Are you the pot or the kettle?

There was a letter to the editor in The Dallas Morning News from Anna Chandler of Lancaster. She says that when she went to vote late in the evening in the recent primary, the parking lot of her polling place was gridlocked. She circled the lot three times and still couldn't park her car, so she was unable to get to the poll by 7 p.m. when voting closed.

"I don't see why poor logistical planning should negate my right to vote," she bemoans.

Well, let's analyze her situation:

1) All predictions were for a very high voter turnout.
2) Early voting went on for at least a week or two prior to the actual election day.
3) Voting by mail is available for those who cannot make it to the polls.
4) Polls opened at 7 a.m. on election day.
5) She must have arrived at the poll no earlier than 6:45 p.m. if she had time to circle the parking lot only three times before the poll closed.

Yes, Ms. Chandler is correct -- she is guilty of very poor logistical planning! Ms. Chandler didn't say whether she was voting in the Democratic or Republican primary, but I'd bet my next paycheck that she's a Democrat. Only Democrats whine when the government doesn't hand them everything on a silver platter and say, "There, there," when they're victims of their own stupidity. Maybe she can get a law passed requiring valet service at the polls for the poor, downtrodden, who suffer parking discrimination.