What - might you ask - do these two have in common? I'm glad you asked. Read on and I will explain.
I happen to be a huge fan of Dancing with the Stars - I've watched it since its first season. It's one of two shows that I watch on a regular basis. This year, there is an 82 year-old, Broadway legend, can't-dance-to-save-her-life woman named Cloris Cleachman. She was funny the first couple of weeks, but now that we are halfway through the competition she is annoying. The competition is getting tougher and this crazy woman is still on there! Why? Because half of the votes come from the viewers and people keep voting her back. I can only come to two conclusions: 1. she has a huge fan-base, especially among the "baby boomers" and they keep voting her back, and 2. she is so crazy that people think she is funny and keep voting her back. Maybe it's both. Either way, week after week I watch in shock as other contestants (who can dance) get voted off while she survives to compete once again.
I am also a Patriot. I love this country, and show my love by casting my vote. I believe everyone should vote and get quite annoyed with those who don't vote but complain about the government. This year we have John McCain and Barack Obama running against each other. This post will remain politically neutral - I just have one point. Let's make sure the man who ends up President this year does so by the true popular vote. I don't want to see John McCain as President because the baby-boomers who watch Dancing with the Stars and keep voting Crazy Cloris back are the only ones who show up to the polls. Nor do I want to see Barack Obama President because the people who think Crazy Cloris is funny are the only ones who show up to the polls. I want to see a man who was voted in by the true popular vote as President. So, I am talking to my age group - the group who stastically does not show up to the polls. Get out there and vote! It only takes a few minutes. Get off your blogs, turn off the TV, squeeze some time in between classes and vote. NOVEMBER 4!
One last thing - since most of my readers are LDS, remember that you would not like a potential investigator to find out about the church by reading anti-LDS literature. The same applies to politics. If you want to know what someone stands for, go directly to the source. Here are some websites to help you out:
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
http://www.johnmccain.com/
http://vote411.org/
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Cloris = really old
McCain = really old
Hmmmmm...
Love love love what you said. It was perfect. I don't watch Dancing with the stars but when I saw a clip of her on it I thought, "well she won't make it long" it is weird to hear that she is still on it and I think it is for the reasons you said. It totally applies to voters. You are right. Don't worry, I'll vote!
Hi Aubrey!
I was really interested to see you make this statement:
I want to see a man who was voted in by the true popular vote as President.
I hope this doesn't come across as too nit-picky*, but we don't elect the President by popular vote. The electoral college will determine the next President. There has been a good deal of discussion about amending the Constitution to get rid of the electoral college and move to direct popular vote. I think it's an idea that merits some consideration- it would certainly change the way Presidential campaigns are conducted. Nevertheless, I completely agree that each of us should educate ourselves about the candidates and their positions and go vote. It's both a privilege and a duty.
* It's not really too nitpicky- after all, Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but not the electoral college: 2000 Popular Vote
Hi Bianca - that isn't at all too nit-picky. I guess I'm just putting too much trust in the system - if enough people vote then the popular vote can swing the electoral votes in their favor. I completely forgot about the 2000 election - of course I couldn't vote at the time so that might explain it.
Here's another one you might find interesting. "The greates care should be used by the Latter-day Saints to not allow themselves to be carried away by party zeal in any direction that will impair the soundness of their judgment or that will in any manner interfere with the freedom of action which may be necessary on their part to do their whole duty to themselves and the government. It is not at all probable that the encroachments which we have been led to expect will be made upon the Constitution will be of a very startling character to begin with. They may be of a very insidious character, and will require close scrutiny to discern their danger. But we ought to be like people on the watchtower, scanning the horizon in every direction and watching for dangers that may become threatening at any moment." (George Q. Cannon, 1896) I think I'll just post that one. Moral of the story, we should make every effort to study what we're voting for and the long term effects, I think it's sometimes hard for our age group to analyze that, it's so much easier to go with the flow. Sorry, that was long, I was just thinking out loud.
So true. yay for voting and yay for elections! They were pretty darn exciting this year, weren't they? I LOVED carlin's comment by the way.
love it very much! GBU :)
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