If You Didn't Vote, Don't Cry to Me Now

Man, the AP is calling some counties in Florida "election-challenged," like they're the municipal equivalent of Corky from "Life Goes On."

Hey, the Republicans are back in control in Congress. Woo-hoo. I really don't know what else to say. I did my part, I voted, now we just have to hope our elected officials care more about running our country well than about party politics and re-election.

Tom Golisano spent $54 million dollars running for Governor of New York when he could have given that money to charity and earned a little respect rather than a measly 16% of the vote. Or better still, he could have just given $4 to every New York resident. I could use $4.

Tennessee finally gets a lottery. It's about time. I guess one of the brighter yokels realized how much cash was traveling to Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi. Did you know that Tennessee's sales tax is the same as New York City's and they even tax groceries? Plus, there's no state income tax. Fiscally, Tennessee is messed up, yo.

I find it interesting that Florida gets to vote on the public-smoking ban and Arizona gets to vote on cigarette tax hikes. All I got to vote on was the proposal to change the mayoral vacancy procedure. Boooring.

Nevada voted to keep gay marriage and pot illegal. Huh? Is that the same Nevada with all the whorehouses and casinos? Yeah? Oh-kay.

Republican Doug Forrester of New Jersey must be pretty depressed right now. His opponent is drowning in an ethics scandal, and then drops out. The state supreme court rules that it's okay for the Democrats to replace him past the deadline with a 78-year old retired senator. He still loses. He loses to a last minute replacement who is past life expectancy. That's gotta sting.

Isn't voting great?