Don't Blog Angry

So, I had to let a few days pass after election day to cool off. I say grr to voters.

I think the option to cast a blanket vote for one party or another should be completely outlawed. If you want to be an ass and give no actual thought to who you're voting for, and put unqualified/unethical/otherwise unfit people on the public payroll just because of the labels that appear under their names, you should at least have to expend the energy of pushing a button/flipping a lever for each one.

In the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, there were four open seats, and five candidates. Four candidates won either the Democratic nomination or both the Democratic and Republican primaries, one only won a Republican nomination. Of the four listed under the Democratic nominations, one was rated as "Not recommended at this time," by the state bar association, and the Post Gazette had this to say, "Ms. Bigley, the third candidate with dual nominations, could win next month -- but only if the voters don't pay attention. "

Well, they didn't pay attention. The four listed as Democrats won. Ironically, the fellow who only got the Republican nomination and therefore lost, is actually a Democrat and was endorsed by the Democratic Party in the primary.

Talk about your shit luck. And don't even get me started on Lukey's re-election. Hell, apparently we should just forego elections and give all the races to whatever party has more people registered.