See this article on the Slate:
Election Hangover (not just from alcohol)
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/election_hangover_the_pain_and_the_glory_of_the_day_after.html
I really couldn't have said it better myself. After two years, so much debate, so much arguing, so many candidates, so many jokes, worries, predictions, and wishes, I'm having a little trouble knowing what to do with myself today.
There was one thing that I hoped both candidates would have said in their speeches last night but didn't (or didn't really). So I'll say it here.....
Take all this energy, all this passion, all these ideas, and all your vision, and keep using it! Keep thinking and talking about the kind of country and society you want to live in. Be active in your community and call/write/e-mail your Senators and Congresspeople. Vote with your dollars and your time in every decision you make. Shape the world you live in. Don't wait until 2015 to get all worked up again....
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Who is it going to be? And how close?
I find the last few days before elections to be nerve-wracking. There is so much information and so many polls released and the candidates all seem so desperate. I'm always filled with this sense that it doesn't matter anymore, that people have made up their minds and I just have to WAIT. Ugh.
Also, nobody, and I mean nobody, has any incentive to make you feel otherwise. The candidates, the press, the polling organizations, and even bars...everyone benefits from Americans thinking the election will be nail biting close. Otherwise we wouldn't all vote tomorrow, we wouldn't be online all day looking for early returns, we wouldn't be glued to our TVs or crowding into bars and restaurants tomorrow night to watch the returns....watching the Internet or TV and subjecting ourselves to dozens and dozens of ads.
So I wonder...is this election really going to be as close as everyone is saying? Or is this just the last stage of election season public manipulation?
Also, nobody, and I mean nobody, has any incentive to make you feel otherwise. The candidates, the press, the polling organizations, and even bars...everyone benefits from Americans thinking the election will be nail biting close. Otherwise we wouldn't all vote tomorrow, we wouldn't be online all day looking for early returns, we wouldn't be glued to our TVs or crowding into bars and restaurants tomorrow night to watch the returns....watching the Internet or TV and subjecting ourselves to dozens and dozens of ads.
So I wonder...is this election really going to be as close as everyone is saying? Or is this just the last stage of election season public manipulation?
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