You’d better believe I’m listening live to Air America Radio today. I’ve been watching the Sundance 1-hour highlights shows for the last couple of weeks rather than trying to listen online at work. I’m becoming quite a fan of Katherine Lanpher, who has the most unfettered laugh in radio. Her job on the show is to keep Al on track and to pipe up when she finds an update or a correction online, and also when she has the occasional difference of opinion with Al. She also asks good questions of their guests. And of course, she’s a good sport…
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So, I voted, but I had a couple of questions afterwards. Such as, why can’t the Illinois Democratic Party draft someone to run against Terry Parke (R) for the Illinois House? I refuse to vote for that guy. Almost wrote in “Spongebob Squarepants.” When I arrived, there was a line of three (3) people. The first guy was black, had moved more than a month ago, but had not re-registered, so he was sent back to his old polling place. I checked the FAQ and that was the correct procedure. Whew. As I left, a neighbor recognized me and said…
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Fasten your seat belt, or you may fall out of your chair laughing at this report of some Republicans who failed miserably at creative agitprop at a Florida polling place Sunday. But the place was stamped with politics. Distributing the cold bottles of Zephyrhills were about dozen NAACP Voter Fund volunteers in yellow shirts. Others distributed folding chairs for people who wanted to sit in the line. An Election Protection corps in black uniforms passed out flyers printed with voting rights. A couple of Kerry/Edwards people handed out candy from plastic pumpkins. And then there was this other curious contingent,…