Posted on 01/19/2008 9:20:26 PM PST by Maelstorm
Cindy Humphrey gave up a long-planned lunch date with old friends in Savannah, Ga., on Saturday for one huge reason: She wanted to vote. "It's such a big deal to be able to play a role in who our country has for a leader," she said.
A high school English teacher, Humphrey has spent weeks talking to her students, telling them why voting is important. The Republican half of the South Carolina presidential race came to town Saturday, the Democrats get a shot next Saturday.
"I still consider myself a young voter," the 45-year-old Humphrey said. "I had to vote."
On the way to her precinct Saturday, the Ebenezer precinct at York Road Elementary School, she still hadn't made up her mind.
"I was wrestling between voting for who I thought would win, and who I believe in."
What happened is what should happen in elections. She voted for who she thought was best, not who others said was best.
She voted for Fred Thompson. Thompson lagged in the polls before Saturday, in a tie for third. That vote proves what the late Massachusetts politician Tip O'Neill said so long ago when he uttered the famous line: "All politics is local."
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God bless this lady. Sad to say her sense is not shared by the vast bulk of those who voted with her so far.
Go read the Exit Interviews. Makes you physically sick. Time after time you read "Well I agree with Thompson on the issues but I voted for Candidate X because Thompson has no chance to win".
So Leftist voters in NH who crossed over, and the relentless pro McCain PR spin of the US Junk Media, are having more of an impact on who the 2008 Republican nominee will be then all the votes cast by Republicans so far.
It would be funny if it were not so terribly sad.
I will vote for Fred even if I have to do a “write-in” which I have NEVER done before!
I went FOR DH as a protest vote. Only a few followed.
They are already hiding the silverware in the White House.
My daughter teaches high school in SC. She voted early for Fred Thompson. She said there was no other choice for her.
The new anthem of the republicrat party!
What’s good for the Great Wall Mart of China
is what’s good for the U.S.A.
And by Dow Jones and all their little averages,
Don’t you forget it! Right, boys?
Right!
Three rousing rahs and a few hussahs
And a hip-hip-hip hooray
What’s good for Great Wall Mart of China
Is good for the U.S.A.
I live in NY but I just voted for Fred...by sending his campaign a contribution about 15 minutes ago.
There was no other choice for me either! I voted for Fred, and I wish everyone would use their heads; this is a primary! You vote for who you want in the White House. Not who you think will win!
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