Research the Candidates by Shane King

November 6, 2012.  This is tomorrow! Are You going to vote?  This is your First Amendment!  It is entirely your right to vote, or not to vote! Both are acceptable and both of them are right.  You'll hear some people say that, "if you don't vote, you have no room to talk for the next four years against the elected candidate."  Now this is a ridiculous statement that actually can go both ways.

Sure, I can see the point they are trying to get across, but after further thinking it fails to deliver sound logic.  This logic is urging you to vote, which is great!  However, a better statement would be, if you vote carelessly without doing research, then you are stuck with the candidate you vote for.  Sadly, this is the kind of thing I see most often.  People are voting for candidates because they think it is "cool" or that their candidate is a celebrity.  Also people vote against candidates, not necessarily for a candidate.  Many times someone knows they don't like the current president.  So instead of doing research to discover some of the major opposing candidates are the same, or worse, they simply vote against the current way.   Their campaign marketing tactics are working on you if you fall into this void.  I urge you to do research on the internet from as many different sources as you can find.  Some of the things you might come across will be extreme, some truthful and some not.  Then you can venture out to see what is the truth to better inform your opinion and decision to vote or not.

Personally, I was leaning towards voting for Ron Paul this election because I feel he has the best interest for the widest range of citizens in mind.  Unfortunately he is no longer in the running after he realized his last chances were being stifled.  He wanted to speak at the 2012 Republican National Convention, but Romney's team said if he wanted a speaking spot, he would have to back and support Romney.  Ron Paul said he would do no such thing because it would undue everything he has been fighting for in the past 20 years.  Ron Paul's track record speaks for itself and to me, he has already won.  He has awaken our generation to shape the future for the better.  There is a Revolution building and I think more candidates within the next few elections will represent Us and Our country.  This will be due to our demand for such candidates talking about the real important issues.  This is the people's country, not the governments.  Remember that!