So here's the deal.
I don't care who you vote for. It's a personal choice, a private decision - and the most important thing is that you vote for the candidate that you feel best represents you and your views.
It can be a difficult decision to make, depending upon what your beliefs and principals are. Very rarely is there ever one candidate who is all encompassing for anyone individual.
And yet most people lose sight of the fact that -- throughout their campaign, a politicians goal is exactly that -- to be all things, to all people.
All politicians make promises that they cannot, nor have any intention of keeping. So the difficult part that lies within us -- the American voters -- is to determine what is plausible, viable and important enough of an issue that the candidate you are supporting will truly have the opportunity to support in return.
Don't vote for a candidate based upon what other people will think of you or judge you in your choice; that's not the right reason to choose. It happens a lot....more often than you may think, because a person's opinion can easily be swayed by the perception of how others react to their decisions. Of course there is peer pressure in voting; sit around an average dinner table on any given Sunday afternoon and I assure you, you will see it.
At the same time, that is one of the beautiful things about our country and the very essence of who we are as a nation. We don't all have to agree.
That is one of the fundamental rights we have as Americans, and why you should exercise that ability to either agree or disagree - and vote.
If you don't -- then I don't want to hear what you have to say about the economy, or healthcare, or international affairs. Don't whine about tax cuts, or tax breaks or tax increases.
If you don't vote -- then shut up and sit down. Your opinion doesn't count.
Truly, this girl doesn't want to hear a thing you have to say.
1 comment:
Well said.
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