Stay the course?

It's election day. I'm praying for PURPLE. In the 2004 elections only 60% of registered voters went to the polls. If you're a registered voter, make the time and make a difference.

The President has stated that he is pleased with the progress in IRAQ. Donald Rumsfeld is doing a "fantastic job", IRAQ is the main front in the war on terror, your taxes are low, the deficit is high, social security and medicare payments are on life support, joblessness is low, poverty is at an all-time high, there are more millionaires then ever before (the Forbes top 400 are all billionaires), interest rates are climbing, congressional interns are being solicited by protected members of Congress, evangelical ministers are preaching against homosexuality and drugs while they buy methamphetamine and pay for sex. New Orleans has not recovered from the twin disasters of natural forces and government negligence and apathy. 20% of the President's time is spent on vacation at his ranch. Lobbyists control Congress and only half of our population is being represented by our leaders.

If you're happy with the direction of the country then there is nothing that can be said or done to make your want a change in leadership. Pull the lever for RED and move on.

It's true that a vote for change most likely means a vote for the BLUE team which will color the country a pleasing shade of PURPLE. The pendulum is swinging to the middle. The radical right AND the radical left will be disenfranchised. The politics of fear, hate, intolerance and elitist favoritism will be left behind. If you're not in the top 1% of wage earners I find it impossible to believe that you are satisfied with the condition of this country in all aspects.

Vote for change. You still get the war on terror, you still get protection from terrorists, you still get the war in IRAQ, you will get family values. The issues that concern you will be debated, discussed and acted upon.

VOTE PURPLE....