Politics and Social Media

Okay, this has nothing to do with my usual posts.  I will give you fair warning.  But something crazy has gone on in my facebook feed.  Most of my facebook friends are friends from back in the day and most are in my home state of Texas.  Facebook is an easy way to keep up with each other.

But recently people have been flooding my feed with Ron Paul 2012 buttons.  I mean a lot of them.  It is their profile and it is social media.  They have every right to post what they want.  I love freedom of speech and other freedoms that this great country gives us. The sheer number of them is a tad much, though.

I admit, I don’t know who I will be voting for in the 2012 elections.  Heck, I don’t even know who I will be voting for in the primary election. I had a candidate that I liked, but he withdrew (for good reason).  There are the candidates you like what they say and there are the candidates you think could win.  It is a weird situation.

It almost seems like a Texas battle going on.  If you don’t know two of the Republican candidates are from Texas.  I actually have a lot of international readers here (p.s. I love that my blog gets to see such cool places and connects all over the world, so please keep reading and sharing with me. Love you guys!) so many of them don’t keep up with our pre-election circus.

I am not going to use this as a soap box post, or get off on some political rant.  That just isn’t me.  You are going to think what you think and believe what you believe.  I admire that about you.  But can you just maybe post about just once a day on facebook/twitter and not once an hour?  Please.

I linked to some sites if you are wondering what kind of stuff they are posting and another to keep up with election coverage.  A well informed voter is the best kind.