A ‘New Old Immigrant,’ A Red Pickup And A First Vote At 77

From InDepth NH:

By Wayne D. King, The Radical Centrist | February 11, 2020

Carol Stanigar of Lebanon is interviewed by Wayne D. King about her very first time at the voting booth on Tuesday at age 77.

Special edition of Wayne D. King’s podcast The Radical Centrist to celebrate the first-in-the-nation-primary and Carol Stanigar’s first time voting as a U.S. citizen at age 77.

A ‘New Old Immigrant,’ a Red Pickup and a Trump Voter and a Glimpse of the Real America

This morning at 4:34am
Carol Stanigar of Lebanon, New Hampshire wrote this email to her friend Maryann
in California.

Dearest Maryann,

I can always be sure
that you will be cheering me on.
I am sure that people in San Francisco get all gussied up to vote but here in
NH I’ll be wearing my uniform. A flannel shirt.

OMG! Im up before the
sun. Sooooooo excited!

Can you STAND it: My
Trumpster neighbor is going to take me to show me the ropes and to “make sure
that nobody shoots me,” although I am contemplating making a sign to hang
around my neck that says NEW OLD IMMIGRANT.

Furthermore, he is going
to take me in his pickup truck. All these years and I never did get a ride in
one. God, I wish that I could ride in the back with my sign.
Oh, I did get his wife, who is going to be tending the event to agree to write-in
Romney if she can’t bring herself to vote Democrat. Maybe Roy will too.

OMG! This brings back
memories of my first day of school….running up Mountain View avenue with
Nursie in full pursuit.

I was soooo excited. No,
nervous.

I wish that you could
have seen Roy. I tried to take a picture but my camera failed me.

He had the red Ford
pickup with his HUGE moustache all gooped up and extending 2” on each side.
Blue jeans and felt cowboy hat.

I was so proud hanging
onto his arm so I wouldn’t slip on the ice. You should have seen the look on a
lot of the faces that knew Roy. OMG! I’m causing a small-town scandal.

He walked me through the whole thing and insisted I wear my “I voted sticker” on my coat.

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