Election Day! Still Need A Reason To Vote?

Today is November 4th, Election Day! Nicole and I waited almost two hours in line this morning to vote for Barack Obama and it was worth every minute. This election is by far the most historic election I've ever seen and I've never felt more a part of something in my life.

Earlier this year I voted for another Democratic Presidential Nominee, click here, and was quite saddened at the outcome. For a long time I felt unsure about Barack Obama until I went to a rally here in Charlotte (informed by Facebook) and was amazed at the turnout and what Barack had to say. It was enough to make me see him in a new light and give me the inspiration I was looking for. After that I signed up on a bunch of Barack Obama website and was introduced to 30Reasons.org.

The organization 30Reasons.org is a pro-Barack Obama website and for 30 days prior to Election day it emailed me pro-Barack Obama posters. Every day I would expect a new poster in my inbox and each one gave me a different reason to vote for Barack Obama. Each new poster took on a new topic and the topics ranged from the economy to McCain being just another Bush. Some were smart and insightful and others were crap and childish. But what I liked about them all was the interesting approaches they each took on. All the different perspectives reminded me that we all see things differently and it's amazing that we can vote on anything!

My only complaint was with the whole objective of the organisation. I think it would have been better had they done the saem for McCain also. That would have shown us the "yang" with the "ying" and given us the opposing perspective which is something we all need when we are making a decision on a candidate.

Overall I found it very inspiring! I've never seen anything like this and to be honest I'm going to miss it.