Now, this isn't my political rant about who you should vote for or who I'm voting for (coughcoughromneycough). BUT to all those people that are saying things such as "I'm not voting because it's not like my opinion even matters", or "I'm not voting because I think we don't have jack to choose from" this is my rant to you! PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR BUTT AND VOTE! What the heck is wrong with you?! If you think we have "jack to choose from" you are wrong on two accounts! ONE- Jack is not running for president! I don't even know who this "Jack" guy you're referring to is!
This one?
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Guys, he died. Of course we can't choose him.
If you're referring to jack as meaning "nothing", which I'm willing to guess is what you meant (just say 'nothing' then. Seriously? We can use grown-up words), then you clearly must stand for nothing. So educate yourself and pick a side. You only believe that we have nothing to choose from because you're too lazy to research what's going on. You don't have to vote for Romney or Obama, there's always third-party candidates. And if after you've done your research and still think the country would be better off if no one won the presidential election then please move to Canada because we don't want you here. If you don't care what happens to the country for the next four years, get out. Apathy doesn't get you anywhere.
And that ties into our first excuse! I know that here in Utah the vote is decided. I know that mind-set of "my vote doesn't matter." That is a pitiful excuse for you to be lazy once again. My heck, I registered to vote online. How hard was that? Not. I did it while I was on break at work. So time consuming... if you're a fly and have a lifespan of a day. Honestly, you think people would have fought the Revolutionary War if they had known that we would sit on our couches come election day and say "my vote doesn't count"? Do you think women and African-Americans would have tried so hard if they had known this would be the outcome? We have the opportunity to play a part in our government, and yet you are going to choose to shrug and say "oh well, not my problem"? Oh, it is your problem. So get off your butt and stand for something.
And just to make it even easier for you here's the link for Utah voter registration: https://secure.utah.gov/voterreg/index.html
Happy registering! And I'll be seeing y'all November 6, 2012 when we vote :)
