I feel ever so slightly guilty of causing discomfort. In that here I am going on and on about an election in which I shall play no part. Funnily enough, in the past few seconds I have read an email about an election taking place next Tuesday in which neither me nor you will play any part. Although it is true to say that both the election next Tuesday and the one taking place soon in your neighbourhood, shall affect all of us and me respectively.
"Do you realize that there are 90 million people who are planning to NOT vote next Tuesday? That's according to a poll conducted by USA Today. 90,000,000!! It's a shocking number, isn't it? In the old days we'd just label these people as apathetic or stupid. Not anymore. They don't need our admonition - they need our empathy.
The non-voter today knows exactly what's going on, and he or she wants no part of it. They are discouraged, disillusioned, and have almost lost hope that things will change. Many are jobless or working for peanuts. They're angry, and we should tell them they have every right to be. "
From Michael Moore...
http://www.michaelmoore.com/