Staying home? Voting? Either way, look at this picture

[TankerKC]

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[wafflehouse]

im gettin the little red 'x' where your picture should be

[Mr. Silverback]

Paste this address into your browser and you'll get it:

http://images19.fotki.com/v33/photos/3/34606/218055/Stars1-vi.jpg

[Mr. Silverback]

I voted here in Freeport. My precinct is one of the sleepiest in the county, but tends to vote heavily conservative. Turnout was very heavy. There wasn't a line, but I was voter 50 and the staff there told me that was a lot of voters for 9am in any election, much less a mid-term.

[loboinok]

President Calvin Coolidge, known in his time as "Silent Cal" for his reluctance to speak publicly, nevertheless spoke volumes when it came to one topic: the duty of Americans to vote. In 1926, he said:

It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly arouse the moral power of the people for their suppression. A far more serious danger lurks in the shirking of those responsibilities of citizenship, where the evil may not be so noticeable but is more insidious and likely to be more devastating.

We live in a republic. A vital principle of that form of government is representation. More and more, as our population increases, it becomes necessary for the people to express their will through their duly chosen delegates. If we are to maintain the principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, if we are to have any measure of self-government, if the voice of the people is to rule, if representatives are truly to reflect the popular will, it is altogether necessary that in each election there should be a fairly full participation by all the qualified voters.

Eighty years later, getting everyone to take their duty to vote seriously is still the biggest issue of the hour — and it is uppermost in the minds of Christian and conservative leaders.

GOTV!

[Bigg Red]

Broken Glass Bump!

God bless our brave fighting men!

[Mr. Silverback]

Silent Cal...one of the best Presidents ever.

[4integrity]

Thank you for posting this moving picture. God bless our good caring military people.

[Retired COB]

May I ask what boats you were in, particularly which boat (or boats) you were COB of?

I put in 17 years in the surface navy starting with the SeaBees, a tour in country VietNam, and ships ranging in size from gunboats to carriers. I hate crowds, so I put in for submarine duty as an E-8. I served on the USS Benjamin Franklin, SSBN640 (Gold). My next boat was PCU Topeka, SSN754. I was then COB on the USS Philadelphia, SSN690. I'm kind of an oddball choice for a COB (an ex skimmer and a supply type), but I enjoyed it.

[trisham]

Great thread/post, Mr. Silverback!

[Defender2]

My Entire family relatons on all sides, including myself, STOMPED Glass getting to the Voting Booths this morning!!!!
ALL Voted STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN TICKET, Yes to ALL Tax Exemptions, NO to ALL TAX Increases!!!!

Ya'll Get ou there and VOTE!!!!

:-)

D2

[archy]

As much as I love those hard-charging Devil Dogs in the USMC, I get to claim the Chief for my beloved United States Air Force.

You may find the Chief's thoughts at the following article, meant for his fellow Zoomies and Marines alike, to be of some interest.

Prepare now, your life depends on it

[archy]

My campaign team was driven in by the rain. We'll make sure we all have waterproof boots for 2008, just in case.

Very good. But bring along an umbrella, too, so that you can help escort voters into the polls in the event of a downpour.

As, for instance, in Indiana. Polls open until 6 PM, and I'm just now sneaking in a quick lunch and some FReeping between cloudbursts.

[Tax-chick]

I think that would fall afoul of the "No electioneering inside the red line" rule.

[Soaring Feather]

WOO HOO, nice to see you!

I voted this afternoon.

[Ladysmith]

I wasn't allowed to serve so I did the next best thing for my country...I voted!

[Defender2]

Great Good Going, Soaring Feather, Thank You AND God Bless You and Yours,

Best FReegards, Always

D2

[Soaring Feather]

I thank you.

Take care, hon.

[Defender2]

Thanks and God Bless, Sweetie,

D2