{"id":2053,"date":"2008-11-01T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2017-12-17T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T22:16:11","slug":"vote-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=2053","title":{"rendered":"Vote Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SQ0NMyeQ-DI\/AAAAAAAACMc\/CppQtCUbxeM\/s1600-h\/z110108vote.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263878052824283186\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SQ0NMyeQ-DI\/AAAAAAAACMc\/CppQtCUbxeM\/s400\/z110108vote.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">I got up early today and headed down with the family to take part in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">early voting<\/span>. Although it was the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">longest line<\/span> I&#8217;ve ever stood in for anything, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">time went by amazingly fast<\/span> since we were regularly moving forward. I&#8217;m always surprised at the number of people on hand to pass out flyers and information about candidates and positions. If you haven&#8217;t made up your mind by the time you&#8217;re in line to vote, you probably should have done a bit more homework. Still, these last minute efforts must pay off since there are always folks on hand to make them.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> I ended up voting for three <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Democrats<\/span> and two <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Republicans<\/span>. I guess that fits <a style=\"color: #cc0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/zablozone.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/declaring-my-independence.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">my Independent profile<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\";font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;\">I&#8217;m glad that I voted early. Now I can sit back and enjoy watching how the election plays out.\u00a0I seldom post about politics or religion on the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ZONE<\/span>. There are enough political sites on the net and I&#8217;d rather spend my time at discussing <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">movies, novels, tv, comics<\/span>, and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">art<\/span>. But before I close out this political post,<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> let me encourage each of you who can vote in this election to do so<\/span>. Vote for the candidates that you think will do the best job &#8212; and don&#8217;t be afraid to cross party lines. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Do your research and then vote smart<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We now return to our regularly scheduled blogging.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got up early today and headed down with the family to take part in early voting. 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