Or are you going to lock your doors and hide under the bed until it’s over?
Every 4 years I pull myself together and host an Election Eve party. As the returns come in, we cheer or commiserate as required. Only Democrats are invited — or at least only people who have voted for the Democratic nominee. This is for two reasons: (1) I don’t want to have any discord among guests and (2) I don’t want to spoil the party for myself by thinking that someone within my walls has not done their civic duty.
Most years, I try to have a theme for the food, but there aren’t too many foods that are identified with Hillary Clinton, other than her controversial chocolate chip cookies. With Hillary Rules, even her recipes are subject for scrutiny.
With Carter, one could serve peanut butter and Georgia peaches. With Kerry one could serve Boston clam chowder. Clinton? I can’t think of a thing so I’m taking the easy way out and serving lasagna and several salads.
Beverages will be in abundance, that’s guaranteed: beer, wine, hard stuff. Friends are volunteering to tend bar just to keep busy and fend off their nerves.
I’ll fire up two TV sets and get my laptop set to livestream whatever is of most interest throughout the night.
So what are you all doing on Tuesday evening?
After, of course, you have run yourself ragged getting out the vote.