US Election, 2008
Dude, Where’s the Hope?
Posted by Lindsay.
As I was getting ready for work this morning, the Today show was showing Barack Obama voting at his local polling place. He and Michelle had the girls with them, and it took me back to when my parents took me in the voting booth with them. I was born to vote Democrat, and this is the first year since I turned 18 that I debated not doing so.
I’ve come a long way from that jaded Hillary-loving moderate that toyed with the idea of voting for John McCain out of respect for his service for the country and admiration for his time in Senate. This is the first race in which I had to become a truly educated voter (because seriously, I would have voted against Bush even if I’d had a lobotomy in ‘04). The more I learned about McCain, the more I realized that I could respectfully deny that he represented my beliefs.
US Election 2008 | Comment (0)No pressure, though.
Posted by Kate G..
Can’t you just feel the entire planet holding its breath, hoping we do the right thing?
US Election 2008 | Comment (0)A Long Day
Posted by Keanan.
Hart’s Location, New Hampshire: Obama takes 17 votes, McCain 10, Ron Paul 2. There was 100% voter turnout.
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire: Obama wins 15, McCain takes 6. This is the first time a Democrat has won the town since 1968.
Polls are just opening, but results are already coming.
If Barrack Obama hangs on to all states he’s obtained so far, including Virginia, it’s over. The 44th president of the United States is decided. McCain must turn at least three states from blue to red.
US Election 2008 | Comment (0)It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Posted by Kate G..
I think Election Day may be up there as one of my favorite holidays. Strangely enough, it seems to have a good deal in common with my other favorites. Let’s see what crazy links I can make betwixt three seemingly unrelated holidays and then try to bring it all back to how important it is to vote. Wish me luck!
In addition to E-Day, I love two other holidays like no other: Halloween and Thanksgiving. I think Christmas music is fun but the holiday has been ruined. Easter has the worst candy of any holiday, so they’re out of the running, too. Valentine’s Day preys on your guilt and your wallet (much like Christmas) and Independence Day is obnoxious.
So what do Election Day, Thanksgiving and Halloween have in common? Besides being the most exciting (new president? overeating while watching football? free CANDY?!), they are all purely and uniquely American.
US Election 2008 | Comment (1)The Time is NOW.
Posted by Sara.
I will be the first to tell you, I’m not a morning person… I’m the person the “snooze” button was invented for and it’s assumed I will be at least 15 minutes late for whatever function I’m attending. So I was not particularly thrilled when my husband nudged me out of bed around 6 a.m. this morning. And although the thought DID cross my mind to just not get up, I got over myself and I did it.
Why?
‘Cause today is THE day. Today I voted.
Editors, US Election 2008 | Comment (1)…and then, the panic sets in.
Posted by Kate G..
It’s the day before the election, and I know how you feel.
You’re scared.
You’re not so much scared about who wins or loses. You’re scared about what this election will say about our country. You know that, at this point, if John McCain wins, it’s not the American people who have failed you. It’s the American government.
US Election 2008 | Comments (2)Am I the only one who cried?
Posted by Kate G..
Well, I know I’m not the only one, since my partner (now my FIANCEE!) was sitting next to me, bawling her eyes out along with me.
So let me re-phrase: anyone outside of my apartment cry like a little bitch watching Obama’s 30-minute media blitz?
I don’t know what it was. The fact that I was slighty intoxicated may have aided the flow of tears. But had I been of sound mind and body at the time, I’m pretty sure the message still would have hit me hard. Maybe a tear or two would’ve squeaked out, too.
US Election 2008 | Comments (2)My first campaign donation.
Posted by Lindsay.
Last night, I busted out my bank card and bought a little piece of the American dream. There are a few reasons for this late-in-the-game gesture, and I’d like to share them with you.
First, I’m a TV junkie. It doesn’t help that one of my very favorite people is AJ, of TV Rewind and Stalking with the Stars. Unfortunately, unlike her, I lack DVR technology. So, last night, my prime time was met with Barack Obama’s 30 minutes of sweet campaign advertisin’. Normally I wouldn’t watch something like this, but I was working on a freelance project and planning to watch the rest of Game 5 anyway.
I am incredibly emotional lately (details coming in an upcoming article about my experiences giving up Yaz because it’s too expensive), so aspects of this infomercial/Obamamercial hit me especially hard. I actually found myself tearing up over the older couple in Ohio who can’t afford their prescription drugs. I think it might have been when the man, who has been retired for 10 years, put on his Wal-Mart name tag. The older men working at Wal-Mart have always tugged at my heart strings, especially around here where I know they once upon a time had steel industry or manufacturing jobs. So major points for Obama for getting me all verklempt early on.
US Election 2008 | Comment (0)Race or Sex: Which is the winning card?
Posted by Keanan.
We are no longer growing closer and closer to the 2008 Presidential Election by the month, week, day; we are growing closer by the hour, minute, second. It’s less than a week away now, and still we are debating and arguing over points that seem less than important to the whole picture.
So what, you ask, will make or break this election for either party? What could and probably will sway this election more than any other factor? No, it’s not that McCain will suddenly come out as a Muslim, or that Obama will admit that he’s actually a socialist - either way those two are arranged, they’re both false…
US Election 2008 | Comment (0)Why I refuse to be an early voter.
Posted by Kate G..
I’ve never heard of so many people going to the polls in the weeks before the election. And I think it’s silly.
Here’s why.
For openers, I’m a total procrastinator. Since I started getting homework in first grade, this has been a problem for me. I’m not sure what causes it, but it’s become chronic at this point (thank GOD I’m out of college). I just…can’t do much of anything on time, unless I’m completely in love with it. Then again, I fall out of love with most stuff before I finish it. So, yeah, as a last-minute gal, I won’t be voting until after work on Tuesday. This is probably MOST of my reason. However, there is another.
US Election 2008 | Comments (3)