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George II

(67,782 posts) Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:07 PM Oct 2018

John Lewis tweet from yesterday - bears reminding for everyone:

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PLEASE VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE AND EVERY AMERICAN'S LIFE DEPENDS UPON IT!!!

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John Lewis tweet from yesterday - bears reminding for everyone: (Original Post) George II Oct 2018 OP

Buddy system - take someone with you to the voting booth Jarqui Oct 2018 #1

Eh but am I inspired?! qazplm135 Oct 2018 #2

Those are the people I fear more than anyone, vote-wise. Squinch Oct 2018 #8

Yes. George II Oct 2018 #9

Yep MustLoveBeagles Oct 2018 #14

Inspired? If you're not...............................oh well. George II Oct 2018 #12

Love this man. tavernier Oct 2018 #3

Yes, John Lewis, Patriot, our National Treasure.. Cha Oct 2018 #4

Two of my favorite Americans in one photo. GulfCoast66 Oct 2018 #7

+1,000,000 George II Oct 2018 #10

Right there together.. the President of the United Cha Oct 2018 #11

Yes. Only idiots. murielm99 Oct 2018 #20

National Treasure...Mr. John Lewis. n/t libdem4life Oct 2018 #5

John Lewis is a true hero and badass FakeNoose Oct 2018 #6

I was going to contact all my family on election day and remind them to vote. Now I dem4decades Oct 2018 #13

I did! That's a great tweet. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #15

Shaking the great man's hand last mo in ATL JDC Oct 2018 #16

Nice photo! Quayblue Oct 2018 #22

Done. Thank you representative Lewis. You are a hero and your words have weight. ffr Oct 2018 #17

Ummm sheshe2 Oct 2018 #18

On the Bridge sheshe2 Oct 2018 #19

Yes! peggysue2 Oct 2018 #21

Congressman Lewis is a national treasure Gothmog Oct 2018 #23

Tell It John! colsohlibgal Oct 2018 #24

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)

1. Buddy system - take someone with you to the voting booth

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:09 PM

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qazplm135

(7,447 posts)

2. Eh but am I inspired?!

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:10 PM

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Squinch

(50,955 posts)

8. Those are the people I fear more than anyone, vote-wise.

Reply to qazplm135 (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:29 PM

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Don't you just want to slap them when you hear that?

George II

(67,782 posts)

9. Yes.

Reply to Squinch (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:32 PM

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MustLoveBeagles

(11,611 posts)

14. Yep

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:40 PM

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George II

(67,782 posts)

12. Inspired? If you're not...............................oh well.

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:37 PM

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tavernier

(12,392 posts)

3. Love this man.

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:11 PM

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Cha

(297,303 posts)

4. Yes, John Lewis, Patriot, our National Treasure..

Reply to George II (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:14 PM

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Only idiots would boo at him.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

7. Two of my favorite Americans in one photo.

Reply to Cha (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:24 PM

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And you are correct. Only idiots would boo him.

George II

(67,782 posts)

10. +1,000,000

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:32 PM

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Cha

(297,303 posts)

11. Right there together.. the President of the United

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:35 PM

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States of America giving our Civil Rights Icon, John Lewis. the Medal of Freedom.

What a day in history!

Remarks by the President Honoring the Recipients of the 2010 Medal of Freedom

The Honorable John R. Lewis. From his activism in the civil rights movement to his nearly 25 years in the House of Representatives, John R. Lewis has dedicated his life to shattering barriers and fighting injustice. The son of sharecroppers from Alabama, he rose with courage, fortitude and purpose to organize the first student sit-ins and the earliest freedom rides. The youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington, a fearless advocate and a distinguished member of Congress, John Lewis has earned our lasting gratitude for a lifetime dedicated to the pursuit of equality and justice for all.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/15/remarks-president-honoring-recipients-2010-medal-freedom

murielm99

(30,745 posts)

20. Yes. Only idiots.

Reply to Cha (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:59 AM

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libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

5. National Treasure...Mr. John Lewis. n/t

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:16 PM

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FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)

6. John Lewis is a true hero and badass

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:22 PM

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I hope people are listening.

dem4decades

(11,296 posts)

13. I was going to contact all my family on election day and remind them to vote. Now I

Reply to George II (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:39 PM

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know how to do it.

Send them this tweet from John Lewis and shame them into going.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

15. I did! That's a great tweet. nt

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Tue Oct 23, 2018, 11:49 PM

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JDC

(10,129 posts)

16. Shaking the great man's hand last mo in ATL

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:10 AM

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Quayblue

(1,045 posts)

22. Nice photo!

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 04:03 AM

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ffr

(22,670 posts)

17. Done. Thank you representative Lewis. You are a hero and your words have weight.

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:21 AM

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sheshe2

(83,789 posts)

18. Ummm

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:34 AM

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Tears.

sheshe2

(83,789 posts)

19. On the Bridge

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:37 AM

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On the Bridge with John Lewis and Barack Obama
Fifty years after Bloody Sunday, I marched to the top of the Edmund Pettus Bridge with Mrs. Amelia Boynton Robinson, Congressman John Lewis, President Barack Obama, and many others.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/spencer-overton/on-the-bridge-with-john-l_b_6831274.html

peggysue2

(10,831 posts)

21. Yes!

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 01:03 AM

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That's all I have to say, all that needs to be said beyond the words of John Lewis:

Vote like you never voted before.

Words to live and die by, eh?

Gothmog

(145,313 posts)

23. Congressman Lewis is a national treasure

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 09:57 AM

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colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)

24. Tell It John!

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Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:51 PM

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This really might be the most important election in awhile, if somehow the right holds the House it may be game, set, match for democracy.

This is so similar to where Germany was 85 years ago. We know how that turned out and in the end not so well for Hitler and Mussolini. That said it was Hell for lots of groups of people, particularly Jewish people, for over a decade.

We are where we have not been in a long time, those of us old enough recall people like George Wallace and Lester Maddox but they did not get anywhere near the traction possible today with Cable TV, Sinclair, the Web, and right wing wacko radio.

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