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retrowire

(10,345 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:59 AM Mar 2016

IM UP!

6am...

getting dressed...

gonna have a breakfast bar and wake up the wife...

It's voting day...

And I'm about to go cast my first vote for the first time in my life.

And its for Bernie Sanders.

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IM UP! (Original Post) retrowire Mar 2016 OP
You are Democracy !!!!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #1
You never forget your first time. Funtatlaguy Mar 2016 #2
Good morning, and happy day! (eom) mak3cats Mar 2016 #3
Keep up the good work. Paka Mar 2016 #4
Go get'em retro JackInGreen Mar 2016 #5
What a great day for you! dorkzilla Mar 2016 #6
Power to the People! Depaysement Mar 2016 #7
Thank you. One more genuinely saltpoint Mar 2016 #8
best. vote. ever. dnt.throwaway Mar 2016 #9
GOOOOOOOD MORNING! LiberalElite Mar 2016 #10
Happy Day! in_cog_ni_to Mar 2016 #11
Breakfast bar... tk2kewl Mar 2016 #12
Good man. navarth Mar 2016 #13
Hi Ho Hi Ho Its Off To Vote We Go! DrBulldog Mar 2016 #14
Thank you. SamKnause Mar 2016 #15
Thank YOU! dchill Mar 2016 #25
KnR SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #16
For the 99 Pecent... warrprayer Mar 2016 #17
I have already voted for him. TNNurse Mar 2016 #18
There you are watoos Mar 2016 #21
I was in college in TN TNNurse Mar 2016 #36
May you lead the way to victory! PWPippin Mar 2016 #19
You've never voted??? liberalnarb Mar 2016 #20
K&R PeoViejo Mar 2016 #22
K & R democrank Mar 2016 #23
Thank you!!!!!!! eom LittleGirl Mar 2016 #24
Kicked and recommended! Yay, Bernie! Yay, retrowire! Enthusiast Mar 2016 #26
If you do it right maybe they will give you another one rurallib Mar 2016 #27
ya make me proud retrowire....... a kennedy Mar 2016 #28
It was almost the only vote I cast. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #29
Bernie! Bernie! Bernie! StandingInLeftField Mar 2016 #30
Congratulations, retrowire! And I envy you. I'm a Californian. Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #31
Here, over 70 and Bernie is not just once-in-a-lifetime but once-in-a-century, an opportunity JDPriestly Mar 2016 #39
Congrats metro SmittynMo Mar 2016 #32
Good for you... Punkingal Mar 2016 #33
Ccongratulations! SoapBox Mar 2016 #34
You go retrowire! leftcoastmountains Mar 2016 #35
I'm so proud of you Retrowire. Mine was 1980 for Jimmy Carter. Forever proud of that! Go Bernie! ALBliberal Mar 2016 #37
Me too! farleftlib Mar 2016 #40
Yes.... never dreamed there would be another Candidate in the realm ALBliberal Mar 2016 #42
K&R. JDPriestly Mar 2016 #38
My first vote was for Walter Mondale. ladyVet Mar 2016 #41

Paka

(2,760 posts)
4. Keep up the good work.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:18 AM
Mar 2016

You are an inspiration, and that's coming from an old fart who missed voting for JFK by one year. Had to be 21 back then to vote.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
6. What a great day for you!
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:22 AM
Mar 2016

We are all so proud of your efforts and your enthusiasm is contagious! Don't ever let anyone dampen that feeling, retrowire.

saltpoint

(50,986 posts)
8. Thank you. One more genuinely
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:28 AM
Mar 2016

earnest vote for a worthy candidate.

Bernie Sanders is making History. Each vote, including yours this morning, is the ride he needs to that airport.

 

DrBulldog

(841 posts)
14. Hi Ho Hi Ho Its Off To Vote We Go!
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:12 AM
Mar 2016

This is IT, Millennials. Your future is probably on the line today more so than any other time this election year. SHOW UP.

TNNurse

(7,541 posts)
18. I have already voted for him.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:39 AM
Mar 2016

I remember my first vote, I was in college, 18 and voted by a paper mail-in ballot. I voted for Hubert Humphrey and have never voted for a Republican for President and am sure I never will.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
21. There you are
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:49 AM
Mar 2016

I have been looking for the other person who voted for Humphrey. Pennsylvania here, and I expect my vote to matter in April when I vote for Bernie.

TNNurse

(7,541 posts)
36. I was in college in TN
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 04:23 PM
Mar 2016

but my vote was in Georgia where I grew up and guess technically still lived.

rurallib

(64,688 posts)
27. If you do it right maybe they will give you another one
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:09 AM
Mar 2016


Congratulations on your first vote

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
29. It was almost the only vote I cast.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:24 AM
Mar 2016

Beyond the Presidency and Senate spot, there wasn't a single other race on the ballot that had more than one candidate listed, and for the vast majority, there wasn't even a Democrat running, leaving almost every position uncontested in Republican hands. SW Ohio for you.

Peace Patriot

(24,010 posts)
31. Congratulations, retrowire! And I envy you. I'm a Californian.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:55 AM
Mar 2016

Our votes may help turn the tide, but not until June 7. I can't tell you how much I look forward to that day!

A candidate like Bernie Sanders is a once in a lifetime opportunity. And I'm 70--been through a whole lot of elections, seen a lot of good people win and a lot of good people go down. But I have never seen a presidential candidate as transformative as Bernie, nor a campaign that is as transformative as this one. My parents and grandparents did--FDR and the New Deal. My generation lost our best leaders to assassination, and, after that, this nation didn't recover, and is only starting to, right now.

Win this nomination or not, everything is different now. Our minds have been re-opened to government that is truly of, by and for the people.

GO RETROWIRE! GO VOTE! VOTE FOR BERNIE ON OUR BEHALF!

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
39. Here, over 70 and Bernie is not just once-in-a-lifetime but once-in-a-century, an opportunity
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 06:04 PM
Mar 2016

to inspire the country again.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
32. Congrats metro
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:28 AM
Mar 2016

Your post got me going this morning. Thanks. I'm done voting.

I was, however disappointed at the turnout here. Typically we have pretty large turnouts. There wasn't squat at our polling place. It's amazing that with so much riding on this election, that nobody appears to give a shit. It's spring break, so the millennials probably aren't up yet.

My question is, what happened to the rest of us? What a total disappointment for me. And we wonder how we got here as a country?

Punkingal

(9,522 posts)
33. Good for you...
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 11:12 AM
Mar 2016

You will never forget this first vote...mine was for Carter. I even remember what I wore that day.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
34. Ccongratulations!
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 11:27 AM
Mar 2016

And for helping move this Political Revolution.

I thought that Obama was my first "exciting" candidate experience in 2008...well it is nothing compared to how I feel about Bernie! I too will cast my (California) vote with excitement AND pride.

Go Bernie!

Go Berners!

ALBliberal

(3,347 posts)
37. I'm so proud of you Retrowire. Mine was 1980 for Jimmy Carter. Forever proud of that! Go Bernie!
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 05:52 PM
Mar 2016

ALBliberal

(3,347 posts)
42. Yes.... never dreamed there would be another Candidate in the realm
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:32 PM
Mar 2016

Of President Carter! Yay Bernie!!!

ladyVet

(1,587 posts)
41. My first vote was for Walter Mondale.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:14 PM
Mar 2016

Imagine how much nicer your memories are going to be when you get to be my age!

I do have a good story to go with that vote, but it's long and I won't go into it here.

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