Many Butler students are from the state of Indiana, but do not live in the area where they are registered to vote. (If you are even registered!)
You can file for an absentee ballot here: http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/absentee.html. It must be received by April 28, so act soon!
I encourage all students to register to vote. It is past the deadline to register in time for the Indiana Primary Election, but registration for the November General Election opens on May 20. Registration here: http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/vote_reg.html
This is an interesting election, one that could lead our nation into a time of change. Therefore, it is important to have your voice heard and take part in the privilege of democracy.
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To all first-time voters: Along with the right to vote comes the responsibility to be an informed voter. I wonder how many college students have actually done much research about the candidates? Since Obama's wife, Michelle, has been campaigning for him, do you care that she said this is the first time in her adult life that she has been proud of her country? Do you agree with her that America is mean?
A lot of college students are supporting Obama because they think he's cool and they like what he says. If you believe that asking a question to Chelsea about her dad is fair game, then you should be asking yourself about Obama's wife's comments; and then asking yourself if it's really true that Obama can fix American's "broken souls".
The last article I read about Michelle Obama's comments are quite unsettling. People have told me they believe what Obama says, which would translate to believing everything Michelle says also.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/04/obama_the_savior.html April 22, 2008 Obama the Savior By Caroline Glick
Speaking in February of the man she knows better than anyone else does, Michelle Obama said that her husband, Illinois Senator and candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination Barack Obama, is the only candidate for president who understands that before America can solve its problems, Americans have to fix their "broken souls." She also said that her husband's unique understanding of the state of souls of the American people makes him uniquely qualified to be President. Obama can do what his opponent in the Democratic race Senator Hillary Clinton, and Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, cannot do. He can heal his countrymen's broken souls. He will redeem them. But then, saving souls is hard work, and Mrs. Obama won't place the whole burden on her husband. He'll make the Americans work for him. As she put it, "Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zone. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed." At base, Mrs. Obama's statement is nothing less than a renunciation of democracy and an embrace of fascism. The basic idea of liberty is that people have a natural right to live their lives as usual and to be uninvolved and uninformed. And they certainly have a right to expect that their government will butt out of their souls. IN CONTRAST, fascist societies, as Jonah Goldberg notes in the latest issue of National Review, are all about the notions of "unity" and "change" and melding our broken souls into a fixed, united will for change that Obama has made the core theme of his campaign. Goldberg compared "unity" with "patriotism," and explained that while the latter connotes the willingness to defend the moral values of a society, unity is bereft of any moral content. "The only value of unity is strength, strength in numbers - and... that is a fascist value. That's the symbolism of the fasces, the bundle of sticks that in combination are invincible."
Please take the time to research all candidates.
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