Election 2004

From apologiesaccepted.com:

What are you doing sitting around looking at internet sites? GO VOTE.

In this country there is a fundamental misunderstanding of "the vote" and the electoral process. There are far too many "overprincipled" people who view their vote as some kind of holy thing that must remain sacred above all else. People who think that it's somehow wrong to vote for what they consider the "lesser of two evils". Then there are people who believe that the electoral college and the dominance of the two-party system are anti-democratic. These are the people who have a fundamental misunderstanding of American government. America is not a democracy, it's a republic (a democratic republic). Voting is not a holy right, it's a strategic decision. Each state decides how to select electors for the President and presently the states do that by way of a popular vote.

Eminem's video is getting a lot of play. Take one, pass it on. The GNN.tv link is getting slow, so if that doesn't work, try here (and read the associated article).

It's also hosted on this site as long as the bandwidth holds out.

Conspiracy theories aren't good for anyone. Still, the contrast between Bush in a debate ten years ago and Bush in a debate ten days ago is stark.

Check out this video to see for yourself.