But will they remember us in December?
Ah, the joys of living in Iowa in a Presidential election year. No longer can people in California say "where?" No longer do people pronounce our capitol as Dez Moinez. No longer do people think we all run barefoot through the cornfields chasing our cows (okay - we still fight that one occasionally.)
Today I received 13 recorded political phone calls. I heard from Wayne LaPierre and Hayden Fry. I was personally invited to the Bush victory rally at the state fair grounds, not once but twice today and once on Friday. I was invited to the screening of an anti-F911 film.
Oh, the Democrats weren't to be outdone! I heard from them too! No one NEARLY as famous as Hayden Fry, mind you. I was prompted by both parties to get out and VOTE! One call even went as far as saying they didn't care who I voted for, as long as I voted....yeah, whatever. I had so damn many calls, I just wished there was a way to let them know I already voted. Sent in the absentee ballot last week.
Once the campaigning is over, the votes are counted, the chads are hung, and we have named a President, will the rest of the country forget where Iowa is again? Will we be relegated to nothing but a fly-over zone? Probably. They all forget. They always do.
Today I received 13 recorded political phone calls. I heard from Wayne LaPierre and Hayden Fry. I was personally invited to the Bush victory rally at the state fair grounds, not once but twice today and once on Friday. I was invited to the screening of an anti-F911 film.
Oh, the Democrats weren't to be outdone! I heard from them too! No one NEARLY as famous as Hayden Fry, mind you. I was prompted by both parties to get out and VOTE! One call even went as far as saying they didn't care who I voted for, as long as I voted....yeah, whatever. I had so damn many calls, I just wished there was a way to let them know I already voted. Sent in the absentee ballot last week.
Once the campaigning is over, the votes are counted, the chads are hung, and we have named a President, will the rest of the country forget where Iowa is again? Will we be relegated to nothing but a fly-over zone? Probably. They all forget. They always do.
3 Comments:
I wrote a letter to the editor a week or so ago which kind of said what you said, though your was much more touching. Well said:-) It's funny how important we become when they need to get something from us, like a vote. But when it's over I don't expect anything in return.
We know where Iowa is. I mean, I couldn't give you directions, but I could pick it out on a map....and I even know how to pronounce Des Moines :).
LOL, Jen - hey, in case I didn't tell you before, not only do I know where Iowa is - I know where PERRY Iowa is!
Of course, being from Texas, I didn't have to worry too much about political calls (especially since I have never contributed to the Republican party, but I understand that my MOM gets calls from them all the time, lol), but we did get one here BY MISTAKE from the Democrats - they dialed the wrong # looking for someone who was registered as a Democrat. My older daughter took the call - she thought it was funny - the lady asked if she planned to vote (of course she did!) and said she hoped she would make the right decision. My daughter laughed and said she was sure she would!! Little did the poor lady know.... hahahaha ...osm
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