This is how I would like you to vote this November

No, I’m not going to tell you who to vote for. That would be about as absurd as it is pointless, given the polarized nature of politics today. Besides, I’m absolutely certain if I told you to vote like I currently plan to vote Nov. 6, more than half of you wouldn’t like it.

And that’s all I’m going to say about that. But, more than anything, I really want you to vote. And here’s how I’d like you to go about it.

As Samuel Adams put it, each voter is “executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.” Yeah, the TV ads want you to believe the guy you’re planning to pull the lever for is a really great guy and the other one is just plain vile and disgusting — or at least not as likeable.

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