Life’s too short to vote

Everyone expects me to have an opinion on elections. I don’t. My vote doesn’t matter. Neither does yours. Perhaps if you campaign for a candidate you can make a difference in whether or not they get elected, but voting alone as a political activity doesn’t make a difference. When people ask me what I think of Obama or Hillary they think I’m joking when I respond Obama’s black and supports ethanol subsidies and Hillary’s a woman who excessively hates on free trade.

I just wanted to make this clear at the outset: I’m a firm believer in the idea that voting is a waste of time. I won’t vote in the federal primary or election. However, for those of you interested in kidding yourselves, I’ve decided to do some non-partisan blogging on each of the major candidates. At the very least I’ll be able to make small talk at parties with people I don’t really care about anyway. So hopefully over the next couple of months you can look forward to disillusioned political commentary from me.

Joining LTS fashionably late,

Matt S.