Overkill

I cannot wait until Tuesday night at 8:00. Why? Because the polls will be closed. Even if the election takes a while to be decided, even if we end up with more hanging chads, at least this will end the swarms of McCain/Palin supporters calling our house four times a day and knocking on our door. The worst part is that Guy and I are already planning on voting for McCain. We don't need to be convinced! The Republican National Committee should really be spending their time and energy elsewhere. We literally received at least three prerecorded phone calls today, which we let go to the answering machine. We received a fourth call a little while ago, and it was a real person, so I decided to answer and tell her that we're already voting for the Republican candidates. She said she was "so happy to hear that," so at least I made someone happy in the process. We also had a few old ladies come ring our doorbell yesterday at 10:00 a.m. We didn't answer, so they went down the street and rang our doorbell again. We didn't answer this time either, so they just left us a pamphlet on the door handle. Not only are these kinds of tactics annoying, but I really think they're ineffective. Even if I wasn't sure who I was going to vote for, I doubt a phone call or a pamphlet would convince me one way or the other.

So...48 hours and counting...