NewMexiKen would fail to live up to my name if I don’t mention this op-ed piece by Tony Hillerman in Monday’s New York Times.
Now, with polls showing the race undecided, our puny five-vote delegation looks very important. And New Mexicans are not used to this. We are used to being ignored. We love it that way. One of the most popular monthly features in New Mexico magazine is called “One of Our 50 Is Missing.” It consists of reports about folks in other states refusing to accept our “foreign” credit cards, asking if one needs a visa to visit a friend in Albuquerque, or demanding a foreign postage charge to send the pair of shoes you’ve ordered from their catalog. Now, it seems, our fellow Americans finally know what country our state is in. I’m not the only one hoping that after tomorrow, they’ll forget.