Just a stupid primary

I have a terrible confession to make... I voted today. Yes, I tried to tell myself (quite accurately) that it's mostly become a pathetic, meaningless ritual, and I shouldn't bother, especially since it was just a stupid primary. The only meaningful (but BORING) "choice" available was to vote for one of the two "Progressives" on the "Democratic" ticket who stand a chance of winning. Indeed, BORING a...nd pretty much a waste of time, since those two Dem candidates for US House of Representatives are really pretty similar in their outlook. On the other hand, I would have cast a ballot for one of the Republican US Senate candidates running today, if by so doing I could have hurt one or all of the others. But that didn't seem like a possibility - there's precious little difference between Mark Neumann, Tommy Thompson , Jeff Fitzgerald or Eric Hovde; "A Pox on ALL their Houses!" Afterward, I was given one of those little staickers - "I Voted Today." Still, it was my obligation, in some sense to vote. Having met Fannie Lou Hamer long ago in my youth, I realize how important it is to exercise that right, for which many "brave souls" sacrificed their very lives. Still, I feel rather foolish, and definitely in the minority; Wisconsin Public Radio reported this morning that the expected turnout in the Repub Senate race was going to be a WHOPPING 20% of eligible voters.