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I cast my ballot Saturday Oct. 25th @ approximately 10:45 am. I feel liberated. I have voted twice in my lifetime for presidential canidates, and for the first time I actually feel great about it! Many Texans that identify with the Democratic party choose not to vote at all being that Texas is a Republican state, and although this is probably true I had to do my civil duty. Some people on't even realize that I, We barely even have the right to vote. The bill hasn't been ratified...so why not take advantage? We've come so for in American politics but yet we have so far to go...

Glued to The Tube

With great anticipation of the debate tomorrow evening i'm sitting in front of the television straing at CNN. I am quite anxious to see how things turn out. In class today we discussed the media. There are several different forms of media. The debate is an example of free media, and the debates, interviews, and mere comments have shown how great of an impact the media has on this election. Dr. Fairbanks mentioned early in the course that due to mass media, which was not existent in early democracy, how severe campaigning and appealing to your audience is today. David Mark, the author of The Art of Negative Campaiging discusses within his text that attacks become personal, and campaigns go sour because IT WORKS. It has been proven. Piggybacking on what some of you blogged about earlier in the week, I will not be tuning into Fox News post debate. It is no secret that I am an Obama supporter. Although, I don't believe any startegy in this debate will make any differences at this point, I realize that this battle is not over. The news mentioned Obama is tryig to "buy" this race. NEGATIVITY!

Palin Vs- Biden

Oh me oh my, where do I begin. First I would like to announce that compared to the debate between Barack and McCain this show was a bit more intense. I am appauled that people are giving way more credit to Sarah Palin than deserved. Palin is simply not ready to take control if the country if appointed to president of the United States. She is extremely to caddy and sarcastic. I find that commentors are simply giving her kudos because she did not perform as poorly as expected, but in no shape form or fashion was she speaking with any expertise. Both debates have been sort of a toss up, at least this is my personal opinion. In chapter 5 of the textbook Road to the White House 2008, Wayne raises awareness to Media associated with debates. He talks about free media, paid media, and gaining the media's attention. This information is intersting and will probably rais eeyenrows once covered because the staging that I witnessed tonight was quite similiar.