Without getting political, this is why I can’t wait for this election to be over:
+According to the battling commercials, no matter who wins, we are doomed to the worst fates which any of us have ever endured. Having been through most of 2020, that says a lot. I don’t do well in waiting rooms, let’s just get it over with. 😉
+The national “Do Not Call” list does not work. I get several calls (landline and cellular) every single day from every single state which I have ever lived in, telling me who to vote for in the upcoming election, including all of the different various state representatives and local sheriffs and tax collectors (where I no longer live).
+I am sick of people telling me to vote. I voted. I always vote. I don’t think I have ever missed voting. I don’t like the presumptuous assumption of not voting, when people use the phrase, “Vote.”
+I am completely over having to carefully weigh my every word ,when it comes to any political “issue”. I am a Sagittarius. Sag’s number one fault is constantly putting our feet in our mouths. We are known to drop brutal truths on the daily. Lately I feel like I have to use my mask as a gag, in order to avoid upsetting or offending anyone, from any side of the coin. (I am guessing some of my friends and family think that the gag/mask idea is a good one for me.)
+Election years tend to highlight the worst in all of us. I am eager for us to come together and to start showing each other what is the best in all of us. I understand that when the election is over, this isn’t going to instantly change people into healthy collaborators with the ability to see all of the good in each other and in each other’s intentions, but at least there won’t be the huge national platform exacerbating everyone’s most angry, hateful, suspicious, demonizing sides, everywhere you look.
If you choose to add to my rant in my Comments, I welcome that – please just keep it general and apolitical.
I’m on board with today’s rant.
* I don’t get phone calls, but I get a mailbox stuffed with political circulars that immediately get recycled. What a waste.
* And my postal carrier, who has been on my route for a decade and whom I adore, has been stressed out by being treated badly by misguided customers who believe that postal employees are actively seeking out and destroying ballots. Guess what, folks? They’re NOT. They are people just like you and me, doing a job to support their families and voting by mail just like the rest of us. At the ground level, they’re not keen on the current administration’s fiscal cutbacks either because it curtails their ability to get their jobs done.
* And finally, I’m tired of seeing people whine on the Next Door blog that others are stealing political signs and defacing flags that are placed in front yards. In this country, we have the right to free speech and to show support for our political party or candidate. Respect that right; respect that your neighbor may not hold the same political views as you and that’s OKAY. That’s one of the things that makes democracy work.
Whatever the outcome of next week’s election (we won’t actually know the results until mid-November) I pray that we as a nation can usher in a new era of inclusivity, respect, and tolerance.
Good ones, Kelly!