I. Voted. Today.
For me, at least, "it is finished". While I greatly appreciate the right to vote (!!!), I am heartily sick of the whole election process. That said, my mom and I would like to suggest a plan. (Mom, I added a couple of items...)
* Each politician running for office gets a spending cap, that corresponds to the level of government they are trying to achieve (ie the presidential candidates get to spend more than the prospective mayor of Podunk-ville).
* The candidates get TWO MONTHS to run their campaigns. They can advertise, bicker, put up yard signs, and kiss babies to their hearts' content, in September and October ONLY.
* All phone calls on behalf of candidates will be clearly identified as such on Caller ID.
* There will be a (political) media blackout for the first few days of November, to let the people reflect, and sift what they have heard.
* Then we vote.
* Each party gets TWO DAYS to scurry around taking down all the signs and billboards. They get fined for any they miss. A LOT.
3 comments:
Hasn't this been an ugly election year? Sigh! I really do believe and cherish the right to vote, but I have to admit I may have opted to skip the whole "mess" this year if my 18-year-old daughter weren't voting for the first time.
Before the *Then we vote?
*Lie detector tests
*A game of "This is Your Life", by surprise 'we knew him when' visitors who receive no compensation for their musings.
I'm not sure, but I think this one has been tougher than years past!
Oh Denise,
I love your suggestions. If I could work it, each candidate would get a "Pinocchio Nose", so it would be immediately visible to them and everyone else that they were lying!
And I love the surprise visitors, reminiscing about the candidates too!
Julie
I LOVE your comments. I think this would be a great idea!
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