Recount Mania

As many know, Minnesota is one short in the U.S. Senate because Norm Coleman is piling frivolous lawsuits on top of frivolous lawsuits.  (This after saying the day after the election that Al Franken should drop out of the race for the good of the state.)

The problem (and the key to Coleman’s lawsuits) are the absentee ballots from the election.  There are, apparently, many different ways to mess up an absentee ballot in Minnesota and Minnesotans overwhelmingly exercised all of them.

This is ironic.  You see, before the election, there was plenty of paranoia about election-day cheating.  I received many e-mail messages from both major parties warning me to fill out an absentee ballot so I could “make sure my vote is counted.”   So much for that theory.

I ignored that advice for two reasons.  First, I wasn’t overly paranoid.  Second, I love election day.  It’s the best day to be in a representative democracy.  Voting before election day is, to me, comparable to opening Christmas presents on December 15th.  It just ain’t right unless it is absolutely necessary.

So, I say to those Democrats and Republicans who hounded me to vote absentee early:  be careful what you wish for–you got it.

And have a good day.