Martha Coakley, and other socially apocalyptic entities

So, on November 7th Massachusetts elected Martha Coakley as the new Attorney General. Being that she was the only non-republican candidate on the ballot, I too voted for her. But as I reflect on my moments spent in the voting booth I wish that I had left that spot blank. Not because my vote was the one vote that decided whether or not this Fem-beast would be elected, after all I certainly don’t approve of the Republican candidate, Larry Frisoli, either. Rather, I wish I had left that spot blank out of general protest. Martha Coakley is as conservative as a democrat can get. She campaigned with a “tough on crime” platform and has stated that she’ll do everything she can to dissuade Deval Patrick from initiating his plan to give driver’s licences to illegal immigrants. Now, I’m not saying that I condone crime (although my personal belief of a universal balance of good and evil, and the duality of the universe in this respect certainly states that it is necessary to existence) but the slogan, “tough on crime” brings some rather pejorative images to my conciousness: death penalty, tougher sentences for “cop killers”, corrupt police officers, less focus on rehabilitation of criminals and more focus on “punishment.” For now I think I’ll have to wait and see how things turn out, with Deval Patrick as governor I doubt that he will allow for the state to forget the rights of the accused. Still we should always watch out for our rights.

As far as the “and other socially apocalyptic entities” part of this subject line…let’s just say: zombies.

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