And Let the Games Begin

So today is the day when millions of people will go out and decide the fate of this country for the next four years and perhaps the next four decades. Normally, I do not consider myself an optimist, but I have hope today that Kerry will defeat Bush - fair and square, with a definative majority of votes. Why? I saw last night that the US has registered over 15 million new voters and 58% of those new voters said they would vote for Kerry.

Now, I don't put a lot of faith in pollsters even though my college statistics prof proved that polls are worthy, but I have a rational idea that those new voters are scared shitless about the future of our country and our place in this world. And, considering they didn't vote in 2000, they're feeling like MO-Rons because it is common knowledge - at least to those of us who have a brain - that Bush "won" in 2000 by only a handful of votes.

What really blows my mind is that in the 2000 election, over 20 million women chose not to vote. Granted, some of these women are probably too stupid to realize they have that right in this country or some of those women probably believe they will get bashed over the head by their Neanderthal husband if they voice an opinion and exercised their right to vote, but COME ON! 20 MILLION??? This really bugs me because these are WOMEN! You didn't even have the right to vote until 1920 so how can you be apathetic when it comes to voting for the one person who can change the rules that dictate your life (think I'm joking? Look at how many Supreme Court Justices will retire during the next presidential term.)

It really jerks my chain that a woman has not been president - yet. Our sex is more intellegent, more compassionate, and much more rational that our male counterparts (sorry if I offend some of you, but the facts are facts - live with it or prove my point.) We would naturally make for a better president. But until that day comes, we will continue to have to live by the rules set by the men. That being said, why would any woman not want to chose who those men should be?

Mahatma Ghandi once said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Go out and vote. If 120 million people go to the polls today, the overwhelming perception is that Kerry will become our 44th President of the United States and we will experience the most positive, optimistic change this country has ever seen in it's relatively short history.