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1¢. I voted today. I took my sample ballot, they scanned it and that was it. I asked them if they wanted to check my ID and they said I'm fine and they let me in the booth. So now I can go to all my friends' homes, steal their ballots and vote for them too. Maybe I can find some in my neighbor's mailboxes too. JK obviously, but I was bothered by the lack of verification.
2¢. Unfortunately, elections nowadays are just over-glorified and over-publicized popularity contests. Whoever is able to run a better campaign will end up winning, regardless of views, agendas, issues, etc. So in this aspect I will give it to obama'08, they did run a much better campaign than McCain’s people. Not only did Obama’s people make all the right choices and push the right buttons, McCain’s people managed to make the wrong choices and push the wrong buttons. I think that maybe if McCain’s camp wouldn’t have done anything at all (except put up signs and ads with only his name and picture), they might have had a better turnout. I felt as though McCain had a campaign aimed at pleasing the conservatives, instead of winning the votes of the undecided voters and even some of the democrats. Starting with selecting palin - she did wonders for the R camp, but everyone else, the D and the independents thought of it and her as a joke, bad choice, hitler, evil, stupid, retarded, and so on. Then the attacks on Obama, although I find them relevant and important, and so do other conservatives, obviously the voters who needed to be won over didn’t give a shit about that and cared more about other pertinent issues. And when speaking of the economy (which mac touched on only briefly - another bad move) they pointed out what Obama was going to do and how bad that was, instead of pointing out specifically what mac would do (not that I believe that any of them can do shit). Obama's people ran a perfect campaign: they were able to push the smears aside and trivialized them, they hit mac skillfully exactly where it did most damage, and told the voters (democrats, undecided, and even some republicans) exactly what they wanted to hear. Bullshit or not, empty promises or not, he told them he would give them the world and they ate that shit up. Mac's camp tried to smear Obama but did so in a very unconvincing manner, focused more on Obama than the voters, and didn’t touch on the correct and necessary issues. The ads were poor, the speeches were bad, the interviews horrible, the entire campaign management deplorable.
Bottom line: Obama is a great salesman and, as cliché as it may sound, he just wanted it more. Therefore in McCain/Palin's name I concede the presidential election.
2¢. Unfortunately, elections nowadays are just over-glorified and over-publicized popularity contests. Whoever is able to run a better campaign will end up winning, regardless of views, agendas, issues, etc. So in this aspect I will give it to obama'08, they did run a much better campaign than McCain’s people. Not only did Obama’s people make all the right choices and push the right buttons, McCain’s people managed to make the wrong choices and push the wrong buttons. I think that maybe if McCain’s camp wouldn’t have done anything at all (except put up signs and ads with only his name and picture), they might have had a better turnout. I felt as though McCain had a campaign aimed at pleasing the conservatives, instead of winning the votes of the undecided voters and even some of the democrats. Starting with selecting palin - she did wonders for the R camp, but everyone else, the D and the independents thought of it and her as a joke, bad choice, hitler, evil, stupid, retarded, and so on. Then the attacks on Obama, although I find them relevant and important, and so do other conservatives, obviously the voters who needed to be won over didn’t give a shit about that and cared more about other pertinent issues. And when speaking of the economy (which mac touched on only briefly - another bad move) they pointed out what Obama was going to do and how bad that was, instead of pointing out specifically what mac would do (not that I believe that any of them can do shit). Obama's people ran a perfect campaign: they were able to push the smears aside and trivialized them, they hit mac skillfully exactly where it did most damage, and told the voters (democrats, undecided, and even some republicans) exactly what they wanted to hear. Bullshit or not, empty promises or not, he told them he would give them the world and they ate that shit up. Mac's camp tried to smear Obama but did so in a very unconvincing manner, focused more on Obama than the voters, and didn’t touch on the correct and necessary issues. The ads were poor, the speeches were bad, the interviews horrible, the entire campaign management deplorable.
Bottom line: Obama is a great salesman and, as cliché as it may sound, he just wanted it more. Therefore in McCain/Palin's name I concede the presidential election.
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