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During the past severalmonths I'm sure you’ve all been reminded, in one format or another, to notforget to get out and vote. There are billboards to prompt us, t-shirts, bumperstickers and buttons to encourage us. 

Many of us even look forward to anelection worker pressing an adhesive sticker to our fleece lapel after we castour ballot that says, "I voted!" 

After all, the privilege to electour governing officials is the hallmark of democracy, is it not?


An informed voter.

I, too, have encouraged othersto go and cast their ballots....but only, however, if I’ve made absolutelycertain they agree with me. Why wouldI remind you to vote if you're voting againstmy candidate of choice. What am I, crazy?
 If I find you’ll besupporting another, I might suggest that you sleep late, try that in-homechemical peel you ordered from QVC or begin the herbal cleanse you bought lastmonth. Surely other voters will take care of it for you…relax.
But, in any case, by thetime you’re reading this, the election will soon be over.  

My favorite campaign of all time.

While it’s Iikely that armies of lawyers will be pouting and stamping their little feet in some of the so-called battlegroundstates, the actual campaigning -- and by that I mean robo-calls, mud slingingand blatant lying -- is behind us. And, of course, unless the election wastruly too close to call, some of us are happy and the rest of us are not.

"Do as I say, bitches!"

SusanSays..." did not endorse a candidate this year but not because she had noopinion. 

In fact, "Susan Says..." has an opinion on everything andwill be happy to share all of them with you next time we meet in the produceaisle, but I also wish I had run forpresident. In fact, I’ve wanted to be president of this great nation since Iwas just a tiny little megalomaniac, ruling her Barbies with an iron hand, backin Brooklyn, New York.

Why are they so stingy with the purples?

Like any candidate, Iwould have made certain promises (for ex. free Hershey's Kisses for all, ahigher percentage of purple Skittles in the fun size bags, a TV channel thatruns nothing but Cash Cab 24 hours a day and, of course, the permanent exile ofthe entire Kardashian clan...including Bruce Jenner), but I like to think Iwould be a fair and loving leader of the free world.
My sons, both of whomheard me shriek "What makes you think this is a democracy???WELL, IT’S NOT!!!!" countless times during their childhood, mightdisagree but how hard can it be? 

Sharing, listening, kindness, honesty,open-mindedness, consensus-taking, frugality and surrounding yourself withpeople who are well-versed in the things you aren't is pretty much it, no?
Hmmmm. Now that I lookback on that deceptively simple list, I realize it must not be all that easy. Ifit were, why else hasn't a president in recent memory been able to combine allthose characteristics to be the great leader we’ve needed?

A full beard, really?

Not to mention, acandidate must be telegenic, as well. Ever since Richard Nixon grew a fullbeard and sweated through it during his 1960 debate with John Kennedy, it iscommon knowledge that a candidate must, to some degree, look the part. Thecharisma factor also counts but is less easy to define. 

Unsuccessfully trying to kill him with her eyes.

Bill Clinton’s personalcharisma, according to everyone but Hillary, is legendary. And yet, to bring upRichard Nixon once more, it’s possible to win with neither looks nor charisma.
It really shouldn’t besuch a mystery. Our next president, whoever he is, must be willing to persevere,make sacrifices, compromise, think clearly, project strength, help shape abright future and lead us toward it.  

Whoever you turn out to be, Mr. President, I’m sure I’m not the only onewho wishes you the very best. Now about those Hershey Kisses……….