Posts filed under 'On the ballot'
“It will be quiet on Tuesday. No speeches. No motorcades. No paid political announcements. It’s a very special day, just for grown-ups. America votes Tuesday…and . . . on Tuesday, the shouting and the begging and the threatening and the heckling will be silenced. It’s very quiet in a voting booth. And nobody’s going to help you make up your mind. So – just for that instant – you’ll know what the man you’re voting for will do a thousand times a day for the next four years. Now it’s your turn.” — 1968 Nixon campaign ad
November 4th, 2008
a tisket, a tasket, so much love and goodwill in a basket.
here i am handing over the muffins to two lovely gals at the UBER busy democratic headquarters. that place was PACKED with people, maps, signs, and now muffins….
these gals were so lovely and gracious and took time out to step outside to take a photo in front of one of their 354 signs outside.
they are the nicest fascists that i ever met (ha ha ha).
Liz’s note: Don’t miss Lea’s blog on yesterday’s muffin civility runs.
November 4th, 2008
Me, an Obama-voting Democrat, giving muffins to Vivian, a McCain-voting Republican, at McCain/Palin Tallahassee HQ. As we tried to hogtie a poor McCain staffer for the picture, someone casually suggested Vivian, because “everything about her just screamed Republican.”
So, I lived to tell about my visit to the campaign and learned that apparently even on election eve, at least one Republican has a sense of humor.
Here’s to Vivian, a good sport. And here’s to Lea, who really walks the walk in her life, and who I deeply admire (even if I sometimes have to wonder about the way she votes).
And here’s to all the other people working hard today and tomorrow to hold up their end of democracy, no matter which end it is.
November 3rd, 2008
Lea (the conservative) usually takes muffins to the young staffers at the Republican campaign office in election years. That’s pre-Village-Square.
Post-Village-Square… Lea called me (Liz, the liberal) and suggested that the better thing to do would be to take muffins to both the McCain and the Obama campaign offices. So, this morning we loaded up 2 baskets with an assortment of homemade muffins and Village Square bumper stickers and buttons, then made two of the more unusual visits the campaigns have likely received.
On the beautiful card Lea made:
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
— John F. Kennedy
November 3rd, 2008
Democracy, this is still the most radical idea ever let loose in the world -that masses of people, so feared and loathed by monarchs of old, so distrusted by monied and political elites, should be charged with self-government, and get on with it, imperfectly, crudely, but with the idea of creating a prosperous society that leaves no one out. That’s not mystical, either. It’s been at the heart of the American experience, the hope that sustains one generation to the next. Every election is an effort to retrieve that radical idea and breathe new life into it. –Bill Moyers
November 3rd, 2008
… and not really far off the reality of the political tenor.
The Political Attack Generator.
(Hat tip to Vita.)
November 3rd, 2008
The Village Square, commensurate with our nonprofit 501(c)3 status can, and has now officially, come out publicly, unequivocally and staunchly against the theft of campaign yard signs - of whatever campaign one wishes to support - from private property. This is juvenile, obnoxious and suggests strongly that you don’t actually believe in free speech.
Truly, yea verily, this has nothing to do with the fact that I just had a sign stolen from my front yard.
No, this proclamation is a bold, selfless and courageous act of citizenship.
October 29th, 2008
Don’t miss Constitutional Amendments 101 tonight!! 5:30 to 7:30 PM, bring your favorite take-out and learn about the six Florida ballot measures.
UPDATE: Thanks to all 8 of our panelists this evening, who were informative, knowledgeable, professional and – I’m partial to this one - civil. And thanks, also, to our audience who comported themselves with equal decency and grace. If anyone involved in the discussion has a factual issue they’d like to convey, send it on to liz@tothevillagesquare.org and we’ll get it up on the blog.
Also, please check 2 posts down for our resource guide on constitutional amendments.
October 28th, 2008
Don’t miss Tuesday’s “Constitutional Amendments 101″. Find details here.
Need to know more about the constitutional amendments on the ballot before you vote? Here are some great user-friendly resources:
League of Women Voters
The Collins Center for Public Policy
Florida Trend
Florida Tax Watch
Newspaper editorial board endorsements:
Tallahassee Democrat
St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg Times on Amendment 2
Miami Herald
Orlando Sentinel
October 27th, 2008
