“Choose your cup, cast your vote. 7 Election.” – 7-Eleven ad campaign
“Open your window. If you hear gunshots and the wails of starving babies, the other guy won.” – The Onion
Election
years must be hard on rational people. In addition to the constant
barrage of advertisements and information from candidates, parties, Super PAC's, issue-oriented groups and various news outlets, there’s also
a non-stop feed of opinions and links from politically-charged people
who aim to convince you that their guy is good and the other guy is an
evil harbinger of an impending apocalypse which will soon follow the
election of the wrong candidate. I’m guilty of participating in this
rhetoric of urgency and I’m sure a lot of you are too. I do it because
the other guy makes me mad and because I believe I’m right,
but when I take the time to check in with my rational self I am reminded
that we all need to chill the fuck out and do the one thing that
actually does matter in all of this, which is, of course, to vote.
