TweetThe very first time I voted for anything was in 1996 when William Jefferson Clinton ran for President for the second time. I was a fresh faced 21 year old that thought my one vote could change the world. I remember bringing my then 2 year old son with me inside of the voting booth and allowed him to chisel away at the candidates I had selected, pointing to the name and divot so he could point the sharp poker into the hole—it was all so simple then. The second time I voted was in the infamous Gore v. Bush debacle of 2000 and we all know how that ended. I was going to give up on government totally but then… A change was ‘gon come. In the way of Barack Obama. Hope floats and my head was in the clouds. The night he was elected, I cried my heart ...