Think of Your Future Self When Casting Your Vote

An old man reflects

I have some advice for voters old and young.

In my first chance to vote for POTUS I voted for Dole in ’96. My thoughts on that:

“What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did? … There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that.”

If you think this means I wish I would have voted for Clinton or Perot, well then, what we have here is . . .

Confused? Yes, it is a confusing request—vote for candidate X because . . . [supposed reasons].

Vote wisely by considering how to most likely minimize your chance of future regret. That's the best I can offer to you.

PS, No, I'm not really that ashamed of my Dole vote.