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Election time

Posted Sep 24 2008 by Jennifer with Comments Off

I believe that we’re all aware, by now, that the 2008 Presidential Election is less than two months away. It’s hard to go anywhere without seeing Obama or McCain signs, and you can’t turn on the tv without being bombarded by the latest of the ridiculous political ads.

I, personally, was raised in a democrat-leaning home, with outside relatives being republican. Once I got into high school, I started becoming more of a Libertarian, and I guess that’s the closest label you could assign to my political leanings. I didn’t vote for Bush in the last election, but I also didn’t go for Kerry. This time around, I was hoping (in vain) for Joe Biden and Ron Paul to become the leading candidates, but that obviously didn’t happen (which didn’t surprise me). So, I moped around, convinced I was just going to use my option to not vote this time around . . . until Biden was tapped as Obama’s VP pick. Now, I’m voting Obama/Biden.

I won’t go into my opinion of Sarah Palin here, but I will say that I fear having her as VP would not help the feminist cause (ANY feminist cause) at all.

So, to sum up: I’m not going to say “VOTE! YOU HAVE TO VOTE!” I will say this, though. PLEASE educate yourselves on every candidate (from all parties represented). Learn about their views and policies. Learn about their VP and their views and policies. Then make your choice and stick with it. If you think McCain is best, then vote for him. If you think Ralph Nader is best, then vote for him. If you don’t agree with any candidate, though, you have every right as a citizen of the US to not vote. However, if you don’t vote because you didn’t bother to educate yourself on the issue, then you have no right to complain about anything that happens to out country in the subsequent years.