So I Voted for Hunter After All . . .

. . . because the primary system is so broken that the electorate can vote for someone who has already dropped out. I pushed the "cast ballot" button with my middle finger.

I had been hearing all day that there was high turnout at the Texas primary polling places. I got to the elementary school where our precinct votes and the parking lot was about as full as it was the 2nd time Bush got elected. I went in and the line was halfway down the hall, which is relatively crowded for this precinct, especially in a primary.

A fella came out to the side of the line and said, this table is for Democrats, that table is for Republicans.

Nobody moves.

He says, so if you are voting Republican, you don't have to wait in the Democrats' line.

Oh, ok. That'll be me, then, and (looking around) well, that'll just be me. Based on the completely unscientific poll I took in 3 seconds, about 85% of the voters yesterday in Texas were Democrats. As I was walking up to the ballot machine, I noted that 3 of 6 machines were in use. Usually, you have to wait to get on a machine to vote, even when it's not crowded.

As I was filling out my preferences for the election, I heard a very patient volunteer explaining that if you hadn't registered to vote in this precinct, you would not be able to.... I left before the explanation was complete. That poor volunteer was still explaining when I walked out happily wearing my I Voted sticker on top of my boonie hat.

Man, that must have been a long, long day, sitting behind the "D" side of the table.

Scary, to contemplate that those people who were voting for "change" or "socialism" or whatever they call it, knowing zippo about the candidate, are voting on the future of the free world this November. IF they remember to vote.

Vote for me.

At least they will have found out by then that they're all bums. Maybe they won't be so hopeful for change when the skeletons are out of the closet.