I take voting very seriously. I also think your vote should be meaningful and a good representation of who your want running this country. Sadly I don't care for any of the candidate. I decided today I'm not voting. Why should I? I will not vote for McCain and I will not vote for Obama so my vote in reality will not count.  

The only thing that will get me to vote is if I like one of the Vice President candidates. Because, truthfully, it is my opinion that person will end up being President.

I grew up in California. I grew up in a family that never judged people on the color of their skin. Lucky for me I was totally sheltered from any form of racism until I was probably about 19. I was not nieve. I knew it existed. I was well aware of our country's history and payed attention to current events but I was lucky to have had to personally witness it until my late teens. The experience I did have when I was 19 was when I was in Florida visiting family. I was at a local store and wanted to know where a different store was so I asked a guy standing outside. He was about 18 and he was black. He had no issue talking to me and we were chatting about the store I was looking for and his mother came over and started yelling at us telling him to stop talking to me because I was white. What? Are you serious? So I went back to my Aunt's house and told her what happened. I was quickly informed that life in Florida was far different from my life in California. I was bummed because I thought that type of behavior was history. This realization plays into my decision to only vote if I like the VP candidates.

Regardless of who wins the election it will be a first for this country. We will have either the oldest president elected or the first african american president.

McCain is not only the oldest he is in poor health, so the likelihood that he would make through an entire term is not great.

Obama, well, as much as it pains me to ask this, it is a reality, will he survive a term? Will this country go through another assasination? As much as I would love to think that wouldn't happen I have to remember there are still masses of people in this country who are racist and it only takes one crazy to do damage. Now his chances are even worse if he were to pick Hilary as his running mate I mean how many important people wound up dead during president Clinton's presidency? And we know Hilary wanted to be President BAD......I'm just saying I wouldn't feel really comfy if I were him and she was next in line.

For the above reasons I have decided I will only vote if I like one of the people running for VP as I believe that is the true vote for the furture of this country. Sad. 

We were lied to as a kid. No, we can't be anything we want when we grow up and no, my vote does not count. One person cannot change the country unless they are the President and the liklihood of being that person is not just slim, but slimmer than none. We the people...ya right. It saddens me because I believe what was the dream for this country has far been lost and now we are stuck between a rock and a hard place.  The functionality of political parties are as useful as Windows 95....made sense then but now with the changes in knowledge and technology just are useless now and we need to adapt. But what was to be expected? You educate us and then tell us not to question it? Whatever. Nothing pissed me off more than the vote in the impeachment of President Clinton. The question posed to the house members was "Did Bill Clinton Lie?" This question was following President Clinton ADMITTING HE LIED, and yet somehow a majority of the house voted No that Clinton did not lie. What the fuck? He lied. he admitted it. I don't care what he lied about, I don't care if he banged everything within a 5 mile radius of the Oval office what I care is that a majority of the house vote NO when it was an indisputable YES. Whatever. We pay those fuckers WAY to much for a bunch of bullshit. The majority of the US public, including myself, are just part of the herd. The front of the herd leads us and we have only one option but to follow.  We pay for their gas and we pay for their house so why should they care when we lose our homes and pay $5 a gallon for gas.  Whatev.