Get out the vote? Get out the REASON to vote!!!! That's right...it's election day once again. I performed my civic duty and marched into my polling booth this morning, bright and early..(I'm quite certain I probably voted for the same asshole that gave me a parking ticket this morning since there was no parking available in my apartment lot). As I waited in line to cast my ballot, I enjoyed listening in to the various conversations taking place around me. Most of them were centered around how negative the campaigning and advertising have become and how it's keeping people out of the precincts on election day. One gentleman was quite disgusted and said he thought about not voting at all. It seemed he was still thinking about it as he stood in line to do just that. He was talking about how he didn't know anything about the candidates, he was only given the reason to NOT vote for their opponents but didn't know where any of them really stood. It was all I could do to not tell him to go home and go back to bed. I will not vote unless I am an informed voter so I almost always do my homework prior to voting and if I haven't, I don't vote. I am not for putting someone new in office just to boot out the incumbent. Change doesn't always garner forward progress.
Happy voting America!
A Christmas Song
14 years ago
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I share you same sentiments. Someone in my office asked me if I always voted along party lines, and I said no. I, like you, research the candidates before voting for them. Brody and I stood in line today and voted. It was wonderful.
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