Today is a big day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the last election, our middle and youngest daughters have turned 18 and registered to vote. I went through the line in the early hours this morning with our youngest and watched her cast her vote alongside mine. I will go through the line again in a little while with our middle daughter, who is coming home from college in between class and work, to be with her when she casts hers. I did this with my oldest in the last election and it brought a feeling of joy and pride that I never expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a lot of things broken in our country but that list is short in comparison to all that is good in our country. Americans have a host of luxuries in the form of rights that most of us take for granted. Travel to any third world country and you will be quickly reminded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It doesn\u2019t matter which end of the political spectrum you like. Left, right, somewhere in the middle\u2026.just vote. Vote for the person who most closely represents what is important to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not just a right. It\u2019s a privilege. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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