Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Election night madness

Ok, I'm losing my mind on this wonderful election night. N has gone to bed, because he ran a lot of calls last night, and couldn't stay up any longer. I am periodically waking him to give updates on the election. We've discusssed leaving the country and relinquishing our citizenship if Bush wins, that's how opposed to him her are. It is not looking good for those of us in the "Kerry Camp", and I am glued to the statistics. I'm not sure I trust exit polls any more than I trust gallup polls, only because they always seem to leave out certain demographics. For example, we lived a good deal of the past 2 years with only a cell phone, no home phone needed. Our home phone was just put in last month. Gallup was not contacting any households who didn't have a home phone, and many people in my age group don't . Essentially, we were not represented in those polls. How accurate can the exit poll predictions be? They were calling states before even 50% of the votes were tallied! Regardless, I'll escort you on a journey through the neurosis I'm experiencing due to this election. I'm neurotic enough without the state of our futures on the line. Now the stakes are high, and I'm a basketcase! I am not far from Crawford, TX, and I cannot believe how many people in this area voted Bush just because he is a hometown boy. Hello?! I know a lot of hometown folks I wouldn't trust to run a business, let alone a COUNTRY!!! This is not good, but my fingers and toes are crossed for a Kerry/Edwards victory. If not, you may be reading about how I am adjusting to Canada. I'm sure I'll be back soon to ramble more, but in the meantime I'm going back to my CNN.