Swinging State

I don't know if Nevada is regarded as a swing state in the presidential election but it must be important because both of those donkeys have been here a lot of times, and sent their relatives here too. The polls say it is real close here and I believe that's true.
Now it's a fact that Vegas has been growing like a weed for the last four years and a lot of the people coming here are rich and likely to be republicans but many are poor folk, working service or construction jobs and they are likely to be non-voters in the past. But things have changed. Awareness is a funny word but the media has hit us on the head so much that people are really starting to be aware of more than their own personal situations and taking interest in the big picture. Maybe because that picture is on TV all the time. The GET OUT AND VOTE people are having success like never before and this yeas it is expected that more people will vote than ever before.(per capita) This is a great thing, and maybe it will save us.
Although it is clear to me that the Bush administration has failed in every way important to the America way of life, many have been taken in by the Hollywood image he has managed to project. That of a strong leader with moral certainty and religious rightjustness spreading democracy throughout the world. Bullshit.
It is lucky that there is so much news available on TV. Competition makes them have to bring us new news and the best source is Iraq and the disaster there is clear to any but the most mind dead. So even if they don't read the press, people are getting the message that something smells bad. Anyone who reads the newspaper would have to have their (HSUTA) not to realize the economic and environmental abuse by this president.
This election is important in many ways. One is the possibility of fraud because, as you remember, the last one was not without doubt. If the results this year are not clear we may be in danger of losing the primary franchise of America. I have no doubt the money people behind the republican party would do anything, break any law, to insure a win. These people are strip miners and they do not care.
So to wrap up, I am pleased to find lines of people voting early. There is a LOT of this going on here and I hope everywhere else. It means that people really want to vote and it means they are caring about the most important democratic idea, THE RIGHT TO VOTE