Lets not get out the vote

Even though voting is a right, doesn’t mean it’s a privilege. There are requirements that need to be met in order to vote. While given that right, do people take advantage of it? In “Let’s Not Get out the Vote,” by Robert E. Coulson , which discusses how voting unintelligently is un-American and makes Americans look like it’s not important to them. Society today make it seem like it’s a requirement to vote and pressure it upon people who have not yet made up their mind.
In the beginning of the article Coulson discusses how in the future if he or she does not vote then they would have to serve jail time or stand in front of committee to be testify. At first when I read that, I was disgusted and could not disagree more. I don’t find it very American to force a citizen into engage in a act that clearly stated as a right. If someone feels pressured to vote for someone who does not fit the job could have a negative affect or outcome. “If voting is made a duty, it ceases to be a privilege.” For an example, I have been given the right to vote since I came the require age but I plan on not voting for the 2008 election. I have no idea who I would vote for and every time I watch the candidates’ debates, neither of them make me want vote for them. I don’t think any of them are the right people to run this country but someone has to be elected. If someone haven’t made up their mind on who to vote for then they are better off staying home, other than voting for someone for the wrong reason. Voting is not something anyone can go out and just do because they can. It requires a lot of thought and studying of each of the candidates; for everyone can make the right choice and be satisfied on who they voted for. Today people are easily persuaded in flashy things and who looks better, but that should not matter with voting for our leader. The President should be right for the job and will help our country be stronger, not weaker. * Also, no one should vote for the candidate who is a women or vote for an African-American because of their gender or skin color. More woman are going to vote for Clinton because she would be the first woman president and more African American will vote for Obama because of his skin color. Is that how people are going to vote these days? That’s what Coulson is saying people are voting unintelligently and just plain stupid. People just do not care and have forgotten the reason of voting.
Coulson wrote the essay in 1955, over fifty years ago. You think our society has changed by then and have gotten better; but instead it’s about the same or even worst. The same aspects he discussed apply the same today. America citizens are easily influenced by the media and what they see on TV. As you look at his point it’s stunning to see that when he wrote it and how nothing has improved. Will this matter ever get better or will it stay the same as the years roll by?