cliftwood wrote:Scott..
I confess to being involved on the CMG with trying to cope with those loonies from the other side of the political spectrum but have decided to back off of the subject. Why can't I get it in my head once and for all that people's ideas on religion and politics are deeply imbedded and attempting to change that is a futile exercise??
Meanwhile, Mogs and I will spend the better part of next Tuesday driving elderly folks to the voting place so that they can do their civic duty.
I hope they pull the right lever.This nation needs to change direction after a brutul eight years.
I'll share a note we got from a cousin of my wife. He's in the Deep South, working his heart out for Obama, canvassing prospective voters. And he wrote this about his experience:
> A personal experience illustrates how much fun you can have. We knocked on a
> door which was answered by a stout, elderly, dignified woman. She would like to
> vote but needed a ride. I called Obama headquarters to arrange a ride for her,
> and learned that she would have to wait a while. By the time I had completed
> the telephone call, she had her hat on her head, her purse in one hand, and her
> cane in the other. She was raring to go—right now.
>
> I stopped canvassing and drove her to a polling place. I wasn’t taking any
> chances, it might have been the vote that wins it for our state. During the
> drive I tried to chat to relax her, but she wasn’t interested, she was just
> staring straight ahead—she was a woman on a mission.
>
> I was alarmed when she returned from the polls in less than ten minutes, fearing
> that somehow she had not been allowed to vote. But she had a smile on her face
> from ear to ear. She raised both hands, her purse, and her cane to the sky. “I
> voted,” she exclaimed to everyone in earshot. “I voted for Obama.” During the
> ride home she couldn’t stop talking. We’re buddies now, and we share the same
> goals for our country’s future.
