your {vote}

Dear Friend / Acquaintance / Blog Reader of mine...

If you are an American citizen, please vote today.

I realize that most of us are part of the "moderate majority"... we just don't fit, don't WANT to fit, into the abstract extreme labels that news reporters, the media, the bloggers define... we don't want to alienate our friends by saying who we voted for because then they might brand us with those same labels, which are ridiculous and have nothing to do with who we are.  We aren't extremists, and if there are just two labels to choose from, well then we'd rather just not have one at all, thank you very much. 

Our blood just boils when someone starts mixing politics and religion because it's completely irrational to equate how much I love Jesus with who I voted for....

I am one of those people who loves to tell you how much I love my country, how grateful I am for the privilege of voting...  who researches each candidate.... who likes to go to political rallies and hear political speeches... who writes to senators and congressmen to tell them what I think... who knows what I believe and who will work very hard to help candidates who best represent my values get into elected office.

I love my country and I want you to love it too.  I want you to vote if you are a citizen because... well, imagine what your world would look like if you had no voice, no vote... imagine...

I care, deeply, about this country. I voted today because I care.

But, I care more about who you are than who you voted for. 

I just wanted you to know that.

Love,
me

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