I was just reading a blog about a friend’s election frustrations: 

I really got sucked into this whole race to the white house. It’s all I can talk about. Now that I’m deeply invested, I remember how pissed off and depressed it makes me. I’m mostly pissed about the fact that I’m a democrat and democrats don’t vote in big numbers like the republicans. I hate that republicans represent the people in a different tax bracket than me, which means they don’t give a shit about my issues. I’m pissed because ours is a losing battle in almost  every election year. I hope to God my belief that America isn’t ready for Obama is untrue so I can put some faith back in this country. 

I started replying and it got me to thinking that I couldn’t agree more with her.  Everyone wants change but no one wants to make make it happen (aka: vote!), they just want to bitch when we get a shitty president who can barely speak English, let alone run the country.  I want to believe that this election will see a record number of voters because of its historic nature and I hope that a lot of them vote for Obama.

I was watching the news this morning and the news anchors were saying that according to a poll conducted by CNBC or CNN (of course you have to take polls with a grain of salt) that something like 19% of white people surveyed said they wouldn’t vote for Obama just because he’s black. I refuse to believe that! Haven’t most of us moved past that yet?  I say most because you can’t really count the South, as they’re always ~10 years behind the collective social consciousness.  And that’s coming from someone who is from the south!

I feel change in the air.  I just hope it isn’t the stiff wind blowing out of McCain’s ass.