Cyan, magenta and yellow are not the names of Kardashian offspring, yet. Those are the primary colors and likely on a yard sign near you.
Since Kentucky's state flower is a weed, could Kentucky's state weed be the yard sign? It may sound crazy, but nothing grows on lawns across our state every other May like the campaign yard sign.
And since our governor and other statewide offices are off-year, those things often sprout 3 Mays in a row! This is starting to sound like algebra.
Crazy algebra.
You'll have to excuse me, but primary season in Kentucky has that effect on me. It's the closed primary. Many states in this country have open primaries and most of my voting life I've been registered as an independent.
An independent doesn't get to vote in the primaries here, as many of my fellow hard heads know. Kentuckians prefer having party leaders tell them what to think, so we demand people be registered to a party to vote in the primaries.
I believe all registered voters have a right to cast a ballot whenever the polls are open. The roll of parties should be to offer candidates, not control elections.
I got to vote in Georgia and Ohio when I lived in those states. But not my home state.
So I finally rgistered Democrat in 2016 to be able to say I voted for Bernie. I changed my registration exactly one day too late to get to actually vote.
I am only able to say I tried to vote for Bernie.
Consequently, I'm still a Democrat. I haven't changed my registration back to independent. I really would rather be unaffiliated, but I guess I want to vote in a primary after twenty five years.
And maybe stick it a little to the guy in the Oval Office.
Another busy primary season is upon us. More offices than I can count are up for grabs. Our proposed state weed is thriving, covering lawns, power poles, double wides, baby buggies and tombstones. Like cardboard kudzu.
It thrives for about a month, then dies back a bit until October when it proliferates again. Some hardy specimens manage to stand for months, even years.
But I digress.
Next week I'll try once again to vote in the Kentucky primaries. It's not a sure thing. I'm hoping it works out, that the poll workers don't laugh me out of the building. Like last time.
It's not my habit to endorse candidates but that won't stop me this time around.
What will stop me is the ANE's editorial policy. I had to be reminded of it being a novice endorser. I don't know the price of cigarettes, either.
Which I'm totally good with.
What I will say is it's well past time for new ideas. This homer is hoping the Democratic party puts progressive candidates on the ballot in November.
If that happens, maybe I'll be planting weeds, too!