Secrets and the elections

So I was thinking today, how very difficult it is to keep a secret. Especially when you are a girl. And ESPECIALLY if it portrays to boys...
"secrets, secrets, are no fun..."
How do people do it? And why do people trust me with their secrets? I'm bound to tell someone sooner or later.
And why the heck do I trust other people with my secrets???

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Elections are a pain in the you-know-what.
But do you-know-why?
Because that's all that everyone ever talks about! "Obama, McCain, Obama, McCain," that's all that ever comes out of their mouths! It's on TV, it's on the radio, it's on the internet, it's in the newspapers, it's on the streets; it's closing in on me!
NO! I will not give in! I must sustain a reasonable level of innocence!
There is no way that I'm going to let this election get to me.
Oh, gosh, I wish it'd just END already!

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On the note of elections, I had the most perplexing thought today.
You see, the election process works like this: We the People vote. The Electoral College, all 538 of them (435 Representatives, 100 senators, and 3 District of Collumbia votes...) vote "based on the votes of the people represented". Whatever the Electoral College votes is PERIOD. THE END. Hoo-rah, new President. Sometimes, the Electoral College OVERRIDES the Popular vote.
So why DO we vote?
Well, it's because we Can.
It sounds like a stupid answer, but it's the truth. Most countries in the world don't even give their citizens the opportunity to VOTE, much less to SPEAK about the current ruler of the country.
So gosh-darn it, I'm gonna utilize my rights and vote! Huzzah!