Get out the vote
It's 2:35 am. I've been in the midst of the election craze for about 3 weeks now. I've been looking forward to this national election for a few reasons:
- the hellish atmosphere of my place of work will be over
- some sense of what I'll be doing for the next few years will be determined
- potential peace of mind or a new battle
- getting this psycho out of office and replacing him with a more gentle, thoughtful one that will hopefully be more responsive to his constituents
The climate is really tense. Sometimes I think this is because I'm working at a television station that's focusing on the elections. Then I realize this is the case all over because everyone's flipping out. Some are better at hiding it, though.
People are nervous inside and outside the US. The world really is watching, though no one's chanting it. Thousands of lawyers all over the country have been retained by both parties; journalists are in old school media spirits; and, finally, a lot of past apathetic citizens have figured out that this is not the time to be apathetic, regardless of loyalties. If nothing else, I think it's safe to credit the Bush administration with provoking enough passion (negative and positive) that people are seeing what they never believed before: the vote matters.
This is a moment of truth where opt outs are not an option. Too much depends on it this time.
Peace.
- the hellish atmosphere of my place of work will be over
- some sense of what I'll be doing for the next few years will be determined
- potential peace of mind or a new battle
- getting this psycho out of office and replacing him with a more gentle, thoughtful one that will hopefully be more responsive to his constituents
The climate is really tense. Sometimes I think this is because I'm working at a television station that's focusing on the elections. Then I realize this is the case all over because everyone's flipping out. Some are better at hiding it, though.
People are nervous inside and outside the US. The world really is watching, though no one's chanting it. Thousands of lawyers all over the country have been retained by both parties; journalists are in old school media spirits; and, finally, a lot of past apathetic citizens have figured out that this is not the time to be apathetic, regardless of loyalties. If nothing else, I think it's safe to credit the Bush administration with provoking enough passion (negative and positive) that people are seeing what they never believed before: the vote matters.
This is a moment of truth where opt outs are not an option. Too much depends on it this time.
Peace.
posted by smokey spice at 2:34 AM
1 Comments:
i opted out and voted for ralph nader. i had to write him in, but that's what i did. but in response to your notion that kerry is somehow more gentle, i will just quote kerry: "i am going to hunt down and kill the terrorists."
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