Would/will you vote?

I have seen a lot of things have really destroyed my faith in democracy. Well, my faith in American democracy. All these problems I have witnessed seem to have roots in the same issue, lack of voter participation/awareness. If I where to give up on our system, I would only be contributing to an already massive problem. We as Americans don’t know what it is like to not have democracy, [or at least something better than whatever Kim Jong Il claims to be]. We assume that just because we are used to it, it will never change. The reality is, without voters democracy becomes hijacked by people like Carl Rove. We can’t blame corporate fat-cats and special interest groups for taking more than their fair share. That’s what they do, and if citizens did what they where supposed to do we wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place. I will vote, and so should everyone else. Together we can assure that the last 8 years are the past and whoever is elected has their feet held to the fire like our forefathers intended.