~ "Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians."~
Election Day. Thank God.
I wonder how many people got up today and thought; today we elect the next leader of our country. Was that the first thing that crossed your mind this morning? Probably not.
I feel a little disconnected from the election media frenzy, and last minute politicking of desperate presidential campaigns. I'm unable to sit and watch the numbers rolling in state by state. But really isn't it all slightly biased right to the bitter end? FOX will still continue to take pot shots at any Democratic candidate, and their platforms; even after the polling stations close. CNN will still try and look liberal and unbiased while parading a line of 'experts' on screen - which all happen to be Democratic, Liberal or at least non-republican-ish.
Everyone loves a show, right?
Yet, I wonder how many American started their day with hopeful anticipation; energized by the thought of change, lasing change.
Yeah, me neither.
However, no matter however disillusioned or jaded I have become; I remember why I vote, and that I *have* the ability to vote. As a woman, and as a woman of a minority background, I recognize how lucky I am to not only vote, but bitch about the process too. I can sit here in front of my computer screen and ramble on about the media circus that is our election. I have the right to openly express my disgust at political figures, and disagree their ridiculous statements. I am fortunate to have the freedoms that I do. I respect those who gave me those rights, and those who continue to fight to preserve them.
I just hope that when everyone wakes up to the Election Day morning takes a minute to remember where we were at the turn of century, and where we can be in the next century. This voting process has its problems, but for better or worse it is the one we have, and the one that will bring us our next leader - let's make the right choice.
