See politics are a funny thing. Worse than religion to talk about in several circles. I know what I think religiously and God’s not here to screw it up or encourage me. That’s all about faith, but politics are about men and women just like you and me. It’s about people trying to do something or maintain control of something. It can separate friends and colleagues on opposite sides of party lines. I don’t talk politics at work, but people know me so they know what I think. I definitely don’t talk politics to students at all. They know me so they know what I think, too. I definitely don’t talk politics with my extended family. My parents aren’t political at all (in 2004 my brother had to physically take my mother to vote), and my brother and sister agree with me most of the time. My wife & I agree, but the issues that affect one of us affects the other. My in-laws and I don’t agree at all. Politics isn’t a topic for us to really discuss. Maybe it’s because they don’t have the experiences I have as an educator, or maybe because they live in a more traditional east than we do. Maybe it’s because my father-in-law has always seemed to vote a certain way, and his son follows in his ways. I don’t know. No matter what or who anyone picks depends on the information they have, the information they’re given, and, you know what, probably not much else. I’ve seen heard the McCain bashing about him being a crotchedy old man and picking a right wing conservative brand new female politician. I’ve heard about Obama’s supposed Muslim ties. I know McCain’s record’s correlation to Bush’s. I’ve seen the quotes from Obama’s books. Propaganda pushes people and scare tactics succeed. Some people will vote purely to get the republics out of office and try something new (and my father-in-law has agreed with me when I say Bush has really screwed the pooch the last couple of years). While others will just never vote for a black man. There are all kinds of reasons to vote, and if you’re ambivalent about the politic world around you, then stay home today. Don’t vote. Wake up tomorrow and ask a friend who won. They will tell you that we don’t know yet. Or they can tell you it was a landslide like it’s not been for decades. But if you do care. If you do have an opinion, and if you have done your research then get your butt out there and stand in line. Spend 4 1/2 hours reading books, writing reports, blogging your experiences at polling centers, etc… because this is one of the biggest elections of the year.