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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:40 PM Original message |
Intent on voting, Pa. woman, 95, calls 911 (Democrat) |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. This should be on the "greatest" page. What a story! |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes it should. It has three votes so far. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Mine made it 127, |
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TAPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not the first time I've cried today and I hope |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Me too! That made me well up with sheer delight! |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. 3nd time i've cried today...it's all too much good news to take... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Me too. |
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Vert (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
75. Me too. |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. What a hero!!!!! |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. Have we sent her flowers yet??????? |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. that is a great story |
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NastyRiffraff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. K & R |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R - what a wonderful story n/t |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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dubykc (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
9. Great story! |
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Ellen Rose (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good Citizenship |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. What a great feel good story! K&R |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. We ought to establish a "voters' 911" number |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. In My Community, We Have 311 |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Yeah, but it's clear she didn't know better |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. It Points To A Need |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #37 |
70. I'm sure |
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BlueInPhilly (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Count me in on the flowers! |
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Luna_Chick (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. I didn't even make it through the snippet provided without tearing up. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. I suspect in LA they would prosecute her for abusing the 911 |
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Bushh8er (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is my county!!! |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Welcome to DU, Bushh8er! |
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Bushh8er (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. thank you neighbor |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I'm from the Reading area originally. |
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Bushh8er (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Right back atcha |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. God bless her I wish I had the honor to give her a ride. |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Me Too - On Both Accounts |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. Goes to show that Dems have learned to be |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. Now she is was you call a true patriot!...God Bless her long life. |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. God bless her - what a WOMAN! |
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. If she were a Republican, |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. maybe, if she were 35 and capable of driving |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I wouldn't have |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
62. An elderly woman like that? Not a chance. |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. I LOVE people like this |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. What a great #*(@!* story! |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. I was just talking to my mom... |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. Determined woman! |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. Reminds me of a 74 year old African-American woman I called yesterday -- |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. Bless her. |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. that's so cool! |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
42. This story ought to be printed and handed to every fool, |
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LosinIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. Should we start a flower fund? |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Edit: I was going to say... |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. Well, I wouldn't call 9/11......that's for emergencies.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. At 95, I think she was entitled to call it |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. It was an emergency in her eyes, This country is in |
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BlueInPhilly (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
73. At 95, she can do whatever the heck she wants! |
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Nosimplehiway (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Reading is my hometown... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. We had a 71 year lod woman who never voted in her life |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Wow! n/t |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
47. Did anyone forward this story to K.O. ? |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Yes, KO mentioned it |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. Anna Urban - honey you rock! n/t |
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demdiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I second that |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
53. This REQUIRES a DU activist action! FLOWERS for ANNA URBAN!!! |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Well, we do have some clues |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Some woman called me to tell me my GOTV calls kept her from going to vote. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I bet she wasn't really a Democrat. Don't worry about it. |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. This tells us all how seriously we must take voting and encourage others to vote |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
63. She was right to do so, this was a 911!!! |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
64. K&R This woman is a great American! (nt) |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
65. I love stories like this! |
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FernBell (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
66. k&r |
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toopers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
67. Why didn't she call a cab? |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. She's 95 |
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Nosimplehiway (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Cabs aren't everywhere. |
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freefall (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
68. This story made NPR news this morning! |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
69. What an inspirational story! |
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MsMagnificent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. Has her priorities straight |
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spuddonna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
74. Yay, Anna! K&R!! n/t |
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