Virginia Is For Families

There’s a cloud cover this morning so I can see where I am going as I cruise the avenue. It’s also a voting day here in Virginia which means that there are a lot of folks out bright and early. I don’t remember ever seeing so much interest in a primary! And you can vote either Republican or Democrat in this one but not both.

What should I do? I could go vote. But I don’t know much about any of the candidates. Except I did read one time that John McCain is a war hero and perhaps crazy as well.

So I’m pretty sure he is my candidate based on his mental health picture. Hillary scares me because I had a teacher one time who reminds me of her. This teacher would become angry and lay into you in front of the whole class on a moment’s notice. That was really the scary part. You would be coasting along in class and the world was at peace when suddenly she might ask you a question and you didn’t quite know the answer she wanted to hear.

Or maybe she caught you glancing out the window. You really didn’t want that to happen. It was a cardinal offense. This elderly teacher was probably brought up during a time when it was acceptable to whip your students with a branch or smack them with a ruler. If you were bad enough I can only imagine what they might have done.

Mom: “Reggy! Where is your little brother?”

Reggy: “I’m sorry Mom but they took him downstairs to the cellar. The last I heard he was screaming something about not being able to be a father someday.”

So when our teacher got riled up what followed was not pretty. And it seemed to go on forever. It was a form of mental torture that I am pretty sure is now outlawed by the Geneva Conventions.

I am ready for a woman to be president. But she needs to be somebody like Angelina Jolie who I have recently given a home here at VB. For some reason as I get older I appreciate beautiful women and their foibles a bit more. The lustful thoughts of my youth have been replaced by lazy thoughts about postponing my diet one more day. In this video Angelina talks about growing up. And she had an interesting youth to say the least. SHE would be my candidate.

So I don’t know what to do about voting and will probably just be a bad citizen and not vote. I did campaign for a candidate one time ! I handed out buttons with the photo of George McGovern on them in Harvard Square long ago. I still have a video in my memory bank of this one guy well dressed who marched up to me with this very angry expression on his face. And when he got about ten inches away he smiled widely and took a button. Such a delightful sense of humor.

But those days are long gone and much has happened since then. So much has happened. Please don’t leave a comment about my failure to do my civic duty. There is still time. Wait until this evening.

Update: They have all been calling me today. Several times. When you look at your caller ID and see the name HILLARY CLINTON you know you are in trouble.

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