Posted on 07/30/2004 3:47:34 PM PDT by demlosers
Loved Ones Asked To Donate To Democratic Cause
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- A South Florida woman who died this week had an unusual last request. Instead of flower or contributions in her name to a charity, she asked those who loved her to try to make sure President George W. Bush is not re-elected.
Loved ones said that Joan Abbey was committed to her political passions, even in death.
Abbey was born in Montreal, but lived for many years in Miami Beach and Aventura. Family and friends came from as far away as Canada and California to remember Abbey at the Mount Nebo Jewish Cemetery in Miami.
Abbey, who was a lifelong Democrat, died Monday -- coincidentally on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
Her sister, Tillie Shapiro, said, "She was just a caring person … She cared about people, and people who were disadvantaged."
Abbey was buried the day after the Democratic convention ended. Her unusual death notice in the Miami Herald said: "You can honor Joan's values by voting against George Bush and contributing to a liberal or Democratic cause."
Abbey's nephew, Martin Shapiro, said, "What she cared most about was improving circumstances in this country... getting rid of George Bush and making this a better country for all people."
Coincidentally, the presiding rabbi, Brett Goldstein, is a registered Democrat but is voting for Bush, and he questioned the timing of Abbey's message at such a sensitive time.
"My contention is that if there's any situation that's sacrosanct, it should be devoid of political ramifications," Goldstein said. "Although people have the opportunity and they can do it if they want to, it is not really appropriate at this time."
Shapiro said, "It was her (Abbey's) essence. It was her core value to try to see this country become a better place and become a more just society. And I think that was the last word she'd want to leave."
Abbey did not want her age known. Many friends said she remained forever young in spirit and staunchly committed to her beliefs.
She must have been under the infuence of subsidized prescription drugs when she died.
She'll have her vote just like all the other dead Democrats.
Poor woman.
A very good sign, and an increasing trend.
That's exactly what I was thinking. How hateful and pathetic. She knew that kerry was the democRAT nomineee. Even she wasn't for kerry but rather against Bush.
I have yet to meet a RAT whose reason to vote for kerry doesn't have the "Anybody but Bush" sentiment in it.
I question the timing of her death.
Your brother is an ANGEL on earth.....someone should write a story about HIM!!!! God Bless Him.
Abbey did not want her age known. Many friends said she remained forever young in spirit and staunchly committed to her beliefs.
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Wade through all of it and you get, as always, the confirmation of the usual narcissistic leanings of the liberal mind.
This is the $hit we have to put up with in RAT paradise...South Floriduh. And why does this pass for news? I guess because there's no liberal bias among the presstitutes.
You HAVE to be a demented fool to be even worrying about politics during your last days on earth. Making a political statement on ones deathbed is only done , for some reason, by left-wing radical extremists the world over.
But hey! I came out of a coma on New Years Eve - right before midnight Dec 31, 1999 dreaming that the news was bill clinton had blown his brains out and algore was prez!
Really!
You cannot have God grant a wish that would take away people's free will. Joan Abbey is a liberal idiot.
Senility and being armed with a ballot is not a good combination. At least she went before she got the chance to use it. RIP, you old bat.
Or sez her loony left relatives anyway because if that woman was that twisted and bitter as she prepared to meet her maker, she is in deep trouble - for her sake I hope this is a hoax.
"Sorry, dead woman, you don't get a say in the future of those of us who ain't dead yet.
Unless she lives in Chicago."
Or New Orleans, or St. Louis, or an Indian reservation in South Dakota, or ...
Go here for a woman who insisted on a BUSH BUMPER STICKER on her coffin.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1176065/posts
Liberal "caring" typically consists of talking about how much they "care" about others, not actually caring about others. Many people who "care" so much about the disadvantaged -- people in the abstract -- don't care about people in particular -- people they know, people they can personally help. Liberal "caring" is a attitude intends to make the liberal feel good about herself and look good to fellow liberals. It's not about being good.
Let's all send Abbey nasty e-mails!
The really good news for this poor Democrat is that, alphabetically, with a last name like Abbey, she'll be assured early voting among the rollcall of the dead.
LOL--same here. I just shake my head at folks who have those stickers and sigh--what can you do?
I'm looking forward to my W sticker arriving and I also got the "Flush the Johns" sticker.
That's the fundamental difference between them and us. To a RAT, politics is a religion. To a conservative, it's a necessary evil.
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