The Diabetic Cyborg Life 04/01: Not Voting: You Always Have Skin in the Game
I too once was sick of politics and did not vote in 2004. I was apathetic towards GW Bush, but being a resident of dead red Texas, I “KNEW” that one vote would not matter. After seeing 2000, one might think that crazy when hundreds of votes could have swung Florida to Al Gore from Bush. I was honestly I guess okay with a former Texas governor being POUTUS at the time. He did okay with Texas, so maybe he will do okay with the nation.
Little did anyone, or I, know the war crimes and mess that was to follow with Afghanistan and Iraq. Gore would’ve been much better at the helm after 9/11 and the Iraq UN situation. The idea that made me care so much, was, “you have no right to criticize IF you did not vote in 2004.”
I never wanted to be that guy again.
I was hardcore about voting in 2006 and then Caucused for Barack Obama in 2008 in the Democratic Texas Primary.
Obama got like 4 votes in the final count to become the official nominee from the Caucuses and I felt that was thanks to me, even though it was not.
