{"id":504,"date":"2008-02-06T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2008-02-06T07:00:43","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T11:00:43","slug":"the-race-goes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"The Race Goes On"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never have been much of a person to follow politics in-depth. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oh, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always given it it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s due respect.\u00c2\u00a0 I very seldom miss voting and I am fairly knowledgeable on issues when it comes to being ready to vote responsibly.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also always encouraged my son to be responsible about voting as well.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never forget the time we took our son to vote when he was five.\u00c2\u00a0 My husband carried him in the booth with him to let Pierce experience the process.\u00c2\u00a0 He held him in his arms as he voted and the little voice said quite loudly and inquisitively…\u00e2\u20ac\u009dYou voted for him…why?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Everyone laughed.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m up early this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 I stayed up late last night…all because of Super Tuesday. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been much more curious this election.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, the Democrats are making history with Obama and Clinton.\u00c2\u00a0 Whoever gets the nomination is going to continue making history and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m very curious to see who the Democrats of this country say they are ready for. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also curious to see who this nation says they are ready for.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then there are the Republicans.\u00c2\u00a0 It looks like McCain will be the victor…but then there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this Huckabee guy who showed well in a number of states no one thought he would grab in the primary. That, along with Romney, is sure to prove interesting over the next few months. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If nothing else, this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s election is reminding us of how our governing process works.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re living a history lesson here and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sure to make us think until Election Day when we get the chance to vote one last time for our presidential choice. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yes, the race goes on and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re right in the middle of it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you pay close attention to our election process now and make sure you position yourself to vote in November.\u00c2\u00a0 I suspect this will be the year where it truly will be important for you to take the time to cast your ballot. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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~ Joellen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I never have been much of a person to follow politics in-depth. \u00c2\u00a0 Oh, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve always given it it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s due respect.\u00c2\u00a0 I very seldom miss voting and I am fairly knowledgeable on issues when it comes to being ready to vote responsibly.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also always encouraged my son to be responsible about voting as well.\u00c2\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-pride","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}