11.04.2008

Go Vote!

Go make your voice heard, my few faithful readers! I’ve already made mine heard, absentee style. Oh, and don’t forget that there are more than 2 candidates running.
Posted by bruised reed at 23:02
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2 comments:

Jeffrey said...

I made my choice and abstained from selecting a person to represent/lead me. I choose to do that myself, thank you very much.

5/11/08 12:04
bruised reed said...

First, sorry it's taken me awhile to respond to this. I've been away from the blog for awhile. Anyway, I understand the protest "non-vote." Especially when there's a Republicrat duopoly which silences other voices. As for saying that you don't need anyone to lead you - well, I can understand it to a degree, if you lean toward either anarchism or minarchism or even libertarianism. I tend to lean more libertarian these days. However, saying that you don't need anyone to represent you is taking it a bit far. Are you going to go to Washington yourself to draft legislation? Or to stop legislation? The thing is, if you are fed up with the Republicrats, then you of all people should be voting to send that message. The duopoly will certainly never end if those fed up won't vote for a third option.
Now, to backtrack a little... in a way, I can understand not needing anyone to represent you if by choosing someone to represent you, you just sit back and don't hold them accountable to how you want to be represented. That is how it goes too often with us. I'm tempted to just give up on politics all together now that the election's over from burn out, but I/we should continue to keep up with things, sign petitions, write letters to our senators and representatives, etc. It should be more participatory. And perhaps I'm not doing enough myself. Anyway, I understand your sentiment, but I have to disagree that it's the way to go. I used to think that, but now I say we should use our right to vote. (wow, this is becoming a long reply comment...) Of course, I don't know what your choices were on the ballot in Colorado. I voted for Ron Paul. Some of my biggest concerns lately have to do with the government spying programs, the RealID, the corporate bailouts, and the Federal Reserve. There are others, but I've written enough. I think Obama has the potential to be a good president. He's intelligent and I think he understands nuance enough to govern effectively. I have some real concerns, but we'll see. Well, I guess I should've made this an actual post, but it was a rambling reply to your comment. Thanks for commenting, by the way.

27/11/08 23:15

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