Oltime DUers: Pleased to announce that the baby blm you've heard about since 2001

[blm]

entered the voting booth for the very first time - fully confident she understood the candidates and the issues - and cast her votes.

You all are part of this proud moment because I have shared with her over these years many of our best moments here at DU.

Thank you.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Good for you both!

[nolabear]

2. Yaaaaay! Congratulations!

[SidDithers]

3. Awesome...

Sid

[livetohike]

4. YAY!! So proud of her (and you). Been here since

March 2004

[Solly Mack]

5. Congrats!

Ice cream goes good with voting. To me, anyway.

[blm]

10. Frozen yoghurt

; )

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. You raised her right. Congratulations!

The triplets will be 18 between now and the election; all three will vote.

[blm]

13. Yeah! Baby blm just turned 18 a few weeks ago.

I have confidence that these young voters ARE the long term answer.

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. It's their future.

They don't like what's going on either. And, in their district, the Republican candidate for Congress is a neo-Nazi/Holocaust denier who got 20,000 votes in the primary. The Democratic incumbent is expected to win, but every vote for him is still important.

[blm]

25. ((gaot))

.

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. ((blm))

[JimGinPA]

7. Well It's About Time!

Congrats & good job!

[JaneQPublic]

8. Congrats on a job well done! (nt)

[lunatica]

9. The first children of the 21st Century are voting now!

And they will be the generation that forges the future of this country.

These are momentous times indeed!

[Javaman]

72. technically no.

it would be the last children of the 20th century voting. Since the first year of the 21st century is actually 2001.

Yeah, I know, I'm a wet blanket.

[peekaloo]

11. Congratulations!

[sandensea]

12. Kudos to baby blm, and to you.

I remember my first vote fondly (Traitor Joe notwithstanding):

[calimary]

14. Awwwwww... that's WUNNNNderful, blm!

[sarge43]

15. For baby blm

[yewberry]

16. Oy, how'd we get so old!?

Congrats to your fam!

[blm]

17. Heh, and grey.

Greyer. GOP traitors have made me greyer than a roomful of teenagers ever could.

[ornotna]

18. Congrats to the adult blm!

And you too.

[JohnnyRingo]

19. I've only been here since 2003.

But congratulations anyway!

Time flies, doesn't it?

[Hulk]

20. My grandson too...

Born in 2000, with a "pre-existing condition" that is at threat. He was born with PKU, a disease that can now be detected at birth, and has to live consuming a formula that is expensive and never ending. IF he were to lose that medical coverage, or if he ever became "down and out" and had to survive off one of these minimum wage jobs, he would slowly poison his brain to where he would eventually be "retarded" or unable to care for himself.

THIS is what we are fighting for.....thousands more like my grandson, and millions more who ALSO have pre-existing conditions that are at risk by these insensitive, heartless and selfish politicians that just don't care one bit for the welfare of the fellow citizens.

VOTE! I've got mine filled out and ready to mail, and I'm going to let my wife look at it before she fills her's out and we mail them in together today. NO POSTAGE necessary here in Washington state. Voting made easy, the way it should be. (I should mention, my wife is a nationalized citizen, and her understanding of complex issues in a voters pamphlet are overwhelming at best. She is also easily swayed by something as basic as a "jobs fair" to re-elect the dim witted repuKKKe we have representing us now. I hope my sister, Joe Biden, and I have convinced her that changing Congress to Democrat is essential to the healthy future of this country...but she can vote for whoever she chooses in the end, and doesn't need to show me how she voted; unlike my fox viewing republican sister who votes for herself and her husband, who has advanced Alzheimers.)

[blm]

24. We've been fighting for them all along and most of these new voters understand that.

For that I am grateful.

Fighting for your grandson’s coverage, Hulk. Always.

[babylonsister]

21. Many congrats! I KNOW you taught her well! nt

[UTUSN]

22. Goes w/o saying she's fully aware, coming from you!1

[blm]

66. Aawww

Mushy

[Power 2 the People]

27. Congrats blm!

[barbtries]

28. awww

i was poll greeting this weekend and 3 first time voters came through with their parents so proud!

well done.

[blm]

50. You could feel how excited they were, right?

.

[barbtries]

55. yes,

and how proud their parents were.

[Honeycombe8]

29. Your country thanks YOU. nt

[gademocrat7]

30. Congratulations!

Thank you, for raising an intelligent, civic minded daughter.

[TygrBright]

31. Congrats! And THANK YOU, to you and to baby blm! n/t

[xmas74]

32. Baby xmas

Entered in August for the first time to vote in the Missouri primary. She volunteered on the McCaskill campaign the entire summer, starting two days after her high school graduation. While most of her friends were on vacation or at the pool she was canvassing door-to-door. She is now majoring in Public Relations with an emphasis in Political Media and minoring in Marketing with the plan of becoming a campaign manager for progressive women breaking into politics.

Cheers to both of us for raising kids who will make a difference in our country!

[blm]

38. Great to hear -

I trust their stewardship as long as we do our part now and leave them the fighting chance they deserve.

[yowzayowzayowza]

33. Congratulations!

Well done!

[woodsprite]

34. Congrats!!! We have baby woodsprite who will be voting in his first election as well!

So far, his friends and other kids voting age that I've spoken with (at church, high school friends, and at the college I work at) seem to be armed with information and are intending on having their say at the voting booth, and all will be voting Dem. Unfortunately, I have a niece, 6 nephews, and a 3 sets of in-laws who will cancel some of those votes out.

[blm]

46. Wow - this board has way more 18yr olds than I realized

Guess we know what we were all doing Y2K. Heheheh

[woodsprite]

48. A whole new generation of Dems! Awesome! n/t

[canetoad]

35. Well done

To both you and Baby BLM.

[NOVADAVE]

36. Congrats, blm!

You’ve always been such an informed (Kerry supporting) person... passing the torch

[blm]

49. Kerry held her face in his hands at his 2003 announcement in SC.

Most kids loved Barney, she loved John Kerry.

[AZ Jim]

37. Congratulations and blessings

To you. I suspect this was a proud moment for you BOTH!!

[blm]

47. Big time. Mr blm took pictures outside.

.

[MrScorpio]

39. Most excellent!

[malaise]

40. Very cool

Rec

[karynnj]

41. Congratulations to her and her family!

Hard to believe she is 18 years old. But I guess 2005/2006 was a looong time ago! Best wishes to all.

[kcr]

42. Another old timer here with a baby DUer who's turning 18 soon.

Not in time for the midterms and he's bummed about that, but he can't wait for 2020.

[blm]

43. Mine just turned 18 a few weeks ago. Your guy will vote in locals in 2019, though

amiright? He’ll get practice for 2020. Heh.

[kcr]

44. I'm sure he will. That will be a good to remind him

in November. Isn't it great to watch them get so excited about voting and politics? I can't believe how fast the time has gone by.

[blm]

45. 10-4

old buddy

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

51. Nice job!

[Luciferous]

52. Congrats! This will be my daughter's first time voting as well and she's very excited :)

[blm]

53. Damn, how many 18yo do we have here? LOL

We were BIZZY at the turn of the century. Pre-Bush.

[Luciferous]

54. :)

[nocoincidences]

56. Most excellent!

More voters, how ever you want to produce them!

[proud patriot]

57. I had to log in to say Woo Hoo

It was such a proud day for me as a parent .. all my love and well wished

[blm]

59. ((proudpat))

.

[AwakeAtLast]

58. That's awesome!

My daughter gets her chance in 2020!

[yourmovemonkey]

60. Fantastic!

I'm very happy for you both. Despite the low post count, I've been a lurker here since 2002. Reading the posts of the longtimers here has given me the facts I need to try and sway people I meet IRL. So, thank you and congratulations from one of the "quiet ones"!

[blm]

63. DU, Bartcop, and MediaWhoresOnline kept me sane.

Glad you’re here.

[lpbk2713]

61. A proud moment indeed.

WTG

[kskiska]

62. Great to hear. I've been here since Day 1, Bush Inauguration Day.

[G_j]

64. Congratulations!

[blm]

65. Hey -

She’s in your neck of the woods. unca

[G_j]

74. Awesome!

[blm]

75. You need to remind me

the venue. PM if you like.

[Demovictory9]

67. ...

[JI7]

68. i bet she knows more than most her age

or any age how important each and every vote is and how close we came so many times.

[Hortensis]

69. Good job, all of you.

"fully confident she understood the candidates and the issues"

[oasis]

70. My best to both of you.

[Ilsa]

71. Awesome! Great job!

My teenaged voter asks me about every other day if there is enough evidence to impeach baby blimp yet.

[blm]

73. Funny and sad

and frustrating. These kids are aware, though.

[MaryMagdaline]

76. Well done Baby BLM