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I Was Too Damn Sick to Vote Properly

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If you don’t follow blogger, illustrator and pug-lover Gemma Correll, you should:

This cartoon by Gemma depicts what happened to me on Monday night after I suddenly developed a fever.

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After researching the possible causes of my fever, I felt much worse and did go to bed early. I stayed there most of the following day but dragged myself out late in the afternoon to vote. Due to my dire illness, I voted all wrong. What other excuse is there for not voting for Jimmy McMillan for governor?

Jimmy McMillan

Jimmy represents the Rent Is Too Damn High party. I’m an owner, not a renter, of my apartment but I am trying to find some new office space and, indeed, the rent is too damn high. Jimmy’s spectacular facial hair is surely worth of support. And, most importantly, as the winner of the 2008 Drysdale Award for the Blog With the Most Swears, I should support any party with “damn” in its name without question. If you made the same mistake as me, you can still show your love for Jimmy by buying a t-shirt. Click the photos to shop.

All of this inspired me to check YouTube for videos of the original Broadway cast of Rent. I was impressed to find clips from the 1996 opening night. I’m a big hypocrite. While I totally agree with my beloved Patti LuPone for going off on a photographer during a 2009 performance of Gypsy, I was still delighted to find the Rent videos. So sue me!

If the Rent Is Too Damn High party doesn’t run in the next election, I’ll have to vote for the Tea Party. Not THAT Tea Party! Gemma Correll’s Boston (Terrier) Tea Party!

Click to buy cute stuff from Gemma.

Cute dogs and cupcakes are a winning ticket.

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  1. Wow… you must have been in a medication-induced haze… that goes to show that drugs and voting don’t mix! I hope you’re feeling better soon 🙂

  3. I too have become riddled with some horrid pestilence. At home feeling incredibly sorry for self. Hope you improve soon. Love those cartoons.

  12. Loved the google diagnosis:) We’ve had some interesting party’s here in South Africa, notably the Soccer Party, the Moral Improvement Party, and my personal favourite, the Abolition of Income Tax Party:)

  22. if only cute cats and dogs were running the show! wait. maybe that wouldn’t work? hahahah. we’d be their slaves pretty quickly, but we kind of are already! hahaha

    hope you feel better soon!!!!

    p.s. my rent is too high and my landlord is a twat.

  23. I’m so glad you made that Tea Party distinction!

    The rent is too damn high EVERYwhere. It’s outlandish here, as well.

    I voted via mail-in ballot. Maybe you should, too! Then you can be sick or dying or dead or undead and still vote.

  24. I was/am too damn Canadian to vote in the election. Alas.

    But I did see *Rent* in, I believe, its fifth week, five rows from the stage (swoon). Its ticket prices were too damn high, though.