I never thought I'd talk politics on my blog. Who am I kidding, I'm still not talking politics, I'm just talking about me (with tiny bits of periphery politics as it applies to my self centered life.)
The sad truth is, after we've both spent hours looking at the candidates and the issues (Footnote One), Avram is voting for one presidential candidate, and I am voting for the opposite one. Yes, sad. I have a mixed marriage. One night last week we stayed awake for hours in our bed, "discussing" the issues. The more we "discussed" in a "calm" and "rational" manner, the more that I wanted to never vote again. It's come between me and my husband. Today on the way to church I attempted to buy Avram's vote. Not because I hate his candidate, and can't imagine him president. No, not at all. More that I can't stand that Avram and I are canceling each other's votes out. That's what drives me crazy. So I figured that since Avram isn't actually tied very much to that candidate as much as he is generally tied to that one side of the spectrum, maybe I could buy his vote off. It's not Tammany Hall if you're married, right? Avram says his vote is un-buyable.
I don't know; letting your wife pick the candidate, in exchange for her cleaning the bathroom for two months? Three months? If I could muster myself to be willing, I think he might crack if I bring dishes into the deal. That's the real question; is having who I want for president worth doing all the dishes for a month? I think all of America should do the dishes test. I'm not sure he could trust me to actually keep that promise. I'm not sure I could trust myself to do all those dishes. It would be like all the candidates and Lumiere (for him it's wooing girls), "Promises you don't intend to keep...."
Footnote One: I have nothing against voting for a third party. I myself in a presidential election have done so before (but I can't tell you who it was because then you, like Avram already does, will make fun of me voting for Ralph Nader.) However, when I checked out the third parties, my issues with them were larger than any issues I had with the two major parties and candidates.
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Peppermint Bark Fudge
5 days ago
Guess what? 4 years ago Travis and I had the SAME battle. He voted for one person, and I voted for the next. Us though, it wasnt main party and third party, no, I voted for Kerry, and he for Bush. So our votes REALLY cancelled each other out. and you know what, thats ok. You vote for who you want to vote for, not for who your spouse wants. Make up your own mind.
ReplyDeleteMy mom said that every election growing up her parents would leave the house saying, "We're off to cancel each other's votes! Be back soon!"
ReplyDeleteI find voting really hard because either I don't want either or I feel it doesn't make any difference which. I think the president ends up being pretty much a figure head because he can't often make his programs happen.
ReplyDeleteMy problem with the candidates is that neither is who I would have chosen for either party candidate but then my opinion on that matter as a lone citizen really doesn't matter because it's that parties that get to choose. So faced with two distasteful choices I have to weigh very carefully who I vote for.
ReplyDeleteI don't find the politics half so interesting as the fact that your husband helps with the dishes! No fair!
ReplyDeletewell i am the one that reads everything about politics. Cory knows this. He was going to vote for Obama until i informed him that I was voting for baldwin.. so he voted for baldwin too. there was one year that he voted for bush and i didnt though. in the end i think the local candidates are more important since they impact us more dirrectly and you vote actually gets heard i think. I am not a strait party line. I voted for republican mayor, but democratic in my district. i am glad that you took time to learn about them though. people that just mark all the boxes for one party or the other annoy me. i feel you always should be familiar with who the choices are
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