Clarkfield Farms
11-03-2014, 09:38 AM
No, my Dad isn't running for any political office, his run in this life ended when he died yesterday afternoon. What I AM asking for is this:
My father never missed a single opportunity to vote in his entire lifetime spanning 96+ years, and he was very quiet about it, never said who he was voting for but given his rock-solid character and the nowadays relatively large difference between the candidates, there was never any doubt regarding his choice.
He never got to vote in this election. He applied, from the Siegenthaler Hospice Center, for an absentee ballot so that he could make his choice known.
It didn't arrive until today.
So, when I ask you to "vote for Dad," I'm asking you to vote in memory of him and for all those who can't vote tomorrow, for whatever reason. I don't care how you vote. I just ask that you vote your conscience, and that you know WHY you believe WHAT you believe.
Either way, VOTE. A man on his deathbed thought it to be his essential duty in serving this country, surely that's a good enough reason for any of us able-bodied men and women as a bare minimum to preserve (or retake) our freedom.
Dad used to say: "BAH! Don't believe that Freedom is EVER bought... it NEVER HAS BEEN. Freedom is rented, and the rent comes due every single day. Whether we're here or not, the price has to be paid." He's not here anymore. You and I - ARE.
And the rent is due again... will you pay it?
This message not paid for by anyone at all. Yet...
Thank you, on behalf of my Dad.
- Tim
My father never missed a single opportunity to vote in his entire lifetime spanning 96+ years, and he was very quiet about it, never said who he was voting for but given his rock-solid character and the nowadays relatively large difference between the candidates, there was never any doubt regarding his choice.
He never got to vote in this election. He applied, from the Siegenthaler Hospice Center, for an absentee ballot so that he could make his choice known.
It didn't arrive until today.
So, when I ask you to "vote for Dad," I'm asking you to vote in memory of him and for all those who can't vote tomorrow, for whatever reason. I don't care how you vote. I just ask that you vote your conscience, and that you know WHY you believe WHAT you believe.
Either way, VOTE. A man on his deathbed thought it to be his essential duty in serving this country, surely that's a good enough reason for any of us able-bodied men and women as a bare minimum to preserve (or retake) our freedom.
Dad used to say: "BAH! Don't believe that Freedom is EVER bought... it NEVER HAS BEEN. Freedom is rented, and the rent comes due every single day. Whether we're here or not, the price has to be paid." He's not here anymore. You and I - ARE.
And the rent is due again... will you pay it?
This message not paid for by anyone at all. Yet...
Thank you, on behalf of my Dad.
- Tim