At first I didn't care. Then I got a little upset. Now I am angry. I want to sue! I want the law changed! I need someone to take up my cause!!!!!!!!!
This coming Tuesday is primary day here in North Carolina. Big woop!! We were supposed to vote back in May but lawyers were in court because of how the state was divided up.
Now there is no point in going to the voting booths. And I am ill about it. Why no point? I will be glad to tell you why. I vote for whoever I think will do the best job. I don't vote party lines. But because I had to when I registered to vote all those years ago I had to pick a party. My parents were democrates so that is what I am registered as. So this year I was looking as to whom I might want to run against Bush (should I decide not to vote for him.). Well, that was all for nothing. The primary is this week and it has already been decided who will run against Bush. That ain't fair!!!!!!!! I didn't get a chance to voice my opinion. The more I think about it the madder I get.
I feel that primaries should all be held on the same day just as we do for the presidental election. Maybe then someone other than Kerry would be up against Bush, maybe not. But everyone would have had a chance to vote. Where is the democracy in this? Huh? Can you tell me?
I would love for someone to stand up, take up my cause -- free of charge of course -- and get the laws changed. How many other states haven't had their say?
Honestly, if every primary was held on the same day could not the results have been different? Don't some people feel that since Canidate A won such and such state then there is no point in voteing? Didn't just a few years back (in a presidental election) network tv had to stop trying to call who had won because all the polls hadn't closed and "the powers that be" said they could be changing the outcome of the election? Isn't it the same for primaries?
Where is the justice? I want to vote and feel like my vote counts. And right now it doesn't. There is no point to go to the polls. Oh, yeah, there is some local stuff going on, but I wanted a say in who represented in Washington, DC. I have been cheated. I am mad.
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You think this vote doesn't count...what about your vote for President? Guess what, it may not count either. Do a little reading on the Electoral College. There are elected representatives who are supposed to take the wishes of their state and vote accordingly. But they don't have to vote for who WE voted for. Nope. There have actually been presidents elected who did NOT win the popular vote. The Electoral College put them in office. Russia actually has a more democratic voting process than we do...who ever wins the popular vote is IN. Period. -B
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Where is the justice?
I guess it is being kept in the same hiding place as "fairness" and "equality". I have an education and had a nice little career going at a large local teaching hospital. After the 5th surgery on my c-spine, it was determined that there was extensive nerve damage, and I'd have to apply for disability. I had little say in the matter, and always hoped to return. Not gonna happen.
I am fortunate that I make a lot more money than many on disability. Too bad I don't have any health or dental insurance. The medication I have to maintain any quality of life whatsoever runs approximately 600-700 a month. So all that money that would provide a reasonable life for me goes to the pharmaceutical companies. That doesn't leave much to live on.
My father always told me that if I worked hard and got an education, I'd always be ok. He didn't tell me about the government.
So what's Mr. Kerry going to do for me, and my elderly neighbor who can't pay for heart heart meds? George wants me to be referred to a private insurance company. The last time I applied to a private Insthe girl laughed at me, and told me that I was uninsurable, ven if I wanted to pay for it myself. That I was at the top of their list of "No-way's".
I think I've been cheated too, and I'm more than a little mad about it. I have no use for the lot of em'. They don't care what happens to me.
That's my rant for the month.
Thanks for your ear.
Andi
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For the most part if you don't live in New Hampshire or Idaho, your vote for the primaries doesn't mean diddlly-squat. And, it stinks! There's a lot wrong with our antiquated voting system. Why it doesn't change? Those that are voted in are probably only there because of the way it is. They aren't motivated to make changes. :-) ---Robbie
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