It's been a while since I've rambled. But today I got to thinking about the upcoming elections. Every time there is an important election - I get a knot in my stomach. I think about what if the conservatives lose control of the Congress -- the thought of us going backwards to the way things were eight years ago is not a pretty thing. Some of you might not care, but there is a defensiveness in me about this.
Eight years (and a few more) ago, I was introduced to a side of politics that was new to me. We met some friends who were close friends with our former Republican Congressman Steve Stockman. We went to several meetings the Congressman had here in Beaumont and came away with a respect for that man and his beliefs. It was hard watching him lose the next election and then start on the roller coaster to get Ted Poe elected.
We tried to get involved with our local Republican Party but can't get a lot of information about meetings, etc. And don't really have the time to add anything else to our lives. But it did open our eyes a lot to the importance of at least voting. One vote might not mean much - but then again, I don't want my vote to be the one needed that wasn't cast.
What difference does it make? It seems like very little in the grand scheme of things. But with our grandkids' future at stake, it is important that, with this war in Iraq, the immigration problems, the gasoline reserves, the decision-making people in places of power be as wise as we can possibly get. If no conservatives vote, then we'll get non-conservatives to make all the decisions. They will un-do a lot of what President Bush has done and backwards we will go.
I hope it doesn't happen. I pray it doesn't happen. But it takes people to vote to make sure it doesn't happen.
2 comments:
I so totally agree with you, Jody. I have an entry in my blog called "What if Liberals Win the Elections?" It's in my herpinkdiary.blogspot.com blog. It gives me a tummyache to think about it, so I try not to.
But I do honestly and truly feel that it is every Christian's civic duty to vote (with maybe a few exceptions.)
I talked with my Mom last week about voting. She always does the "early voting" thing and let me know that she'd been to the courthouse and cast her vote. Her reason she said was to remind me to vote - she votes democrat and my vote cancels her's out, so she always reminds me to vote. I think it's really funny to be raised in a family that thinks so totally different from one another. Her reasons are sound ones to her, but sound pretty self-serving to me.
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