93, dying, and voting

[rug]

My grandfather is proud of having voted in every single presidential election since he was awarded his citizenship in order to serve during WWII. Here he is, 93 years old and on his deathbed, with my aunt helping him fill out one last ballot.

http://imgur.com/gallery/IvsTf

Best to this man and his family.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Good for your grandfather.

[rug]

3. He's not my grandfather but he is theirs.

I thought it should be posted though.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Whoops. Sorry about that.

[Booster]

2. Bless his heart. For his sake, I hope we're not losing the democracy he loved so much.

[DonRedwood]

4. May I wish him a good and beautiful journey.

My best to you and your family.

[begin_within]

6. My Mom is 94 and I'm going to take her to the polls

in her wheelchair. I don't know really how much she will comprehend, probably just the presidential choices.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. k&r

[JEFF9K]

8. One last election.

This reminds me of a death notice in the local newspaper. It ended with the line "In lieu of flowers, vote for Bush." The poor guy must have had a pretty bad case of dementia!

[Cha]

10. I remember the dying wish of a lady during that time..her

wish was "Don't vote for whistle ass!".

[hrmjustin]

9. Bless this man!

[burrowowl]

11. A Real American!

[Patiod]

12. My dad just missed this one - he said he was "scared for our country"

when Ryan was nominated. He thought Ryan was a radical who wants to dismantle government, and was looking forward to voting (absentee), but I lost him on Labor Day.

[rug]

13. So sorry to hear of your loss.

It hasn't been very long.

I lost my father 35 years ago. He was still complaining about Hoover near the end.

[Patiod]

15. Thank you, rug

I took care of him in his home for 3 1/2 years, so I had plenty of time to hang out with him and say goodbye (he was sharp until the week he died).

Too funny about Hoover!

[skeewee08]

23. Sorry for your loss Patiod...

[Nictuku]

14. I did this for my Aunt

... It was during the primary season, before all the s**t hit the fan for Edwards, and that is who she voted for. She wanted to make sure her ballot was filled out and mailed in before I took her to the hospital where she knew she would not be coming home. That was one of the hardest days of my life, but I am proud of her for wanting to make sure her vote was in, and was very sad when the truth about Edwards came out. She would have been so very disappointed in him.

[Patiod]

16. Ugh, we all were

My SO kept saying he didn't trust him, and that he was too pretty.

[Odin2005]

17. Thank you, Soldier!

My Grandmother died in 2009 at the age of 87, Obama was the last person she voted for. She was a Labor Dem her whole life. I remember in the summer before the election we were having a family gathering and she says "I'm voting for that fine young Negro man", and one of my cousins is like "great-grandma, nobody uses that word any more!", and she just laughed her ass off!

[janx]

19. OMG !!

[toby jo]

20. 'that fine young Negro man'. oh christ, what a kick.

Dad died in June, but he voted for O. Aunt is 92 & neighbor is 90, this'll be their last, no doubt.

Hell , I guess we just have to think about all the dems being born on this fine day!

Heh heh - get em young.

[JNelson6563]

18. That is a heroic final act!

Wow. Incredible & inspiring!

Really puts the lie to the claim some make about "not having time to vote".

Julie

[Ninga]

21. I am touched and wish that his passing be peaceful.

[renate]

22. pictures and stories like this make it even more horrible that the GOP actively discourages voting

... by the wrong types, anyway.

Whoever this man is voting for, this is a demonstration of just how noble the idea is that every citizen should have an equal voice.

[skeewee08]

24. May his last days be peaceful & full of love

thank you sir for your last vote....

[DhhD]

25. This gentleman knows that every vote counts. That every citizen should take a stand.