Casting Votes
Well, My wife and I submitted our absentee ballots for President the other day. We didn’t get here soon enough to register. I think this is going to be a very important and historically significant election. I think this could be a very close race and the amount of voter turn-out will really be an important factor. Without getting into the controversial aspects of my reasoning, which I know has been considered by both candidates, and seemingly ignored by the media, I will say that this election will be made by new voters.
Anyway, My wife and I filled out our ballots separately and although I am pretty sure I know which way she voted, she could have voted for Nader and the Green Party for all the proof I have. We tend to think in similar ways politically, and being a military family has a way of galvanizing certain positions. I know a lot of people voting for Obama just because he will end the war in Iraq which is wholly untrue, but you can’t convince people otherwise. Again, without getting into it – you can’t just end a war. It takes time to back out and leave safely, to make sure all the lives lost and work done doesn’t go to waste, and to leave something stable in place when you do. Besides, this nation doesn’t want another Vietnam on its hands, even though OIF is for all intents and purposes already Vietnam v2.0.
