Losing my Voteginity (on a bad hair day!)
Today, I voted by absentee ballot for the very first time in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primaries. It was, of course, massively exciting and extremely official to the point of comedy.
To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure who I wanted vote for; I don't pay a terribly great amount of attention to politics, and on the surface at least, there are things that I like about each of the candidates. In the end, I allowed myself to be swayed by the opinion of my good friend and future flat mate, Jane who knows and cares a lot more about American politics than I do. When the primaries started to get heated, I told her that I'd share my vote with her, and that she could argue for her candidate of choice, but that I would reserve veto power in case I developed strong feelings of my own.
So, today, while at a French boulangerie/café, we voted; I let everyone check boxes because America claims to be all about spreading democracy internationally! And then, we put the ballot in the OFFICIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT envelope! (Seriously, am I living in a cartoon?)
And I sealed it with my bona fide American saliva.
And in the end, I came to agree with Jane:
Untitled from MRNegro on Vimeo.
Whether somewhat sinister, or (now, practically) mathematically incapable of the win, we kind of have to help take this woman as far as she can run.
To be honest, I wasn't entirely sure who I wanted vote for; I don't pay a terribly great amount of attention to politics, and on the surface at least, there are things that I like about each of the candidates. In the end, I allowed myself to be swayed by the opinion of my good friend and future flat mate, Jane who knows and cares a lot more about American politics than I do. When the primaries started to get heated, I told her that I'd share my vote with her, and that she could argue for her candidate of choice, but that I would reserve veto power in case I developed strong feelings of my own.
So, today, while at a French boulangerie/café, we voted; I let everyone check boxes because America claims to be all about spreading democracy internationally! And then, we put the ballot in the OFFICIAL ABSENTEE BALLOT envelope! (Seriously, am I living in a cartoon?)
And I sealed it with my bona fide American saliva.
And in the end, I came to agree with Jane:
Untitled from MRNegro on Vimeo.
Whether somewhat sinister, or (now, practically) mathematically incapable of the win, we kind of have to help take this woman as far as she can run.