Welcome to the Commune podcast. This is Jeff Krasno, and happy Election Day in the United States.

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episode. So today's recitation is dedicated to the vote, both as a political and moral expression.

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So, without further ado, here is this week's commusing, entitled A Solem Pledge.

Music entitled A Solem Pledge. A Solem Pledge

In 1987, I ran for high school president.

It was a hotly contested race with many worthy candidates.

I ran on a populist, if flimsy platform, of Pizza Fridays and Van Halen on the snack bar jukebox.

My campaign relied heavily on superlative slogans.

Krasno knows. J.P.K. All the Way. It's about Jeff in time.

And we made appeals to foreign language speakers as well with Jeff Poulashe and Hefe,

Poor El Hefe. I glad handed the beefcakes and lugged the girls' textbooks to class.

I affixed placards to the signpost and stuffed lockers with handbills.

I suffered through supplemental chapel sessions to underscore my scrupulous moral character.

Had there been babies, I would have kissed them, a strategy I assiduously refused to deploy

with the cheerleaders.

I went careening into election day, brimming with confidence.

The poll results were typed on a note card and tacked to the student bulletin board the

next morning.

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