{"id":7081,"date":"2004-11-01T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2004-11-02T05:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/01\/vote-dammit.html"},"modified":"2004-11-01T22:31:10","modified_gmt":"2004-11-02T05:31:10","slug":"vote_dammit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/01\/vote_dammit.html","title":{"rendered":"Vote, dammit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vote. Do it. Get off your ass, make the time, go in, and participate in this country’s future.
\nDon’t let the last-second campaign ads and stump speeches dissuade you from voting (or persuade you as to whom to vote for\/against — check out FactCheck.org<\/a> for the skinny on both sides). Do some research, make a decision, and do it. Vote on issues. Vote on character. Vote with your head, or vote with your gut. But be a part of it.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of idiots out there who are dumber and less-informed than you, and they’re voting. There are people out there whose opinions you simply cannot stand, and they’re voting. Don’t let theirs be the only voices heard.<\/p>\n

Even if you don’t know who to vote for in the presidential race, then vote on local issues. Ballot propositions. Your local US Representative. A US Senator, if one’s at stake. Your state races are important, too — in some ways, just as important for your day-to-day life.<\/p>\n

Each vote counts. Each lack of vote “counts,” too. Individually, in some cases, in aggregate in others. <\/p>\n

If you agree with my own selections in the Elections of 2004, then vote with me. If you disagree with them — vote against me. <\/p>\n

Just vote, <\/em>dammit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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