I think Jackie Kennedy’s last letter she wrote before leaving the White House was to Nikita Khrushchev. Jack Kennedy and Khrushchev had been negotiating nuclear warhead limits as to numbers and sizes.

This is part of that letter which is as important today as it was in 1963. “War might be started not so much by big men who have self control and restraint, but by little men who are sometimes moved by fear and pride.”

The world has many small men with nuclear weapons. Let us hope the people we put in the oval office aren’t the small men she feared. Remember those words when you vote for President!

The political campaign mantra is that seniors vote and young voters may not. A good campaigner can get kids all wound up- but few actually get out to vote. Seniors look at the possibility of not only getting elected but getting their ideas put into law. The Biden followers are older and black. His followers are known to vote in large numbers.

We older voters don’t usually vote early in a Presidential election primary year because the choices will winnow down well before the Illinois primary. Those kids who voted early for their soul mate choice probably wasted their time since Pete and Liz are out. In November I picked Biden for the Democratic finalist and Klobuchar to be his vice-President. I admit before Super Tuesday I was getting a little nervous about my prediction.

We will be voting in the Primary and in November at our regular voting place.
Will the kids? Will you be voting at our polling place?

As the primary season approaches, this question is the one every voter should ask themselves: “What does the person really stand for?” Supposedly during the French Revolution a man was talking with another man when he saw a mob coming up the street. He said to the other, “I must find out what they are angry about so I can lead them.”

Do you vote for someone who wants your vote so he can represent your current concern and change when your later opinion changes? Or, will you vote for someone who really believes in something instead of being swayed by whatever the social media is running? In other words, do you vote for someone who just wants to be in office for a job and has no particular compass direction or someone with a particular point of view?

Do you want a person representing you whose main objective is to stay in office and doing whatever he is told by his party’s leadership? How about someone whose votes are changed by whatever lobbyist puts the most money in his campaign chest, or gives him the best trip to some exotic place?

In today’s world of misinformation (read lies) on social media where the Russians and others deceive voters into stupid decisions, how does one know who to vote for? Its hard work to watch interviews and to read reputable news reports to form an opinion but it’s the responsible thing to do. Good citizenship and honoring all those who have fought and died to give you the right to vote requires you to vote in every election. An intelligent and thoughtful vote for each nominee who really believes what you do is the responsible right each voter has inherited from their forebearers. DO THE WORK AND VOTE!