This is indeed an historic election.  We’ve got two wars an economic crisis and we’ve got global challenges like terrorism, poverty, and global warming.  American anxiety is high, and many have felt for some time that they are helpless to change things.  Well, I say now is that time.

Go brave the long lines at the polls.  Make a phone call, send an email, or shoot a text reminding friends to do the same.  Remind people that the 2000 election came down to 537 votes in Florida (not counting the Supreme Court decision).  My grandmother constantly reminds me of how much others before us had to struggle for the right to vote, both minorities and women alike.  Let nothing stop us or divide us.  Let us go to the polls together as Americans and participate in our cherished process.  Voting is the engine of democracy.  This thing doesn’t run if you don’t grease the wheels.  So do your patriotic duty, and moreover, give yourself a right to be mortified or ecstatic at the result.

I’ve often heard the phrase, “Freedom isn’t free”.  Usually it’s said in reference to the war in Iraq, but today I’d like people to think about it in a different context.  While others join the peace corps or the ranks of our military which keeps each and everyone of us safe, all that’s asked of us American citizens, who remain in this country and enjoy all the freedoms it provides, is that we use our voice to demand of democracy what we want from it.   That we cast our ballot and keep this wonderful experiment of ours going.  Will you use your voice to keep our country strong?

Please, GO VOTE TODAY!