Know Your Duty

Delivered in Fort Worth on the morning before he died, John F. Kennedy expressed what we all want to feel - a pride in our country, compassionate leadership in the world, and responsibility to see that our leaders do what is right for us and the world.
"We should all like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it...We are still the keystone in the arch of freedom. And I think we will continue to do as we have done in the past - our duty."
Before the day was out, JFK was dead. We must get real and do our duty.
Vote in November and in 2008, those votes must be for democrats to uphold our civil rights, build a strong sense of community, and work together for the good of all working women and men.
When have a thoughtful people voted for a sick old man? Especially when the running mate is a woman who is against women making private choices about their bodies, or encourage the free development of science and technology, or who does not know that the cosmos is billions of years old?
People do not always vote in their own best interest. Voting for or against an issue is not a logical approach. The issues are clear and we must vote for the party that understands who will work for the people not the billionaires who have lobbied against all things that help the working people. Democrat - the party of the people - Democratic candidates. Vote for them from the top of the ballot straight through to the very most local candidate, even dogcatcher.
Now we have a clear vote for change. Barack Obama. The world is watching to see the USA do the right thing, make a black man president. That will prove to the world that democracy and dialogue will be restored in diplomacy. Democracy must be desired by the peoples of a country - not jammed down their throats by the biggest bully on the block.
If in your area you must request an absentee ballot, do it. Or go to the polls.
BUT VOTE.

Naomi Sherer