~ so I can answer my phone and actually have the person on the other end be someone who is calling to talk to me, not to poll me. Number of times I've been polled in 2008 -- greater than ten.
~ so I can answer the phone and not have someone offering me directions to my polling place. I know I'm getting older, but honestly, I can remember where and when to go vote.
~ so I can sleep in on Sunday morning, get up and roam the house in my jammies, and not hear my daughter yelling "Mom, there is a strange man at the door with a bunch of papers and an "insert candidates name here" sign on his car." At 9AM no less!
~ so I can listen to the radio again, without hearing the words "I will stand beside George Bush" in the ads of the candidates from BOTH parties in the Senate race.
~ so I can listen to the radio again without having to eventually give up and switch to my iPod because the only stations not playing attack ads are interviewing people about the attack ads.
~ so I don't see the people filling up the comments section of my local paper and tv station continue to spew hate-filled rhetoric about anyone who doesn't share their point of view. And, for the record, no one party has a monopoly on this rhetoric. What happened to basic respect for others? For that matter, what happened to the ability to think for ourselves and not spew some party line?
Okay, I'll get off my soap box for now, plug in my iPod, unplug my phone and cable-tv (but never my internet access,) lock my doors, and count the days until this election ends.
Oh yeah, and I'll pray that whomever is elected has the wisdom, the will, and the ability to do something to rally the people of the U.S. to address the multiple crises our Nation faces. Because the job is too big for any one person.
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