Bus Drivers Vote on Needs Not Debates

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"I have everything I need to vote.”

“Un-polled” voters like the woman driving the bus and her usual 5.45. a.m. load have other things on their mind, like the cut and paste their bank accounts can accommodate. She dreads that her daughter, a qualified nurse might take the nursing offer in Dubai. She ran the family restaurant since graduation, while the mother drove to bus to get a regular income for the basics, after the steel factory moved to China. The restaurant has closed permanently because of customers that are not into greasy food anymore. Those that that are not picky, order a bowl of soup and sit there for two hours romancing their phones.

That is why the bus driver and her passengers are not thinking about the up-coming debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for the simple reason that:

“I have everything I need to vote.”

It’s not new winter boots or money to fix the roof. They mean information they need to vote. They are not going to vote for what’s right or wrong because that ship sailed many moons ago. They learned the hard way that voting affects the day-to-day and where they live. This sound grim, but they are happy they live in America where they can vote. If they live in Georgia and other states in the south, they would not take voting for granted, because it is shaved off on the regular, like in 2020.

They voted for Joe Biden. Georgia Genius Republicans tried to steal their vote through lies and the fake elector scheme managed by Michael Roman, a co-defendant in the State of Georgia v Donald Trump indictment. Because voting is local, the bus driver does not think about what is happening in Russia and Ukraine or Gaza and Israel, she thinks about the on-going persecution of Fani Willis. That’s why she says:

“I have everything I need to vote.”

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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