Election Day
November 7th 2006 13:41
I have to admit I am happy that it's Election Day for all the wrong reasons. I will be glad to have the "he said, she said and he did, she did" ad's off of my TV. Maybe I am just paying more attention this year but it seems as if the bashing the other candidate contest has only gotten worse as the years go on.
Of course while most are steering far away from anything involving Iraq or Afghanistan we all know it is weighing heavily on the mind of everyone from the candidates to the voters. It comes up here and there, though not often. Yet, most campaigns hit every Veteran's group they can and get thier picture with returning troops whenever possible. This makes me even crazier than the negative ad's. I feel as if the troops are being used as nothing more than a political agenda. Does anyone ever really talk to them? Does anyone really ask them how they feel about the things going on in their world? It seems to me that everyone is speaking for them but nobody has bothered to ask them about much of anything.
I'm dreading the presidential elections as I have little doubt they will be even worse and the use of the troops as election leverage will once again be done without thought, shame or remorse.
Even so, I believe we are blessed to live in a country that has free elections, I am grateful to those who give me that right. Please show a soldier just how much you appreciate the freedoms they ensure and get out today and cast your vote.
Of course while most are steering far away from anything involving Iraq or Afghanistan we all know it is weighing heavily on the mind of everyone from the candidates to the voters. It comes up here and there, though not often. Yet, most campaigns hit every Veteran's group they can and get thier picture with returning troops whenever possible. This makes me even crazier than the negative ad's. I feel as if the troops are being used as nothing more than a political agenda. Does anyone ever really talk to them? Does anyone really ask them how they feel about the things going on in their world? It seems to me that everyone is speaking for them but nobody has bothered to ask them about much of anything.
Even so, I believe we are blessed to live in a country that has free elections, I am grateful to those who give me that right. Please show a soldier just how much you appreciate the freedoms they ensure and get out today and cast your vote.
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