Its that time. Vote.

Its the big day. If you haven't already, get out and cast your vote. Who you vote for is your business and I am not here to sway you one way or the other. Honestly, if you are undecided at this point and are influenced by my blog the day of the election, then maybe you shouldn't vote after all.

My gaming guild has had a couple lengthy threads on our forums discussing the election and candidates and the government in general. We have people from all over the country chiming in with many varied viewpoints and stances. We have quite a few Canadians in the guild as well and its interesting to get their opinions in there as well as an outsider and see some of the comparisons to things going on in their government.

Someone had posted this picture.. and I liked it. Simple and made a very good point.



Does it matter that Obama could be the first president with a skin color other than pale? Does it make him better? Does it make his policies and platform of 'Change' any more potent? Is McCain's choice of Palin as a VP candidate an obvious counter to that as she would be the first woman to hold that office? Does it matter?

People are so focused on all the historical, ground breaking firsts going on in this election. It has a positive effect in that voter turnout is already looking better than it has been in a very long time. As of Monday, 24 million people have voted already with the ease of restrictions on early voting.

All I am hoping is that the majority of the people can look past all the amazing firsts and all the excitement going along with this election and actually vote for the candidate based on his stance on the issues.