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Subject:Re: Crowded at the polls today
From:Tony Collins
Date:Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:37:38 -0500

I thought that booth felt a little cramped....... :)

But yes, I did my duty first thing this morning.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's going to be crowded at the polls.  There'll be a lot of people
> you don't know there.  Some will be there to vote and some to
>
> help others vote but another group will be there too.  They're quiet.
> You hardly notice them there in booth with you.
>
> With names like Smith, Jones, Brown, Gonzales, Nakamoto, Chan, Begay,
> and others they stand there with you.  They
>
> wear odd clothing.  Some have three cornered hats, some have rags
> around their feet, others are dressed in tattered and
>
> faded, blue or grey uniforms.  Some wear the baggy stripes of
> prisoners, some have tiger stripe fatigues, they're all  with you
>
> there in the voting booth.
>
> They've stood before in places as close as the bridge at Concord or
> the angle at Gettysburg or in places as far away as
>
> Belleau Wood, Bastogne, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Ia Drang, Khe
> Sahn, Mogadishu, Fallujah and others.  They're truck
>
> drivers, nurses, mechanics, pilots, rebels, cooks, clerks, riflemen,
> artillerymen, tank commanders, rangers, and patriots.
>
> They're standing with you today as they stood for you in places and
> times far away to be sure you excercise your freedom
>
> and responsibility to vote.
>
> You'll not see them, but they're there just the same, watching while
> you make your mark on history.   Vote today.
>

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