I'm only mildly disappointed in myself that I didn't vote today. I'm not one of those "Democracy rocks!" Rah rah types and I feel that women fought for the RIGHT to vote, not the obilgation. So, this year, I'm excercising my right NOT to vote. I mean, to vote for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil right? There aren't any props out there I'm dying to vote for or against this time around, so, I stayed away from the polls. Honestly, it's really just lazyness that kept me from voting this year. I didn't bother to get to know the candidates or the issues, and I feel that an ignorant vote is worse than no vote at all.
That didn't stop every single damn candidate from calling my house for the last few days though. I'm so happy that by the end of the day I don't have to pick up the phone to hear "Hi, I'm Candidate Assface. The other candidtate doesn't care about you or your family. I do. Vote for me" Not a single phone call or piece of literature in my mailbox told me anything I wanted to know about any of the candidates, what they stood for or what they belived in. Sure, it wasn't nasty politics, they weren't slandering anyone really, it's just that all the information that was easily accessible didn't tell me anything that distiguished any candidate from another. I'm sure I could have found out more, but that would have taken time and effort, and like I said, this year I was just too lazy. Yea, yea, I know. Bad American! Bad! I'm going to my room to think about what I've done.
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