voting

I voted yesterday. There was a line, that was a good thing. I have always been involved politically, sometimes more active than other times. So far, I have resisted involvement. The last election I worked on was the fateful Bush/Gore election. How distressing was that. I worked the schools and the beaches (I live in a warm climate) to get people to register to vote. It was during that time, that I so how apathy runs deep among our citizenry. It is a sad state of affairs to know that so many seek refuge in this country and yet its own citizens take so little action to protect the one thing that is the ideal: freedom to vote.I stood on the line yesterday hoping that the line was an indication of something better to come this election. I wondered if the Democratic bosses would dare to refuse to seat the rebellious states like Florida. I wondered whether this time we might actually hope to have a President that has the capacity to understand the world that exists now: the issues facing all nations are complex, not the least of which is global warming.  I worry that not enough people will vote and that those that do vote will not take the time, or are unable to learn about the issues. The last election I recall a woman stating that her minister told the congregation how to vote because there really was no separation of church an state. That is too scary. Simple slogans do not solve the worlds problems  and yet that is what moves people. It seems since the Reagan days, that is more and more the case.I guess I am left to hope and do what I can -vote -and encourage others to do the same.