Plunger

/ Richard R. Barron
Our ballots were given to us at Byng City Hall by our own de facto mother-in-law Dorothy, who spends 14 hours at City Hall every election day. She and those like her keep the voting places going in small-town America.
Our ballots were given to us at Byng City Hall by our own de facto mother-in-law Dorothy, who spends 14 hours at City Hall every election day. She and those like her keep the voting places going in small-town America.

Also, as most of you who are not hung over know, Barack Obama was elected to be our next POTUS. Yay.

Here are some interesting facts about yesterday’s election:

  • Even though Abby and I voted in the same place and less than ten minutes apart, we did not see each other there.
  • Abby would not tell me how she voted, nor will she ever, nor will I urge her to tell me unless she wants to.
  • I voted straight party (on all but one item.) When I told Abby this, she asked, “Which one?”
  • My straight Democratic Party vote was tainted by one candidate, a Pontotoc County Commissioner running for state representative. His bid for election jumped the shark early on when his campaign began calling the house weekly, eventually becoming such a pest that we were getting rude with them. Eventually he stooped to lying about Republican Todd Thomsen, who I like and trust despite his rightish ideology.
  • It appears that Oklahoma, embarrassingly enough, had the highest percentage of votes for John McCain. Grrr.
  • Our dogs and goats were not allowed to cast votes.

I am excited about Obama becoming president.