I wasn't supposed to cry!

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Thursday June 09, 2016 · 7:07 PM PDT

2016/06/09 · 19:07

2 Generations - My Mother and Aunts and their Mother

First, I want to say that I voted for and support Hillary for many reasons, from her work as a young attorney to her single-payer healthcare proposal as First Lady, from co-sponsoring the Low-Income Low Energy Act (among others) to her latest “first”. And I will do everything I can to help her become the first female President.

I am not an outwardly emotional person, and almost never cry. My husband has seen me cry, probably, twice in almost 25 years of marriage. But on the day she became the presumptive nominee, I thought about my grandmother, who was the first woman in our family who could vote. She killed herself months before I was born. I thought about my mother, who worked every day, but couldn’t get a credit card in her own name until I was a teenager. And I sobbed. Tears of unabashed joy for the first time in my life. That is the very unexpected impact Hillary’s nomination had on me. My mother is still alive (she’s the youngest one in the picture), and she has lived to see this. Hopefully, she’ll live to see the first woman president.

I live in New Zealand now. My husband laughed, and said that I didn’t get emotional when Helen Clark won. Of course, he was just teasing me and already knew why, but I explained it to him. This wasn’t Helen Clark’s first rodeo, and women have been able to vote in New Zealand since 1893.

At least when she becomes President, I’ll know that tears will be a probability. And when she wins, I don’t want to be anywhere near a camera.

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Be Honest, did you at least tear up a little?

45 votes Vote Now!

Be Honest, did you at least tear up a little?

Yes

41 votes

3 votes

Pfft, you wimp!

1 vote

New Zealand Inauguration Events

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Wednesday January 14, 2009 · 10:13 PM PST

2009/01/14 · 22:13

Invitation to Democrats Abroad - New Zealand Inauguration Parties in both Auckland and Christchurch is below.

Updated to Include Wellington Info (and changed title)

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Sunday December 07, 2008 · 12:52 AM PST

2008/12/07 · 00:52

It had to happen eventually, and it looks like it's finally in "the works". New Zealand has never had an official organized country committee of Democrats Abroad. In the past, people have become involved in GOTV and information efforts, but the groups have never been an official organized country committee.

This is about to change.

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Friday November 14, 2008 · 6:23 PM PST

2008/11/14 · 18:23

Now that we have a common sense President-Elect and a majority in the Senate, I would like to suggest a new cabinet post...

Secretary of Being a Real Human Being. It's sad that we do, but we really do need it.

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53 votes Show Results

Who Would You Support to a "Pinocchio Post"?

53 votes Vote Now!

Who Would You Support to a "Pinocchio Post"?

Dennis Kucinich

21 votes

Dr. Phil

2 votes

Oprah

3 votes

Yourself

4 votes

2 votes

Anyone who isn't worth a million dollars

0 votes

You, me or anyone else who isn't worth a million dollars

6 votes

Tastycake Lemon Pie

15 votes

Guam Results In - Almost 2-1 for Obama

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 5:24 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 05:24

Why is this important? Guam is a territory and, as such, has no electoral college value, but...

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195 votes Show Results

Obama Will Win Because

195 votes Vote Now!

Obama Will Win Because

As goes Guam, so goes the US

28 votes

Because he's the better candidate

66 votes

Both

85 votes

Tastycake Lemon Pie (I really miss those)

16 votes

Upset About This Election - But Not For Any Of The Reasons You Think (w/poll)

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 5:21 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 17:21

Back when GWB won the first time, my partner and I picked up and moved out of the country, just as we said we would do. There were others who said they would before the election, but when push came to shove...well, the actors stayed put.

Now, I'm starting to wish I had, too. I explain below the fold.

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28 votes Show Results

I will pick up the slack for those who can't be here by

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I will pick up the slack for those who can't be here by

Giving an extra hour of my time

5 votes

Driving Dems to the polls

5 votes

Absolutely nothing, you Socialist/Marxist/Dirty Foreigner

4 votes

I'm already giving all my time to GOTV!

9 votes

3.243F6A8885A308D31319

5 votes

Election Night Parties - Post Your Details Here (especially Democrats Abroad) UPDATED

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 7:12 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 19:12

Democrats Abroad will be hosting parties all over the world to watch the returns. Because of the time difference, the Auckland party will be held on 5 November. Details below.

EDIT: The details for any actual party will be listed in the diary, to make it easier for people to find get-togethers in their area.

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48 votes Show Results

Where Will You Be on Election Night?

48 votes Vote Now!

Where Will You Be on Election Night?

Tied to my laptop, hitting F5

14 votes

Watching the fail CNN

4 votes

With Other Democrats

16 votes

In A Bar

2 votes

Both C & D

11 votes

Pie

1 vote

Psst, Sarah, Erie IS NOT Philadelphia

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 7:55 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 19:55

Did Sarah Palin lose her sportsfans supporters in Erie, PA?

Follow below the fold for the very short video of her being booed at a rally in Erie, PA.

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186 votes Show Results

PA Will Go to Obama because of

186 votes Vote Now!

PA Will Go to Obama because of

Sarah Palin

9 votes

John McCain

1 vote

Obama being the right choice

33 votes

Most Pennsylvanians are intelligent people

33 votes

Both C and D

110 votes

I Just Realized How Lucky I Am

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 8:12 PM PDT

2008/10/19 · 20:12

This is just a very short personal diary. I've been reading diary entries from people with Republican parents and just realized how lucky I am that my parents switched parties when Rendell was running for the party nomination for Governor of PA.

They never swtiched back.

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I wasn't supposed to cry!

New Zealand Inauguration Events

Democrats Abroad New Zealand (DANZ) Becomming a Reality

New Cabinet Post? w/poll

Guam Results In - Almost 2-1 for Obama

Upset About This Election - But Not For Any Of The Reasons You Think (w/poll)

Election Night Parties - Post Your Details Here (especially Democrats Abroad) UPDATED

Psst, Sarah, Erie IS NOT Philadelphia

I Just Realized How Lucky I Am