Hide in the voting booth and do the right thing

C’mon now, you don’t have to out yourself publicly, but you’re not really going to vote for Hillary Clinton.

When you fill out that ballot in private, you’ll do the right thing. I understand how publicly you’re going to do your best to maintain your status in your different circles of influence but when you’re all alone and no one is watching you’ll have to come to terms with reality.

The reality is that you’ll be helping to keep a corruption level deeply infused in our government as status quo with no remedy to rid ourselves of it or choosing not to help. You’re a smart person and don’t need the decades pattern of bad judgments and behaviors laid out for you again.

It’s bad, and you know that instinctively, so say what you will publicly. But I trust you’ll follow those instincts in the voting booth and reject her and what she represents.

This story was originally published November 5, 2016 at 3:28 PM with the headline "Hide in the voting booth and do the right thing."