For the longest time, I have not been able to explain why I feel so strongly about voting. Well, I happened to stumble upon this old blog that Kidd Kraddick wrote on his MySpace. And the best part was, this was written during my tour in the Navy. This concept, this influence of voting in our American culture is not new, friends! So, this is what Kidd says about it...
October 23, 2006We all say we support the troops. Many of us have had the yellow ribbons on our cars. Some of us have even been involved in sending care packages to our troops. On November 7th, we're going to see who really does and who really doesn't support the troops. I think the single most disrespectful thing I could do to our 140 thousand soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is to not vote on November 7th. We have sent them to another country, far from their families, to sacrifice their lives so that a democracy can be formed in a place that has never had one. So the people will be free to govern themselves and have free elections. How will it look to those soldiers when less than half of us bother to vote in our country. How important is freedom and democracy to us, really? How much do we really support the troops?
I'll let other people tell you which side to vote for and why. All I'm saying is to vote...Take the time and effort to learn about who's running, pick the ones you want and VOTE. Let's not make excuses this time...let's break records with our turnout. Let's show the rest of the world that we practice what we preach.
See you at the polls!
Kidd
There it is! I don't exercise any political party. I only want you to participate in your freedom! I often do not have time to sit and listen to a bunch of party soundbites. It does not impress me. But, We the People, must participate in this, for the sake of our heroes on the frontline.
October 23, 2006We all say we support the troops. Many of us have had the yellow ribbons on our cars. Some of us have even been involved in sending care packages to our troops. On November 7th, we're going to see who really does and who really doesn't support the troops. I think the single most disrespectful thing I could do to our 140 thousand soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is to not vote on November 7th. We have sent them to another country, far from their families, to sacrifice their lives so that a democracy can be formed in a place that has never had one. So the people will be free to govern themselves and have free elections. How will it look to those soldiers when less than half of us bother to vote in our country. How important is freedom and democracy to us, really? How much do we really support the troops?
I'll let other people tell you which side to vote for and why. All I'm saying is to vote...Take the time and effort to learn about who's running, pick the ones you want and VOTE. Let's not make excuses this time...let's break records with our turnout. Let's show the rest of the world that we practice what we preach.
See you at the polls!
Kidd
There it is! I don't exercise any political party. I only want you to participate in your freedom! I often do not have time to sit and listen to a bunch of party soundbites. It does not impress me. But, We the People, must participate in this, for the sake of our heroes on the frontline.
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