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Primary day
So, I happen to live in New Hampshire, which is holding its first-in-the-nation primary today, which means the state is currently in a civic-duty fervor. Also, overrun with news vans eager to hear ~Your Opinion on the Candidates!~ and take pictures of cute dogs. You know, to get some authentic local flavor.
I ended up voting in the Republican primary (NH independents can vote in primaries, although you have to re-declare your independent status after casting your vote or you will be re-assigned to the party you voted for) and it was, um, disappointing? Man, having been inundated with debates and candidates crashing diner brunches for months, I like to think I have a handle, of sorts, on these people, and pretty much all of them are stupid misogynistic racists. I was more than a little concerned that I would get to the voting booth, look at the ballot, and just start breathing fire.
Thankfully Jon Huntsman is neither stupid nor racist and an actual moderate - I don't approve of his anti-abortion stance or his civic-unions-but-not-marriage for GLBTs, but the rest of his policy ideas and views are reasonable and he's the only candidate that sounds genuine when he talks about bipartisanship. I was also impressed with the way he defended his work as the ambassador of China, and that he able to articulate a reasonable, complex stance regarding foreign policy (instead of an easy-to-remember, hollow soundbite). I voted for him so that hopefully, a win or strong showing will help knock out one of the truly horrible human beingsSantorum Gingrich out of the race. :/
There were also a ton of other candidates on the ballot who basically had the resources to get their names on the NH ballot (it's pretty cheap to get on it, as I recall, something like $150?) one of who I actually knew of, the excellently-titled "Vermin Supreme." He's for mandatory tooth-brushing, zombie apocalypse preparation and ponies for all Americans, and he was part of the group that ended up crashing a Newt Gingrich rally (or their headquarters, or something) last week. I really thought it might be a fun thing to throw away a vote for him, but then I decided to put it towards...something...useful, maybe?
OTHER PRIMARY THINGS: My brother and I have, like everyone in NH, been bombarded with political mail begging for donations in a variety of ways. Ron Paul sent a 'family cookbook' with a request for a) money and b) a recipe for their family cookbook that they were planning to send to other people as a gift, I guess. So we sent a donation of twenty Monopoly dollars and a recipe for 'beer-battered pizza' which we made up in about 5 minutes. It involves ordering a pizza, buying some beer and then eating the pizza and drinking the beer. IT'S VERY DELICIOUS!
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Tentative date for livejournal deletion: January 14th. I may just end up deleting all the journal entries there and stop crossposting, though - that way I can still comment on the few people and journals who aren't making the move to DW.
Just in case anyone cares. x_x
I ended up voting in the Republican primary (NH independents can vote in primaries, although you have to re-declare your independent status after casting your vote or you will be re-assigned to the party you voted for) and it was, um, disappointing? Man, having been inundated with debates and candidates crashing diner brunches for months, I like to think I have a handle, of sorts, on these people, and pretty much all of them are stupid misogynistic racists. I was more than a little concerned that I would get to the voting booth, look at the ballot, and just start breathing fire.
Thankfully Jon Huntsman is neither stupid nor racist and an actual moderate - I don't approve of his anti-abortion stance or his civic-unions-but-not-marriage for GLBTs, but the rest of his policy ideas and views are reasonable and he's the only candidate that sounds genuine when he talks about bipartisanship. I was also impressed with the way he defended his work as the ambassador of China, and that he able to articulate a reasonable, complex stance regarding foreign policy (instead of an easy-to-remember, hollow soundbite). I voted for him so that hopefully, a win or strong showing will help knock out one of the truly horrible human beings
There were also a ton of other candidates on the ballot who basically had the resources to get their names on the NH ballot (it's pretty cheap to get on it, as I recall, something like $150?) one of who I actually knew of, the excellently-titled "Vermin Supreme." He's for mandatory tooth-brushing, zombie apocalypse preparation and ponies for all Americans, and he was part of the group that ended up crashing a Newt Gingrich rally (or their headquarters, or something) last week. I really thought it might be a fun thing to throw away a vote for him, but then I decided to put it towards...something...useful, maybe?
OTHER PRIMARY THINGS: My brother and I have, like everyone in NH, been bombarded with political mail begging for donations in a variety of ways. Ron Paul sent a 'family cookbook' with a request for a) money and b) a recipe for their family cookbook that they were planning to send to other people as a gift, I guess. So we sent a donation of twenty Monopoly dollars and a recipe for 'beer-battered pizza' which we made up in about 5 minutes. It involves ordering a pizza, buying some beer and then eating the pizza and drinking the beer. IT'S VERY DELICIOUS!
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Tentative date for livejournal deletion: January 14th. I may just end up deleting all the journal entries there and stop crossposting, though - that way I can still comment on the few people and journals who aren't making the move to DW.
Just in case anyone cares. x_x