10/16/2004

Election Day (one of many) This was the first Saturday of our long election process.  The line at the Burr-Mil Park polling station was steady all day from 10:00am till 5:00pm.  Waiting time averaged 90 minutes.  Consensus on the reasons for the long wait was: 1) Only two poll workers signing everyone in. 2) Voters having to read, understand and decide on the three ballot Amendments. While voters had to stand around Rusty Sheridan (running against Kay Hagan and somebody else) and I were pounding the pavement at Battleground and Cornwallis working for votes. We had barely got going at around 11:00am when Kiir Knight reporter for the Registrar at A&T stopped her car in the median to find out what we were up to.  We introduced her to the basic points of libertarianism and let her know that US Senate candidate Tom Bailey is on the schedule to be speaking at her school. Rusty and I got predominately good reactions from the drive bys.  My 3 second sound bite was, "I'm working for your vote, not making you pay for it."  This I said as I slipped curious drivers and passengers an important notice I produced on County of Guliford letterhead.  As I was breaking down our set up to go home, the last car to stop was a small red pickup truck being driven Register of Deeds candidate Jeff Thigpen.  Jeff got a real kick out of yet another letter being circulated on County letterhead.  (I explained to him that I had to leave is name off the list of County of Guliford Commissioners because I expected him to win his race for Deeds and I have no clue who the Democrats will appoint to fill his seat on the Board.) Later on my way home at the corner of Battleground and Horse Pen Creek Road, I took a picture the most hilarious political stunt of the day.  As I got out of my car to snap the shot, the Grim Reaper shouted out, "You're Jim Capo?"  I wishfully insert that question mark there because while I acknowledged that I was Jim Capo, as I shook the Grim Reaper's hand to introduce myself, he insisted that he was THE Grim Reaper.  Nothing more.  It is certainly a bit disconcerting to discover the Grim Reaper knows your name but you don't know his.  Perhaps the downside of a successful name recognition campaign? )Hey maybe this guy was Mr. Sun in disguise?) For now, I'll leave the question mark in there so I can sleep peacefully tonight (but not too peacefully). 11:16:47 PM      comment []

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