Drunken Mystic

So I voted on Tuesday, early.

I thought the whole early voting thing was supposed to make things easier?  I waited in line for three hours … and they said that was better than yesterday.

Voting was encouraging to me, though.  I saw a lot of different people of all different reaces and nationalities in line to vote.  That’s cool.  It wasn’t half a century ago that only whiteys got to vote like this.  And even more encouraging was the sight of people being kind and friendly to one another as they voted, possibly for different candidates.

I was also thinking that it’s cool we have a presidential race where one of the four is a black man and another is a woman.  I would love to see a black man as president of the US.  Unfortunately, I just can’t vote for this particular individual because of his beliefs, philosophies, and policies.  I hope one day there will be a black candidate I feel comfortable voting for.

We may end up having a black president in a week anyway.  It is certainly Obama’s election to lose.  He’s a Democrat running after 8 years of an unpopular Republican.  He has inspired not only his own party but many independents, as well.  Obama clearly has the media on his side, even more so than Kerry did.

But the election isn’t lost yet.  I think it is a closer race than they’re making out to be.  Polls had Kerry ahead in ’04, too, in a close race.  Bush handily won that election.  McCain still has a shot.

Go out and vote your conscience either way.  We’ll see in a week.

Peace.

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