Election Nov. 2

The first Tuesday in November should be an interesting day. The Republicans are trying to wrest control of Congress from the Democrats, and they're trying to hang on to their majority. "They" say that one of the most interesting races is the local one here between Scott Rigell and Glen Nye. Earlier this month, I wrote a letter to the editor rapping Rigell for his current and former campaign ads. The one that I thought was the silliest was an ad he ran many months ago. He said that he was going to go to Congress and fire Nancy Pelosi. The closing jab in my letter was that if he did get elected (I said if Hades froze over but they edited that part) that he would be a freshman Representative and wouldn't have the power to fire the men's room attendant. That's pretty acerbic but I thought he was pretty arrogant for his statements. I noticed that nobody commented on my letter. In truth, I didn't think they would publish it. I do get published about twice a year, and that's probably about the most they would do so that one person doesn't hog the op-ed page. I really enjoy writing letters to the editor. I relish the opportunity to see my name in print and most of the letters I write are about matters close to my heart, such as one about the Governor's desire to close Southeastern Virginia Training Center, which houses adults who are developmentally delayed. The governor nixed his idea later, but I'm not that arrogant to think he did so after reading my letter. Anyway, getting back to the campaign, I also found it interesting that Rigell ran a commercial talking about his humble roots when he came to Virginia, his dealership, and his first business which was a janitorial one. Maybe I was clairvoyant; the ad didn't run until after my letter. Maybe Rigell would want to fire the men's room attendant so that he could apply for his job? Who knows. I say aye for Nye. One more comment: seems like a lot of people want to get rid of the Democrats because of the current economic situation, and have the Republicans fix this mess. However, wasn't it the Republicans and that retired guy from Texas that got us into this situation? Obama is right; it takes time to turn all this around. I don't want a bunch of elephant worshipers trying to fix all the ills that ail us. Let's see what happens in three days. Stay tuned....