It's so easy to feel jaded at the American political system. It's become a game of multi-millionaires pouring capital into machines that siphon off half the funds to lobbyists and the other half to commercials claiming their opponent is a big, fat baby rapist. More and more, people feel disenfranchised and disillusioned, believing what's the point, that a single vote isn't going to matter, that the system's broke so why even bother. And if you're reading this, there's a good chance you fit into this category.
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If there's been anything in these columns that have drawn your ire and rage, then vote for Obama. Yes, re-electing him comes with some caveats—the drone strike thing being this column's main point of criticism; more on that below—but if you're one of those sickened at the horrors of organized religion and the advancement of their various agendas into your own personal space—which I'm not going to list here simply because you can just scroll through this column's archives blindly and find a whole heaping helping of them—this year's vote doesn't have to be about feeling passionately about the political process. It can simply be about feeling passionately about defending your life from religious nutbags. Freedom of religion is an idea that gets name-checked often, but no one ever talks about freedom from religion, the right to not have our lives dictated by the unproven beliefs of others. Make no mistake about it, under a Romney/Ryan presidency, laws created simply from religious doctrine will find their way into your home. There's not enough locks to keep them out. Which is to say, if all you need is a single good excuse to give up 15 minutes of your time on Tuesday, that's it.
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