Rock the vote?

06Oct08

I’m voting for the first time this year.  At least I hope to.  I hope fear doesn’t win out.  Here’s my fear.  Voting is supposed to mean something.  Questions about the worth of voting in a predominantly democratic state where the majority of people probably just vote along party lines come to mind; unfortunately, this is not what really worries me.  What really worries me is that I might not know enough to make a good choice.  Maybe I won’t even know who’s running for certain offices.  Not voting in those cases would be better than voting, wouldn’t it???  But if I don’t vote then I’m just facilitating the notion that I can’t do anything to see any change happen because I literally did nothing.

I’m also concerned that those candidates and offices I don’t even know about mean way more than the presidential election.  More and more the president seems like a figure head instead of someone who controls the country.  Sure he has veto power and can nominate supremes, but what else can he/she (excuse me I haven’t been using she) do that is going to effect me???  I’m not really sure any more.  Congress can accomplish things without the president, but not really the other way around…right?

So I’m scared to rock the vote because the vote might actually wind up rocking me and most definitely our economy.

Go ahead rock the vote in droves and see what happens when rocking the vote without knowing what you’re rocking does.

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