Monday, November 5, 2012

“My Vast Political Expertise,” or “Coca-Cola in all the Water Fountains!”

When I was in 6th grade I ran for student body treasurer.  I had a cool poster with R2-D2 standing on a pile of gold coins along with the caption, “Be sure to win!  Vote for Ken!”  Not extremely catchy, but hey, it rhymed.  I had a rather nice platform as well.  I promised that if elected treasurer I would work tirelessly to ensure that we had Coca-Cola placed in every water fountain on campus!

Oddly enough…I lost.

But you know what?  Our school still managed to function somehow!  Even though the person who lost was obviously the best candidate, life went on.

Looking forward to the results of the Presidential election, I can’t help but be reminded of one fact:  No government will ever have all of the answers for the troubles that plague mankind.  It won’t happen.  Government is flawed.  People are flawed.  All we can really do is seek God and vote for the candidate we believe best represents what God wants to accomplish in our country. 

And we will disagree. 

So, for all of my friends who will vote for Mitt Romney…I love you.  And for all of my friends who will vote for Barack Obama…I love you too.  I pray God will forgive us all for the times over the last few months when we placed more emphasis on our political views than we did on loving one another.  I’m not claiming anyone is right or wrong for their views.  I believe there’s enough lying and confusion going around for all of us. 

And for every member of my 6th grade class who actually believed I had the ability to cause all of our water fountains to bubble over with sweet, sugary, carbonated goodness…I apologize.

BE SURE TO WIN!  VOTE FOR KEN!
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  1. Nick CalandroNovember 5, 2012 at 8:25 PM

    Your platform would be popular in New York now that all sodas larger than mini-fridge size are being banned. But then you'd have to install a diet fountain too, and then, of course, that one guy would constantly ask "why don't you have any caffeine free coke fountains?" It's still a good dream though, and not near as far fetched as the dream of Americans opting to treat each other with respect and understanding despite opposing political view points . . . but we can dream can't we.

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