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Ten-Word Tuesday: The Vote Edition

Bossy grew up in a politically active family at a time when the country was smack dab in a climate of upheaval and transition because that’s how it was when dinosaurs roamed the earth, the end.

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The first thing Bossy remembers about politics was in utero when she went knocking around some peace march or other, even though Bossy thinks it’s slightly pathetic when people use their children for their own political motivations.

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The next thing Bossy remembers about politics took place in the kitchen. Namely it was something Bossy’s mom had written on the wall, right next to the place where spaghetti test strands remained stuck to the high ceiling:

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Lively political conversations around the dinner table were a nightly occurrence, but the next thing Bossy actually remembers about politics
was this:

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Jimmy Carter was the Governor of Georgia, and he was running for President, and Bossy knew everything there was to know about him, such as Jimmy Carter nearly tripped over Bossy’s 5th-grade boyfriend Jay when Bossy’s class trip somehow got tangled up in the middle of Jimmy Carter’s campaign day near Independence Mall — so when Jay found himself on the wrong side of the rope line he dashed across right as the candidate was coming through and so Jimmy Carter placed his hands on Jay’s shoulders and ushered him across to the other side and then he shook Bossy’s hand and now you understand all of the reasons Jimmy Carter was elected President according to Bossy.

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The next thing Bossy remembers about politics was the morning after Ronald Reagan won his first term as President, and everyone Bossy knew flooded into libraries in order to research countries where they could relocate.

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The next thing Bossy remembers about politics was meeting her husband him in a rope line even though sister mercy Bossy was not wearing a beret, which brings us to Barack O’Boyfriend.

Bossy can sum up her political history in this way: Seriously, people, go vote. You can’t talk without a voice.

Which is what today’s Ten-Word Challenge is all about. In exactly ten words , can you share a voting memory with Bossy and her council?

And be sure to check back later today for the best voting memories on the web.

And if you missed last week’s ten word challenge, Mensch/Not A Mensch, click there!

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  9. For us, first present on 18th is voter registration form.

    Every year, at our family parties for our 18th birthday, before we all eat, the birthday person fills out their voter registration form and we all take pictures and clap. Similarly to Bossy, I cannot recall a time when politics was not discussed at my home. My poor kid has more of the same with his father and I.

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  17. Until a few years ago, I voted in the cafeteria of the elementary school I attended. I loved signing my name right below the lines on which my parents signed. They are gone now, and I will always miss that part of voting. Longer than ten words, but the memory worthy of each word, I believe.

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  38. I remember standing with my mother in a 50s Michigan school gymnasium as she swung a big lever over our heads which closed the fabric curtains behind us. Then she started flipping switches to vote. I was more fascinated by the curtain system then the political system at the time. In contrast, I voted this morning by pen on paper!

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  42. Scene, dinner table, 1988
    Dad (to four kids under 9): Who is running against Michael Dukakis? It starts with a “B,” has four letters and is found outside.

    7 year old: Bug!
    9 year old (me), laughing, spits lemonade all over dad.

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  44. Speaking of dinosaurs, I used to use that “when dinosaurs” saying all the time when the kids were little. My daughter, who is now 16, told her first grade class that I was around when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Well, her teacher corrected her and told her that was impossible. I guess that totally embarrassed her and to this day she is still angry at me that she believed I lived “when dinosaurs roamed the earth”.

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  58. Setup doesn’t count in the 10 words, right? 😉
    My local election choices are all awful, and so I decided to go for the write-in candidate. And so, without further ado, my 10 words of the day:

    “I pity the fool that don’t vote for Mister T!”

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  68. I vote. Growing up our conversations were different religion debates!

    Yowza! What a bunch we were. Now its been banned!

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  71. Went to lunch with Republican friend who was very sad after Clinton win in 92. I just smiled and said, “Now you know how I have felt for the last twelve years.”

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  81. Bossy’s Mom: It’s Tea Partiers. The term you used has an entirely different meaning, or did you use that on purpose? BTW, I am not a Tea Partier.

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  82. nope, didn’t do it on purpose. I stand corrected.
    with a new comment for the day after election.
    Oi, or is it Oy.

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