on vacation?

I've read facebook entries by people who are outraged, outraged I say!, at Obama for going on vacation and not going to Louisiana. Their posts say Obama does not give a shit and that is why he has not gone down there.

Well, this isn't true!

The Louisiana governor told TV news reporters that he asked President Obama, Secretary Clinton and "The Donald" not to come down until the problems are under control. After all, a vast number of police, etc. are needed to escort the President and these same folks are now needed to work the flooding disaster.

Oddly, these good Republicans don't mention this.

"The Donald" went down to hand out a little of this and a little of that and to get his picture taken. For "The Donald", the Louisiana tragedy is a photo op. This so makes him not suited to be President!

Back to President Obama being on vacation. Who benefits from Obama cutting short his vacation and monitoring the situation in Louisiana from the White House? No one. Obama can be briefed while on vacation.

Do the Republicans really think the President is ever out of touch when on vacation?

write in votes

When I voted this morning, I noted a number of races with the "Write In Vote" option.  I know that "Write In Votes" are not tallied and the names not alphabetized and made available.

What is the point of offering a "Write In Vote" if you do not even present the raw number of "Write In Votes" for each race?

I think that presenting the number of Write In Votes is in the interest of being transparent.

(I wrote this note today and sent it to the Kansas Secretary of State.)

Michael Bell