Please say it ain't so!!

“Why are we still watching these stupid political commercials? I thought the election was over.”

Please, please, please tell me this is an isolated incident and that people are not really this unaware or disinterested?

One of my friends spoke these words to which I had to take several deep breaths. While I already know she has no interest and isn’t registered to vote, I kind of thought that for some reason she would at least know how it works. A 20 minute conversation ensued in which I had to explain that the highly decorated Nov. 4 box on my giant wall calendar (visible during the conversation) has not yet passed.

Blank stare…

“Meaning no one has voted yet?”

“Right. They will on Tuesday,” I said.

“Won’t that take a long time?”

“Yes. All day.”

More questions followed like, how come I had already voted… to which we all know means I filled out an absentee ballot. Another about how long does it really take, to which I said again, all day.

The thing that concerns me is not this conversation, but the one that followed.

We were talking about the job market and life after school. She said she was worried about healthcare and taxes. As she spoke the following words it felt like I was hitting my head against a brick wall.

“Well I don’t want to pay high taxes just because of this stupid war and I want guaranteed healthcare.”

How can someone care so little and then turn around and expect to get everything they want without working for it or at least being a part of the conversation? If these things are really her passion, she should have voted and taken the time to figure out which candidate is going to impact her life in the most positive way.

I decided to say nothing back to her. I ended the conversation so I didn’t throw her across the room. No one has to agree with me or like what I like but you do need to be educated and passionate and realize politics is part of your everyday life. It is too late for her to act now even if she wants to and believe me she’s still blissfully waiting for this country to “get over it.”

Can a girl get a solace?

I just need to know that she is the only one, that it’s just like a one in a million thing that people don’t get it.

Didn’t we all watch School House Rocks as kids, I mean come on…