It Doesn't Matter How You Vote, Just VOTE!

SARASOTA, FL. (NS) -

This year's mid-term elections will be one of the most watched and perhaps most participated in by voters in quite some time...

While it doesn't matter who a person votes for, it does matter that people vote. If you don't exercise your priviledge as an American citizen being able to vote, you no longer have ANY reason to complain...

Instead you become part of the problem and not the 'solution' by not voting. This is something ALL eligible voters should be thinking about during this year's mid-term elections...

While the attack ads and false accusations have abounded all across America, it should be noted that almost every mid-term election since WWII, the average loss for a second-term Presidency in its sixth year has been 29 House seats and six Senate seats. If you go back to Franklin Roosevelt's second term, the House loss average jumps to 35. Thus a 25/6 House/Senate loss would be about (and slightly below) the historical average...

Now that being said, has the 'October surprise' provided by Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-MA) been enough to help the GOP rally their voters???

Kerry's 'kinda-sorta-maybe' apology made after his stupid blunder in a speech given in CA this past Monday about our Military Troops and their education, still has many Vietnam Veterans absolutely 'steaming'...

If the Vietnam Veterans and their familes react the way they did in 2004, Kerry and the Democrats are in BIG trouble...

The situation in Iraq is changing almost daily and American Military resources are changing as well...

With the conviction of former Iraq President and Dictator Saddam Hussein and 3 others, now sentenced to death by hanging, perhaps the situation in Iraq will now once again start to stabilize...

While the Democrats have tried to make this a 'one issue' campaign about the War in Iraq, it should be quickly pointed out that with the economy doing well and people working and making more money, usually favors the incumbents...

In the past, it is a fact that people vote their wallets and the economic growth and recovery throughout America is still setting records everywhere you look...

The other 'burning issue' across America is Illegal Immigration. The vast majority of Americans do NOT want some sort of 'Blanket Amnesty' for those 12 million or so Illegals here inside America...

The majority of Americans want the Illegals identified and then most polls show a 'case by case' basis for those allowed to remain and apply for American citizenship is what is preferred...

The Illegal Immigration issue will 'make or break' a lot of political races especially in the Border States with Mexico...

There is also another move afoot to rewrite the American GI Bill for the new warriors of the War on Terror. While this move is strongly supported by most Republican candidates, there are still many doubts about how and what the Democrats will do on this issue...

Consider this to when you go to the polls. My son, a career U.S. Marine officer, has been in Afghanistan and Iraq twice and his Unit assisted in the Lebanon rescue of U.S. Citizens in harms way. He has told me repeatedly, as have other Military troops, not to believe what the mainstream news media keeps trying to say about the places he's been in...

His Unit was deployed with the proper gear and equipment and was involved in the fight to take Fallujah from the Terrorist thugs who had control of it. They had enough beans and bullets and all his Unit ever asked for were things like baby wipes, paper towels, liquid soap, magazines, chewing gum and toiletries. That was it!

To listen to the mainstream news media and Liberals who have never been in combat, you'd think we'd sent the Boyscouts into combat with their boyscout knifes. This has to stop and the TRUTH must be told 'loud & clear' to the American people...

Some voters will vote the issues. others their beliefs, many just because of the Party, but a lot will vote for what they believe in their hearts...

A lot of those voters are sometimes referred to as Christian Conservatives who vote for fundamental American-Judeo Christian values...

There has been some speculation about these voters staying 'home' this election, but I can tell you from what I've heard all across America, this isn't going to happen...

The Republican GOTV push has been stirring their voter base all across America. In areas where the Republicans outnumber the Democrats, if the Party faithful turn out to vote, the Republicans win just because of their numbers...

The Democrats have been doing everything they could to try and discourage this from happening, but once again I can tell you from what I've been hearing it's not going to work...

I believe we could see one of the largest mid-term election voter turnouts 'ever'. That being said, it will be interesting to see how far into the night Tuesday and early Wednesday morning that some of these races will go before there is a clear winner...

My bet is there will be a lot of midnight nail biting going on across America...

Remember, if you don't get out and VOTE, you become part of the 'problem' and not the SOLUTION...

Good luck, take care and God Bless America...

For Now, That's Just 'OUR' Opinion...

Matt Bruce
Managing Editor
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