"Someone" for President 08-- Info for the Common Citizen

"Someone" for President 08-- Info for the Common Citizen

It's true. I've decided to cast my lot with ol' Nader this election. I decided on him because his stance on the issues I care about most are most in-line with my own views in contrast with the other candidates. I think that's a pretty good reason to vote for a particular person.

I have heard a lot of people say this election that they don't like either of the main party Presidential candidates and so are voting for the one they believe is the lesser of the two evils. Why? Why not vote for someone else? The media has basically shut out the fact that there are quite a few other candidates for this election year, leaving the basic citizen believing they have no choice but the two main party candidates. THERE ARE OTHER CANDIDATES! That's my message today. If, like me, you are not satisfied with the main party candidates or even if you are sure of your choice, I encourage you to examine the choices. By examining all the choices carefully, you can be sure you are making the right choice for yourself and our nation. What I did was look up the election on Wikipedia so I could avoid all the advertisement non-sense to see just who the official-- and a few unofficial-- options are. Click here to go to that page. I'm sure there are probably more and better pages than tried and "true" Wikipedia, but hey, it got me what I wanted-- links to the official campaign pages of all the candidates that have one. There are some interesting folks on there, check them out for the funny factor at least! My favorite was the Prohibition candidate. He's hilarious!

Here comes point number two of this post: just go vote. I really don't care who you're voting for personally, just go vote for someone. Educate yourself with the information I've given you above and anything else you might find and go vote. The U.S. has the lowest voter turn out of any democratic country. How sad that a minority-- mostly old retired people in my town-- are deciding the direction of one of the major world powers. Other people live here too! (Like we young voters--*hint hint, nudge nudge* to the younger voters out there.)

I know a lot of the reason the young voters don't vote is because they are away at college and not near their appointed voting spot. Click here and follow the directions to obtain the absentee ballot for your area. There's still plenty of time to get one of those mailed to you and mail it back home before the election. It's a pain, yes, but please, exercise your citizen's right to a say in where this country goes.

Feel free to leave any non-partisan educational info as a comment!