Politics as usual
Oct. 10th, 2004 02:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatI bought a fruit and cream variety pack of instant oatmeal yesterday. Today, I opened it, and found a packet of raisins and spice in there. Weird. It's a good thing I actually LIKE that flavor.
In other news, I find it interesting how the current election season seems to have gotten a lot of people to gain an interest in politics. I've never been the most political person myself, having voted maybe a quarter of the times I was allowed. (Most of that was because I never bothered to look up how to get an absentee ballot at school, though. I'm sure I would have voted if I'd known how to do that. If it's any consolation, I would have voted for the guy who won anyway in the 1996 presidential election.) I'm actually making a point of watching the debates and such, even though I already know who I'm going to vote for on the presidential ticket. The thing is, despite all the anti-Bush sentiment, I'm worried that he's going to win, whether by fair means or foul. In addition to the conservative base, he also has the support of the people who actually buy the "Democrats can't protect you from terrorists!" nonsense that he and Cheney are feeding the American public. And I certainly wouldn't put it past them to cheat again. Now, if Bush DOES get re-elected, I don't think it'll be the end of the world, and I'm not likely to move to Canada. In fact, I don't think any of the people who have threatened to leave the country will actually do so, unless they were seriously considering it anyway and Bush being re-elected is just the final straw. I don't think Kerry is the Messiah who's going to save the United States, either, although I fail to see how anyone can like him LESS than Bush. But just look at how much of a mess Bush has been able to make in a mere four years. I shudder to think what his administration is capable of in another four. I want to convince myself that it doesn't matter much for the average citizen, and that the Constitution and system of checks and balances will stop Bush and his governmental followers from doing anything REALLY bad, but who knows? The current government seems to know how to use fear to get around those little nuisances that the founders of the country introduced. So yeah, I'm concerned about this election will turn out. I hope I get my absentee ballot soon.
In other news, I find it interesting how the current election season seems to have gotten a lot of people to gain an interest in politics. I've never been the most political person myself, having voted maybe a quarter of the times I was allowed. (Most of that was because I never bothered to look up how to get an absentee ballot at school, though. I'm sure I would have voted if I'd known how to do that. If it's any consolation, I would have voted for the guy who won anyway in the 1996 presidential election.) I'm actually making a point of watching the debates and such, even though I already know who I'm going to vote for on the presidential ticket. The thing is, despite all the anti-Bush sentiment, I'm worried that he's going to win, whether by fair means or foul. In addition to the conservative base, he also has the support of the people who actually buy the "Democrats can't protect you from terrorists!" nonsense that he and Cheney are feeding the American public. And I certainly wouldn't put it past them to cheat again. Now, if Bush DOES get re-elected, I don't think it'll be the end of the world, and I'm not likely to move to Canada. In fact, I don't think any of the people who have threatened to leave the country will actually do so, unless they were seriously considering it anyway and Bush being re-elected is just the final straw. I don't think Kerry is the Messiah who's going to save the United States, either, although I fail to see how anyone can like him LESS than Bush. But just look at how much of a mess Bush has been able to make in a mere four years. I shudder to think what his administration is capable of in another four. I want to convince myself that it doesn't matter much for the average citizen, and that the Constitution and system of checks and balances will stop Bush and his governmental followers from doing anything REALLY bad, but who knows? The current government seems to know how to use fear to get around those little nuisances that the founders of the country introduced. So yeah, I'm concerned about this election will turn out. I hope I get my absentee ballot soon.
