Comments on: Election fatigue

By: Ti

Ti — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:53:07 +0000

Saying that women are trained through social conditioning to be catty and misogynist is not the same as saying women ARE catty and misogynist. It’s a statement about prevailing conditions. How do you think they get passed on, if not through social indoctrination?

By: Seanette

Seanette — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:49:47 +0000

Yeah, great advice there, have me violate my lease by disabling my doorbell so some UNINVITED pest can keep my husband from getting the sleep he needs in order to work safely.

How about the occupant having a right to some peace and quiet, not to mention sleep? Isn’t part of “living in a community” respecting others’ rights to be left in peace if they so wish?

By: Lil'

Lil' — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:29:10 +0000

My coworker has a cool idea about how to get the Jehovah’s Witnesses to leave him alone. His voice naturally sounds a lot like Lurch from The Adam’s Family, and he found some red contacts online. He’s going to put them in when he sees them walking through the neighborhood, and when they get to his house, he’s going to open the door slowly and say “I’ve been waiting for you.”

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:46:34 +0000

I live in a neighborhood where we get lots of unwanted traffic; political candidates, Jehovah’s Witnesses, people wanting to clean my gutters etc. I don’t answer the door. I don’t care if they can see me in my house, I didn’t invite you here and I don’t know you. My home is my sanctuary and I have no obligation to you.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:25:09 +0000

“Get your shit together and move to a state where the election is never close, no one will ever bother you.”

Nope! Not true! I live in true blue country, where there was near zero chance of Romney taking the state. They just bothered us on local races and ballot referrendums.

By: Mara

Mara — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:01:37 +0000

I’m just saying that it won’t end unless you open the door and say something, be it invective or not. They will not call you either. Get your shit together and move to a state where the election is never close, no one will ever bother you.

Although I personally think people who can’t be bothered to deal with the fact that they live in a world with other human beings and won’t disconnect their doorbells are stupid, it’s more of a practical thing for the people who don’t like to be ‘bothered;’ they will bother you until they get an answer one way or another.

By: The Elf

The Elf — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:00:23 +0000

My husband started telling everyone who called that he was keeping tallies of who called and what they interrupted. The more calls times the level of interruption = points against the caller’s candidate or ballot issue. He would then vote accordingly. It didn’t stop the calls, but we did walk to the polls with a -42 against Sen. Cardin. His people interrupted both sleep and sex.

By: BuckyTooth

BuckyTooth — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:49:55 +0000

I feel a great sense of relief now that it’s over. I was so stressed. I was getting non-stop calls from Tea Party asshats. I told them I voted absentee already for Obama and to not call me again. Well, they didn’t care and kept calling. Next time, I’ll tell them I voted for their guy and maybe then they won’t call me every single day (each time, exactly when my 1-year-old fell asleep!!). I can just see a bunch of Tea Partiers thinking it’s funny to harass a Democrat.

Glad we won it and it’s finally over.

By: teresa

teresa — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:17:18 +0000

WTF? She’s adorable and her eyes are just beautiful. And I totally agree she’s just having an “ugly cry”. And who isn’t sick to death of all this election sh*t??

By: havingfitz

havingfitz — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:57:53 +0000

Shwo, I’m with you. I don’t exactly live in the safest neighborhood, and if I’m not expecting someone I do not answer my door. But I didn’t have to worry this year. Even though I’m in Ohio, one of the advantages to living where I do is that the canvassers were too afraid to come anywhere near us. You won’t get shot, but I can’t guarantee that you won’t get eaten…

By: redheadwglasses

redheadwglasses — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:46:10 +0000

Oh my god, WHO FREAKING CARES who this guy is? If you’re stalking him via Facebook, you’re a total tardmo and you need a job and/or a hobby.

By: redheadwglasses

redheadwglasses — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:44:47 +0000

And we did represent! Voted those two damn amendments DOWN! (I won’t officially live in St. Paul again for 10 more days.)

By: redheadwglasses

redheadwglasses — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:44:06 +0000

Those two things, or sucking dick, Elf!

By: Spooky

Spooky — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:23:57 +0000

Lots of us from St. Paul…. Represent!