It's true. I am a bad American.
I care about the future of this great country, yet I have failed to do my civic duty. In this gigantic election year with serious repurcussions for the make-up of our governing body, something I care deeply about, I have seriously failed not only myself, but my fellow Americans.
For months, I promised myself I would get my act together (and the necessary paperwork) and hike my ass down to the DMV to get a TN license, license plate, and become a citizen of the strange and bizarre southern, Bible Belt state I presently call home. Yet here I sit, months later, with only a PA license to speak of. Thus, I am still not a TN resident and cannot vote in this state.
Furthermore, while pretending to get my act together and become a TN resident, I ignored my home state, the great PA, because I was convinced I wouldn't need to still be a resident of PA. So, while shitting the pot on my new state citizenship, I failed to get registered to vote in TN and I failed to get my absentee ballot for PA. Not only can I not contribute to the TN vote, which is HUGELY important, I can't vote at all.
I
Hate
Myself.
I am a real (bad) American.
I hope the rest of you wonderful people did your part and are getting your butts to the booths to partake in the big vote tomorrow. I hope you have done, and are proud of, your civic duty.
Robert Putnam would be proud.
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I rocked the vote in TN just for you. The Democrats will rise again, my friend. The new touch screen voting machines are totally cool (wow-could I be any more of a dork).
PA -- coming through in the clutch!
I got to vote in person for the first time since I was 18! How cool is that. I highly recommend voting in urban areas where voters think they are disenfranchised -- phenomenal experience!
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