the tindog coffeehouse

Political columnist Rod Dreher has expressed pretty much what I’ve felt throughout this whole presidential election season:

I find myself increasingly disengaged from our political class. Outside of local races, my vote will not matter this fall. …

I do not trust Washington to address our problems. I think both sides are going to blame each other, and keep right on doing what they want to do. … Both the Republicans and the Democrats in Washington allowed Wall Street, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to drive the economy off the cliff.  Each had their own reasons.

I will vote in November. But right now, I don’t know that I will vote in any election but state and local. I have so little confidence in either the national Republicans or Democrats that I don’t want to encourage them by my participation.

I plan on voting, but my expectations are low. I don’t believe that either candidate will somehow fix all of our problems, but at the same time I know we can still prosper in spite of them as well.