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I've Done What I Could
I cast my absentee ballot today for John McCain and Sarah Palin. On the way home from dropping it off at the county admin buliding I stopped at the country Republican headquarters and picked up a sign..."Another Democrat for McCain".
That sign is posted in my front yard. We're on a corner lot, so it's visible from four directions. It's all I can do. I'm not registered in either party now, so I can't be a poll watcher nor can I make calls on behalf of John McCain. Republicans, understandably, are leery of a disaffected Democrat like myself.
If I could bring myself to register as a Republican I could work with the party but that's just not in the cards. As much as I despise Barack Obama and everything he stands for, I can't make the full switch to a party I have opposed for forty years. I'm locked in Limbo...cast aside by the party I believed in but unable to subscribe to the one I've detested for most of my life.
So I'm stuck on the sidelines as an observer. This is not a position I'm familiar with and it's difficult to accept the fact that I really don't "belong" anywhere. Hopefully, I'll get used to it in time.
Since I don't work outside the home I have time to monitor online activities. What has struck me in the past few days is the number of posts I've seen on pro-Clinton blogs saying the same thing..."I'm tired."
That strikes a chord. I, too, am tired. I'm tired of screaming the truth while no one listens. I'm tired of researching Barack Obama to confirm what I already know...that this man is the biggest threat to our country since 1776. I'm tired of preaching to the choir here and on other blogs dedicated to protecting the United States from what Barack Obama stands for. I'm tired of seeing every proof of what Obama is ignored by the major media. I'm tired of writing posts that make no difference. More than anything I'm tired of waking up every morning in despair.
At some point in the process you have to come to grips with what is best, not for the country but for yourself. I've reached that point. No longer can I sustain the level of outrage that has driven me for months. To do so would drive me over the brink of sanity...and right now that's not a drive, it's a short putt.
No, Hamp, this is not a GBCW post. It's just fair notice that I'm worn out...that I feel I have little more to contribute. I'll continue to throw my two cents' worth in when there's something truly pertinent to say. But I'm tired also and three hours fishing don't balance out the other twenty-one spent obsessing over the destruction of the country I used to love.
In two weeks we will know if all is lost or if there is still hope for our Grand Experiment. In the meantime I need to work on what matters...my own life. What a shame it would be to sacrifice that to the lie that is Barack Obama.
Country before party, life before destruction. PUMAs forever.
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You done good. One vote at a time, that's how we're going to defeat BO. So let's see, there's you and then there's me who did the same thing as you, so that makes two of us now.
I believe we are a silent majority.
"Right wing sledge hammers never, ever help us." Pacific John
See you on November 5.
I told you so!
you aren't the only ones following your convictions, and casting a vote outside the Party. There may be many more following in your footsteps after reading what Biden said today:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/biden-to-suppor.html
Someone with no experience handling an international crisis? Sounds like Bush again.
There's you and there's Cal and there's me. I have been thinking about the Reagan election, and how Reagan burst the Dem bubble. Silent majority then did it for him; maybe it will happen again. Here's hoping....
I'm voting for McCain/Palin this week. PUMA!
My hubby voted for Hillary in the Primary and has been conflicted. I worked to convince him NOT to vote for "The One" -- that the Democratic Party was no longer the Party we knew. He came home today and said he wrote-in Hillary.
When it's time to take a break you must. You have done all you can do for now and have done more than most are willing to do (cast a McCain vote). You are a patriot, acting in the best interest of preserving our democracy and the Democratic party.
Red Hot & Blue Politics | Alice left me in Wonderland
You eloquently described how so many of us feel. I voted for McCain and that's all I can do. My job is done. But I am so worn out and ready for this to be over. I have a feeling that even after Election Day there will be so much dissatisfaction in this nation that there will be an entirely new set of problems we'll have to deal with in order to mend the wounds and heal the rift that Obama and his surrogates have created between so many different constituencies. It hurts my brain just to think what our country will have to deal with the next 4 years under an incompetent president or a Republican one.
I've voted strictly Democratic for over 35 years and today I voted for McCain/Palin. And I live in a swing state! It felt great!
I felt empowered for the first time during this whole hate-fest that started with Hillary and has permeated everything that is near and dear to me. If Obama wins (and goddess knows they are popping the champaign as I type this) at least I'll know I did everything I could to help him lose.
But the resistance is just beginning if we're ever going to retake the Democratic Party from the corruption that now plagues it.
McCain/Palin 08! It's a vote against the sexist, race-baiting free-for-all that is the Obama campaign.
for the McCain/Palin ticket. It's the right thing for me to do personally and it's the right thing to do for this country. Quite frankly, I don't think I've ever felt so patriotic. I know this sounds corny, but it's the truth.
During the primaries I mourned my exile from the Dem Party, but moved on in early June. I think it's good to free oneself form ideological moorings, and just think critically and rationally. As an Independant now, I feel liberated and in a better place due to the PUMA coalition. There is no way I can belong to a Party I no longer recognize. It's also been a positive experience having something in common with people (Repubs) whom I've been at odds with my entire political life. This said, I can't see myself joining that Party any time soon. From now on, I'll just take one election at a time.
Thanks for kicking off the voting in such a modest and classy diary. How I feel as well.
Think I'll drop off my ballot on election day, just to be sure I can see it go through the machine and be counted. They're beefing up ads for and against Prop 8 here (marriage equality) so it's been a diversion, and because I think we'll beat it back it's a welcome one.
That's good to hear, catfish. I'm hoping FL Amendment 2 doesn't pass. Your good friend Suze Orman has "come out" against FL 2.
Red Hot & Blue Politics | Alice left me in Wonderland
I don't think it will pass. Good luck in FL and say hi to Suze for us
Good for her.
Here’s the latest from NM….Note the punches delivered in quick succession over the past weekend…
On the Ground in NM: Biden/Richardson/Endorsement Punch Hits So. NM; Big Early Voting Turnout; BREAKING: McCain May Be Here on Saturday
http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/on-the-ground-in-nm-bidenrichardsonendorsement-punch-hits-so-nm-big-early-voting-turnout-breaking-mccain-may-be-here-on-saturday/
Update–as of 6 am MT, still no firm news about a McCain visit here so. NM on Saturday…
This one is for Creeper.
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Over-indulging in the fruit of the grain yesterday sure didn't help. Thought I was celebrating at the time. Now I wonder.
Any sure-fire cures for a hangover out there? I forgot to take two aspirin before I passed out went to bed. That's always done the trick on the few occasions I've crawled too far into the bottle.
I'll never make it as an alchoholic.
I told you so!
I bit the bullet and called on behalf of John McCain for two days. Tomorrow I'll be a poll watcher for Republicans in the morning and then run voter sheets for the rest of the day.
Though I'm now registered independent and voted most downticket offices Democratic, Republicans have welcomed my help warmly. Fear of a Barack Obama presidency seems to be a very good uniter.
I told you so!
I hate not being in an actual campaign but luckily I have the busiest time of the year in my busininess excuse.
Civil Discourse - ERA - A Mother President - Women's Rights - Primary Reform
Bless you for having the strength to do so, Creeper.
Me, I could not vote McCain -- I've been a Democrat my entire life, and that was too much to overcome. But I also damned well wasn't going to vote Obama; he has not earned my vote, and has done everything in his power to make me vote against him -- which I was going to make damned sure I did.
Which means I voted Cynthia McKinney. Also a vote against Obama. (I do not believe WI is up for grabs, which helped in my decision.) But a vote for my core values and beliefs; I can handle her. Ultimately, I might've come around to McCain, but Palin is just too far on the right for me to support. (Sorry.) Though I'll agree with everyone in the PUMA movement that she's better qualified than Obama!
There's no excuse for this, DNC. You screwed the pooch; time to pay the piper.