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Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 02:30 PM Nov 2016

My sixteen year old son just voted for the first female president!

This is also the kid who illegally donated to both Sanders and Clinton when he was still fifteen. Resulting in calls to the campaigns from Yours Truly instructing them to change the donation to my name. I give him his allowance so it's my money after all!

Lest some people be concerned, it is completely legal to take a minor into the voting booth with you and allow them to physically cast the vote under your direction. Not that the awesome young man needed any.

I am so proud of my three sons.

The nineteen year old mailed in his ballot weeks ago from FSU and called to tell me as he dropped it in the slot, the middle child (referenced above) accompanied his dad to the polling place and participated in the democratic process in his own limited way, and my thirteen year old baby endured a blow to the back of the head from a Trump loving classmate for speaking up to contradict a lie.

These boys, and their circle of friends, give me so much hope for the future. They are honestly baffled by the idea that a woman is somehow inherently less than a male. It makes no sense to them!

Soon to be President-Elect Rodham Clinton, thank you for being a role model that speaks volumes to girls and boys alike!

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My sixteen year old son just voted for the first female president! (Original Post) Pacifist Patriot Nov 2016 OP
my 11 year old daughter did the same wyldwolf Nov 2016 #1
your post, and similar stories, give me hope for the future niyad Nov 2016 #2
My 16 year old daughter is coming with me to cast her vote too Happyhippychick Nov 2016 #4
How does she feel about .... Pacifist Patriot Nov 2016 #5
I'd say...she's pretty much exactly that herself! Except for the not talking part! Happyhippychick Nov 2016 #6
Awesome! Pacifist Patriot Nov 2016 #7

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)
4. My 16 year old daughter is coming with me to cast her vote too
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:47 PM
Nov 2016

And I'm hoping one day she will meet and marry somebody just like your son!

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
5. How does she feel about ....
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 03:48 PM
Nov 2016

soccer player musicians with a 3.85 GPA who hardly say 5 words a day and don't clean their rooms?

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