Election Day

Well here it is. Will America stomp out socialism today or vote away their freedoms for good?

Here's where I went with the major elections...

As much as I dislike Lee Terry, I voted for him just to help keep the Democratic majority a little smaller in the House. I generally don't like voting for a party instead of a person, but this year was all about making exceptions. (See below)

In the Senate race, I voted for the Constitution (Nebraska) Party candidate, Kelly Renee Rosberg. The CP is a little more on the religious right than I'd prefer, but there weren't any libertarians running for Senate, so she was the best choice.

On Initiative 424, I voted FOR it. Call me names, I really don't care. We shouldn't be giving race or gender preferences and, quite frankly, I'm not sure why were are in the first place. 'No' to preferences. 'Yes' to anti-discrimination laws. It shouldn't be so complicated.

As always, I voted 'No' for the retention of every judge on the ballot.

And finally, I had to do something that I've criticized people for doing in the past. I voted against a candidate instead of voting for one. Normally I would vote for who I think is best, and that would often be the Libertarian Party candidate, but sometimes the Republican one. In this case, however, we have perhaps the most dangerous man to ever run for president from a major party in the history of our country. And he will most likely win. So after pausing for just a second to make sure I still didn't want to write in Ron Paul, and after apologizing (out loud) to Bob Barr, I held my nose and voted for John McCain.

You know, I think I could say that by voting against socialism, I indirectly voted libertarian. I guess...

As for my own "exit polls," things didn't look too good. Listening to people around me and looking at their bumper stickers, I say that it wasn't looking good for McCain on Omaha today. But let's try to stay positive until we start seeing some returns.