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Ninga

(8,272 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:32 PM Nov 2020

I finally found the words that express the emotional act of voting.


When I step into the voting booth, I will not be alone.
I take the empty Lordstown facility and the forgotten small farmers.
The 545 children of asylum seekers taken from their families will rest on my shoulders and “that woman” governor from Michigan will stand at my side.
Peaceful demonstrators crying out for justice will guide me to the ballot and the uninsured will walk with me to the ballot scanner. Just before casting my ballot I will bow my head for the 237,000 Americans who have lost their lives to Covid. I vote not for me but thee.
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I finally found the words that express the emotional act of voting. (Original Post) Ninga Nov 2020 OP
Very well said. 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #1
Thank you. Ninga Nov 2020 #6
Thanks. I was wondering how to wrap my head around flamingdem Nov 2020 #2
Beautiful, thank you! LuvJoesPartner Nov 2020 #3
Perfect. FM123 Nov 2020 #4
This made me tear up. volstork Nov 2020 #5
Voting is powerful. Ninga Nov 2020 #7
Thank You PunksMom Nov 2020 #8
Beautifully stated. Thank you. n/t monmouth4 Nov 2020 #9
Welp I posted this on my FB page last night, and by this AM, I found I was unfriended a few times. Ninga Nov 2020 #10
Truth... and tears. AmBlue Nov 2020 #11
For me it was "Booyah" lame54 Nov 2020 #12

flamingdem

(39,308 posts)
2. Thanks. I was wondering how to wrap my head around
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:37 PM
Nov 2020

our losses as a country. There is something we can do and that's vote.

Ninga

(8,272 posts)
10. Welp I posted this on my FB page last night, and by this AM, I found I was unfriended a few times.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 10:29 AM
Nov 2020

A real head scratcher as to why anyone would be offended by the facts.

Go Joe and Kamala!

AmBlue

(3,103 posts)
11. Truth... and tears.
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 04:17 PM
Nov 2020

I am so emotional today. Hoping hard that our better angels are on guard and in charge today.

Thank you for these beautiful words.

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