Whether you've been bombarded by rumors about ACORN or GOP shenanigans at the polls, you have to see by now that there are some serious problems with the beating heart of democracy.
Depending on where you live, you may have to put up with extremely long poll lines, insufficient machines, or wrong or misleading information. To make matters worse, most of us have to find the time to either leave work or not go at all, in order to sort out the mess that almost certainly taints what should be the most patriotic thing a citizen can do.
So why not make Election Day a national holiday? Why not level the playing field, and give Joe the Plumber the day off so he can vote? Why not make it easier for the working stiffs to vote?
We have so many holidays. Some more deserving than others. So why is it so hard to commemorate the one thing that defines citizenship and patriotism, democracy and freedom, and equality and progress?