RE: And......this is why I don't vote
November 7, 2018 at 6:37 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2018 at 6:53 am by Brian37.)
(November 7, 2018 at 1:56 am)Kit Wrote: My Democratic vote didn't count worth shit here in Florida where every winner is a Republican.
Yep, back to not voting ever again in my life. I should have stayed true to myself this year, but stupid people who think voting matters peer pressured me into voting.
Sorry Kit, but that is a very poor attitude. Democrats have won in Florida. GOP playing nasty is no excuse for giving up. There was a time in America where blacks couldn't hold public office. There was a time when LGBT could not get married. Progress takes time. And believe me, the amount of minorities and women running this year, win or loose has been progress. Voting isn't a one time thing you do, it a lifetime thing.
We have two Muslim women in congress for the first time. Stacy in GA is still under mandatory recount. Beto lost sure, but 15 years ago dems wouldn't even consider winning a possibility.
The GOP playing dirty is all the more reason to keep voting. Our choice as a country is to lay down and give up, or fight back. I don't want the country I live in to have the clock turned back and have our country turn into an authoritarian state.
The good thing is we do have the House now, and that will be a check on the orange turd and far better than all three branches being under the control of one party.
It really is not as bad as you think.
When Obama ran the first time, very few could see him winning the primaries when he first announced his run. GOP sure as hell didn't think he could win, but he did. And those dicks the very next day after that election, their leadership came out not to congratulate him, but said "We are going to make him a 1 term president" and guess what, he got 2 terms, despite all the asshole bigots.
Obama won Iowa and NC in one of those elections, AND Florida too. The fact that Stacy in GA came as close as she did, still means it is possible in the future for dems to win more local seats in that state. The fact that Beto came as close as he did, again, is still progress.
This isn't the last election, and I know the more people push back against hate and fear, long term progress always wins, but it still takes time and effort.
