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A Proud American

If my choice for the presidency should lose And I see how devalued my vote was worth If I suffer great disappointment at the news Still, never will I forsake the land of my birth. I am a proud American! I shall defend to my last dying gasp for clean air The Constitutional rights we, the people, hold dear I shall stand up to the ragtag anarchists who dare To drag our country into a raging cesspool of fear. I am a proud American! I do not know what one man alone can accomplish, But together, if we strive to achieve our loftiest goals, The greatness that is America will not diminish With freedom, honor, and virtue at the controls. I am a proud American!

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/5/2020 3:18:00 PM

Good one. So much animosity over this stupid election. The choices are both horrible, so in the end, it's all about the people and how we can hold each other up when times get bad!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/5/2020 3:53:00 PM

Andrea, thanks! We have to stand up for what's right in our democracy. America is not diminished when honor and integrity are uppermost and in control of our system. Thanks again for your response.