The Buck and Mike Blog

Andrew Sullivan is a die-hard conservative, a gay British national who has lived in the U.S. for many years and has long been a proud and vocal member of cheerleader for the Republican Party. In recent months, however, while he remains a staunch conservative, he has written about his feeling that the Republican Party has gone off-track, and has abandoned what it has long stood for. » Read the rest of this entry »

Andrew Sullivan

You may think that it doesn’t matter if you vote when all odds are against you. But your vote is like a candle in the darkness. It’s like that first flower you see poking through the snow in spring. Your own vote in a place where you may be well outnumbered is a glimmer of hope, and lets others like you know they are not alone. It gives others who vote differently from you something to think about: Maybe I don’t have to be like everyone else, maybe I can think for myself, and the world won’t fall apart. It lets politicians know that someone out there cares about what that politician is doing, someone is willing to speak up for their beliefs. One lone vote against all odds, one well-considered vote, is the second most patriotic thing anyone can do. The most patriotic thing is to vote, period. The most un-American, unpatriotic thing is to think that your vote doesn’t count so you don’t even bother. » Read the rest of this entry »