This one comes from not too far from where I used to live. I found it at TPM Election Central. The Internet is full of these anecdotes today. Break out the Kleenex and read on:
My polling place is at the fairgrounds in Southern Maryland, about 40 minutes from Washington, D.C. This used to be tobacco country, but is slowly being developed, or other crops are grown. We waited until 10:00 to vote, to avoid the lines. When we got there a 97-year-old black man was being wheeled out of the polls in his wheelchair. It was the first time he had ever voted in his life. When he came outside he asked if anyone could give him an Obama button. There were none left at the Democrats’ booth so I gave him mine. He was so proud and I started crying. He looked at me and said, “Why are you crying? This is a day for glory.” I am still crying.
Later someone took an Obama bumper sticker to the senior center where the old man lives, so he could put it on his wheelchair. Yee-haw!
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Yes I voted , and it felt good and right. I can sense the change in the universe around me.
Frank Powell