Happy November 4th. This is the first presidential election where I am old enough to vote. Brian and I will be standing in line tonight, probably for three hours. I guess I'm a nut, but it's also such a responsibility and privilege
There has been a lot of debate about these elections. A lot of controversy, a lot of mudslinging, etc. It's been a hard decision, mostly because I don't like what either party are saying.
In the class where I'm student teaching, there are a lot of kids for McCain and only a few kids for Obama. A few still want to vote for Mitt Romney. :) They were really adamant about their beliefs. When we talked about McCain, they looked like this:
When we talked about Obama, they looked like Christmas was taken away. I'm afraid that after the results come in, they will have to look like Christmas was taken away.
I learned why we vote on Tuesdays. In the old days when people rode around in horse buggies, everyone attended church on Sunday, rode to their voting destination on Monday, voted on Tuesday, rode back on Wednesday, and got home Thursday. They also figured that by November everyone was done with harvest and could come. The question is, why do we still do it? I'm having a hard time getting there because of work, etc, so why don't we push it to the weekend? It's something to think about. There are some movements to move it and there are also movements to make it more than one day, as it is in some other countries.
I feel like tonight I'm choosing the lesser of two evils. I've got to work on being more optimistic and having hope that everything will go well.
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