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PatrickforO

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12. I can remember the night in November 2008 when Obama was first elected, and
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 12:26 AM
Apr 2015

those hundreds of thousands of people gathered - some were crying and all knew they were part of something very special.

Except the Republicans - they met in a steak bar the night of his inauguration and agreed to oppose EVERYTHING Obama tried to do.

I still think that was treasonous because they were putting their party above their nation. In fact, we see a long record of that - the government shut down and near-default, where they were willing to let us all go down the drain just to 'get' Obama. And then the 47 Senators (including mine, the perfidious Cory Gardner) who signed the Treason Letter to Iran.

That lady's right - we've ALL got to vote every single time, and we all have to take the time and make the effort to learn about what's going on so we can vote intelligently. We have to run these charlatans out of DC (and our state legislatures, school boards and local governments) in 2016.

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what a great photo guillaumeb Apr 2015 #1
Totally! calimary Apr 2015 #18
and a majority do not vote. guillaumeb Apr 2015 #21
THIS is the cream filling in the cookie: calimary Apr 2015 #23
Beautiful! sheshe2 Apr 2015 #2
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Bless her - may she live many more years. Marie Marie Apr 2015 #4
:) BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #5
Beautiful and moving! Bravo. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #6
so very sweet. KMOD Apr 2015 #7
and how long again do we get a man or woman of color into the White House??? a kennedy Apr 2015 #8
Probably sooner than we'll see an atheist or LGBT, I'll bet. nt Electric Monk Apr 2015 #10
No, LGBT is accepted by everyone but fundies. We need to lose them! nt babylonsister Apr 2015 #11
Wow, thanks for the link. Beautiful. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #13
Paging Dr. Ben Carson!!!!! Politicalboi Apr 2015 #26
K&R. Overseas Apr 2015 #9
I can remember the night in November 2008 when Obama was first elected, and PatrickforO Apr 2015 #12
You nailed it. This is the time. I was talking to the hispanic branch of my family in Texas. freshwest Apr 2015 #14
For all you people who say voting doesn't matter? yallerdawg Apr 2015 #15
+ I'll remember that next time I should vote and don't feel like it. erronis Apr 2015 #22
But you feel like commenting. yallerdawg Apr 2015 #28
she is a doll Skittles Apr 2015 #16
class act lame54 Apr 2015 #17
Hey Everyone: "People should get out and vote. It makes a difference. If it didn’t, they wouldn’t FSogol Apr 2015 #19
Right now, Barack Obama is the only reason tabasco Apr 2015 #20
Beautiful. n/t whathehell Apr 2015 #24
Beautiful mcar Apr 2015 #25
im melting allan01 Apr 2015 #27
she is cute Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #29
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