Political Blog 3

Upon arrival to my voting place in Bethesda, MD, there were numerous signs and banners for both presidential candidates as well as other people involved on the ballot.  This came to my suprise partially because in my area (Montgomery County) the majority of the vote is blue by a massive portion.  There was a group of older women about 20 feet the spot where laid a sign that no media or people helping candidates could pass.  The group of people tried to all talk to me at once, probably because nobody was there.  I think they were trying to sway my vote through innuendos, but they had no success.  I asked several of my friends from other counties (Baltimore, Anne Arundle, Carroll, and Howard) and all of them reported that there were absolutely no people or signs outside their voting place.  The only "media" I witnessed on my way back home from voting was a NBC 4 van on the main road outside my house.

Throughout the day, I followed various websites and television news stations to see what was happening in the election.  Though from the beginning, I was fairly sure what the outcome would be but I still watched with some faint hints of hope.  Regrettably and unfortunately, one of the best sources to see what was happening was through Facebook Status Updates.  

In the early afternoon, there were fairly decent posts, nothing too obnoxious.  One of the main ones I saw early in the day was "GObama".  I must have seen that on at least 20 friends pages.  On the opposite side, there were also things like "Vote for reason, country first"....and I did.  Needless to say, there were a considerably smaller amount of status' as such.

Then at night, things started to get nasty.  I would refresh the page every few minutes and there would be something new and disgusting.  One in particular was full of colorful language and lack of intelect on the matter, and it told me to "get the ***** out republicans! nobody wants you here anyway!"  Typical of a brainwashed college student.  Someone else also informed me that I, like all conservatives, was a homosexual and should move to france.  Contrary to their accusation, I am not homosexual, and I hate france.

The little news media I followed seemed to be fair.  They commended both parties speeches, and congratulated the victor.  I watched his speech, and I as a citizen of the US, am ready to follow him, despite me voting for the other party.  Sometimes you just have to know when you've lost, and to accept it.   It was hard to accept it, due the the drunkards outside my apartment chanting Obamas name until wee hours of the morning.  But I have accepted it, and I hope our country will be OK for the next four years.  I'm happy I vote for the first time in this historic election.