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Obama wins re-election: Your reaction
Giving Rides to Voters in Rural North Florida
Despite your political leanings, today was an amazing victory for the American people. We vote freely without harsh consequences, we work hard to create a beautiful tapestry of individual views and goals, and we have the most amazing group of talented & diverse individuals living out this crazy thing called life in the best way we know how. Some are overjoyed, some are worried about our outcomes. But, because of who we are and the values we hold, in the end it will all be okay.
I had some of my candidates win and some lose. But, I guess I saw a different side of this election. I spent several days transporting those who are elderly and experiencing disabilities from remote rural locations to the polls. One woman took about 10 minutes to make it in the door from the sidewalk. She had a stroke that debilitated her right side of her body. She was so overjoyed to exercise her rights that so many of her fore-bearers fought for; the women who marched for suffrage and the blacks who walked and died for voting equality in the south.
Watching black, white, old, young, rich, and poor equally cared for and honored as they cast a free and open vote without intimidation or violence was moving at a basic human level. Comparing our current world to the recent struggles in the Arab spring, just made me grateful. We really are a great nation.
I had some of my candidates win and some lose. But, I guess I saw a different side of this election. I spent several days transporting those who are elderly and experiencing disabilities from remote rural locations to the polls. One woman took about 10 minutes to make it in the door from the sidewalk. She had a stroke that debilitated her right side of her body. She was so overjoyed to exercise her rights that so many of her fore-bearers fought for; the women who marched for suffrage and the blacks who walked and died for voting equality in the south.
Watching black, white, old, young, rich, and poor equally cared for and honored as they cast a free and open vote without intimidation or violence was moving at a basic human level. Comparing our current world to the recent struggles in the Arab spring, just made me grateful. We really are a great nation.
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