Why vote?

A year ago, I would have thought seeing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on TV together was an episode of Celebrity Apprentice, not the Presidential campaign. This is not a political rant post. For real. I am one of the many Americans that know little to nothing about politics. It overwhelms me.In fact, Trump and Clinton are about the only things I do know. And neither one win my vote based on character. They're politicians, for petes sake. "Moral politician" is an oxymoron. But I am a firm supporter of freedom, democracy, America, our right to vote, and our armed forces. I do not take the lives and sacrifice of many whom have gone before to give me, a woman, the right to vote, for granted.And even though my vote may not matter in the grand scheme of things, I will not forego my right, even if it's only to honor the freedom to vote.I will never run for office, march in DC, or even fully grasp government or politics, but I need to support those who do.Luckily, the presidency isn't a dictatorship. There are other dishonest and slanted politicians representing all the personal agendas working together. I think....So now what? Assuming I may not be the only confused one in America, what do we do? Where do we go to find unbiased information? Do we not vote because we are uninformed? Because we don't really care or our vote doesn't matter? Or because the system, the government, is broken? No. The answer isn't to sit dumb and silenced. It isn't to blindly vote, either.The answer, the privilege: get edge-a-ma-kate-did. Educated.But where? www.isidewith.comLadies, we've only had the right to vote since 1920. That's only 96 years and it took our grandmas, great grandmas, sisters, aunts, and a whole lotta strong conviction in the hearts of women over a century of advocacy and suffering to get you and I the right to vote. We may never run for office, march in DC, or even fully grasp government or politics, but we need to show up to the polls, educated to support those who do or we have no right to complain.  The great news is we still have time. Let's learn what we believe by educating ourselves and vote.