What this election has taught me
This election has been an interesting one, bringing with it several lessons that I picked up on.
- Pundits will try to fit the word “chad” somewhere in every discussion during their election coverage.
- Blind hatred for a candidate is not enough to defeat him.
- Ballot proposition authors need to learn how to write in English.
- If you rely on the youth vote as part of your campaign strategy, you’d better have a backup plan.
- Actors and singers should stick to what they’re good at.
- Exit polls can be misleading (all polls are voluntary).
- The election being over is much more of a relief than I expected.
- Watching the news is really boring when they’re only covering one topic and there are no new developments.
I guess the 2008 campaigns should be ramping up here shortly, but at least we should get to have a month or two of relief first.
November 4th, 2004 at 11:50 am
I learned no one had the balls to call florida.
November 4th, 2004 at 12:24 pm
I learned which armchair pundits were participants and which were merely spectators. The spectators are the ones who will keep saying “we wuz robbed” or “the quarterback sucked.” The participants look at the game film and figure out how to convert a well fought loss into a win next time.
November 4th, 2004 at 3:46 pm
Blind hatred for a candidate is not enough to defeat him.
I disagree. It defeated Kerry quite effectively. 😉
Actors and singers should stick to what they’re good at.
I agree. Bruce Willis and Charlie Daniels should shut up. 🙂