Happy Election Day!
Get out there and vote! Your voice matters and it’s time to be heard. Think back to how many people fought so hard for a right so many of us take for granted. Think of how many would give just about anything to have the same privilege.
When I cast my vote, my mind always wanders to a research paper I wrote in college about a suffragist named Frances Willard. Her determination to win the vote for women inspired me not only to treasure my right (for which she sacrificed so much), but to also understand the true meaning of strength and courage. I would still be a silent citizen if wasn’t for Willard and others like her. She created the slogan, “Do everything” for the WCTU and I’ve always taken that to heart. When I mark my vote for the president or a local representative I like to believe I’m honoring her memory.
Now, it’s your turn.
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c.b.w. 2012
Great positive message to start what will be a long day of pundits, pollsters, and politicians! People were lined up at the polls in my neighborhood when I jogged by at 5:15 this morning. It was moving to see and made me shuffle a little faster.
Wow! That’s so great to hear!
No need for a reminder here… I’m ready to go vote!
Yay!
What a wonderful reminder. So many gave us what we have and most of us only complain. Thank you for the reminder.
I know campaigns can be exhausting and frustrating, but we can’t let that overshadow the fact that we are lucky enough to have a choice.
I’m not American so I can only sit back and watch the drama, victory and disappointment unfurl through out the day as well as the next few days or weeks, I suspect.
Each election day I always think about the Pre-WWII presidents and what they would think of how the world has evolved. Regardless of what choices are made (past, present and future), there will always be dreams realized and dreams dashed.
I sincerely hope that the right person is chosen.
It’s so interesting how others view the election. I tend to watch key election around the world and I always wonder what if it feels the same way it does here.
Well said, CB. Those who exercise their rights keep them. Those who don’t are in danger of gradually losing them.
So, true!
I cast my vote during early voting and I’m anxious to see how everything turns out. It’s such a close race this year. I just wish the Electoral College wasn’t used, so the popular vote would count. I get so tired of hearing about a select few states. There are 50 states after all. It just makes me feel like my vote doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things on a national level. I live in Texas, which neither candidate spent any time in. Thanks for encouraging folks to get out and vote. May the best candidate win.
I totally agree about the electoral college. Popular vote should take the oval office, plain and simple. Let the population as a whole decide, rather than just a few key states.
Don’t get me started about abrogatory systems and the law of diminishing representation…
Lol!
I just try to remember some representation is better than none at all. if we want better we must fight for it and never give up.
HEY! Are you rockin’ a Shepard Fairey graphic there? Have you seen his work in person? I am sure you would LOVE it!!!
If its anything like this, I’m sure an entire afternoon would slip away from me at a gallery.