President of the United States: Slice of Life Tuesdays
Posted by blk1 on August 26, 2008
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It ’s the last Slice for the Summer and it comes in the midst of the Democratic Convention
It was exciting last night. I had my online Hebrew class at 8, and without the sound on , I could see that nothing was happening yet. As we finished, the buzz centered around Ted Kennedy and his video created by Ken Burns. I watched and like the convention crowd. was thrilled to see Kennedy appear in the flesh as the lights came up. The Liberal Lion of the Senate! What a place he has carved for himself in our history. He grew into his shoes as he lost one giant brother after the next. I was mesmerized and then Michelle Obama, followed him with her own powerful story.
I’m back on the couch for the second night and I am watching, not for myself. Obama has my vote, but I am watching as a member of this community. I am thrilled by the theater and I hope it’s working for others.
I take my role as a voter seriously. I remember when my mom shared her vote with me. I got to pull the lever for her and she assured me that one day I would have my own vote. I have never missed a vote even though my candidates didn’t always win. But I’m back again, getting excited about the next time I can wake up early on a Tuesday morning in November and walk down to our polling place and pull my lever.
How lucky we are to live in America!
Bonnie
August 27th, 2008 at 12:52 am
I’m with you, Bonnie. I take voting very seriously. My whole family does (although I’m pretty sure only my sister and I still sing the Election Day song!) … something that comes out of how politically active my parents were when we were kids.
(It’s great to be reading your posts again. Sorry I’ve been so absent of late.)
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August 27th, 2008 at 4:46 am
I too am thankful that we live in America. The freedom we have to vote for the candidate of our choice, the opportunity to watch the process on TV and read about the lives and policies of the candidates is truly an awesome opportunity.
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August 27th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Welcome back Stacie,
Missed you! I have been checking in on your blog. Sounds like your summer was very powerful. Your reflection were amazing. I absolutely love reading your blog and now that the campaign is heating up, let’s rock on! Great Hillary speech!
Tonight it’s Bill and Joe, who was actually one of my favs in the early days of the campaign.
Bonnie
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August 27th, 2008 at 5:48 am
I’m totally with you. I think after watching the Olympics, I couldn’t help but feel guilty that while we were watching the great show, others were outside protesting and we didn’t know much about it.
I’m so glad we have this process and I can feel free to share my thoughts without being blocked.
Bonnie
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August 27th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I think I need to read some political blogs.
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August 27th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I’m delighted you chose to write about the DNC!
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