A touching story from a co-worker.

[IndependentDem]

The few fellow Obama supporters in my office were sharing links and stories today. This one is from a co-worker of mine named Misty that I thought was really cool.


Here's a funny story.

Some of you met my niece, she's six. My sister took her to the voting polls on Tuesday, and when she found out that she wasn't allowed to vote, she started crying. My sister gave her a sample ballot, once she was able to fill in the bubble next to Barack Obama's name, she stopped crying. She's only 6, and she told me yesterday, very proudly, "I voted for Barack Obama!!!"



Check out these pictures too- http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_next_president_of_the_unit.html


:grouphug:

[I Have A Dream]

1. Great story and wonderful pictures!

:)

[IndependentDem]

7. yeah there are some real cool pictures!

i still cant believe its over. AND WE WON!

[gauguin57]

2. I had a little girl walk up to me at my greeter's table at the polls, and point at my button ...

... she was only about 4 or 5, and she looked me right in the eye and shouted, "BARACK OBAMA"! Kids are SO INTO this guy!

[IndependentDem]

5. my 4 year old son is the same way, he even enjoys watching the Obama's speeches. nt

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. That is so cute

I was a poll watcher all day Tuesday and saw so many kids accompanying their parents, and many of the kids were saying "Obama!" One little girl was saying, "Where's the vote?" and then started asking "Where's the boat?" It was darling.

[IndependentDem]

6. "Where's the vote?"

:rofl:

kids are great.

[snacker]

4. My mother worked at the polls...

after one young mother slipped her ballot into the box, her young son turned around and announced, "That top one there is for Obama!"

[eshfemme]

8. Awwwww! Barack Obama totally wins the under 10 demographic!

:grouphug:

[IndependentDem]

10. that would be an interesting poll. I wonder how 'Obama vs Sponge Bob' would turn out?? nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Like McCain, SB has a rather stupid running mate. -nt

[IndependentDem]

16. you're right! i didn't even think about that.

:rofl:

[fizzgig]

9. this picture is going to be a favorite of mine for a long, long time

i was at this rally and i don't know that the day or the setting could have been more beautiful



Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Colorado State University October 26, 2008 in Fort Collins, Colorado. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

[IndependentDem]

18. I wish I would have been able to go to a rally.

you swing staters are lucky!

[youthere]

11. That's a terrific story!

I know my youngest was heartbroken when her older sister told her that she hadn't REALLY voted for Obama at school.

[IndependentDem]

19. thats like finding out that Santa isn't real. nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. I haven't been able to actually touch a voting machine's buttons ever since my 7yo daughter was 3.

She LOVES to vote. Brags about it in class, too. "I voted for Lula!", she tells her classmates. Do the poll people allow that in the US?

[IndependentDem]

17. I think we can do whatever we want in the booth... nt

[Jane Eyre]

14. My nephew voted for Al Gore in 2000

He was two years old, and I took him with me on election day to vote. I let him push the buttons and I told him that he just voted for Al Gore. Afterwards we went to the local McDonalds. He was wearing his "I Voted" sticker so another customer asked him who he voted for. He looked at the man and proclaimed proudly "I voted for alligator!" :loveya: For the next couple of years, every time that I passed the school where I vote he wanted to go vote again.

He's ten now and has been raised as a little Republican. Even so, he likes Obama but he said he was "voting" for McCain. I reminded him of the alligator story and he loves it.

[firedupdem]

15. ah, those pictures gave me my fix for the day..... n/t

[I Have A Dream]

20. Kick. nt