Tried to post this this morning, but my ISP conked out for some reason -- then I had to get to work. Anyway...

I've been voting in presidential elections since 1972, and that year, I'm very sorry to say, I didn't vote because I was in the middle of moving from Massachusetts to Maine, and didn't get an absentee ballot in Massachusetts. (But Massachusetts went against Nixon anyway, thank goodness!).

I've voted in every presidential election (and almost all other elections) since -- and this is only the SECOND time I've voted for a presidential candidate who actually won!

(In case you're curious, in 1976 I voted Socialist Workers -- Peter Comejo and Willie Mae Reid -- instead of Democratic. So I've already voted for a woman and a person of color at the top of the ticket.)

I, too, am glad this painfully extended campaign is finally over. And Repaire is right -- back to work!!! We've got a LOT of work to do to fix the mess(es) the Bush administration has gotten us into.

Linn