Please Feel Free to Take Me for Granted [View all]
To the Democratic Party:
Please feel free to take my vote for granted. I know what you stand for, and I know what Republicans stand for. And as long as that is the case, you can take for granted that I will vote (D) over (R) every time.
As long as Democrats stand for the rights of minorities, GLBTers, women, veterans, and the disabled, you’ve got my vote.
As long as Democrats stand for things like raising the minimum wage, protecting social security, and making healthcare affordable and accessible, you’ve got my vote.
As long as Democrats stand up for the hungry, the down-and-out, the homeless, and vow to keep the safety nets in place that assist them, you’ve got my vote.
As long as Democrats represent a vision of a better future, instead of trying to take us “back” to a past that included segregation, back-alley abortions, and “white”/”colored” drinking fountains, you’ve got my vote.
As long as Democrats stand for the inclusion of ALL Americans, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or country of origin, you’ve got my vote.
As long as Democrats stand for MORE voters participating in elections, rather than standing for policies that mean LESS citizens being able to cast their ballots, you’ve got my vote.
As long as Democrats promote ideas like teaching actual science in our classrooms, regardless of whether it jibes with the Bible, you’ve got my vote.
As long as Democrats stand for a woman’s right to choose and a gay man’s/lesbian woman’s right to marry who they love, you’ve got my vote.
I am not one of those “Democrats” who needs to be coddled, cajoled, or sweet-talked into voting – voting for you, or voting at all. I do not base my vote – or lack thereof – on whether the (D) candidate campaigned in my state/city/county or not. That’s why you’ve got my vote.
I do not require any (D) candidate to show up in town to remind me what the “other side” stands for; I already know. That’s why you’ve got my vote.
I do not need to be repeatedly won over, every election, to the party that stands for the things I believe in, nor do I need to be persuaded away from the party that stands for everything I find to be deplorable. That’s why you’ve got my vote.
So again, please feel free to take my vote for granted. You don’t need to send me flowers or sing me love songs in order to get me to vote for what is right. You don’t need to romance me into voting for the candidate that stands for what I stand for.
As long as you’ve got my back, and the backs of my fellow citizens, I’ve got yours. That’s why - unless and until you start standing for what Republicans stand for in order to get votes - you’ve got mine.
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