10/31/2024
Who's voting early this year? Well, it depends on your world view. Read on:
The Gambler might think the whole political thing is a game of chance, a roll of the dice and nothing more. He/She/It (trying damn hard here to be politically somewhat correct) will sit back, place a bet or two on the football game and leave it up to Lady Luck.
The Philosopher will take a different tact. They believe they really have no control over anything except maybe what they're going to have for dinner tonight and even that is in question since they can't be sure they'll even be around for dinner. Their favorite words are "Possibly, Maybe, Might, Could,", words that keep the mystery of Fate in play. So they will tell us they have no say in the matter, but Fate will dictate what happens.
The Religious among us, the believers in a Higher Power, regardless of their particular brand of worship will tell us a Higher Power is in control of everything, some even believing that every breath we breathe every bird that flies does so in a world of predetermined outcome. Others will say no, we have been empowered with the gift and responsibility of Free Will, the right to choose right from wrong and thus be judged by our choices.
I could go on, but you get the point. We all have a point of view that will provide a path to our choices in the upcoming election.
But, here's a thought:
On July 13, 2024 near Butler Pennsylvania, a young man took matters into his own hands, climbed up on a roof with a rifle and took an unchallenged shot at Donald Trump, one of the two candidates for the office of President of the United States. As he squeezed of his initial round from a short distance, Trump turned his head to one side and the assassin's bullet missed his target by less than an inch, striking Trump's ear and not his head.
It was at that moment I became a believer in early voting. Why? Because it occurred to me that Lady Luck, Fate and the Higher Power I prefer to refer to as God voted early this year.
Vote early, vote November 5th, but vote Trump. You've been given the green light.
