It is a presidential election year. My husband would be enjoying this political season so much. Politics was one of his passions (we had an Election Party in 2004 if that tells you anything). Watching all the campaigning and seeing the different stories coming out over the past few weeks makes me miss Ryan. I wonder what he would think of the vice-presidential choices...I am sure he would have an opinion on both. I think he would have been surprised by the Republican choice, but maybe he would have had it figured out two weeks ago....
I am not passionate about politics, in fact, Ryan usually had to tell me who to vote for or the different platforms of the different candidates. I want to honor Ryan's memory this year by making sure that I know who I am voting for and why I am voting for him (or why I am not voting for the other guy) other than he is the "leader" of my politic party of choice.
I want to encourage all of you to get out and vote this year as well. (I know for a fact some of you have not voted in a long time -- you know who you are :)! ) I am sure that I have differing opinions from some of you -- that is fine, that is what living in a democracy is all about. But, I want to ask you to do research (on both candidates), not just watching the political ads on TV, but actual research.
We live in a country where we have the freedom to vote. If we all do our civic duty, maybe we can make a difference. Let's make Ryan proud!
1 comment:
Amen sister! You are very right...it is our duty to vote, we should not take that lightly ;-) I have also thought about Ryan lots during this time. What witty comment would have he made about the candidates? I am with Kristin, PLEASE VOTE THIS ELECTION!!
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