Its a non-presidential election year. The bad news is that you will see names and laws on the ballot about which you know absolutely nothing, and you're expected to make a decision for one or the other. The good news is that television and radio ads against candidates will cease after today. Notice that I said "ads against." I have yet to see one advertisement where a candidate for any office brags about things they actually accomplished of their own initiative. The closest I can think of is Rick Perry talking about Texas being "open for business." What he fails to mention is that Texas used a huge share of the economic stimulus money from the federal government to make its state finances look good.
You may catch on, if you keep reading this blog, that I'm quite conservative in my politics. I have not seen a conservative candidate nor idea offered up by either the Donkeys nor the Elephants in years. It's all either more liberal or less liberal. Each election, at least for state or federal office, is a choice of the least of a list of evils. I have begun to think that voting a straight Libertarian ballot is the only way to go. While that can be written off as a wasted vote by some, it's the closest I can come to voting the way I think things ought to be. Protect my borders, provide for a common defense of all 50 states, and quit trying to be my nurse-maid.
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