Happy 100th birthday, Granny D!

[Bluebear]

Doris Haddock turns 100 this week!


"Democracy is not something we have, it's something we do."

"I, for one, am certainly going to continue to raise a little hell." (discussing her post-election life in her documentary)

"I may have lost the election but I have not lost my reason to live."

"Our country is supposed to be of the people, by the people and for the people, and if that's not worth fighting for I don't know what is."

"I want to plant a few more seeds here and there before they plant me."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_D

[niyad]

1. k and r for one true hero. LOVE granny d.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. That's phenomenal:

>>>>>>>Between 1999 and 2000, over a span of fourteen months, Haddock famously walked across the continental United States to advocate campaign finance reform. In 2004 she ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Judd Gregg for the U.S. Senate.>>>>>>

Also amazing that I've never heard of her. Til now.

[burrowowl]

3. K&R for Granny D

She is a National Treasure!

[Lisa0825]

4. K&R

[Hekate]

5. Wonderful! May Granny D have a hundred more!

:party:

[Raven]

6. Damn! Now I'm ashamed I ever thought of giving up. n/t

[Raven]

7. Another thought:: when I grow up I want to be Granny D.

[Libertas1776]

8. Here's to many

more years of Granny D :toast: