November 7, 2000
After voting, Chris and I went out for Chinese food with some friends. We ate and strolled around Target for a while. We got back in the car; the radio came on, and an announcer said: "We are now calling Florida for Al Gore. I repeat, Al Gore has won Florida."
"Did he say Florida?" I said, amazed. "Wow, he's certain to win now!"
This was the end, the end of innocence.
Okay, it would be more effective if I just stopped writing, but I also remember Election Day 1992, when I was in England and couldn't vote. I also had no TV and no radio and (can you imagine) no internet (because Gore hadn't invented it yet). I was in my tiny dorm room writing a paper on Gulliver's Travels when I heard someone down the hall shouting: "Ralph Nader Ross Perot has won three states!"
I was relieved, the next morning, when I found a newspaper and found it wasn't so.
After voting, Chris and I went out for Chinese food with some friends. We ate and strolled around Target for a while. We got back in the car; the radio came on, and an announcer said: "We are now calling Florida for Al Gore. I repeat, Al Gore has won Florida."
"Did he say Florida?" I said, amazed. "Wow, he's certain to win now!"
This was the end, the end of innocence.
Okay, it would be more effective if I just stopped writing, but I also remember Election Day 1992, when I was in England and couldn't vote. I also had no TV and no radio and (can you imagine) no internet (because Gore hadn't invented it yet). I was in my tiny dorm room writing a paper on Gulliver's Travels when I heard someone down the hall shouting: "
I was relieved, the next morning, when I found a newspaper and found it wasn't so.
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I am also intrigued about the ballot in Nevada which has a "none of the above" choice. What if everyone chooses that one?