Election Day

[seventhe]

So here's one of the few politically-relevant posts you'll get from me.

I hope, if you live in the US, that you head out to vote today. I also hope that you haven't gotten so psyched over the presidential election that you've ignored your local races and local issues. Often, it's the local stuff that can really be influenced by a few determined voters; also, often, it's the local issues that are really going to affect your life more. I understand that 2008 is a big year for the presidency, but I've spent just as much time (if not more) looking into what's on the plate for Ohio / Cleveland / Akron, because those are the things that are directly going to affect me.

I kind of want to say that if you actually can't name your Congressmen and your Senators, if you can't tell me what issues are on your ballot, then you have absolutely no right to be pretending you care about the presidential election. But that's probably the kind of statement that bothers me most about politics: "If you don't believe in / support X, you are an idiot and you do not deserve Y."

Judgements like that pretty much offend me uncategorically, whether they're about politics, or religion, or academia, or -- or about cars or shoes. This election all-around has been pretty disappointing to me, mainly because of the sheer amount of judgemental superiority I've been seeing from both sides. Not just from the campaigns -- from their supporters, people at work or in school or on LJ who feel like they have the moral high ground because of one choice or another. I'm really sick of the attitude that there is a right and a wrong on so many of the issues we're dealing with today; often, it isn't that clear-cut.

This is why I've been staying out of the political realm. Because even if I agree with you completely, if you try to present your beliefs as the One True Path, you're likely to offend me with that.

But that's neither here nor there.

We have a great chance to get out there and change things about our country today, guys, from small things to big things. Let's do it.

And on that note, I'll end it with this:

Bush: 'Can I Stop Being President Now?'

And a game: Caption This Icon With A Cock Joke Or An "In Your Pants" Joke Plz



Happy Election Day to all.

Comments

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

<3

Thank you for being the least wanky post today!

~Cendri

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I figured ending it with a (potential) cock joke would help diffuse tempers somewhat. XD

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

Yes.

I think the caption should be "Vote Early. Vote Often In My Pants."

~Cendri

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

no worries: certain things stay screened, on this entry. :)

That would make a great animated icon! IF ONLY I WASN'T STUCK WITH MS PAINT.

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

If I didn't have lab soon, I'd make that.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Even something as simple as "Democrats: In Your Pants" would work, but MSPaint is so freaking crappy with text.

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Apparently every old person in twinsburg decided to vote the same time I did so I was there almost an hour. However, this was an hour during work time so that makes it an hour well spent.

And you are right, this election has been very polarized. Maybe tomorrow all the election signs will be gone and everyone can get back to being normal without getting so offended about different views.

As for your pic...I'm not making you an icon but if I was it would probably end with "It's fantastic".

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I almost said the same thing, but I knew only you would get the joke! XD

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

I'm voting green in the local election in my city. :) I like the Green Party candidate!

[churched.livejournal.com]

Woman: Are you smuggling in extra ballots or are you just happy to see me?

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

It's elastic...makes girls spastic...

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I could tell she wanted the dick when she looked into my eyes?

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

My dick is coming to a mouth near you!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

HAHA, AWESOME!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

XD The look on her face looks anything but happy!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I gave her some Hennessey...

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

Haha we've got a big issue in our local elections about land flipping, so there have been quite a few council meetings and stuff about it. And I tend to be sort of a closet tree-hugger about nature stuff, HAHAHA. I GO HUG TREEZ NOW, Y?

But seriously, I'm super pumped about today. Democracy makes me horny!!

[drakonlily.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this. It's very much annoying that each side seems to have crashed down into OMG YOU DID THIS U SUCK!!! or Candidate A is the devil and he will eat your babies. I hate the whole "Your side sucks" way of debate. What happened to them telling us why THEY ARE RIGHT?

I can't help but check everything I hear against a candidate, and it always has the opposite effect that they want, I'd imagine. Further, I want to hear why they are good, if all we hear is negativity then we really are choosing the best of the worst and I LOATHE that feeling.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I AM A CLOSET TREE-HUGGER TOO. I do it more through small things, like using reuseable shopping bags and carpooling, but every little bit counts! I GO HUG TREEZ NOW, indeed. HAHA.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

if all we hear is negativity then we really are choosing the best of the worst

THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU. It sums up most of my feelings on this recent election!!

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Mad at your boyfriend, ain't ya?

(Are we covering all rap songs now?)

[darcenciel.livejournal.com]

Amen and amen.

[churched.livejournal.com]

Maybe she's just waiting for the best time to ply him with her lines. "Nice legs, when do they open?"

[deadshrimpblues.livejournal.com]

Christ, you're lucky you CAN vote Green in your locals. An awful lot of the lesser choices where I was registered came down to 'Republican vs LOLbertarian.'

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

(yes, and then moving directly into Electric Six, if this goes the same way it always does)

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

(how about a combo!)

Do me like you should, fuck me good, suck me good at the gay bar gay bar gay bar?

(I'm sure the pictures will come out eventually too)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I like the way you're workin' it
No diggity
You must have been the Dance Commander?

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

X gon give it to you evil boys eating evil hamburgers.

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

It's a big thing that we have 4 people running- Dem, Rep, Green, and Independent in this congressional district election. I was excited to be able to vote Green! (Iowa is backasswards on most things anyway, so it was like WHOA WHAT?)

[itsbuttery.livejournal.com]

God, your post was delicious.

I went just after the morning rush, so I got in and out of my poling location in about 30 minutes.

As far as the icon goes, I can't think of a good caption, but I DO keep getting this ridiculous idea that perhaps COCK would've been a better VP than anyone.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I want you smothered want you covered like my fire in the disco?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

I have to wait until after class, and then I will have to fill out the address change form and vote provisional, because I TOTALLY DIDN'T REALIZE that moving 5min away actually puts me in a different district! OOPS.

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

"Your father must have been a butcher, because he gave you two fine hams"?

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

He's back!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

DDDDD:

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Better?

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

[hilldo.livejournal.com]

Gah flickr is blocked here again.

(Insert crying child picture here again)

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Aw, sorry, I didn't realize it was from Flikr!

[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously:

Erection Day: Change (in my pants) we can believe in

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so far I think "Erection Day" wins. XDD

[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

What is my prize? Please say it is more uncomfortable Obama dancing. Have you seen the clips of him on Ellen? PAINFUL!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

No, haha! Although I also heard he was crap at bowling!

[heyheyrenay.livejournal.com]

Gutter balls. XD

(lol balls)

[irish-ais.livejournal.com]

THERE YOU GO.

[mad-rex.livejournal.com]

Yours is officially the best "Go Vote" message I've seen today, simply because it acknowledges this:

I also hope that you haven't gotten so psyched over the presidential election that you've ignored your local races and local issues. Often, it's the local stuff that can really be influenced by a few determined voters; also, often, it's the local issues that are really going to affect your life more.

A lot of people feel like one vote doesn't count. Hell, I feel that way about the presidency, since I've never lived in one of the battleground states. But there's more than that, there's more to it than that, and it's good to see someone highlighting that fact for a change. ^_^

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

Thanks for saying this :) This year, I feel like the only person more concerned about local stuff than about the presidency, but Ohio (which gets a lot of attention for being a "battleground state") is slowly dying, and it needs my help. And yeah, it helps me feel like my one vote counts towards something -- I can look at the tallies and be all, "One of those was me!"