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In reply to the discussion: Who Was Your First Presidential Vote - DU Poll [View all]ladyVet
(1,587 posts)My then husband, a fundie freak, and I were at our tiny precinct voting place, standing for hours in a long, slow-moving line. It was the days when you walked into a booth, pulled a lever to close the curtain, then pushed buttons and another lever to cast your vote. Took forever to do.
Anyway, we were in this line when he started in on me about how I was supposed to vote. That I would cast my vote for Reagan, because ex was the boss of the family and I would do what he said. The Bible said so, and I'd better know my place.
Well. That wasn't going to go unanswered. He found out in short order that nobody was going to tell me who to vote for, not even him, that Reagan was a crook and an evil SOB, and he'd just have to suck it up. Everybody in the place started laughing, and the other women applauded me.
The only consolation I've had over the past decades was that even though I was unhappy with most of the Democrats I've voted for, I was at least canceling out one Republican vote.