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The Battle in the Trenches - The battle lines have been drawn!
Mrs. NewHampster and I disagree as to who is best suited to lead this country. We've managed to remain somewhat civil throughout the months but as the primary draws near things are getting downright ugly.
I made my decision on the day the Senator announced she would take up the fight.
Mrs. NH made her decision when Senator Obama announced. I'm not here to defend or criticize my wife's commitment. She was a local star of the Dean campaign and has done an admirable job for Obama.
The battle of the signs started slowly. We had 2 Hillary signs throughout the summer until the late starting Obama people put two out in late fall.
A silly battle yes, but when you are fighting for the hearts and minds of your neighbors yard signs do matter. Just as with canvassing, a yard sign gives local validation to the candidate.
I, the one who mows the lawn, took care to move and replace all 4 signs. Then when winter and real primary season began, I added one more sign. She countered with two etc. I also as the good democrat pulled all the signs out of the ground before last weeks big snow. I then replaced all, including hers. When my snowblower covered Obama's name, I actually cleaned it off.
How does she thank me? She put up two more on both sides of our driveway.
My guess is the neighbors may be laughing and looking hard at Ron Paul.
Breakfast is kind of quiet too.
I'm not here to debate about Hillary vs Obama.
I have a question. Our kids are grown and we have 3 extra bedrooms and a finished basement. For months I've asked if a Hillary intern could crash here. The answer has always been a resounding NO.
Then the other day, after we had a foot of snow, she asked where someone could park their car if a couple were to stay with us during the last week of the primary? I verified that she meant Obama supporters and volunteered to plow out our side parking space for Hillary people.
Dinner was not pleasant that night. She has not asked again.
Being that I am a pragmatic Hillary supporter, today I offered a compromise. I offered to plow out the space if we could have interns/volunteers from both camps. I think it would be fun as we're all eventually on the same team.
She of course said no.
I'm sure dinner will be quiet again tonight.
Why this question in the first place? All the campaigns have volunteers and interns coming to NH for the last week. It sometimes boggles the mind but people will travel cross country to help out and play a part in this epicenter of politics.
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