There's a talk radio mouth in Anchorage who was encouraging people to register as write-in candidates in order to confuse voters who asked for a list of them at the polls. This was to subvert the votes for one write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate. If memory serves the list now has about 180 names on it and runs 6 or 8 pages. He even offered a special prize if anyone signed up with a name similar enough to the candidate's to be confusing and perhaps corrupt legitimate votes. The Governor Interrupted called it good satire. A partial transcript of the radio show was published last night. Here is a quote from it:
Dan: I'm only tampering with the election so the right candidate
wins ... I'm only trying to trick voters so the right candidate gets
the victory.
You know, everytime I read your blog I notice similarities in our thinking - something I never noticed before. Barack Obama for one - we both like him & I actually voted for him. You call the new movement "Teabaggers" - I do also.
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15th. I'm not sure how to deal with aging in general - wish I was still 30ish.
Congrats on your upcoming novel - can't wait to read it.
But it;'s not my novel, it is my friend Patricia Monaghan's we are talking about. And, a happy belated birthday to you, too.
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