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how clear the global mess we've made
i take comfort in the fact that many wonderful people in my office are also tucked safely far away from the office in the comfort of their houses, watching the races from their family 'puters and tubes. AHAHA!
ohio is holding up the country with her 20 electoral votes... oh, who did i vote for?
suffice it to say that i made my decision based on what i know to be true and good for the majority.
i voted twice. i mean, the first ballot i cast i overvoted - i punched six instead of only three chads for a local judicial branch. so i asked for another ballot and went back to the booth to start punching again. the second time around gave me a chance to reconsider my votes for highest national office.
for state office, senate and house were easy. only one person ran for my senate region (democrat iris martinez) and i thought the incumbent congressman is one tireless soul fully grounded in reality (democrat luis gutierrez).
for national office, i've always been curious about barack obama since the primaries - i think he followed rod blagojevich's spunk for going against all the ryans in the state with his funny name. and then his opponents seemed to drop like flies one after another around him - blair hull allegedly hit his wife, jack ryan abused his, jim oberweis was ignored, and alan keyes was too combative. (even keyes' staff knew he was going to loose! ahaha: "no, you don't need special credentials. no, you don't need to call in early. just come show up. ya. thanks.") and then he swept 'em all away with his hopeful speech at the democratic national convention.
so when i voted for him, i considered the candidate who asked him to give that speech at the dems' convention. obama wasn't that hot nationally then, so he who asked him to give that speech showed a good judgement of character. he put up a good fight during the debates. he probably really did take the time to talk to families of military personnel.
the problem with kerry is that even on the campaign trail, even up at the dems' convention podium, even while debating dubya bush, i didn't see any solid stand on any of the issues raised. at least, it wasn't solid enough for me to recognize the proposal as doable. i think i'm just really slow.
4:50 a.m. - CNN projects that president bush takes ohio. the state is shaded red for republican all over. he leads 51 percent over kerry's 49.
maybe it was coz i was forced to monitor the incumbent more times than i'm willing. i'm surrounded by democrats - among local friends, both my siblings, every acquaintance lately's been democrat; my workplace is traditionally democrat, my city and state are traditionally democrat.
but i also thought of what the president's done since ascending office in 2000, how he waited for results as al gore sorta seemed to panic campaign while accomplishing his final tasks as outgoing vice president; what happened in 2001 and how i changed since then; the decisions i made since 2001 and my myriad plans holding me in thrall. i thought of the things i disagreed with among republican friends. i thought of how the u.s. has changed and affected the world since the terror attacks and how clear the global mess we've made - so clear that it makes disagreeing and finding new solutions somewhat easier.
i voted for president bush. ¶ 11/03/2004 04:26:00 AM
ohio is holding up the country with her 20 electoral votes... oh, who did i vote for?
suffice it to say that i made my decision based on what i know to be true and good for the majority.
i voted twice. i mean, the first ballot i cast i overvoted - i punched six instead of only three chads for a local judicial branch. so i asked for another ballot and went back to the booth to start punching again. the second time around gave me a chance to reconsider my votes for highest national office.
for state office, senate and house were easy. only one person ran for my senate region (democrat iris martinez) and i thought the incumbent congressman is one tireless soul fully grounded in reality (democrat luis gutierrez).
for national office, i've always been curious about barack obama since the primaries - i think he followed rod blagojevich's spunk for going against all the ryans in the state with his funny name. and then his opponents seemed to drop like flies one after another around him - blair hull allegedly hit his wife, jack ryan abused his, jim oberweis was ignored, and alan keyes was too combative. (even keyes' staff knew he was going to loose! ahaha: "no, you don't need special credentials. no, you don't need to call in early. just come show up. ya. thanks.") and then he swept 'em all away with his hopeful speech at the democratic national convention.
so when i voted for him, i considered the candidate who asked him to give that speech at the dems' convention. obama wasn't that hot nationally then, so he who asked him to give that speech showed a good judgement of character. he put up a good fight during the debates. he probably really did take the time to talk to families of military personnel.
the problem with kerry is that even on the campaign trail, even up at the dems' convention podium, even while debating dubya bush, i didn't see any solid stand on any of the issues raised. at least, it wasn't solid enough for me to recognize the proposal as doable. i think i'm just really slow.
4:50 a.m. - CNN projects that president bush takes ohio. the state is shaded red for republican all over. he leads 51 percent over kerry's 49.
maybe it was coz i was forced to monitor the incumbent more times than i'm willing. i'm surrounded by democrats - among local friends, both my siblings, every acquaintance lately's been democrat; my workplace is traditionally democrat, my city and state are traditionally democrat.
but i also thought of what the president's done since ascending office in 2000, how he waited for results as al gore sorta seemed to panic campaign while accomplishing his final tasks as outgoing vice president; what happened in 2001 and how i changed since then; the decisions i made since 2001 and my myriad plans holding me in thrall. i thought of the things i disagreed with among republican friends. i thought of how the u.s. has changed and affected the world since the terror attacks and how clear the global mess we've made - so clear that it makes disagreeing and finding new solutions somewhat easier.
i voted for president bush. ¶ 11/03/2004 04:26:00 AM
