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Voting Without Aggravation

Voting without aggravation... Otherwise known as absentee ballot/ mail-in ballot if ye read no further... please exercise opportunity to cast ballot obviously freedom to choose, but take serious stock of human bondage (desperately calling out for their Maugham me) regarding: economy, integrity, monetary, xyz... Anyway, twas quite pleasurably comfortably seated cerebrally assessing optimal choice(s), carefully using dark ink to designate candidate(s) on roster without being inconvenienced versus scouting out parking space, doubly troubled with meteorologic curse as weather turns severely inclement, subsequently wading thru still waters that move deep (cue electorate getting splashed courtesy angry driver) finally standing in long line closely resembling infinite jesting looping Möbius strip. Throughout mine voting career nsync back then a whopping $2.30 = Pennsylvania minimum wage ohm eye dog...! http://www.winedecider.com/ en/vintage/1977.htm lists oenophile vintage I teetotaler shied away alcoholic usage wine not axe else questions, who experienced tutelage? Extreme social distancing stage then identified as introvertedness, sublimating any rage me i.e. wallflower never invited to party, thus remain shtup in boyhood bedroom when chronology equaled quarterage compared to present orbitz around sun now... still smarting - essentially never made psychological pilgrimage to adulthood, oh for sure parents found withdrawn behavior (mine) an outrage depriving yours truly natural linkedin interpersonal discovery(ies) emotionally shortchanging me – noncoverage replaced with buffering self in isolation yea... kinda like quarantine mirage minus coronavirus - COVID-19 never learning/mastering dating language hence... alone within mine emotional wilderness analogous to Matthew Scott Harris's private hermitage 20/20 hindsight heart wrenching gauge long haired pencil necked hippy caricature just a lad dinned during rosy 1960's flowerage, reaping what I did sow with rusty and fragile equipage. Metaphorical three strikes disadvantage, nonetheless below shows initial POTUS, spouses (FLOTUS), plus respective vice presidents upon me attaining legal Pennsylvania voting age. 1977-1981 Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter Walter F. Mondale 1981-1989 Ronald Reagan Nancy Reagan George Bush 1989-1993 George Bush Barbara Bush Dan Quayle 1993-2001 Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton Albert Gore 2001-2009 George W. Bush Laura Bush Richard Cheney 2009-2017 Barack Obama Michelle Obama Joseph R. Biden 2017- Donald J. Trump Melania Trump Mike Pence

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