VOTING 2008

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH A LONG DRAWN OUT CAMPAIGHN THAT I CAN REMEMBER IN ALL MY YEARS. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT IS OVER NOW WE WILL SEE WHO AND WHAT?
ANDRA WENT OVER GOT REGISTERED AND VOTED CAME HOME AND I WAS OUT OF THE SHOWER AND GETTING DRESSED SO I DECIEDED THAT WAS A GOOD TIME TO GO MY SELF. I FINISHED DRESSING AND THE USUALLY LADY THINGS TO HAIR AND FACE {NOT THAT IT HELPS MY FACE MUCH} THEN I WENT AND MADE MY X'S. THAT IS WHAT HAD TO BE DONE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. ACTUALLY I DID THE PUNCH CARD THING FOR MY CHOICES. OH MAY THE BEST FOLKS WIN. I PRAY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS HAD A HAND IN OUR CHOICES.
AS I WAS FINISHING DR. ROGER TALL CAME IN STOPPED AND ASK "HOW'S YOUR GRANDSON DOING"? I SAID HE'S DOING WELL AND I WORRY THEY WILL NEVER COME BACK HERE. HE SAID THEY HAVE THE SAME CONCERN'S.
NOW BACK TO THE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING. I THINK A VERY FEW MONTHS OF CAMPAIGHNING AND ONLY A RADIO TO GET IT WAS THE BEST WAY. IF OUR CONGRESS MEN WOULD HEAR AND TAKE MY ADVICE THEY WOULD PASS A BILL THAT SAY'S NO MORE TWO YEAR CAMPAIGNS AND MAKE IT FOR NOT MORE THAN 6 MONTH'S. THEY WOULD DO US ALL A SERVICE WHICH ISN'T HAPPENING VERY OFTEN AS IT IS. IT HAS BECOME A WAY TO LINE THEIR POCKETS AND TO HECK WITH THE REST OF YOU.
MY PARENTS TALKED ABOUT WHO WAS THE BEST PERSON TO VOTE FOR AND VOTED THEIR OWN CONCIENCE. I WAS RAISED IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A VERY DEMOCRATIC HOME. ONE TIME AFTER I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO QUESTION MY MOTHER ABOUT HOW SHE COULD VOTE DEMOCRATIC AND NOT VOTE FOR FLOYD LAW?? SHE SAID "DONNA I ALWAYS VOTED FOR THE MAN I FELT WOULD DO THE VERY BEST FOR THE MOST I NEVER VOTED A STRAIGHT TICKET." I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE EARLY BALLOTS LOOKED LIKE I ONLY KNOW WHAT THEY HAD EVOLVED TO WHEN I VOTED THE FIRST TIME. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO BE SURE AND FILL IN THE SQUARE BY THE PERSONS NAME WITH AN X THAT STARTED IN ONE CORNER AND WENT DOWN TO THE OTHER ARE OUR BALLOT WOULDN'T COUNT. I WORKED IN ONE PRECINCT A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN THE CHILDREN WAS YOUNG BUT IN SCHOOL. WE CLOSED THE PRECINCT ON TIME THEN HAD TO GATHER UP THE BALLOTS AND COUNT THEM AGAINST THE REGISTRATION BOOK. THEN PACK EVERY THING UP AND SIT AND WAIT FOR THE MEN WHO CAME TO PICK UP THE BALLOTS. THE REGISTRAR ALWAYS NEEDED HELP LOADING THE REST OF THE STUFF TO BE RETURNED TO THE COURT HOUSE. BY THE TIME THAT WAS ALL DONE IT WOULD BE AROUND ONE OR LATER OR EARLIER IN THE A.M. WE WERE PAID FOR OUR LABORS AND THE HOURS SPENT. WISH I COULD REMEMBER HOW MUCH I MADE I KNOW IT WASN'T A LOT BUT HELPED KEEP THE WOLF AWAY ONE MORE TIME. I WORKED AFTER THE PUNCH CARDS CAME INTO BEING AND WE ONLY HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF THINGS TO DO AND I REMEMBER WAITING FOR THE FELLOW TO PICK UP THE BALLOTS AND THAT TOOK QUITE AWHILE WITH NOTHING TO DO.
HOPE THIS HASN'T BORED ANY ONE TOOOOO MUCH. I'LL END THIS NOW WITH A PRAYER FOR OUR USA.