Bob Schieffer's Mom

Another debate season ends with one of my favorite American traditions: Bob Schieffer quoting his mom: "Go Vote.  It makes you feel big and strong"

I know it's cheesy, but it's also very true.

On a related note, if any students are looking for a fun and interesting 21st century election year research topic ... We heard a lot in the last election about it being the first "social media" election with Twitter and Facebook just beginning to gain importance in fund raising and advertising - I think I would dub this the first "meme" election.  Somewhere in pages and pages of The Google there is a really interesting research paper that would also be an excuse to look cheezburger cats with "binders full of women"and Lord of the Rings characters decrying their lack of "horses and bayonets."  Semiotics project anyone?

(Fair warning ... I did some some preliminary google image searching, and this would be a depressing study for someone with conservative political leanings - in comparison to the liberal ones, they are much more likely to be mean and much less likely to be funny... to quote another Meme: You're doing it wrong!")

If you have no idea what a Meme is, here's a BBC election Meme story to get you started:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19973271