Well... It's election time here in the US and to be fair, nobody really cares!!! People are going around doing their day to day job like nothing special is happening. If it was India, then there would extra "pandus" placed everywhere, and yeah it would be a DRY DAY!!!
But this election is pretty important to the American people. After a long, long time Foreign Affairs tends to dominate the election campaign, rather than the regular issues. That's something new for these guys... 80% of American's can't locate Iraq on the map, yet the War in Iraq is what they feel the most about!!! And who can blame them for it.
Unlike the last elections the following are not, well atleast on the top, of the issues list:
But this election is pretty important to the American people. After a long, long time Foreign Affairs tends to dominate the election campaign, rather than the regular issues. That's something new for these guys... 80% of American's can't locate Iraq on the map, yet the War in Iraq is what they feel the most about!!! And who can blame them for it.
Unlike the last elections the following are not, well atleast on the top, of the issues list:
- Gay Rights,
- Abortion,
- Liberal / Conservative Judges,
- Unemployment and
- Tax Concessions.
The things that are dominating this election cycle are:
- War in Iraq,
- Gas Prices,
- Job Losses,
- Low Wages and
- Out-Sourcing.
And you say campaign in India is bad, well, you should check out some the campaign ads on TV. Slander is a milder term for them. They are outright insults!
- "This guy is a traitor!!!"
- "This guy is unpatriotic!!!"
- "This guy works for Special Interests!!!" or
- "This guy is soft on Terrorists!!!"
This would be the 3rd ElectionS after 9/11 yet, al-Quida and terror still tops the Republican aganda. It's less than 24 hours before the Polling Booths open and the DHS is yet to raise the Terror Alert from Yellow to Orange!!! Not that I am cozy with Democrats though. Frankly, I would prefer a Republican Congress than a Democrat one... Who wouldn't want lower taxes!!! And personally, Republican administration is very, very tough on terrorists, I feel. And I do like their Immigration Bill. Also, I don't want a lame duck President or a lame duck Congress!!! Both of them will not get any work done.
It's always surprising to see Indian-American favoring Democrats than Republicans because, culturally and ideologically, Republicans' conservative viewsare pretty close to India thinking.
All in all, I do hope that American's get out and VOTE!!! considering that places like Somalia and Iran has more voter turn out than the US!!!What ever happens tomorrow, it might actually have some impact on me, I guess!!! So lets hope for the best!!!
Nithin Kamath
www.nithinkamath.net
It's always surprising to see Indian-American favoring Democrats than Republicans because, culturally and ideologically, Republicans' conservative viewsare pretty close to India thinking.
All in all, I do hope that American's get out and VOTE!!! considering that places like Somalia and Iran has more voter turn out than the US!!!What ever happens tomorrow, it might actually have some impact on me, I guess!!! So lets hope for the best!!!
Nithin Kamath
www.nithinkamath.net
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