You all know who I'm voting for and what my beliefs are. I just want to take this time to remind you of two things that arer important to me. Not political issues per se, but just things I often think about.
First, in the media saturated society we live in, it's all too easy for us to focus on the one big national election we have. If you already voted today, how many of the local officials had you even heard of before you stepped into the booth. Did you know the name of your state representative before you saw the names on the ballot today? How about your congressman. Did you even know their name? What about the school board members, or judges? It's so easy to focus on the President in our society, that we overlook the most important members of our government. Regardless of your opinion on President Bush, his administration was consistently defeated in some of his biggest proposals. From Social Security reform, to immigration reform, his ideas were defeated by the Congress. Remember that next time someone says "Obama will do this" or "McCain will do this". That's not what Presidents do in our system, it's what Congress does. It's not a technicality, it's the truth.
Second, it's my birthday on Friday. Don't forget.
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