This morning, I headed out of a shop and said, “I’ve got to go vote now.” Before I reached the door, I was filled with elation. I turned back and said, “No, I GET to go vote now.”
On this Super Tuesday, for the first time in history, we have Hillary Clinton, a woman, Barack Obama, a Black American, John McCain, a former prisoner of war, and Mitt Romney, a Mormon. And they are all viable candidates. We, as Americans, get to choose among them, and others. It is an exciting day.
We must vote with our minds and hearts, sincerely choosing what we believe to be the highest and best for our country. We must not be affected by exit polls or any other ruses that might skew our decisions.
Back in 1948, Harry Truman spoke about polls: “These polls,” he said, “are like sleeping pills designed to lull the voters into sleeping on election day. You might call them ’sleeping polls.’” His opponent “keeps handing out these sleeping polls, and some people have been taking them. This doctor keeps telling the people, ‘Don’t worry, take a poll and go to sleep.’ But most of the people are not being fooled.”
I encourage all of us, as faithful Americans, not to go to sleep today. Today, WE get to choose.
Big day. Lots to think about.
Thought provoking. To paraphrase the great British military historian Basil Liddell-Hart, we can learn from history, or we can repeat its mistakes.
Mary~~
I truly appreciated your comment indicating the fact that you “GET” to go vote. Ernie and I both were at our polling place earlier this afternoon to vote. I was thrilled to see that our ballot was not jumbled with many different issues to be decided – only our choice for presidential candidate. When I asked how busy they had been today, the lady indicated that quite a bit busier than they expected.
May the BEST two candidates win – those that will TRULY BE WHAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS!!
I’m glad that you are willing to speak up and speak out on how important it is that we are able to vote and that this election is very important for the future of our country. I’m glad to see this blog
I agree with your sentiments on voting and the privilege that it is for us. Tonight, Tom and I headed to the voting location in spite of the tornado watch. How exciting!
Great comment on the “sleeping polls”. We would all do better without that particular medication.
Hey, Mary…I absolutely agree. It is our privilege and duty to vote. I voted today. This time we have a very good choice of candidates. For once I can vote FOR someone…instead of against a candidate!
So when are you going to have the new book out? I dearly loved the last one.
Hi Mary,
I, too, have been watching this presidential race with interest. As a life-long educator, I have grown to appreciate and celebrate the diversities among us. I find it fascinating that after “Super Tuesday”, we have no clear cut winners or losers, with a past POW, a Mormon, a woman, a black man and an ordained minister all still in the mix. It strikes me how important it is for us to demonstrate to our children that it is our tolerance of our differences that makes our nation the greatest in the world! It is a good time to be alive!
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