I couldn’t stay up long enough to hear his speech, but I bet it was good. Vermont was the first state to report 3 electoral votes for our new President Barack Obama. Not surprising. This state is very liberal and Vermont republicans are basically everyone else’s democrat. That doesn’t bother us because we tend to be ticket splitters here. We vote for the person over the party most of the time and very rarely do Vermonters vote a straight party line ticket.
I voted when I was able by absentee ballot, thinking I would be away this week. I was not alone. Monday night I heard that over 800 ballots had been turned in already. We have a voting base just around 3200, and generally you can expect about 1/3 of the population to vote in any given election. However, yesterday was historic. It will be interesting to see what the actual turnout was.
My daughter voted for the first time. I think She is the fifth generation of women voters in my family. My great grandmother was perhaps the first women to vote in my line. I remember going to the poles with my grandmother as a child and my mother has never missed an election. Neither have I. I hope Emilie and soon Elizabeth follows the trend.
It irritates me that some folks just don’t care to take the time to vote. The cashier at the market told me that she did not register in time. How to you miss a fixed date? She had a good long time to register and simply didn’t take the time to sign up. UGH. If you don’t vote, then you really shouldn’t complain, should you.
When president George Bush was elected, much of the country felt as if the election had been stolen. Sour grapes that followed him though out his presidency. He was never able to beat that wrap and was highly unpopular. It amazed me that he got in a second time with all of the negative buzz.
This election was a tough choice. I consider myself a moderate republican and was not too impressed with McCain at the primary. Then I lost interest in Obama in the debates. I voted early, then changed my mind again. If I had voted yesterday, I don’t know who I would have picked.
I felt that in this election, it was really important that Americans were excited about the candidate. People certainly are with Obama. If McCain had won, then folks would have had sour grapes and I doubt that he would have gotten any traction to get things done.
Both men were qualified, and although I didn’t vote for Obama, he is now my President and I wish him well.
My friend Jo Anne was in Washington DC earlier this year. I collect bobble heads and she called me asking which one I wanted, McCain or Obama. I wanted a Palin one, but there weren’t any, so I asked her to pick for me. I got a Barack bobble head and have left him in the packaging.
Now with the election over, it is time to take Barack out of the box.
