I'm getting far into the <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/" title="External Link: National Novel Writing Month">NaNoWriMo »</a> challenge; over 17,000 words already! :D Besides this good start, I'm starting to get obsessive with my <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1432" title="External Link: NaNoWriMo meter Firefox plugin">NaNoWriMo Meter »</a>; it calculates how many words you'll write by how many words you've written so far, and despite having a 114k word count (that's predicted, mind), I want it at 150. Yeah, Tess, over-achiever much?

Obama won the presidential race, and before I continue, I'm going to cut off the entry. I really <em>don't</em> like talking about politics; however, I still want to voice some concerns, and I feel giving people a choice to hear me out is much better than forcing it down their throats.

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First off, I didn't vote. I'm of age, but I didn't really feel the need to vote. Key word: <em>didn't</em>, past tense. I honestly wish I had, as I really would have liked to tick "yes" for Gay marriage, as well as vote for Obama (or possibly neither; I still have doubts). However, this was a lesson well taught, so I will be voting in the future.

Both candidates had some amazing points, but both had some not-so-amazing points, such as Obama's 6-month abortion policy. I believe in choice, but not to the extent of killing a child at such a late stage. It's hypocritical, yes, but it's still gruesome, and I can honestly see women using the excuse to get out of a rut they threw themselves into.

Another issue is helping the poor. Of course, this'll lead to the middle-class suffering more than they already are, as we'll be paying to help the poor. In my honest-to-God opinion, if Obama wants to help the poor, there's need to be change. I understand disabilities and retirement, I understand some families who are truly <em>poor</em>, but I don't understand some families using the excuse. If rich and middle-class families have to pay their way, why can't the poor? Are the poor really that better off living off of someone else's tax dollars instead helping themselves? It's not fair in my eyes, to the rich or the middle-class, it's not fair at all.

Besides these concerns, I'm still happy. I won't point out Palin's "flaws" (as it were), as I really don't believe in pointing them out in such a manner, but let's just say having Palin in office would have been disastrous to the already-rebellious teen world of the <abbr title="United States of America">US</abbr>, and to everyone else, really.