So today is an open invitation…\u00a0 just like all days, you are free to comment, although today, I want to wholeheartedly encourage you.\u00a0 This is your opportunity to influence and encourage one another.<\/p>\n
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What issues are driving your vote this November?\u00a0 What concerns you?<\/p>\n
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My desire this day is to have you write the blog.<\/p>\n
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The ground rules are this:<\/p>\n
1. \u00a0As always, be respectful.\u00a0 That means no disparaging terms describing any candidate, person, or people group.<\/p>\n
2. \u00a0Be brief.\u00a0 In order to have an interactive discussion that informs and challenges, let\u2019s try not to talk too much, but rather, get to the point.\u00a0 Sometimes we say more with fewer words.<\/p>\n
3. \u00a0Be factual and specific.\u00a0 Too many people base their concern (and their vote) <\/em>on perspectives beginning with \u201cit <\/em>seems<\/em><\/strong> like\u201d<\/em> or \u201cI <\/em>feel.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<\/em> The oversight with that approach is that individual experience often trumps truth. I would encourage you as much as possible to be factual and objective, remembering that a subjective approach has significant potential to distort reality.<\/p>\n 4. \u00a0If sharing any external link, utilize an objective source.\u00a0 Hence, nothing from MSNBC or rushlimbaugh.com, for example, qualifies as objective.\u00a0 And…<\/p>\n 5. \u00a0Be witty.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually not a ground rule.\u00a0 I just appreciate wit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ok, friends, comment.\u00a0 Drive the discussion.\u00a0 What issues concern you most this coming election?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Respectfully,<\/p>\n AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So today is an open invitation…\u00a0 just like all days, you are free to comment, although today, I want to wholeheartedly encourage you.\u00a0 This is your opportunity to influence and encourage one another. What issues are driving your vote this November?\u00a0 What concerns you? My desire this day is to have you write … <\/p>\n