Let them eat tiramisu
Writing by treason on Wednesday, 24 of May , 2006 at 7:12 pm
I heard Paul Harvey talking about an upcoming election in the Piedmont region of Italy. There are forty candidates on the ballot. There are sixty-three voters. On Sunday, the votes will be counted and then there will be a celebration. Everyone will come together for a big Italian dinner and down a few bottles of Dolcetto di Dogliani; then both voters and candidates will part ways, stagger home, and get some sleep. Now that’s incentive to get out and vote.
This reminded me that we have a primary coming up in a couple weeks. And it occurred to me that I hadn’t yet studied the ballot.
Earlier in the week I had a conversation with a classmate and he confided that he’s voted for Republicans in every election since Nixon. But he just switched his party affiliation and is now a registered Democrat. He admitted this because another classmate, visibly upset, told the entire class that she was thinking about leaving her church.
“It’s just been the last couple weeks. I love this church. I love the people. They’re all so smart and so funny. Really bright - all of them. But in just the last couple weeks I’ve been hearing things. Just all of a sudden…things I’m hearing. And I don’t know what to do.”
Her pastor is hinting that if someone believes in science, he can’t believe in God. She plans to put together an argument to present to her pastor, and if he insists that religion and science are oil and vinegar, then she is prepared to leave that church.
Now if you ask me, oil and vinegar can mix, but tend to separate. When separate, the two ingredients are fine and each serves many purposes. But together, they can create a wonderful dressing for salad. If life is a salad, I prefer mine with dressing. Especially if we’re talkin’ olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Ooooh, Katy bar the door.
But I digress. The other classmate offered his story because he has a similar dilemma. He loves science and medicine, but he feels, politically, there has been “an attack on science.” He feels that he can no longer support the party, so he’s switched. He wants to vote in Democratic primaries so he can choose the Democratic candidates in the state.
After looking at the primary ballot, I feel my classmate has jumped the gun. Since I can count the number of Republicans on this ballot on one hand, and since many of the races don’t even have a Republican running, I think my classmate could have held off re-registering. He’ll have his opportunity to vote for as many Democrats as he likes come June 6.
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