My Civic Duty

We were among the first to vote today even though it was already 10 in the morning. And we had musical accompaniment. Talk about class. I think the class was the 4th grade, but I could be wrong. Our polling place is in a curtained-off section of the auditorium of a local grammar school. Perhaps six to ten feet away a dozen or so young clarinetists were having a lesson. Nobody is going to mistake them for Benny Goodman just yet. But it’s only November. Just a few more weeks and they are going to have one knock-out rendition of Mary Had A Little Lamb. Next election I expect Stompin’ at the Savoy.

We went to Mass first and Fr. John specifically prayed for the success of “all candidates who support the culture of life”. I seconded that motion and did my best in the polling place to bring it to fruition, voting for a combination of Republicans, third party candidates, and at least one write-in candidate who is a Republican but didn’t make it on the ballot. And voted no on most of the hair-brained ballot propositions.

The state and federal representative offices are really of no interest. All of our districts have been gerrymandered to render the elections next to meaningless. There is no real race in any of these offices in my area. But the governor’s office is finally becoming a contest. The polls here on the last day give Bill Simon a chance to beat the ghastly Gray Davis. Not only does this alleged Catholic do everything possible to promote every anti-life measure, he has taken great pleasure in proclaiming California the leading pro-choice (sic) state in the union. I mentioned a bit about this earlier here. The defeat of Gray Davis would be the highlight of the year.