my new motto

My new motto is "make your vote your bitch."©  That's right, people.  Make your vote work.  Be up all in that vote. Smack that vote.  

Personally, I love the democracy.  I love that we actively participate in our government., that we have the right to do so.  I can't imagine what it was like for my great-grandmothers, Katie and Minnie Belle, were allowed to vote for the first time — that they were denied the right to vote prior to 1920.  This year is the 90th anniversary of women getting the right to vote.  I can't help but think about my great-grandmothers this year.  I will take my daughters to my polling place, as I did in the last presidential election.  

I believe it is important for them to know our nation's history and to watch history in the making.  This year it looks like the Democratic majority in the House and Senate will be voted down and Republicans will take their turn.  That is the way it goes when the public is unhappy with the president and his party is in the majority. This is not a surprise.  It has happened before and will happen again.  What does this mean for the country? The National Review says:

"It’s not often that a midterm election changes the direction of the United States. Signs are that next Tuesday’s will. Sixty-eight years ago, one certainly did. On November 3, 1942, voters went to the polls to hand FDR and the Democrats a defeat so resounding that it halted the country’s decade-long leftward shift, while their GOP rivals found a clear mandate to reverse the biggest expansion of government in American history, the New Deal."

So, just like in 1942, it could be a big deal.  Time will tell.  It will certainly be interesting to watch.

Like I've said before, this isn't a political blog.  Those of you who know me personally know my political affiliation and also know I would never preach on who to vote for.  I will tell you that the robo-calls from candidates are my number one pet peeve currently and that it's a guaranteed way to get hung up on by me. Whether you vote for the robo-callers or not, get out and exercise your right to vote.  It is a right.  Don't forget that.