On Voting

I turned to my mother during a political discussion and said I am nowhere near wealthy enough to benefit from the Republican platform; and I am nowhere near poor enough to benefit from that which the Democrats are proposing.

No matter which candidate is elected, my billfold is getting leaner.

And when my mother and I discussed which of the speakers at both the Republican and Democratic conventions gave orations that rang true, we realized that none of them---on either side of the aisle--were on November’s ballot.

Unlike four years ago, no one makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

And so the question for me isn’t Am I better off now than I was four years ago? The question is Who will enable me to be better off 4 years from now?—because no one can change the past. It’s a matter of who can best impact the future.

And at the end of the discussion my mother wisely said that the best part of voting is that the curtain is closed, and once you pull the lever, no one but you knows your decision.

And I agree.