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\n Dowbrigade loves Election Day, even in an off-off year like the present.
\n The air of infinite possibility
\n mingled with the quiet desperation of the direct participants is intoxicating.
\n In part, we simply like the fact that we are ABLE to exercise our
\n democratic options, but then we could have stayed at home and enjoyed
\n that ability without exercising it.<\/p>\n
So there we were, fifteen minutes before the polls opened, "That’s ten yards, right?" he asked.<\/p>\n "Yeah" we answered, "One first down."<\/p>\n Inside almost all of the other early voters were elderly We checked in, no ID required, and got our ballot. We Speaking of which, the first election results for the The Dowbrigade loves Election Day, even in an off-off year like the present. The air of infinite possibility mingled with the quiet desperation of the direct participants is intoxicating. In part, we simply like the fact that we are … Continue reading
\n sipping coffee from a traveling mug and emulating the eminent Steve
\n Garfield<\/a> by admonishing a campaign worker for standing closer than 30 feet from
\n the door to the polling place.<\/p>\n
\n gents and dames. Voting was probably the high point of their week.
\n We wondered how far removed we were from that category.<\/p>\n
\n filled in the circles next to the names we recognized. In the races
\n where we didn’t recognize anyone, we applied the same scientific principle
\n we utilize on those rare occasions we visit the racetrack – a combination
\n of imagination and divination designed to pick winners, because we always
\n feel better on election night if at least a few of the candidates we
\n voted for win.<\/p>\n
\n wonderful world of Watertown are going up as we write on the best site
\n for local politics, Lisa Williams H2Otown<\/a>. We’re off to check our
\n luck, and the winning tickets.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"