My vote is cast!

I voted today! Happily, the total time from getting in line to walking back to my car was about 50 minutes. We have 13 early voting locations here in Hillsborough County Florida. This morning I drove to the Bloomingdale Library, arriving about 10 minutes before voting would start at 10am. But the line was already out to the street and cars were parked everywhere. So I decided to get back to work and try later in the day.

The wait wasn't as bad as I had expected, and the line was a little shorter than this morning. One of the neat things was getting to chat with other folks in line. There was an older woman behind me with whom I did most of the chatting. She and I are basically offsetting each other's votes :) ...She 'fessed up that she gets all of her "news" from Fox. Wow. I told her that I discount everything that Fox puts out there. She was telling me that Obama is a Muslim, borderline terrorist, Arab background, etc. She'd learned that "everything" that Obama says is a lie (this statement was repeated multiple times).

So I tried to dispel some of the falsehoods. She was unaware that ACORN (and any organization gathering voter registration forms) is required by law to turn in all forms, regardless of how phony the form's contents might appear.

It's not all her fault. Many people get their information from a single source, and that is never a good idea. Just as with a food diet, a news diet is healthiest when it includes variety.

We did, however, agree that it is wonderful to see so many people coming out to vote and participating in this most basic of our rights. Now it's YOUR turn!