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February 5, 2008 - “Super Tuesday” — was the most important day of the primary and caucus season of the most important general election in the United States of America in our lifetime. Alex says the campaign currently underway is the most interesting in the 36 years since he cast his first presidential ballot in the Nixon-McGovern election of 1972.

Alex opened this blog in February – “Super Tuesday” here in California — and e-mailed invitations to relatives and friends inviting them to vote in an online poll and post a comment. Then, when Alex’s home state of Virginia, of all places, turned out to be a “pivotal” state, we e-mailed relatives and friends around there, including professors and fellow students from Boston University, the University of Virginia and Hampton University.

We are curious to know what our oldest and dearest friends, relatives, and colleagues think about this historic election. Now, it’s a general project in which Alex has invited comments from just about every person he ever had a serious discussion (or argument) about politics. The list includes people we haven’t communicated with in years because we really just want to know what they think. There is no “right” or “wrong” answer. We value opinions of those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s and know that, despite the media hype, those years were about a lot more than drugs and rock ‘n roll.So far, thoughtful comments have been posted by people with years of experience as activists, writers, and scholars in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Americans living in Finland, France, and South Korea.

Please join in.

1. Select a candidate or “None of the Above” in the poll in the right sidebar.
2. Click the “Vote” button to record your selection (Please only vote once).
3. Click on the button at the bottom of the main column that says: “Read All Comments and Leave A Comment.”

This displays a page with all the comments for your review.

To Leave Your Comment:

1. Scroll to the bottom of the page where it says “Leave a Reply.”
2. Type your name(required)
3. Type your E-Mail address (required, but will not be published)
4. Type your comment in the big text box.
5. Click “Submit Comment” button to save your comment

Please don’t post the link on public. This blog is by invitation only. I am “moderating” comments to stop “trolls” from posting offensive comments. There is no “right” or “wrong” answer. Just say what you think. Our friends are “skewed” a little bit to the Left. We would appreciate comments from Hillary Clinton voters and Republicans and from more Americans abroad and in more states, including Texas, Ohio, and now especially, Pennsylvania.

A couple of friends have told us they cannot participate in a political blog, and we understand their reasons. When Alex started this project he nagged about leaving comments. He has since come to realize this was vanity. He wanted to boast “I’ve got comments from this place and that faraway place on the other side of the world!” But that’s not the point. The point is to connect with old friends. Browse the web site and if you don’t want to leave a comment about crazy politics, please write back and say “Hi Alex! Hi Cathy!”

Thanks, Peace,

Cathy Deppe and Alex Walker

Friends Who Have Left Comments:

California

• Alex Walker
• Richard Sutherland
• Barbara Leon
• Guy Haas
• Cathy Deppe
• Walter Johnson
• Bill Ferguson
• Wes Rolley
• Charles Love
• Jennifer Touchton
• Paul George
• Juanita Whiteside
• Charlotte Casey
• Christopher Touchton

Colorado

• Patricia Daniluk

Hawaii

• Greg Geboski

Illinois

• Andrew Deppe
• Joan Taylor
• Steve Andrews
• Martin Deppe

Maryland

• James Buie

Massachusetts

• Susan Fendell
• Jim Devlin

Michigan

• Silvano Vanegas

New York

• Diane Pinero-Zucker
• Carol Hanisch
• Gale McGovern
• Vince Staskel
• Billy Easton

North Carolina

• Jerma Jackson

Pennsylvania

• Kiki Peppard

Rhode Island

• Polly Friedman

Texas

• Rene Parish

Virginia

• Anne Parrella

Wisconsin

• Ellen Bravo

Americans Abroad:

• Judith Wright, South Korea
• David Henry, France
• Mary Gregory, Finland