22\u00a0 71%\u00a0 26%\u00a0 3mph N bar29.99 falls windchill19 Imbolc<\/p>\n
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\u00a0A late night.\u00a0 Every time I stay up late watching election returns, as I have tonight, I recall the Stevenson\/Eisenhower race.\u00a0 Dad and I sat up until 3 in the morning watching election returns.\u00a0 It was a magical time for me.\u00a0 I got to\u00a0stay up late; Dad stayed up with me.\u00a0 We shared an interest in the political realm, even though I was only 5 years old.\u00a0 You may think that’s odd, but at the age of 6 I proved the point.<\/p>\n
Mr. Gross had picked me up at church to drive me to a meeting with some friends.\u00a0 As we drove out in the country, he asked me, “Charlie, are you a Democrat or a Republican?”\u00a0 I said, “Democrat.”\u00a0 He said, “Well, I don’t allow Democrats to ride in my car.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Stop the car, Mr. Gross,” I said, “I’ll get out and walk.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
We had one of the first televisions in our little Indiana town because Bob Feemster, a Wall Street Journal executive who own the Times-Tribune, the paper my Dad edited, thought the newspaper editor needed to keep up with the new technology.<\/p>\n
Most of the\u00a0time I found the Cisco Kid, Ramar of the Jungle, Captain Midnight and Sargent Preston of the Yukon\u00a0much more to my taste, but around elections, I watched right along with Dad.\u00a0 Very soon after that I became a poll watcher, which meant I stationed myself at one of Alexandria’s precincts and when the vote count finished I called in the results to the paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tonight I can’t tell what the numbers mean quite yet, though I did hear an amazing number if it’s true.\u00a0 Hillary Clinton wins voters making 50,000 and below, while Obama wins with voters making more than 50,000.\u00a0 If these are accurate numbers, it’s an interesting story and one to ponder.<\/p>\n
This is the best election I can remember, ever.\u00a0 Issues.\u00a0 Candidates.\u00a0 Momentous decisions.\u00a0 Perhaps a turning point in American history.\u00a0 I hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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