On this Halloween, it is time for the special elections version of America's Finest Blog. Whereas in some States your cupcake cannot vote, you still can, the question is which one is luckier. On one hand, the cupcake will be devoured by an overly stimulated child. You, on the other, will be devoured by robo-calls from concerned vets, animal lovers, illegal immigrates and of course Barrack Obama. That's not to mention the television and radio ads. Most of the onslaught of crap doesn't tell you what a candidate will do in office, but rather that the other candidate made money during a recession, or will take away a woman's right to vote, or will pass a flat 100% income tax on all Americans in return for a flat screen television and a couple pizza's a week. Thinking about it, politicians have it rough, the deck is stacked against them, well before merit, character and performance even are weighed. That is probably one reason why so very many terrible people run for office, only the naive believe that they really can make a difference and city or county politics weeds them out, so that leaves the truly arrogant, unemployable and unscrupulous seeking political office. This can be seen here in Washington in both the senate and congressional races. Terrible choices all around, neither person in most cases deserves to win. Our ballot measures are also frustrating, as they all seem like they should be drafted and passed and signed into law by our elected officials, not drafted by special interests for primarily the benefit of special interests and put on the ballot.
Once again a disappointing election cycle is coming to a close, and when all is said, if in Afghanistan some districts can get 600% voter turn out, then you can mail in your ballot by Tuesday.
Now eat your cupcake.
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