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skip fox

(19,502 posts) Fri Feb 21, 2020, 09:02 AM Feb 2020

My first vote for President was in 1968: Dick Gregory! [View all]

In Wood County Ohio (Bowling Green). He was a "write-in" of course.

I tell my students (young, voting age) that they should vote for themselves. I tell them how great I felt after my first vote (I omit the particulars) and how great I still feel remembering that day.

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My first vote for President was in 1968: Dick Gregory! [View all] skip fox Feb 2020 OP

Shirley Chisholm. She was on the ballot. 1972 Cal. Primary Walleye Feb 2020 #1

She was remarkable. skip fox Feb 2020 #8

Excellent choice. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #2

I was in Chicago in '68 when the Yippies promoted the pig for president. skip fox Feb 2020 #10

48 years later, we got our pig in the WH. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #11

He would look good with an applle in his mouth! skip fox Feb 2020 #12

You'd have to fry it first to get it in there. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #14

So, you helped elect Nixon, correct? StopTheNeoCons Feb 2020 #3

Here we go . . . skip fox Feb 2020 #4

392 votes were cast for Gregory in Ohio. Do you think it changed the outcome? onenote Feb 2020 #6

Hardly. George II Feb 2020 #9

I mean that's what it sounds like but they felt really good about it and did it for themselves..yay! UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #13

Yeah that was my first thought as well. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #23

So helping Nixon get elected makes you feel great? Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #5

Voting made me feel good as the post made clear. skip fox Feb 2020 #7

A couple of folks don't know it's Friday. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #16

Voting is not all about you Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #17

Geez. skip fox Feb 2020 #24

Still not all about you Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #25

Thing about scolds . . . skip fox Feb 2020 #27

And the problem with the self righeous Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #28

Hereafter I afford you the attention your posts skip fox Feb 2020 #30

Not surprised Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #34

How did voting for Gregory in Ohio in 1968 help get Nixon elected? onenote Feb 2020 #15

Voting for anyone other than Humphrey in 68 helped Nixon Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #18

Some people seem to like to tell other people how to think skip fox Feb 2020 #19

No it is not telling people how to feel Dem4Life1102 Feb 2020 #20

the difference between 2000 and 2016 v. 1968: onenote Feb 2020 #22

I was in Ketchikan, AK and first vote was for Hubert Humphrey 1968. Greybnk48 Feb 2020 #21

Talk about a name from the past. Throck Feb 2020 #26

Mine was for Mike Dukakis. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #29

1988: Jessie Jackson RGTIndy Feb 2020 #31

1976. Jimmy Carter. luvs2sing Feb 2020 #32

That was mine too MiniMe Feb 2020 #36

And how did that work out for you? tavernier Feb 2020 #33

Mine was for John Anderson. brokephibroke Feb 2020 #35

I voted for Mondale - Ferraro in 1984. BigDemVoter Feb 2020 #37