Elections and stuff...
Ok, I didn’t intend to write something like this, but at this point, I have to admit, I am disappointed in the way people are acting. Maybe my expectations of how people should behave are too high.
It doesn't matter who you vote for, there is a way to be an adult about it. I am very disappointed to see on a post on my friends list that someone hopes that someone would kill one of the candidates. That is uncalled for. To wish someone to be murdered is just crossing a line that no one should ever wish for.
I am also disappointed to hear (and this came from a student worker) (about Michael Moore) he’s dead by now bush had him whacked... although it is a joke, that there are really people out there that would believe that something like this would happen. That belief that either candidate would be capable of doing something like that is unacceptable to me.
I spent a lot of time researching the issues in trying to make up my mind on who to vote for. What i am disappointed in is how often i hear that one candidate said something/did something that isn't true. And I don't see that people will agree anymore now that the election is over with then they did before the election. I would challenge everyone out there to at least try. It is far easier to just continue to fight and not try to work together from two different, and in this case, drastic sides and if you are truly unable to live in the US with the results of the elections. MOVE.
as my friend lain_wired said: Regardless of who you voted for, the match is pretty much over, and it’s time to move on. People can either sit and drown in their sorrows, stand up and cheer, or whatever else, but that time should be done and over with, and it’s time for work to be done.
Regardless of who wins, the country has spoken out. This year, has seen the highest turnout in almost 40 years. Which, at I think it is 60% of people who registered. (Which is something that I still think should be higher.. but at the same time, those other 40% didn't have enough interest in things to make it out there, and I can understand that). We as a country have to respect that we each get a single vote and that although we might not agree with who the winner is, that we have to respect that we all have the right to have a say in it, and that we have to follow the rules that have been set up in regards to how the votes were counted (i.e. the electoral college) as well as that unlike last time, the popular vote and the electoral college will most likely be for the same person.
according to NPR: All Things Considered, November 2, 2004 • Early indications are that more than 120 million Americans voted Tuesday, and that turnout rose by as much as 20 percent in some states over 2000. No single issue was decisive, according to Andrew Kohut of the Pew Center for the People and the Press…
I think it also says something, and this is something that my family who are life long Chicagoans are all shocked by, is the amount of people in IL (a very traditionally Democratic state) that the vote went 55% for Kerry and 44% for Bush. Considering that there were basically no signage for Bush at all that I saw, that surprises me greatly that there were that many votes. I looked it up for my area. (www.chicagoelections.com - an interesting site for you Chicago types out there) and it was 52.53% for Kerry and 46.83% for Bush.
As I heard someone say on the radio “Don't talk against the other guy, talk about what your like/support about your guy.” I think this year more then ever before, people voted against someone rather then for them. I have to admit my own guilt in doing this at first, but it isn’t the way that we should have to think about things.
Well enough of a rant. I am allowing comments, but I have it set that I am going to approve all of them. Have something constructive to say. I am not going to allow any attacks on either candidate.
It doesn't matter who you vote for, there is a way to be an adult about it. I am very disappointed to see on a post on my friends list that someone hopes that someone would kill one of the candidates. That is uncalled for. To wish someone to be murdered is just crossing a line that no one should ever wish for.
I am also disappointed to hear (and this came from a student worker) (about Michael Moore) he’s dead by now bush had him whacked... although it is a joke, that there are really people out there that would believe that something like this would happen. That belief that either candidate would be capable of doing something like that is unacceptable to me.
I spent a lot of time researching the issues in trying to make up my mind on who to vote for. What i am disappointed in is how often i hear that one candidate said something/did something that isn't true. And I don't see that people will agree anymore now that the election is over with then they did before the election. I would challenge everyone out there to at least try. It is far easier to just continue to fight and not try to work together from two different, and in this case, drastic sides and if you are truly unable to live in the US with the results of the elections. MOVE.
as my friend lain_wired said: Regardless of who you voted for, the match is pretty much over, and it’s time to move on. People can either sit and drown in their sorrows, stand up and cheer, or whatever else, but that time should be done and over with, and it’s time for work to be done.
Regardless of who wins, the country has spoken out. This year, has seen the highest turnout in almost 40 years. Which, at I think it is 60% of people who registered. (Which is something that I still think should be higher.. but at the same time, those other 40% didn't have enough interest in things to make it out there, and I can understand that). We as a country have to respect that we each get a single vote and that although we might not agree with who the winner is, that we have to respect that we all have the right to have a say in it, and that we have to follow the rules that have been set up in regards to how the votes were counted (i.e. the electoral college) as well as that unlike last time, the popular vote and the electoral college will most likely be for the same person.
according to NPR: All Things Considered, November 2, 2004 • Early indications are that more than 120 million Americans voted Tuesday, and that turnout rose by as much as 20 percent in some states over 2000. No single issue was decisive, according to Andrew Kohut of the Pew Center for the People and the Press…
I think it also says something, and this is something that my family who are life long Chicagoans are all shocked by, is the amount of people in IL (a very traditionally Democratic state) that the vote went 55% for Kerry and 44% for Bush. Considering that there were basically no signage for Bush at all that I saw, that surprises me greatly that there were that many votes. I looked it up for my area. (www.chicagoelections.com - an interesting site for you Chicago types out there) and it was 52.53% for Kerry and 46.83% for Bush.
As I heard someone say on the radio “Don't talk against the other guy, talk about what your like/support about your guy.” I think this year more then ever before, people voted against someone rather then for them. I have to admit my own guilt in doing this at first, but it isn’t the way that we should have to think about things.
Well enough of a rant. I am allowing comments, but I have it set that I am going to approve all of them. Have something constructive to say. I am not going to allow any attacks on either candidate.