*Sigh* It's over. For those of you holding out hope that we'll get some miraculous news from Ohio, let it go. Even Kerry conceded, so why are you holding on? Ohio...the new Florida. "Who woulda thunk it?" In this day of technology and gadgetry, why is voting still so complex and archaic? People still waiting in line for eons to pull the lever, touch the screen in the kiosk or fill out a paper ballot that gets filed in a special box (or trash can, as it were). What was voting like when George Washington was elected? Roosevelt? It seems like the more technology we have to simplify things, the more opportunities there are for the process to be screwed up. We have all the intelligence in the world at our disposal...yet we still have George W. Bush in office. That's right kids: "the more things change, the more they stay the same".
So we have 4 more years of oppression.
This election has spawned some questions for me:
1. WHY on earth are minorities voting Republican?! I have encountered some Black Republicans in my day and I really don't comprehend it. Yesterday at the poll, two Black females were debating. They looked to be 18-20. One was for Kerry ("K1") and the other for Bush ("B1"). B1's arguments in support of Bush were as nonsensical as Bush's own arguments in defense of his actions. K1 reminded B1 about the war and B1 responded "well, none of my family is involved in that so it doesn't matter". I wanted to grab her and shake her. This is what happens when "thinkers" are afflicted with hedonism. Very dangerous combination.
2. With all the efforts to mobilize the vote, how is it that roughly the same number of 18-24 year olds voted yesterday as they did in 2000? Word on the street is that the "Vote or Die" campaign, and other similar youth and urban vote mobilization efforts led to a larger percentage of voters in favor of this year's democratic candidate, but didn't do anything to increase the # of 18-24 year old voters. I.E. if 300,000 18-24 year olds voted in 2000, then 300,000 voted in 2004. The only difference is that in 2004 Kerry got more of the 300,000 than Gore did in 2000. That sucks....and what's up with Ludacris, 50 Cent and Paris Hilton ("Vote or Die" promo people) not voting...allegedly not even registered to vote?! http://www.nydailynews.com/11-03-2004/news/col/story/249160p-213102c.html
3. Why is it that George W. Bush can be elected twice and neither a female nor a person of color is likely to even get a primary election nomination?
I don't need to comment on this one. It speaks for itself.
Lifestyles of the poor and nameless
Thursday, November 04, 2004 at 1:58 AM
Somewhere, a village is missing its idiot
Dee's two cents:
i feel ill.
maybe i'll move to Canada.
On a more upbeat note, I did some research on those political parties and actually found there are several that could join forces to mount opposition to the GOP and the less colorful Democrats. Oh, maybe it wasn't you I said this to. But, I think there could be something to reckon with in the next election. There are always some holdouts in a number of states who refuse not to vote for their no-name leader who nobody nows about. If only it could be the same no-name leader in every state--then a conglomerate part could have 5% and become a third party. Oh no--choices? Alas, what will the American people do?
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Dee's two cents:
i feel ill.
maybe i'll move to Canada.
On a more upbeat note, I did some research on those political parties and actually found there are several that have enough in common that could join forces to mount opposition to the GOP and the less colorful Democrats. Oh, maybe it wasn't you I said this to. But, I think there could be something to reckon with in the next election. There are always some holdouts in a number of states who refuse not to vote for their no-name leader who nobody knows about. If only it could be the same no-name leader in every state--then a conglomerate party could have 5% and become a third party. Oh no--choices? Alas, what will the American people do?
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