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try to convince them for the 100th time that they really should try and be informed.

Oh, it sounds like we've got some similar experience here. lol... sort of like beating your head against a brick wall sometimes, isn't it?

My dad always taught me that you need to look at what the person stands for because it's the person that we are voting for.

EXACTLY!!! Your dad certainly sounds like a wise man. lol... Seriously, we need to start thinking about country, not party first. Things are so polarized right now and people are voting for somebody simply because they have a (D) or (R) behind their name instead of looking at where this person stands on actual policy issues. It's frustrating.

Years ago I was working at a different law firm and Mark Dayton was running for office and someone told me she was going to vote for him becuase she liked his name and his family owned the Dayton's Department Stores

Oy. Somebody like that should seriously consider not voting ever again. lol... I think most people shun politics because they don't feel empowered, like there's nothing we can do to change things or that government really doesn't matter in their lives on a day to day basis. Some folks say that even after this seven-year nightmare we've been living through. I want to scream sometimes.

It's definitely nice chatting with you about these things. Like you, I don't have a lot of folks in my life as interested in politics as I am and don't get to talk about it too much. That's one reason I have this journal... I talk politics quite a bit. Feel free to friend me if you'd like! We can chat. lol...