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(1,939 posts)dembotoz
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(53,661 posts)dexterborg
(28 posts)Same to you!!
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notgoinback
(39 posts)Just before the 2012 election, I was lying on my sofa, reading the last (and best ) chapter of a Michael Connelly
book. When the doorbell chimed, I thought, "Damn it. That has to be another Romney/Ryan disciple, wanting to
plant a campaign sign on the front lawn." Since my community is infested with Republicans, I yanked open the
front door and scowled. A young couple, dressed in "I am a struggling college student" outfits, politely asked if I
would consider voting for Barack Obama. You had to love these kids, with their earnest faces and 500-watt smiles.
I could tell they were both exhausted - a slight droop in the shoulders, faint shadows under the eyes, but nothing
and nobody was going to dampen their enthusiasm. Using an expression I assumed would make me sound "hip",
I exclaimed, "Obama is the Mannnn!" They looked a little startled at first, then obviously forgave my feeble
attempt to bridge the generation gap.
After I explained that my family and my husband's family and all our respective ancestors were union people,
who wouldn't support ANY GOP candidate under ANY circumstances, I effusively thanked them for the noble,
important work they were doing on the President's behalf.
Looking back on that encounter now, I'm ashamed I didn't invite them in for coffee and a sandwich, didn't
even bag up some cookies to sustain them for a few hours.
If by chance, either or both of these wonderful volunteers happens to read my story on DU, and recalls that
lone "blue" woman in a "red" neighborhood, I wish them with all my heart, a Happy Thanksgiving.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Don't EVER insult the three stooges like that EVER AGAIN!
Segami
(14,923 posts)Thank you for sharing your thoughts, passions, hopes and dreams with all.
Happy Thanksgiving!
LOLOL! The Stooges rock!!
James48
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(81,207 posts)I laughed out loud at that one!!!!
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)My Thanksgivings with family always ended up this way!
SLY KAT
(6 posts)MY ARTIST NAME IS SLYKAT AND MY RECENT PROJECT "VOTE OR DIE TRYIN" HAS BEEN AN INDEPENDENT SUCCESS. HERE'S THE ENTIRE ALBUM FOR ALL MY PEEPS AT DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ENJOY!
SLYKAT "VOTE OR DIE TRYIN"