Election Day

So, today is the day we find out who our new president will be ... hopefully. I am so glad this dumb ass election is over. I am sick and tired of the television ads and radio ads and newspaper articles or stories on broadcast news, I am SICK AND TIRED OF IT. I am a journalism major, yes, but I HATE politics. I don't like reading about politics, I don't like talking about politics, if its related to politics, I do not like it. In every single one of my classes, we talk about politics. One of my finals will have a part about the coverage of the different parties and how it compares.

I personally don't like either candidates. They both have some major marks against them in my books. I voted, but I was voting on the lesser of two evils. McCain is against gay marriage and the right to choose. Obviously, I am all about gay marriage, and I'm not even one of those people who insist it should be called marriage (although, I would much prefer it to be), I just want the same LEGAL rights as straight couples get when they get married, and if I want to call it a marriage, whether some dumb ass church or the government recognizes it as that, I will fucking call it a marriage. I do not know if I would ever be able to have an abortion, even if my pregnancy was from some horrible event, but I would like to have the choice. Obama is ALSO against gay marriage (don't let him fool ya with the pro-gay rights) and wants to take money that my parents worked hard to earn and give it to people who didn't work hard. I am all for charity and people helping others who need help, but don't force people to give their money, because they'll just get pissed and resent it. Also, some people who are above the point of getting help from the government, still NEED help and are barely hanging on. My father had two jobs at one point and we were just able to pay our bills and still have food on the table.

Now that I have bitched about the two candidates, and no I am not going to tell you who I voted for, I will talk about some of the other issues on the various ballots around the country. California has proposition 8, which would overturn gay marriage in California. This would mean Ellen and Portia (and all the other couples that got married) will no longer be considered married. Everyone loves Ellen, let her stay married. Some states have questions about early voting. I for one, am totally for early voting. I thought I was not going to be able to vote. I actually skipped my last class so I could get home earlier and make it to my polling place before 8pm. In Maryland, early voting also means being able to vote wherever. I could care less about when I vote, but I would like to be able to vote on campus, that way I don't have to skip class to get to vote.

Now, time to watch a map online telling me when districts start reporting and when states are called.