So here's the thing. I don' t know if you've noticed or not, but there is this thing i'd like to call the presidential election coming up. I would like to think that everyone has been following the headlines and watching the debate and doing a little research on this topic. I'm not going to tell you who to vote for....no worries on that one. I just want to say a few things, so here we go.
Recently i received an email from a friend that said, "Please don't waste this very important decision on something like religion." Its not a direct quote, and i aplogize for that. But this is the just of what was said. I have to admit, this made me somewhat mad (actually pretty darn mad). I don't think that by voting for a certain candidate that someone is voting for a religion or not. If you are a Christian and you are voting for Kerry you are not going to Hell for it. I also think that you have the God given right to vote for whoever the heck you want.
I am simply asking people to really decide before they vote. Whoever is president next will have a lot of things on their plate. Electing new supreme court judges, dealing/finishing the war, a mob of angry pro-lifers/pro-choicers coming at them, the economic decline of our country. It will be a lot for whomever comes next.
Yes, Bush has taken us to war. Yes, John Kerry supports partial-birth abortions. Yes, they both like to rip each other's necks everytime they are given the chance. But these things are not the only things these men represent! To the untrained eye, they represent the morals of our country. And for someone to say that by voting for (now this is a direct quote) "republicans (religion) or democrats," we are chosing based on a religion. This is not true nor a reason to vote one way or the other. You should not vote for Kerry simply because you are Catholic or Buddist or what have you, and you think Bush is dumb. You really have to examine what you hold highest in regards to your values and morals and see who best represents our country in that aspect. You also have to look at what has happened in the past and what could happen in the future. This war isn't going to end anytime soon, so have to look to someone who will handle that situation with great care. You just have to think about things like this!
So i am not going to try to squash anyone's views, but rather ask you to please...PLEASE! vote for the person who you truly think would lead this country and bring back the morale of our nation. Thanks.
<>< Brini
1 comment:
i hope you weren't too mad at those emails, briners. you know how mark likes to fight and how cheryl is clinically insane. i hope my email(s) were well received.
i am confident you are voting intelligently even if i disagree. although george doesn't make this country great (for me), the ability to put him where he is does. :)
see you when the president has been decided!
jake
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