Stephanie Hon
Guest Columnist
November 5, 2004
Ohio. What a night. Early November here in 2004. I am never gonna be the
same. What a country, what a night. Thanks to Frankie Valli, I have lyrics to
sing about my emotions on Tuesday night.
First of all, I would like to point out that I am not a very political person.
I am tempted to never argue with people about opinions, because there is no
“right” answer to them! Everyone thinks their opinion is the best and the most
correct, but they are still opinions.
As I sat in a friend’s room and watched the map of the country with the
electoral votes being projected by state, I began to wonder who would win. I
thought about the topics at hand: modifying the ideals of marriage, making
abortion illegal, supporting or refuting the war in the East, raising taxes and
the ever increasing strain on social security. For the first time this election
year, I took off my youth-tainted glasses to see the world from others’ points
of view. I understood that topics that I am not concerned with today, at the
age of twenty, concern many other voters, and I found a new respect for that.
I also found a new pair of glasses to wear. I would venture to call them
“people lenses.” I vow to try and see everything through my perspective and the
perspectives of others. I will now try my hardest to see people for who they
are and what they mean to me, instead of seeing a political party affiliation.
Watching the votes being tabulated that night allowed me to see history in the
making, and for that, I am eternally grateful because one day I will bore my
grandchildren with the story of how I sat in a friend’s room and saw all of this
unfolding.