Moody Center
Time to Wake Up
RECEIVED Thu., Nov. 4, 2004
Dear Editor,
There is an eligible voting population of more than 200 million for the U.S. A little more than 113 million ballots were cast. We all know it was pretty much a 50/50 tie: 58 million vs. 55 million of the popular vote. What does it mean? It means that we just missed it. It means that there were about 87 million available votes out there. Eighty-seven million apathetic people who had a chance to make a difference and didn't. It also means that we have a nation that is divided. About 50% are not represented by our "leader." These 50% never asked for an extremist figurehead who would ban gay marriages, send jobs overseas, overturn Roe v. Wade, or kill more of our citizens in a costly, unnecessary war. There are only a few of these polarizing issues, but they are enough to impact our quality of life.
It is sad to me that we are all being dragged into a world that is not our own, and that we won't have a leader that more fairly represents a majority of the American population. What will be the state of our country four years from now when Bush is heading back to his ranch? Will we be as divided as we are today? When will we elect a leader that unifies the country? When will that ignorant half of our country wake up to the fact that our "leader" is not a patriot and that he represents Middle Eastern oil interests and companies with no loyalty to the American citizens? I hope soon.
There is an eligible voting population of more than 200 million for the U.S. A little more than 113 million ballots were cast. We all know it was pretty much a 50/50 tie: 58 million vs. 55 million of the popular vote. What does it mean? It means that we just missed it. It means that there were about 87 million available votes out there. Eighty-seven million apathetic people who had a chance to make a difference and didn't. It also means that we have a nation that is divided. About 50% are not represented by our "leader." These 50% never asked for an extremist figurehead who would ban gay marriages, send jobs overseas, overturn Roe v. Wade, or kill more of our citizens in a costly, unnecessary war. There are only a few of these polarizing issues, but they are enough to impact our quality of life.
It is sad to me that we are all being dragged into a world that is not our own, and that we won't have a leader that more fairly represents a majority of the American population. What will be the state of our country four years from now when Bush is heading back to his ranch? Will we be as divided as we are today? When will we elect a leader that unifies the country? When will that ignorant half of our country wake up to the fact that our "leader" is not a patriot and that he represents Middle Eastern oil interests and companies with no loyalty to the American citizens? I hope soon.
Mike Miller