Early Voting

I early voted today, so the primary is over for me. All the annoying name calling, dirt slinging, ugly ads can stop now. I hate them.

I’ve driven the Texas highways for years and I have yet to stumble upon one of the million dollar rest stops which all his cronies apparently went to work for him to build so they have somewhere to meet secretly while they plan the Trans Texas Railroad or whatever it is.

The other candidate has apparently thrown out all loyalty to Texas in the wake of the current President’s election and has supported everything he spouts out. Personally I don’t think she’s doing a good job representing us if she’s not in Washington and she can’t be in Washington because she’s running for governor. I know it’s all legal for her to hold one job while running for another, but is it RIGHT?

Now, lest you think I think I am advocating one candidate over the other, let me just say I didn’t vote for either one. I will not disclose who I did vote for, but the important thing is I VOTED. I had my say.

And now the ads can stop. All of them. The ads have done nothing but confuse the issues and get everyone very dirty. Since I reached voting age, I have not missed many elections. I even stood in line for hours to vote in the horse racing ballot several years ago, only to find out my then husband and I canceled each other out! Boy was he mad!

See lots of wives vote the way their husbands advises them to. Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn’t, and usually didn’t tell him if I was voting the opposite. The standard answer was “why should I go vote if we’re just going to cancel each other out?” The reason is because if we don’t vote, it just might be taken from us some day.

Besides it’s a secret ballot for a reason.

I voted today. It doesn’t mean any less because I didn’t wait for Election Day. I still get excited, and while I may not be the most informed voter, I do make the effort to vote.

Tuesday, March 2, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. VOTE. Exercise the freedom while you still have it.

Patriotically yours,

Stevie

Copyright 2010 Stevie Stevens, Fort Worth, TX. For information contact faithleap@sbcglobal.net