Election Day

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." -John Quincy Adams

Finally, election day is here.  Tomorrow, the phone will stop ringing and flashing numbers from all over the country. Tomorrow, television programs will no longer be sandwiched between images and fearful words predicting doom and gloom if the opponent wins.  Tomorrow, newspapers will have to fill their pages with other stories, and good grief, what will the pollsters do to occupy their time?  Maybe, just maybe, tomorrow, a more civil discourse and thoughtful dialogue may begin.  May it be so.

Today, as I have done ever since I was legally able to vote (my first presidential election was in 1972 when the opposing tickets were McGovern/Shriver and Nixon/Agnew), I will exercise my democratic privilege to vote.  Today, when I enter that voting booth by myself with no one looking over my shoulder, I will, as I have always done, vote for principles I hold dear.  In all ways.