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FM123

(10,231 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:20 AM Nov 2024

My 96 year old dad voted in what will probably be his last presidential election

Kamala, of course!
And for abortion rights along with marijuana legalization (on the FL ballot). We are proud of him and so very grateful.

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My 96 year old dad voted in what will probably be his last presidential election (Original Post) FM123 Nov 2024 OP
What a wonderful dad! GreenWave Nov 2024 #1
Thank you! FM123 Nov 2024 #3
My mother got to vote for Obama before she died. qwlauren35 Nov 2024 #2
Wonderful that she got to cast that ballot for Obama! FM123 Nov 2024 #6
My mom, a white woman, passed away in the spring of 2012 La Coliniere Nov 2024 #9
Wow! qwlauren35 Nov 2024 #11
Wow, so special to have the Obama pictures along with the family pictures! FM123 Nov 2024 #13
My mother was in the early throes of dementia in 2008 and she forgot it was Election Day kimbutgar Nov 2024 #4
Your mom was lucky she had you to help her vote that day! FM123 Nov 2024 #7
Hug him malaise Nov 2024 #5
Thank you dear Malaise, I shall do so! FM123 Nov 2024 #8
That would be sweet malaise Nov 2024 #10
Congrats. How lucky you are, I miss my parents so much. My mom would have SPARKLED today! Maru Kitteh Nov 2024 #12
Thank you, yes I feel very lucky to still have my dad. FM123 Nov 2024 #14

FM123

(10,231 posts)
3. Thank you!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:32 AM
Nov 2024

He doesn't see or hear as well as he used to so we had to help him fill out the ballot - but his mind is still sharp! And his heart is still true blue.

qwlauren35

(6,281 posts)
2. My mother got to vote for Obama before she died.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:29 AM
Nov 2024

I remember being so happy for her. When she was born, women had just gotten the right to vote. 80 years of white presidents, and all of a sudden, a man who looked like her.

And now, a beautiful brown skinned woman might be president. I could not be more proud.

Rot in hell, Trump.

FM123

(10,231 posts)
6. Wonderful that she got to cast that ballot for Obama!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:55 PM
Nov 2024

And now you get to cast that Kamala vote for your mom.

La Coliniere

(1,354 posts)
9. My mom, a white woman, passed away in the spring of 2012
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:07 PM
Nov 2024

so she was unable to vote for Obama. However, in her coffin were photos of her beloved family members as well as portraits of Barak and Michelle, upon her final wishes. She loved both. She would be incredibly proud to vote for Kamala today.

FM123

(10,231 posts)
13. Wow, so special to have the Obama pictures along with the family pictures!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:24 PM
Nov 2024

Along with you mom, I know there are many who are not here today (including my own mom) that would have been incredibly proud to vote for Kamala.

kimbutgar

(24,663 posts)
4. My mother was in the early throes of dementia in 2008 and she forgot it was Election Day
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 11:48 AM
Nov 2024

She called me and asked me to take her to the voting place so she could vote for Obama. She would have loved to vote for VP Harris!

FM123

(10,231 posts)
7. Your mom was lucky she had you to help her vote that day!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:58 PM
Nov 2024

Yes, your mom (and my mom too) would have loved to vote for VP Harris.

FM123

(10,231 posts)
8. Thank you dear Malaise, I shall do so!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 02:06 PM
Nov 2024

I hope that when I am his age I am still around, and voting.
And who knows - maybe when I am 96 I will be casting a ballot for young Maxwell Frost as president.....

Maru Kitteh

(29,886 posts)
12. Congrats. How lucky you are, I miss my parents so much. My mom would have SPARKLED today!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:47 PM
Nov 2024

FM123

(10,231 posts)
14. Thank you, yes I feel very lucky to still have my dad.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 08:28 PM
Nov 2024

But I sure do miss my mom. Her last vote was for Obama, and boy oh boy she too would have sparkled to cast a ballot for Kamala today.

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