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Response to Douglas Carpenter (Reply #2)
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 09:13 PM
3. I was 22, less than 2 weeks away from turning 23. I couldn't vote in '68 because they hadn't changed
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the voting age in time for me to vote in that election. I think they changed it to 18 in 1969. Otherwise, I would have proudly voted for Eugene McCarthy in '68.
I've always loved both those wonderful old-time Democrats. It was a huge loss to our country that neither of them won.  |
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| scarletwoman | Jul 2012 | OP | |
| femmocrat | Jul 2012 | #1 | |
| Douglas Carpenter | Jul 2012 | #2 | |
   I was 22, less than 2 weeks away from turning 23. I couldn't vote in '68 because they hadn't changed |
scarletwoman | Jul 2012 | #3 |
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| chieftain | Jul 2012 | #6 | |
| Douglas Carpenter | Jul 2012 | #7 | |
| scarletwoman | Jul 2012 | #8 | |
| Douglas Carpenter | Jul 2012 | #12 | |
| midnight | Jul 2012 | #9 | |
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