As I said yesterday, you can become informed enough to make a smart decision by taking one or two hours and researching the candidates. I researched the candidates in my local elections yesterday here at work... took about an hour and a half. Of course I was very well informed about the president and the House candidates.
I don't know if anyone here listens to Jay Severin (he's on locally here, but from the way he talks he may be syndicated). Anyway, he said something that totally pi$$ed me off last night, and if my cell phone had been charged I would have called him (and am still so angry right now that I'm seriously considering writing a letter). He said 18-19-20 year olds should not be allowed to vote. Anyone who is that young has no experience in the world, and their only real job up until this point was suckling at their mothers breast. What the F is that supposed to mean? By 20 years old I'd been working a "real" job for almost 2 years. Honestly. If he had his way the frickin voting age would be raised to 30!!
*vent over*
My only point is that everyone SHOULD vote. Not uninformedly, but everyone should vote. IMHO I see nothing wrong with an uninformed person who wants to be responsible and vote, asking a family member or friend who they should vote for... it's better than not voting at all.
I don't know if anyone here listens to Jay Severin (he's on locally here, but from the way he talks he may be syndicated). Anyway, he said something that totally pi$$ed me off last night, and if my cell phone had been charged I would have called him (and am still so angry right now that I'm seriously considering writing a letter). He said 18-19-20 year olds should not be allowed to vote. Anyone who is that young has no experience in the world, and their only real job up until this point was suckling at their mothers breast. What the F is that supposed to mean? By 20 years old I'd been working a "real" job for almost 2 years. Honestly. If he had his way the frickin voting age would be raised to 30!!
*vent over*
My only point is that everyone SHOULD vote. Not uninformedly, but everyone should vote. IMHO I see nothing wrong with an uninformed person who wants to be responsible and vote, asking a family member or friend who they should vote for... it's better than not voting at all.
