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David Cook: Where is Ross Perot when you need him?

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Midmorning Thursday – on voting day – I was struck by indecision. Just … couldn’t … decide.

Should I choose the religious guy? Or the one with the name everybody knows? The forward-thinking environmentalist? Or the one so good at promoting childhood education?

“I chose the ‘Christmas-Sing-Along with Mitch Miller and the Gang,'” said Janet Clark, of Harrisburg, Pa.

The LPs were $1 apiece. Surrounded by swarms of people wading through The World’s Longest Yard Sale, I realized choosing among cheap LPs – the London Orchestra plays “Were You There?”, Roger Williams, John Denver or Sesame Street sings country – was far more exciting than what I had done 10 minutes earlier.

When I voted.