One Guy's Viewpoint

I Wasn't Going To Waste My Vote

You know, the Democrats will in power and make everything worse, so people throw them out of office by electing Republicans. But, of course, things continue to get worse and they, the Republicans, end up being replaced by Democrats again. And so it goes. I, then, didn't want to waste my vote this time by picking anybody in either major party.

The election day was last Tuesday, but I voted pretty early during the early voting period. The Libertarian party is the only party other than the main two to get on the ballot in Texas. That was good enough for me. I pressed the button for the straight Libertarian ticket. And I only overrode it in three places. First, I voted for Ron Paul to stay in congress. I'm go glad we got moved into District 14 in the last redistricting. Second, I picked independent Kinky Friedman for govenor of Texas. The Houston Chronicle called him totally unqualified. Coming from them, I'd say it was a pretty strong positive recommendation. An entertainer, Kinky calls his band the "Texas Jewboys." You just have to go for somebody like that. And Kinky was the only real independent in the race. And finally I voted for another Republican for Land Commissioner. He's Jerry Patterson, a fellow Sons of Confederate Veterans member.

No, I don't really feel too guilty about voting for those two Republicans.

posted by Burt @ 6:24 PM