Voting Early

Luckily, in Colorado you don't have to have a note signed from your teacher to vote early. Better yet, we had mail-in ballots sent to us, and we could take our time reading the ballots, read and discuss all of the literature for the amendments, and make a more informed choice. Then I drove over to an outpost of the County Clerk and Recorder's Office, dropped our ballots into a box, and have been wearing my "I voted" sticker on my leather coat all week long.

But, it's getting nasty out there. A recent poll taken in Colorado had Obama up by 10 points over McCain. The Colorado Republican Committee has been frantically putting out multiple mailings, all aimed at smearing Obama's character and using fear mongering aimed at the old folks. We got the William Ayers leaflet. We got the Tony Rezko leaflet. We got several ones claiming Obama is dangerously inexperienced. 

My favorite so far is the one encouraging you to get out and vote early because " as terrorists continue to plot against freedom around the world, America must stand her ground.." Of course, now that Al Maliki refuses to send the latest version of an agreement to the Iraqi Parliment, we may be standing our ground but it just won't be in Iraq. Go jingoism!