{"id":1058,"date":"2008-11-04T08:31:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T14:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2008-11-04T08:31:41","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T14:31:41","slug":"its-time-to-make-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/04\/its-time-to-make-history\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time to Make History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No matter who you vote for today, history will<\/em> be made. We will either have the first African-American President, or the first woman Vice President (who would then be in line for a future presidency). Based on our seemingly endless involvement with wars around the world and our crashing economy, this is probably one of the most important elections in a long time. Whomever leads next will have many tough decisions to make from day 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I’ve never understood personally why it was considered bad habit to ask people who they voted for. We all life in the same country and we’re all\u00a0effected\u00a0by the decisions that are made. So I’ll come right out and say that I voted for Obama. I’m proud to say so, and I hope I’ve contributed my small part to making some history today. We’ll find out soon enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whatever your choice – just vote. It’s one of the greatest freedoms we have, and one of the most taken for granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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