Interests:Reading, Writing, observing people, hanging out with my friends. Expertise:I am the knower of many things, but the master of none. how can one be an expert in a world that cannot make up its mind? Occupation:Student Industry:Entertainment
I'm not going to comment on the results. You know by now who I support, and if I can find the right way to say it, I'll try to list briefly why. I'm not even going to comment on the media manipulation (though I will, believe me I will).
What I want to talk about is the way this "voting" was conducted.
For those of you that missed it, it was a little like watching one of those films titled something like "How not to vote" or "Chaos and politics" or something similar.
For reference, I watched the Republican Caucus in Carrol, Iowa on Cspan2.
Let me tell you briefly how things went: First, you had to register. This was accomplished by people dividing up by precinct, and signing a register proving they were able to vote at that location. But here's the kicker: You're not registered? you can register that night, you can even change your party affiliation AT the event.
Then they hand you a blank piece of paper. A blank piece of paper with the number of their precinct scrawled on the top. Then, they waited in a big room while people "spoke" for the candidates. Then people wrote who they wanted on the piece of paper and turned it in. The papers were then hand tallied and seperated, with the totals being written on the backs on envelopes.
The Democrats? They were put in a big room and went to different corners depending on who they supported. Candidates had to receive a certain percentage of votes to pass this first round and then the top three candidates were re-listed and people chose their favorites from these three.
This ladies and gentlemen is our democracy.
Yes, this is a small state. No, I do not trust electronic voting. But, pieces of scrap paper? the chaotic way they were counted was unacceptable.
I don't know what else I can write... I'm still trying to accept that what I saw was what really happened, and more importantly: that people take the results as seriously as they do.
So, to those few that read this, I urge you: Please continue to research ALL the candidates (not just the "top three" that the media like putting forth) Find some guy (or girl) that you actually agree with and VOTE for them in the primaries if you are able.
The primaries are there (ideally) for you to have some say in the direction your party takes in the upcoming election. Don't think of this in terms of left and right just yet (or ever, but that is yet another topic for another day) Find someone you WANT to lead the country, and vote for them.
Remember, you win nothing by electing the person that wins, unless they represent something you actually believe in. It's not a horse race.
I don't know why I do this to myself. Putting things off to the last minute is NOT a good idea. I know this, I KNEW this since I've been in school. But I always do it.
Other than my procrastination issues, life is well. Really well actually, for several specific reasons that those who need to know, know about. Not much to say on that besides things are ok right now.
Oh, and new Nightwish=<3 From their inside back cover:
"I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I translate into a new tongue." -Walt Whitman
