Vote Emmanuel

A Wasted Vote

2008-11-13T18:35:00.000-08:00

The night of November 4th, I sat watching in anticipation as the electoral votes were being counted. This was really the first election I had participated in this way, I was really soaking everything in.

I noticed that only the two candidates Obama and McCain were being given any air time. I had hoped that an unprecedented amount of third-party candidate votes would start coming in, surprising the news media. No change came.

Somewhere before or after Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, the media quickly let on that less than 1% of all the votes accounted for the third-party candidates. That wasn't even just the guy I voted for; that "less-than-one-percent" was all the third-party candidates combined.

Ready to Campaign

2008-11-13T18:18:00.000-08:00

Praying for a God-fearing candidate to be elected president, it started to become too clear that there was the choice between Obama and McCain. I resisted the idea to vote for the better of the two; and decided my vote was best cast toward an underdog.

My immediate purpose was not to elect a third-party candidate, but to cast my vote in such a way that, perhaps, enough votes would show America that the underdog could win in an upcoming election.

That is when I began to have the thoughts of campaigning heavily for 2012. If Ron Paul wasn't going to run, then I would help whoever was going to run; and start right away.

Politico Amendo

2008-11-13T17:04:00.000-08:00

Near the end of the 2008 elections, just days before election day; I thought it proper to research the presidential candidates thoroughly. Though I had decided to write in Ron Paul for president, I first had to find out if he was still running.

Among my discoveries, I found that Obama was seriously being considered as the Man of Lawlessness, McCain didn't impress me any, Ron Paul fell out of candidacy, and endorsed Chuck Baldwin.

Chuck Baldwin seemed to hold many of Ron Paul's limited Government policies and advocacy of the Constitution. He seemed the best candidate, though I would have preferred Ron Paul because of his proven track record.

Coming into the campaign as late as I did, 3 days before election day; I was enveloped with information on the Internet and YouTube.com. I spent all my free time those days really getting caught up on a lot that happened; the Republican primaries and their debates, and the presidential debates.

Previously taking a no-political-involvement stance, I felt like my eyes were being opened to reality. I mean this was really happening, and the future of our country would be determined by the outcome of these elections, right? I began to seriously question my stance and look down on those who cared little about current events and weren't ready to take action.