Originally posted by Patrick:
[QUOTE]...Here is the full quote:
“How is a single parent supposed to do her job, pick up her kids from day care or wherever, rush home and grab a sandwich for an 8-hour vote? Well, Republicans I guess can do that because a lot of them have never made an honest living in their lives. But for ordinary working people, who have to work eight hours a day, they have kids, they got to get home to those kids, the idea of making them stand for eight hours to cast their ballot for democracy is wrong.”
Can you name a Republican who has ever gone through that? ...
I am a Republican. I am also a single mother, and have been for the past six years. I am also an ordinary working person who has to work 8+ hours a day. I make an honest living and have been doing so for the past 25 or so years.
Each year on Election Day, I drop my daughter off at school and then stop at the local voting poll and cast my vote for democracy. Takes about 5 minutes. Then...I go to work.
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ps - I learned many years ago, even before becoming a mother...to do my voting early in the morning...that way even in a Presidential year, you really do get in & out and leave the long lines for people who wait until the evening (after grabbing that quick sandwich, I suppose).
