Reply #32: understandinglife...

[Patsy Stone]

You and I have been kindred spirits aroung the blogosphere. I too believe that no matter what else happens, we can never afford to lose the ability to count every vote, and make sure everyone's vote is counted.

Even today, when I was reading about the Washington State SC's decision, I felt that those 570+ votes had to be counted -- even if Gregoire loses.

As Shalom and I have been musing: America is advanced citizenship -- you gotta want it.

I'm going to post Aaron Sorkin's brilliant final soliliquy (sp?) from The American President on this thread because sometimes we lose sight of so many things in our desire to get our way and strive for our hopes and dreams -- plus he always makes me feel so American.

He reminds us that character matters and citizenship matters. You gently remind us and everyone you write to that voting and the franchise matters. That is what makes us the greatest country in the world (go ahead and laugh, but it's true).

Peace to you and yours and thank you, as always, for your kind words and good heart.