HELP! Just off the phone...my son has decided not to vote in the presidential election..

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Sunday October 28, 2012 · 4:26 PM PDT

2012/10/28 · 16:26

I rarely post here...but am a daily reader and appreciate all that I learn here. I just hung up the phone with my almost 27 year old son. We live in VA, and he has decided not to vote in the Presidential election. He is a passionate and intelligent young man. He was raised as a liberal...and is probably more liberal than I am in many ways.

I am more or less a single issue voter...women's rights...and raised my sons to be adamant feminists which they are. He even mocks me to be out canvassing today for the President as he knows how I feel about the drone attacks and Obama's Wall Street connections.

He disagrees with Obama on many issues...Drone Attacks, the closing of Guantanamo bay, Wall street connections, Patriot Act, etc....many of which I agree with him.

BUT...to NOT vote...and basically GIVING your vote to Romeny. I just don't get it. Nothing I said to him seemed to sway his decision. He wants to make a point...wants to be true to his beliefs. And i respect that...but I just begged him not to do it during this election with his vote. I told him to find another way to make his point and share his opinion. He plans on voting for Kaine and Douglas...but is withholding his presidential vote.

He is well read...is smart...and strong willed like his mother. He thinks I'm foolish to focus on one issue...although I do NOT look at only one issue, but it is my MAIN issue.

So, that's the gist. I am asking for help...I tried to talk to him about the supreme court, women's rights, education, and a variety of topics that are obviously different between Romeny and President Obama. But, I am not informed enough to speak on a variety of issues especially international issues.

I want to be able to have another conversation with him...to convince him that although he disagrees with President Obama on SOME/many issues that he still needs to vote to support issues that he does feel strongly about that align with the President...but although I would love to educate myself further and have some sort of solid argument, I just do not have the time. I'm a teacher...and a single mom and my life is crazy.

Anyone have some good resources or thoughts to share about how to present an argument to my son to convince him that he needs to vote for President Obama?

i would truly appreciate it.

Thanks a bunch in advance...a tearful mom in VA.

Wayne Powell vs. Eric Cantor is a NATIONAL election

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Sunday August 19, 2012 · 12:30 PM PDT

2012/08/19 · 12:30

At the We Are Woman Rally yesterday in DC, I had the pleasure of hearing Wayne Powell speak. Although, I live in a neighboring district to his 7th District in Virginia, I plan on supporting his campaign by volunteering and donating money.

http://www.powellforva.com/

Even if you do not live in Virginia, please check out his campaign site and consider supporting him in order to kick Cantor out of office.

Wayne Powell has a VERY good chance of winning between Cantor's approval rating in his district and Powell's bio, and everyone should could consider this a NATIONAL election!

Please excuse my lack of savvy on posting as I never have before although I'm a longtime reader. I searched for diaries on dailykos on Wayne Powell and found two: one by teacherken (I'm a big fan!) and another by JCWilmore that include links to Rachel Maddow and Ed Show interviews about Wayne's campaign, but they are both from July. (I'm not even sure how to properly link those diaries to mine, but I wanted to note them here! My apologies.)

Since those two diaries are from July, I thought I would just make a quick post to bring this campaign to the dailykos community's attention and garner interest in the campaign.

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