[PAA-Discuss] [essay] I Didn't Vote For Obama Today - great stories

[Melinda Iley-Dohn]

Along those lines......I voted for Emmett TIll because this beautifuly young man
  never got to grow up because he was murdered. I voted for the children of Medger
  Evers who probably will never forget seeing their father shot in front of them on their
  front lawn by Byron De LeBeckwith who evaded justice until he was ancient becuase
  cowards threw every trial he had to defend him. I voted for the four little girls killed
  at the Alabama church by the bomb rigged in their sanctuary. A sanctuary anywhere
  including a church is supposed to be a safe place. I did this for Dr. King whose children
  missed his presence at every important event after his murder and  Coretta Scott King,
  whose love for her slain husband served to propell her for others till she died. I voted
  for every single slave including Dred Schott who had the courage to fight all the way to
  the Supreme Court for his freedom, Virginia Brown for her desire for an education that
  was truly equal. I lastly voted for Barbara Jordan a wonderful Houstonian who SHOULD 
  have been our President but was not because she faced not only racism but bigotry
  about her gender as well. I am lucky to have heard her at the 75 Democratic Convention.
  I fell honored to be American knowing that I inhabit the land of such brave fellow Americans.
  May they never leave our hearts.
   
  Melinda Iley-Dohn
  Proud Obama Suppporter

Bill Crosier <paa at crosierbiomed.com> wrote:
  I think it's time for some heartwarming stories.

I especially like the first one below, which was read on KPFT by John 
Basel during KPFT's Tuesday afternoon election special, and which 
brought tears to my eyes when I heard it. Thanks, John, for bringing 
it to us.

Both essays are about our future and our children, and how this 
election is really about them.

Get out your handkerchiefs.

"I Didn't Vote For Obama Today"
by Boyd Reed
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93/2008/11/i-didnt-vote-for-obama-today.php
or if that link is too long, try 
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/eastside93

The comments are also interesting, as a numer of other people did the 
same thing as Boyd Reed.


Here's a similar and shorter one by another blogger:
"I Didn't Vote For Obama"
by Kentucky Scott
http://democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7654901

Feel free to forward to your friends who need an uplifting story.

Bill
-- 
Bill Crosier
paa at crosierbiomed.com 713-641-4941
Progressive Action Alliance http://progressiveactionalliance.org/
KPFT - Radio for Peace - 90.1 FM Houston http://kpft.org

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 Melinda Iley-Dohn
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a  little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin Historical Review of Pennsylvania 1759
 
 

    


      



       
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