I'm a registered Democrat sitting here in North Canton, Ohio, a Republican-leaning suburb in a swing county in
Jeff Seemann's district. And I just got a phone call from George W. Bush.
Well, OK, it was a recording of Bush. But the whole point of the call, besides touting himself a bit, was him encouraging me (
me!) to get an absentee ballot and use it.
This seems weird to me.
My first thought was that they want to encourage people in this suburban community to vote absentee because they plan to mess with the voting machines. (Diebold HQ is right here in North Canton.)
My second thought was that they chose their targets more precisely, and they really do want me to vote absentee while the true Bush supporters use the machines. Then they'll junk the absentee ballots.
Sigh. Another sort of Vizzini gambit, I guess. Vote early, vote often.