{"id":46220,"date":"2014-11-03T22:25:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T05:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/03\/so-the-election-is-tomorrow.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T15:18:07","slug":"so-the-election-is-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/03\/so-the-election-is-tomorrow.html","title":{"rendered":"So the election is tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don't watch or obsess about the polls. I always assume My Side is on the verge of losing. If the polls say bad things, I don't want to hear it because that's if I don't acknowledge it, it wont be true. If the polls say good things, I don't want to hear it because Fate Will Punish Me if I get happy about the polls.<\/p>\n

Yeah, it's about me.<\/p>\n

So I don't assume the GOP is going to "win." I don't assume the Dems are going to "win." Even though both sides are sending me DESPERATE EMAILS<\/i> describing how the Other Side is about to win and Ruin America, so PLEASE SEND US MONEY!<\/i><\/p>\n

All I can say is VOTE. I would rather see people I disagree with vote than sit at home. I definitely<\/i> would rather see people I agree with vote than sit at home. Low voter turn-out means the most motivated people carry the day … and the most motivated people are usually the folk on the fringes, the zanies, the fanatics, the people who mutter about precious bodily fluids and the Black Helicopters that the [Other Side's] Administration is going to send after dissenters.<\/p>\n

So … if you haven't already … then tomorrow, please VOTE.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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