Monday, October 13, 2008

106-year-old voter chooses Obama

By GottaLaff


Sister Cecilia has lived in the convent in Rome for 50 years
I have to leave for work, so I thought I'd put up today's Happy Post-O'-The-Day:

A 106-year-old American nun living in a convent in Rome could well be one of the oldest voters to cast a ballot in the 2008 US Presidential election.

Sister Cecilia Gaudette, who last voted for President Eisenhower in 1952, has registered to vote and says she will vote for Democrat Barack Obama.

Although hard of hearing, she keeps herself informed by reading newspapers and watching TV at the convent.

"I'm encouraged by Senator Obama," she says.

"I've never met him, but he seems to be a good man with a good private life. That's the first thing. Then he must be able to govern," she adds.

[She] appears uninterested in the row inside the American Catholic church over Senator Obama's support for pro-choice policies on abortion.

Asked about her hopes for the US under an Obama presidency, she says: "Peace abroad. I don't worry about the Iraq war because I can't do anything about it. Lord knows how it will end."

Contrast this wonderful, caring woman to this cretin. Sister Cecilia is for Obama. The cretin is for "the older one". Tell me again, who has god on their side?

H/t: Ellen

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