106-year-old voter chooses Obama

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106-year-old voter chooses Obama

A 106-year-old American nun living in a convent in Rome could well be the oldest person to vote 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.

Sitting in her modest office in the convent where she has lived for the past 50 years, the diminutive nun 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."

"It is very complicated," she said. "Those Eastern people are not like we are."

But despite taking part in the 4 November election, Sister Cecilia does not intend to return to the US.

"I have no plans for the future. I am too old to go back to the US. Life has changed too much."

But she still watches "very important events" on TV. The election comes under this category.

BBC NEWS | Americas | 106-year-old voter chooses Obama



wow what a amazing...

 

[sleepytaz]

Neat stuff

 

[~SG~]

Wow, that's amazing.

 

[Reba]

Yeah, it's "amazing" that she hasn't bothered to vote in over 50 years.

 

[jillio]

One of my friends (in the pic after the rally that I posted) has parents that are in their mid-to-late 80's. They have been Republicans their entire adult lives. A week before the rally, they could be found at the local Democratic headquarters making phone calls on behalf of Obama. Needless to say, these lifelong Republican, older Americans will be voting for Obama, as well. Just goes to show, you can teach an old dog a new trick!

 

[Reba]

Just like the ability to drive, some oldsters lose their ability to think straight at election time.

 

[jillio]

Just like the ability to drive, some oldsters lose their ability to think straight at election time.

And you complain about the others making insulting comments. The insinuation here is that these voters are somehow mentally incapacitated and that is the reason for their choice.:roll:

 

[Reba]

And you complain about the others making insulting comments. The insinuation here is that these voters are somehow mentally incapacitated and that is the reason for their choice.:roll:

Atleast I don't call them "old dogs."

I don't think of voting as a "trick" that one must learn.

 

[jillio]

Atleast I don't call them "old dogs."

I don't think of voting as a "trick" that one must learn.

Mine was a methaphor...and a well accepted one at that. Yours was a reference to senility and/or dementia. Quite a different thing all together.

 

[BradB08]

Just like the ability to drive, some oldsters lose their ability to think straight at election time.

My 90 year old grandmother would take issue with what you just said. You don't want to get her started on how much she dislikes Bush and the wars in Iran and Afghanistan. You don't want to get her started on how the price of heating oil is affecting her limited budget.