I am sad to report that I have reached a point in this election in which I feel uncompelled to vote at all. Politics is such a sensitive issue with so many people. Trying to share one's political stance with a person voting for the other candidate is as productive as trying to "nail jello to a wall".
It is crazy that government is so intertwined in our lives that we have to decide what is MORE important in regards to issues, for we can't have it all: healthcare, the environment, Native American rights, taxation on my family and on the small businesses that pay me and my significant other, schooling for our children, how I'm going to fill up my car to get me to work, women's pay, etc., etc. etc.
There are plenty of things that I DISLIKE about all the candidates involved. I know who I would prefer, but apparently my vote will be "cancelled out" by votes for the opposition. And I am sad to report that politics and history never were my favorite subject and thus the whole electoral college thing still baffles me. (Please don't confuse this as a need to educate me on this topic, for I have already checked out a book at my local library... and it will probably remain on the floor beside my bed until I need to return it... if only there were more hours in my days and more days in my weeks).
I obviously have some research to do based on the following recent discovery:
Candidates for President and Vice President of the United States on the FLORIDA ballot
• John McCain and Sarah Palin, Republican
• Barack Obama and Joe Biden, Democrat
• Gloria La Riva and Eugene Puryear, Party for Socialism and Liberation - Florida
• Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle, Constitution Party of Florida
• Gene Amondson and Leroy Pletten, Prohibition Party
• Bob Barr and Wayne A. Root, Libertarian
• Thomas Robert Stevens and Alden Link, Objectivist Party
• James Harris and Alyson Kennedy, Florida Socialist Workers Party
• Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente, Green Party
• Alan Keyes and Brian Rohrbough, America’s Independent Party
• Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez , Ecology Party of Florida
• Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander, Socialist Party of Florida
• Charles Jay and John Wayne Smith, Boston Tea Party/Personal Choice Party
• Gary Nettles and Brad Krones, write-in
Politics suck! I can't wait for this darned election to be over so we can all get on with our lives and whatever government policies it comes with for the next four years.
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Women had to FIGHT for the RIGHT to vote in this country and you should be proud to cast your vote. It's hard to find good information with people on TV, radio, and the internet spewing out all sorts of BS -- but it's your responsibility as a citizen to vote for either the person you want to be President or the "lesser of two evils" as some might say. Barack Obama is the better candidate. Let's not buy into all the scare tactics and smears of the Republican campaign and vote on the issues. If you are a democrat, then you probably agree more often with Obama than McCain. I'm hoping that you and a bunch of other people in FL will come out and vote for Obama -- in the interest of small businesses, green collar jobs, health care, and honest leadership. I trust the Constitutional law professor over the guy who graduated in the bottom of his class at the Navy Academy and has been involved in $candal$ as a Senator.
So, you must have known I wouldn't be able to resist commenting on this one... Obama/Biden 2008 -- if nothing else because the possibility of a Palin presidency is terrifying.
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