I was reading The Baltimore Sun today at work when I came across this article, and the above photo and caption, which I found highly hilarious. She, apparently, is so proud of her great-grandparents’ fight that she waited nearly two decades to start voting.
Don’t get me wrong: I think it’s great that people who’ve never voted before are feeling like their voice might matter, and that they might find reflected among the presidential-nominee nominees someone who reminds them enough of themselves that they’re motivated to wake up and start pay attention.
I just find her statement hilarious. That’s all.
EDIT: This is what I get for only reading the caption, and not the article: “Carmen Mister, 37, of Columbia had moved from Randallstown in May, but didn’t want to miss the chance to vote for Sen. Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois.” Well, now, that does make more sense.