I stand outside the polling place of my town and I don’t know what to do. I have been a voting Republican my entire life. I voted for Gerald Ford and have not looked back. But this year, 2004, gives me pause.
It’s not the war on terror.
It’s home.
Never before have I seen the workplace so altered.
Pension plans have been eliminated.
People work 50- to 60-hour workweeks with no overtime.
Health-care plans have been eliminated or are very expensive.
Jobs are being shipped overseas.
This is all happening during a time when there is a GOP-controlled Congress and White House.
The gap between the poor and the rich becomes wider every day.
We seem to have taken a turn back to about 130 years ago, a time when unions didn’t exist and all that mattered was profit.
I may still vote GOP, but I know that I now have to split my ticket because both sides have to be heard in Washington.
