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Dem4Life1102

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17. Voting is not all about you

Reply to skip fox (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 21, 2020, 12:30 PM

Feb 2020

That is just self centered. It's a civic responsibility, not a feel good exercise. And it is the duty of every person to vote for the candidate who will best serve the country and their fellow americans otherwise you are just helping people like Nixon, Bush and Trump get elected.

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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