17 September 2012

New one-act play -- American Politics, 2012


Absolutely true account with no embellishments, 17 September 2012 (seven weeks prior to the US Presidential election):

{Dramatis Personae:
--Q1-Q7: Overburdened polling worker
--Me: Unsuspecting victim of political process
--Phone: Unwitting telephone with Wisconsin area code.}

Phone: "Ahem - Ring Ring."

["Me" picks up "Phone"]

Q1: "Are you planning to vote in November?"
Me: "Yes"

Q2: "Are you voting for Mitt Romney, Republican or Barack Obama, Democrat?"
Me: "Jill Stein."

Q3: "Who?" (I suspect she's off-script at this point)
Me: "Green Party candidate"

Q4: "I'll put you down for 'undecided' then."
Me: "But I'm very decided."

Q5 (not really Q's at this point, I suppose): "How about 'other'?"
Me: Sure.

Q6: "For Senate, are you planning to vote for Pete Hoekstra, Republican, or Debbie Stabenow, Democrat?"
Me: "I live in Wisconsin."
[Explanatory note: the people listed above are candidates for the upper house seat in Michigan]

Q7: "Oh. Thank you for your time."

{Exeunt}

Read into it whatever you'd like... no third party in the United States, no knowledge of who's running, polls that end up calling the wrong state, among other issues.

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