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Jokerman

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6. I will never forget that election.

Reply to Lulu KC (Original post)

Wed Aug 21, 2024, 02:26 PM

Aug 2024

For the last six days of the election we opened up our house to the Obama campaign and hundreds of volunteers who were canvassing.

We were at a party in a downtown hotel when we found out that my wife had just been elected to our township board and when Obama was declared the winner!

We chanted "Yes We Did" until our voices gave out.

As an added bonus, the previous time that Indiana went blue in 1964, my dad won his first election to the statehouse.

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Learned something I didn't know today [View all] Lulu KC Aug 2024 OP

I know that. I was a volunteer that came over from Chicago knocking on doors. There mucifer Aug 2024 #1

Fun! Lulu KC Aug 2024 #3

Yeah, and I was there on election night in Grant Park Chicago. Mind blowing. I'm gonna shut up now. mucifer Aug 2024 #4

OMG, how I so wanted to be there that night while sitting on my couch in Florida. It was so joyous and emotional. n/t SheilaAnn Aug 2024 #5

NC also PXR-5 Aug 2024 #2

I will never forget that election. Jokerman Aug 2024 #6