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Beth McHose

Grad Student

I am learning to cook, hopefully learning to do yoga, learning how to drink wine, and have just triumphed making my first scrapbook. I love all ethnic food but oddly enough, Thanksgiving is my favorite meal (I LOVE casseroles). I have recently become a pescatarian and feel very lovely and responsibl...

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vote vote vote vote vote...have I said it enough times?

I know it seems like this election may be decided and over but it is NOT. We have seen in the past 2 elections that the poll numbers mean nothing. We HAVE to show up and vote. It doesn't matter if you are going to miss class, or miss work, or whatever. This is more important. You can get the notes from class, you can find a new job, but you CANNOT afford another four years of irresponsibility from Washington. We all know that if Obama is gonna win this, it HAS to be a landslide or it will be stolen out from under us yet again. Do you want to feel that disappointment again? Do you want to look back four years from now thinking "if only I had just sucked it up and stood in line"? I do not. I will be in line as long as it takes. I will be silently congratulating and thanking every single one of you that goes out and waits to choose the next president of the United States. We cannot afford four more years of favors to those who got McCain to the white house. We cannot afford four years of Sarah Palin's unethical business practices. We cannot afford more bad economic ideas. We cannot afford to overturn Roe v. Wade- one of the biggest and most important steps this country has taken to protect our constitutional liberties. We cannot afford to let Social Security slip by the wayside; we cannot afford our healthcare premiums as they are; we cannot afford to stay reliant on oil and other fossil fuels that will undoubtedly run out sooner than later. We must start making steps. Let's begin with the steps to the polls on Tuesday. Let's wait in line as long as it takes. Let's make sure that our voting machines are picking the candidate we have chosen. Let's not be afraid to ask for help. This is not the time for being scared to speak up. This election will NOT be stolen out from under us this year. Four years is a long time to wait for our chance again. Do whatever it takes to get out and vote. This election is far from over. Prove the media wrong and show that us young people know what is important and are willing to reach for it. Stand up for yourself and your right to vote!!!!!!!!!! Now get out there and let's do this, people! Let's make Barack Obama our next President of the United States of America! YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!