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buff2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 08:54 PM
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My Mother turned 76 years old today and has never voted in her life.....
But she told me today that she registered to vote and is voting for KERRY/EDWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!! She said she can't stand bu$h and wants him out.....says she can't stand to watch him or listen to him on TV and turns the channel when he comes on...LOL... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM! :party: :bounce: :party: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :party: :beer:
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 08:55 PM
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1. I really think his unpopularity is underestimated.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 08:56 PM
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3. You mean misunderestimated?
hehehe.my bad.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 09:02 PM
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6. Yah that works much better actually..wish I had thought of it.
Edited on Thu Aug-05-04 09:03 PM by kikiek
Damn didn't think of that either..Happy Birthday to your mother. Bedtime for me.
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 08:56 PM
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2. Happy birthday to your mom and welcome to the light!

:party: :toast: :party:
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 08:57 PM
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4. Tell your mom happy b-day, I'm happy she is voting, and
Edited on Thu Aug-05-04 08:58 PM by Ilsa
we all love her, especially for raising such a fine "buff2".
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 08:59 PM
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5. Happy Day, indeed.
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never_get_over_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 09:02 PM
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7. Happy Birthday to your Mom
but I have to say that she has never voted is VERY SAD - and actully shocking...I'm glad she is voting this time though - but when I think of what our foremothers had to do to secure the right to vote for us it makes me terribly sad to think your Mother never took advantage of this very precious right.
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JohnyCanuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 09:05 PM
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8.  I can relate to that.
says she can't stand to watch him or listen to him on TV and turns the channel when he comes on.
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tech3149 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:00 PM
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9. Kiss your Mom for me
My mom is 84 and she's understanding things al ot better now too. Between the retirees and draft fodder, we can't lose.
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:20 PM
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10. My Mother just turned 90
Shes watched all the convention and news coverage so far.
Shes always voted. I told my friends..........i would get her
to the polls if i have to carry her in.
Thank God with the help of her walker........she can still proudly
go Vote for Kerry. Suprising for her age....how she catches on
to how nasty Bush is.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:23 PM
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11. My SO's mother is disabled and has a hard time
getting out of the car. At her precinct, they will come out to her car and let her vote--don't know if that's an option for you at your precinct.

Also, they are supposed provide handicapped parking at all precincts too.

Just FYI. :)

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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:30 PM
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16. Tell her to vote absentee
My Dad, 84, who just died had had a stroke but we always got an absentee ballot for him. Towards the end he could not speak too well, but when Bu$h came on he manage a clear Bastard.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:25 PM
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12. Congratulations to your mom, tell her she'll not regret it...
:yourock: she rocks
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:25 PM
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13. Happy Birthday to your Mom!
Edited on Thu Aug-05-04 10:28 PM by burrowowl
:party:

Why hasn't she voted before? Was she a citizen?
Of course my sister has gotten a woman who is in her early 60's to vote for the first time in 40 years (Democrat of course). She is divorced and I think many women didn't vote because their husband did. Strange.
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PsN2Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:26 PM
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14. Happy Birthday to your mother from me also,
and tell her I think it's wonderful that her first ever vote is one that may well help save The United States of America.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-05-04 10:26 PM
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15. Could have used her in '68, '72, etc.
Bless her heart, even though she is late to the party. Lost my Mom at 85 last year; her first vote was for FDR, and she was a staunch Dem to the end. Give Mom a smooch for all of us.
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