Ah, the election is upon us again here in the United States, and what a day it does. I was literally glued to the news show that hosted the election numbers coming in from all over the country. At first, it started to look like 2004 all over again, McCain having a pretty fair lead over Obama. But then, in a course of a half hour, Obama took the lead from McCain and literally did not look back for the rest of the night. Then, at 10PM the news came in, Barack Obama has become the next president of the United States. Wow, that was amassing to see it, finally after years of struggle from the civil rights movement and eight years of disillusioned leadership, this country has it’s first African-American president. I was thinking, was that the reason for the change, for this country had to deal with such an incompetent leader that represented this nation as a band hicks and bone headed numbness. Is that what made people change their views so dramatically? Oh well, this was truly an historic election. But I am proud to say that I was able to vote for every election since turning eighteen, which being the age you have to be to vote. It is something I do not take for granted, and I know it is one of the many freedoms that many people died for the citizens to have. Now, I do have to say about the people here that do complain about our government and how poorly run the system is, but yet they don not vote. It is something that has always bothered me for many years. I mean, how can you complain about the president, senator, or governor when you don’t even vote and try to make a change? Of course, there are people who will always say, “But my vote isn’t going to count for anything” or “I don’t think I could make any difference” come on now. Every vote does count, as long as you’re an American citizen you have that right to vote for your leader. Would you like to have someone decide to be leader, or vote for someone to be a leader? I’m sorry, but when someone decides they want to be a leader is a dictator, and I don’t want to live in a fascist society, which is what this sort of endured when the Bush Regime was going on. At least this country has a chance to choose it’s leaders, because not many countries do have that kind of luxury. So, if you don’t vote, then don’t complain because you decide not to make an effort to help change a leader by voting. Other than that, this election will go down in history. There was record turnouts for people coming out to vote, many former Republican or Red states have changed to Blue states, eight of them to be exact have changed their party, and not only Obama is the first African-American president of the United States, but also the first White Sox fan to be in the oval office! Yes, I know, I had to say that. Along with a mayor in Chicago a Sox fan, now there will be a US president that is a Sox fan. I bet Cub fans all over the nation are freaking out about that notion.
