Election night 2008
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
As I write this Obama is seen as the probable winner of the election. He has held a lead in the polls for the past several weeks. Also, as I write Two states are being counted with 50% of the votes counted, Vermont and Kentucky. Obama is being projected as the winner in Vermont and McCain is being projected the winner in Kentucky. No surprises there.
I did not vote. This is the second presidential election in which I have not voted. It is not an easy or comfortable position for me to take. The 2000 election I voted for the Green Party where I could and Democrat otherwise. I was disturbed that Democrats and other leftists and liberals and supposed radicals here in Chicago blamed me and those of us on the “left” who voted for the Green Party for Bush’s win in 2000. [...]
Original post by lekamphausen@netzero.net (Larry Kamphausen)