Daily Archives: November 4, 2008

I’m sick and pretending I’m not. My day’s plans include attempting to ignore a croaky throat, cotton-like mouth and impassible nasal passages and then going to vote.

Let me encourage you to get out there! Much is at stake with this election.

I’ll not tell you whom to vote for, but I will ask you to handle your civic duties with sobriety. I’ve heard many (my own husband even) claim our votes don’t count. Some believe the election is already decided. Others (like us) live in an area so thoroughly one-sided that, thanks to the electoral college, our votes will be counted, but will not given the right of impact. We can either vote with the majority or be drowned out by them. Some even joke that we should intentionally vote for the loser so we can claim it’s not our fault when the country goes further downhill.

All of this thinking bothers me severely. The campaign is over, but the election is not. Polls mean nothing. They’re “best guesses” and little more; they’re a few people’s opinions. But your vote, my vote, these mean something.

Get out there, rain, sleet, snow or 85 degree weather! Suffer through whatever you must. Voting is a privilege we Americans miserably take for granted. Yes, we have been granted this honor, so take advantage of it.