Heh, burnt out is definitely how I would describe myself right now.
I mentioned this yesterday (or...two days ago now, I guess - since it's after midnight) on my blog, but every time I've been eligible to vote, I've voted third party. For a long time I was in California, and I always heard "Well, yeah, I'd totally vote for Nader, but if I do then I'm basically just casting my vote for GWB."
Excuse my language, but FUCK THAT.
Seriously, we're never going to be able to get rid of the outdated EC model if we don't realize that we need to be able to actually make our votes count for something. The only way to do that is by voting for the candidate you feel best represents your beliefs, that you think will do the best job of representing you as an individual.
It hurts me that more people don't/won't/can't seem to realize this.
I meant what I said to you last night, which I paraphrased in that post today (or yesterday, however we're going to look at it), I really hope that someday we'll realize that we can break out of the current system. I think of my grandparents (specifically my dad's parents) who actually believed in this country - I wish I had that same faith they did.
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Date: 2012-11-08 05:50 am (UTC)I mentioned this yesterday (or...two days ago now, I guess - since it's after midnight) on my blog, but every time I've been eligible to vote, I've voted third party. For a long time I was in California, and I always heard "Well, yeah, I'd totally vote for Nader, but if I do then I'm basically just casting my vote for GWB."
Excuse my language, but FUCK THAT.
Seriously, we're never going to be able to get rid of the outdated EC model if we don't realize that we need to be able to actually make our votes count for something. The only way to do that is by voting for the candidate you feel best represents your beliefs, that you think will do the best job of representing you as an individual.
It hurts me that more people don't/won't/can't seem to realize this.
I meant what I said to you last night, which I paraphrased in that post today (or yesterday, however we're going to look at it), I really hope that someday we'll realize that we can break out of the current system. I think of my grandparents (specifically my dad's parents) who actually believed in this country - I wish I had that same faith they did.