In 1972, I cast my very first presidential ballot for Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota.
I was proud of that vote then, and I’m proud of it still.
Eleanor McGovern, the senator’s wife, has died at the age of 85.
“I still carry a trace of bitterness about poverty,” she wrote in [her 1974 memoir] “Uphill.” “It was not ennobling for my father and grandfather to scratch out a living on land rendered barren. The poor have few choices in life. About all they can do is persevere.”
My condolences to Sen. McGovern and his family in this time of their loss. This is a loss for all of us.
B. Moore | 27-Jan-07 at 1:41 pm | Permalink
in 1972, i cast MY first presidential ballot for Dick. now that’s a fact. can’t change the past, nope. won’t even try.
HOWEVER events can change the future and people(s)/culture(s) and individuals. i did vote in the LAST 2 presidential elections, and the one b4, but it WASN’T for Dub. I’ve changed. one Bush fucked me over, be damned if i was gonna make it 2.
and i didn’t vote the last election because i will be damned if i will ‘prove my innocence’ to do so. it’s the damned government that’s the terrorists, NOT your average everyday ‘muslim.’ but then i suppose it’s too damn late AND long winded to rant/rave about that. people that still go vote don’t know that they damned if they do, damned if they don’t. AT LEAST I KNOW/get to pick, which way i’m damned.
People in this country got what they screamed for, my opinion, and got no right to complain now.