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February 04, 2008

If It's Tuesday - It Must Be Primary Day

If you are in one of the Super Tuesday states - VOTE! I don't even care who you vote for - exercise your right. Have your say.

I know all the arguments about "I can't vote for..." this or that person so I'm staying home. I have two words to say:

GROW UP!

Who told you life is perfect and your choices would be too? That is a fairytale for babies.

It's time for adults to make a decision. There is rarely a perfect answer to anything in life. You choose the answer, in this case the candidate, that most closely matches what you want to happen.

Period.

Will that person be the "absolute right choice"? No one knows that ahead of time. The ONLY thing that guarantees you've chosen the best person is the test of time. None of the candidates has ever held this office, so we have no one who has withstood the test.

I've noticed this scares so very many people. To the point they can't act.

If you can't make a decision - then you forfeit the right to make any decision about your future. You've just said you'll leave it up to everyone else. You become the deer in the headlights watching the oncoming truck and not even bothering to get the hell out of the way. I have no sympathy when it runs you over.

I don't do deer in the headlights - I act. I might be wrong or I might be right. Only time will tell. I know this is the strongest country in the world. If we make a mistake - we can hold and regroup. If we do nothing we fail.

VOTE.

Posted by: Teresa in Politics at 11:50 PM | Comments (10) | Add Comment
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Well said. If I might add, I occassionally find I have no reason to vote for somebody but I do have reasons to not vote for the person(s) they are running against which I interpret to mean that I ought to then vote for the person who doesn't have those qualities/ideas.

But whatever your reason, get out and vote!

Posted by: MGA at February 05, 2008 06:32 AM (YcUKP)

2 Well said Teresa!! Very well said!

Posted by: Richmond at February 05, 2008 09:14 AM (rfgtM)

Oh, I made a decision. I decided that all the candidates still in the running are a waste of space and aren't worth voting for. Not a one of them. I voted, it's my right and i'll do it every time, but that doesn't necessarily feel I need to vote for the complete wastes of space that the parties put forward.

Sometimes you need to use your vote to send a message, and that's what I try to do.

Posted by: Contagion at February 05, 2008 09:18 AM (Q5WxB)

4 MGA - that works too. Whatever the reason, make a choice.

Rich - thanks

Contagion - if you voted, you let your voice be heard. Whatever the vote - that's what counts.

Posted by: Teresa at February 05, 2008 09:41 AM (rVIv9)

5 Go Mitt!

Posted by: Oddybobo at February 05, 2008 10:30 AM (mZfwW)

6 If you feel so strong that you cannot support any candidate. Step up to the booth and leave the office blank.

I almost did this myself.

Posted by: Petey at February 05, 2008 11:02 AM (tmnSV)

7 I have to say - in all the years I've been voting - there is not a single election ever that I have liked my choices. This includes Reagan. Not that I hated him - but I had some real questions about him and whether or not he would be a good president. Hindsight being 20/20 it's easy to see he did a very very good job - but he also made some bad decisions too. It's part of the package.

Yes, there were things that bug me about all of them. Some of them were better than others, but they all had issues that rubbed me the wrong way. Yet I never ever stayed home. Ever.

Posted by: Teresa at February 05, 2008 11:45 AM (rVIv9)

8 YEAH!!

What you said!

Posted by: ktreva at February 05, 2008 07:23 PM (QQZMi)

9 Go Team Romney!

Posted by: awtm at February 05, 2008 08:23 PM (x5J2q)

10 This was very well said!

Posted by: Bou at February 09, 2008 10:31 PM (mPTKU)

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