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What a great thing to have witnessed Bev. Hope is a 
powerful and necessary message. The year before last my 
friend's son and my cousin's son, both teens, killed 
themselves (unrelated suicides) because they felt life was 
hopeless. A lot of the crime you read about stems from a 
lack of hope. I know it will be a difficult road ahead for 
Obama, if elected, to translate a message of hope into 
some semblance of governance that might take the edge off 
of people's despair. I'm not expecting ice cream, but I am 
expecting a shift towards much better things.

Christians won't know until the end if their hope of 
heaven will manifest, but that doesn't deter their 
hopefullness. Obama, who is neither Christ or Anti-Christ, 
but an intelligent, fervent politician with a message of 
hope for a troubled America can be assessed in only four 
years. It's an exciting time when people like this little 
old lady feel inspired to get involved. I think no matter 
what happens in tonight's election or over the next four 
years, something has changed for the better already.

--Sage



On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:48:30 -0500
 EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> While I was there, I really almost lost my composure.  A 
> little old lady
> came in who had never voted before.  She could barely 
> walk and needed
> help to vote.  She was black, and 87 years old.  She 
> voted for Obama,
> and was smiling the whole time.  It really affected 
> me...
> But anyway, no one asked if I was Rep or Dem..I signed a 
> card and I
> provided a photo ID..
>
> B