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The government is out to get me!
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Actually, more acurately, the government is out to IGNORE me!
I must confess to all of you that I have ignored my civic duty in my early years of my adulthood. I failed to vote when i turned 18. In fact, it wasn’t until i had returned from overseas and was faced with a major election that i even *tried* to vote. You gotta understand that I’m pretty opinionated about how the government is run but have a hard time believing that i, by my lonesome, can make a difference (mostly because of the electoral college, etc.). Also, mix in a bit of ignorance because it’s not a priority of mine to be informed on politics, and you get someone who has an UNINFORMED OPINION (but is very aware of it). Therefore i counted myself unworthy of voting.
Despite my self-depricating opinion, i tried to vote anyway. This was the Bush vs. Gore election in 2000. I had already registered so i thought i was all ready to go. For some reason, i check the status of my registration the day before elections. Lo and behold i was NOT registered even though i had an affidavit certifying my registration! Needless to say, i stayed home from the polls that day.
THIS year, i was for SURE going to vote! I can’t stand another 4 years of this monkey in the white house! (though apparently, i’m not going to have much of a choice about that...) I sent away for my absentee ballot with time to spare to get it in under the deadline. For a couple of weeks i was ok not receiving my ballot, but as the day of doom drew closer and closer, i began to worry a bit. I had hope up until that very day.
Ok, so it doesn’t make a big difference who i vote for anyway because Cali is pretty solid on voting Democrat. All i’m gonna say is how out of touch with the rest of the nation was I? How can the WHOLE middle part of America vote for Bush so solidly? THE WHOLE MIDDLE PART! I was shocked. Yes, out of touch. And this is why i will never move to that middle part that was colored solidly red on the lovely CNN map. Nope. Couldn’t pay me to live there.
Was that enough of a rant or what? MORE CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!