Rick Moran is one of my favorite bloggers. He's thoughtful, temperate, and nearly always right — as he is here:
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that those who wish to sit on their hands in November are acting like petulant, foot stomping, spoiled little children who are throwing a tantrum because they're not getting their way and will therefore "punish" their party by staying home on election day. ("I'll show 'em! I'll show 'me all!")
Then again, maybe I am.
Because in the end, like that little kid, there's no where else to go and nothing else to do if you consider yourself a patriotic American. I make no apology for giving those of you who contemplate spitting on your birthright a good tongue lashing and a remedial course in civics. It is good to be reminded every once and a while how precious a commodity the democratic franchise is and that misusing it by employing the vote as some kind of political punishment for wayward legislators is selfish, cowardly, and in the end, self-defeating.
While some of you are sitting at your keyboards railing against the Republicans and dramatically announcing to one and all how you will teach them a lesson by staying home on election day, there are Americans in Iraq putting their hides on the line every day of the week so that you have the choice in the first place of either acting like a drama queen or a responsible citizen of the republic.
That really says it all. Read the whole thing, because believe it or not, it gets even better.