Comments | carolynwhines: super tuesday expatriate blues

carolynwhines

super tuesday expatriate blues

Feb 05, 2008 19:58

ever since the 2004 elections, which i spent on the sofa in our old waterloo flat drinking stella, feeling jealous of the people queued up to voted, and praying for kerry to win before falling asleep and waking up to the saddest bbc reporters in the world, i have been missing the american political world. i know, i know, i hate it too, but i ( Read more... )

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asetwoman February 5 2008, 20:45:04 UTC

"Super tuesday expatriate blues" would make an excellent song title.

the_taintedlove February 6 2008, 05:01:29 UTC

omg that's so great you used a Depeche Mode quote!!

do you and Jeremy vote from over there? like, are you allowed to?

carolynwhines February 6 2008, 06:26:39 UTC

yeah we both do absentee ballots. i need to finish off my paper work though, i was in no huge rush this year because the michigan dem primaries were a wash

carolynwhines February 6 2008, 06:30:18 UTC

also, high school kids looking for spare cash need to know the power of the song new dress! if only i could have worked out a way to use blasphemous rumours

nw1inverness February 6 2008, 10:14:35 UTC

i'm right there with you! i sent in my absentee ballot...and it's not the same as voting in the local elementary school but still felt good!

we woke up at 2am to watch it unfold on msnbc on the computer! i've got obama fever now!

herwickedness February 6 2008, 11:58:20 UTC

I loved doing the absentee ballot thing when I lived in Germany. I got to go to the American consulate, and they gave us tea.

anonymous February 7 2008, 18:06:14 UTC

You would be an awesome civics teacher, Mrs. Martindale was AMAZING, easily the best teached I had in the public school system :) I've actually found myself really fired up for this election, unfortunately we live in a mailing precinct in Vegas and I don't get to "go vote" per se....bummer!

P.S. Its Rachel :)