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8 months ago

in McCain Camp Buses in 4,000 Kids for Ohio Rally on The Washington Independent
What in the world does the comment "black people" above mean? Is it a one-word, inarticulate gasp from a dying demographic dot? As I was calling people from an Obama phone-bank this morning in North Carolina, I swear I had the mean old daddy of May Ella Ewell (in "To Kill a Mockingbird") on the phone. He told he wouldn't vote for a black man, and asked would I be willing to fly in a plane with a black pilot? Of course, I told him. This pathetic line of reasoning is more saddening than maddening, so I held my cool. Anyway....my man is going to win: YES, WE CAN!!

8 months ago

in McCain Camp Buses in 4,000 Kids for Ohio Rally on The Washington Independent
This is okay, to force kids to miss a day of school? And not okay for adult voters to miss a day of work because they had to stand in 7-hour lines to vote? And yet, we are beginning to know that despite these disparities, Obama will win: with his fired-up crowds fighting to see him (not force-bused in), and his enthusiastic voters WILLING to stand in line to vote for him. It brings a lump to the throat and makes me so very proud of our voters.
As for the school kids? They are usually happy to get out of school; but I'm wondering if each and every one had a note signed by his/her parent for him/her to take an activity-bus trip? If not, it's a violation of most schools requirements.
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