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Overhead Projections - Purple (Voter) Haze
Contributed by: Anthonette Klinkerman on 11/7/2006

The end is near! Yes!! I mean the end of voting season. I'd personally like to throttle the person who invented the computer system that calls you with a political ad right in the middle of dinner. (That ought to be illegal.) I'll be thrilled to pieces to see all the roadside signs disappear tomorrow. An end to the junk fliers piling up in my mailbox. The beyond-obnoxious commercials off the air. Ah... just a few more hours!

I passed my local voting station this morning to witness at least 50 people in line, their cars parked up and down both sides of the street. I voted last week, fortunately; apparently early voting hasn't caught on with everyone.

I was excited to vote this year, I guess like I get excited whenever I purchase a lottery ticket - there is hope involved. "Things are going to change for the better! I might actually win this time!" Same premise, I guess.

Political science is not my strong point. In fact, the highlight of my political science class in college was when my professor walked in front of the projector and an illuminated grid fell squarely across his "hair-challenged" pate. I have to check my voter indentification card to determine under which party I'm registered. Seriously. I have no devotion to it, obviously. My only explanation is the guy who registered me and my girlfriends on the beach in San Diego back then was cute, and we wanted to help him fill his quota.

Must we affiliate ourselves with one party or the other? Recently I discovered the term "Purple Voter", and this describes the way I've been voting for years.

A little of this party, a little of that. If that makes me your average, in-some-people's-opinion uninformed, scattered "Purple" American voter, so be it. Besides, purple is my favorite color.

I don't appreciate being told how to vote. I have the ability to make up my own mind, thanks. What if you can't stand a candidate but you're stuck with him or her because of a (D) or an (R) behind their name? In a restaurant you shouldn't have to keep eating a meal you don't like. You bought it with your money, so send it back and get what you want. (Wouldn't it be nice if it were that easy?)
At the rate the political garbage is piling up, I'm more and more likely to vote for the person I've never heard of anyway. How courteous of that candidate not to bludgeon me for weeks with juvenile, mudslinging ads. They've got my vote, especially for not calling me when I'm trying to have dinner in peace.


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Anthonette Klinkerman

Castle Pines North

Anthonette Klinkerman has posted 72 stories and 43 comments since joining on 4/14/2006. Anthonette Klinkerman 's average story rating is 4.94.
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