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AN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

It was pre-dawn and the line for our polling place snaked around the block. Armed with a Starbucks Cafe Americano (one pump vanilla) the NY Times, and a novel, we joined the crowd. An elderly couple in their 80's ambled up. The man pulled out a small folding chair and sat down. "Bad feet" he said. His wife smiled.  I sipped my coffee and pondered the line in the cold morning darkness. It was too dark to read.  "Haven't missed a presidential election since I was 18" I said. The woman smiled. Soon we were fast friends. They were both retired school teachers. He was a PE instructor, she taught most subjects to the early grades. They worked for over 40 years each and then retired. Another school teacher a few people up leaned back. She was thinking of the Drop program for retirement but she wasn't sure...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 03, 2008 (boomark / email).