Election day used to bring a promise of a fresh start. America could hit the re-set button. We could come together and rationally discuss what was working vs what wasn't working, and change things accordingly. We voted as early as possible, because the bars could not re-open until all the polling places had officially closed. Nobody wanted to be that guy holding up the taps from flowing. Before we went to bed we knew who was in and who was out and everybody just kinda shrugged and that was that. Some slept better than others, but there was never a sense that what had just happened was about to strangle American democracy in the bathtub and then hang its dead carcass from a front porch flag pole.
I feel like a dart board in a dive bar...
I feel like a dart board in a dive bar...
I feel like a dart board in a dive bar...
Election day used to bring a promise of a fresh start. America could hit the re-set button. We could come together and rationally discuss what was working vs what wasn't working, and change things accordingly. We voted as early as possible, because the bars could not re-open until all the polling places had officially closed. Nobody wanted to be that guy holding up the taps from flowing. Before we went to bed we knew who was in and who was out and everybody just kinda shrugged and that was that. Some slept better than others, but there was never a sense that what had just happened was about to strangle American democracy in the bathtub and then hang its dead carcass from a front porch flag pole.