"I Didn't Vote For Obama" by Kentucky Scott

[BigD_95]

I just got this pro Obama email thought you might want to read it and maybe email it.


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"I Didn't Vote For Obama" by Kentucky Scott
Monday, October 20, 2008

I'm a middle-class white guy living in Jacksonville , Florida . I've got a wife and two kids. Because the kids had no school today, I took a vacation day from work, and took the kids downtown to vote early. Fifty-nine minutes later, two smiling children and I proudly sported "I Voted" stickers. But I didn't vote for Obama.

I voted for my ancestors, who believed in the promise of this country and came with nothing as immigrants. I voted for my parents, who taught in the public schools for decades. I voted for Steve, an acquaintance of mine from Kentucky . (Killed by an IED two years ago in Iraq ). I voted for Shawn, another who's been to Iraq twice, and Afghanistan once, and who'll be going back to Afghanistan again soon -- and whose family earned eleven bucks a month too much to qualify for food stamps when the war started. I voted for April, the only African-American girl in my high school -- it was years before it occurred to me how different her experience of our school must have been. I voted for my college friends who are Christian, Jewish, Mormon, and yes -- Muslim. I voted for my grandfathers, who worked hard in factories and died too young. I voted for the plumber who worked on my house, because I want him to get a REAL tax break. I voted for four little angels from Birmingham . I voted for a bunch of dead white men who, although personally flawed, were willing to pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor, and used a time of great crisis to expand freedom rather than suspend it. I voted for all those people and more, and I voted for all of you, too.

But mostly, I voted selfishly: I voted for two little kids, one who has ballet in an hour, and one who has baseball practice at the same time.
I voted for a world where they can be confident that their government will represent the best that is in this country, and that will in turn demand the best of them.

I voted for a government that will be respected in the world. I voted for an economy that will reward work above guile. I voted for everything I believe in. Sure, I filled in the circle next to the name Obama, but it wasn't him I was voting for -- it was every single one of us, and those I love most of all."


YES, WE CAN!!!
THIS IS OUR TIME!!!
OBAMA '08

[Mme. Defarge]

1. K&R!

[kwolf68]

2. Nice.

Thumbs freaking up. K&R to boot.

[Divernan]

3. I'm happy to be the 5th rec. on this.

[Sebass1271]

4. BEAUTIFUL!!!

[av8rdave]

5. Wow!

[Aloha Spirit]

6. Neither did I. I voted for my relatives who don't have healthcare.

[Sydnie]

7. Love it ... now pass the tissues please! n/t

[TornadoTN]

8. Awesome! K&R! nt

[No Elephants]

9. Yes, he did!

[yellerpup]

10. Very moving.

Thanks. K&R! :dem: :dem: :dem: GObama!

[Rainbowreflect]

11. That made me cry.

Of course I've been crying a lot lately.

[Bake]

12. Very moving. Very eloquent.

Bake

[Bilyb]

13. When I voted for Barack

I wasn't bothered at all by the line I had to wait in or the confusion I caused by not having a driver's license that the ladies could swipe in exchange for my ballot. Because I know I am voting for the right person and I MAY BE voting for a very special person.

Barack may not be the next JFK or MLK... but what if he is? I positively want to be able to tell my grandchildren (honestly) that I voted for him in 2008!

[donheld]

14. K & R

[grantcart]

15. k and r

[democracy1st]

16. K & R

[OneAngryDemocrat]

17. Kick

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