What Matters
By Jim Lynch on Oct 29, 2008 in 2008
I have not participated in early voting. I like going to the polling place on election day and filling out my ballot. There is something special about voting that I enjoy, the idea that I contributed to the system that helps make our country the greatest on earth.
And while I’ve done my small part in trying to articulate why voting for McCain-Palin is the right thing to do, and that casting a vote for Obama-Bidden is a huge mistake, I realize that the only vote that I have complete control over is mine. What matters now isn’t the polls, isn’t the endless ads, and it isn’t the non-stop talking heads. What matters now is my vote.
Like everyone else, I get one vote; one opportunity to use my voice to say how I think our country should be governed. I don’t get an extra vote because I am such an influential member of the new media and all around good guy. My ballot isn’t counted less because I don’t have the money to pay the internet and electric bills. I get one long sheet of paper that gives me the right and the opportunity to have my choices count.
It’s a right I cherish.
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