Hey, kids, let’s take a break from all the worry about voter suppression and screwy voting machines and give a big round of applause to Galicia Malone, 21, who, despite having labor contractions 5 minutes apart, stopped by her local polling place in the Chicago suburb of Dolton to cast her first-ever vote in a presidential election, before continuing on to the hospital. Congrats to Mom and baby!
when her labor began at 3 a.m., she held off going to the hospital until she was able to go to her polling place and vote.
“I never voted before so this made a major difference in my life,” she said. “And I wanted this to be a stepping-stone for my daughter.”…
“I was just trying to read and breathe, read and breathe,” she said. “That’s what I kept telling myself, ‘Read and breathe, read and breathe.”
Once she finished voting, she left her polling place and drove herself to the hospital, awaiting the birth of her daughter. She calls it a milestone day – her first vote and her first child.
The Cook County Clerk, David Orr, released a statement praising Ms. Malone’s commitment to voting:
“If only all voters showed such determination to vote. My hat goes off to Galicia for not letting anything get in the way of voting. What a terrific example she is showing for the next generation, especially her new son or daughter.”
No doubt some worrywart will come along and condemn this statement for encouraging risky behavior, but we figure as long as you don’t do something really crazy, like flying from Dallas to Anchorage after your water breaks, you’re probably OK.
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Hey! That kid's too young to vote! Where's his ID????
But we all know what the REAL issue is, don't we? Let's just say he wouldn't be denied a vote if he were less…urban.
Forget it, Actor. It's
Chinatown.Chicago.This is a comment of great beauty.
That's just plain awesome. And seeing the picture, I now dread what the folks over at Breitbart or that Twitchy will have to say about her if they notice.
So far Breitfart's Ghost and Fox News haven't jumped in. They are too busy freaking the fuck out about a mural of our country's President. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/judge-…
It's really getting sad that the Right turns to this nonsense instead of, you know, coming up with some new policies.
It's weird that so much of the nonsense is centering around Philly this time around, I guess it's a follow-up to the New Black Panther bullshit from last election. You'd think they would freak out around a city with lots of black people in a state Romney might possibly win instead..
Pennsylvania. Romney's drones somehow believe it's in play. Philly would help.
You mean the folks on CBS Chicago. The first two comments criticized her for not voting early and assumed that she was a single mother. Oh and also the assumption that the father did not want to be around.
The interwebs need a mean filter.
Fuck. People suck.
Not all just the ones who can't let it go.
Wow, she's more intimidating than that dude in the beret. And twice as tough.
Oh, the alt-text.
Yes, that is brilliant
Or shameless.
Split the difference: Shamelessly brilliant.
I would totally bone that alt-text.
Fox News: Voting for Obama causes babies.
Congrats to baby Michelle Hussein Malone.
don't care if this is a mommy blog; judging by today, this is the best mommy blog ever.
This is a WAR BLOG! A mommy blog of war! With mommies and wars in blog form and sometimes Twitter or whatever but yeah there are mommies.
Can they occupy the same space at the same time? A war blog AND a mommyblog? I thought Einstein proved that was impossible.
Especially mommies who like to say words that they don't want their kids to call them from the school office for saying, like its MY fault so many people ARE FUCKING CUNTS, and that shit's gotta go somewhere. Hooray for WAR BLOGS and hook-ups thereby and fuck it, wonkette rules, I don't care what it is.
Nice. Real fucking nice.
Forever life altering best things ever ever ever, with romance. Sorry.
More fucking romance!
I totally said romance before I saw this, I swear. Love love love.
Hook-up blog!
You're the reason we can't have nice things.
Finally, a mommieblahg we all deserve!
OT, there is a hashtag "VoteWhite" making the rounds on the Twitter. Ummmm, yeah.
To be fair, all the stories I've seen look like the blacks and browns are doing their part flocking to the polls. Us white folks shouldn't leave all the heavy electoral lifting to them — we need to do our part to help fling Mittens to the curb!
Every election worker in my precinct was African-American and they were all to a person quick, efficient and polite. I got in and out in 10 minutes despite a line and was told to "have a blessed day."
OMG GUYS I FEEL SO INTIMIDATED
It was the part about having a blessed day, right? That is just so mean of them to say it.
Well you know, you'd expect them to be tearing up the place, yelling at the election monitors about their missing MFing iced tea.
Lori Grimes had only the second most interesting childbirth this week.
HA!
If only Malone had been chased by prison zombies while in labor AND THEN stopped to vote, that would be teh awesum!
or had a c with a filthy knife and then managed to live long enough to vote. And let me say I did not watch that part of Walking Dead- I can see Herschel's leg chopped off, T- Dogg chewed on by zombies and aquaria of heads but not a "live" c- section.
With a much less positive outcome.
Women kick ass!
And they'll do it for a discount in my neighborhood!
Mazel tov, lovely lady and best wishes for your new family. Sorry, I can't snark on this wonderful event.
Uh, how long before the rethugs research her, out her, and call her a slut?? Did I even have time to type this before it happened?
Take that Soccer Moms. Wimps.
Apparently there is a lady in Florida who broke her leg in the parking lot on her way in to vote. She went in and voted before going to the hospital.
People seem to think this voting thing is kind of important for some reason.
The "voting thing" is a far distant second to "counting the votes" on the importance scale, but still…
You ain't a wolfin'. So much can happen to cast votes on the way to the shredder.
This guy, too.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121106/METRO…
No wingnut will ever ask her kid about his birf certificate.*
*kidding, of course they will.
I'm predicting Obama will take an early lead tomorrow… and maintain that lead as his voters are obviously inspired and dedicated.
Suppress that, motherfuckers.
(And congrats, of course!).
On her way to give birth? Must be a Republican. Now if she was on her way to a 3rd trimester abortion…
Wait, just because the baby's been born doesn't mean it's too late for an abortion!
It does if you're a Democrat, I'm afraid. Birth is the dividing line between when Democrats stop trying to kill their young'uns and Republicans take over the job.
Retroactive Abortions, this is the campaign issue we will see at the top of the repub bitch list in 2016
Chicago: Vote early, vote fecund.
Pretty sure commenter Terry approves this message!
Awe inspiring.
All I know is – Obama is going to be a funny name for a daughter….
Michelle, Sasha, Malia… all available.
Egg? Could be ironic.
Electora?
Morning Becomes Electora?
Refalca?
Some will still say Obama's a funny name for a president. Also
"Bet she was a single mom crackhead welfare scammer with eight kids herr durr typical Obama supporter herr durr" wingnut response in 3…2…1…
Oh sure — I, on the other hand, voted while wearing a condom — but do I ask for praise for voting responsibly?
That does nothing to protect you from hanging crabs.
Good for her!
I'm sure that the BBC will add this story to their live-blog, just like……
1551:
At least one member of the New Black Panther Party, a US-based political organisation that began in the late 1980s, is reportedly patrolling voting sites in the city of Philadelphia. Dressed in black clothing and a black beret, he is monitoring the stations and holding doors open for visitors, several US media outlets are reporting.
will no one stop this monster from holding a door open for someone else?
So what's the other member of the New Black Panther Party doing today?
I have been turning to the BBC for years now as less fucking nuts than our USian offerings…….they've been sliding towards the steaming loo lately though.
yeah this is bizarre. bbc's been my home page since like…the internet started and until the past year or so (maybe a little longer? i am older than the internet so it's hard to remember) it's taken a hard shift right on america and esp on bamz (and especially mark mardell).
and the whole reason they are my home page is b/c they supposedly offer a softer, more eurotrash-y perspective.
You can hear dog whistles in England too. Kenyans did after all force the British out of their country so there is that.
Maybe he is a beatnik or a french guy- all black clothing and a beret- really?
♫ …dress in black and read Camus, smoke clove cigarettes and drink Vermouth… ♫
That's nothing. I was at Goodwill browsing and these two old biddies were gripeing about Prez O. Saying how they had just voted for Romney.
Now, if these two braindead women can vote…gurl you gotta up the ante from just crossing your legs to keep the baybay in………………..
Awesome on so many levels, not the least of which is voting for her child's future.
Obamacare Works!
Obama voting begins at conception.
Maybe Akin was right…women's bodies can stave off birthin' AND conceptin'!
Congrats to her, though!
Shortly after, Galicia hit Donald Trump upside the head with the afterbirth certificate.
Now that's some Chicago-style politics!
Fox: Sneaky black and unmarried pregnant felon allows her unborn child to vote illegally.
Black Panther Gives Birth To Distract Poll Workers
Now be fair … you know they'll put a ? at the end.
Do you know who else's water broke???
Hurricane Katrina?
Staten Island?
AquaHitler?
One of the nailin' Palins?
Boehner's
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel's?
Namor?
The John Birch Society of Witchita, Kansas?
David Vitter?
Aw, I think I have something in my eye. And it's not caused by rage or despair for once!
Congratulations to Ms. Malone and welcome to the world, new baby. We'll try not to screw it up too much (more) for you.
Funny … I've had something in my eye a couple of times today. If this keeps up I'll have the same condition I inexplicable developed last year on election day and had a major relapse of in January.
Let's see the birth certificate.
Hey, I was late for work after voting, where's my cheer? (Yes, it was three hours after voting, but still.)
Well, sometimes voters require refreshment after doing that hard job.
Waited until after work for that, and won't stop til it's done!
She's been one upped by a (for a while, at least) dead guy.
"It was God's divine word that I be there. Originally, I was just going skip the ballot and just go to lunch that day," Houston said.
Clerk Sharon Tischler confirmed the story Tuesday but said she didn't know the names of the couple. Houston also wasn't able to recall their names.
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While I believe the story the fact that no one remembers their names is an oddity. Aliens!!!
See, now I feel guilty about voting and living…
Damn, that's hardcore.
My precinct didn't have my updated address even though I re-registered when I moved here. They told me that I'd have to go back to my old precinct, an hour and a 1/2 away without traffic to vote. I very politely told them "the hell I was" and marched my ass down to the elections office and voted provisional.
Fucking red state.
That makes me want to vote again just out of sheer enthusiasm.
No one can ever whine about voting being harrrrd ever again.
When I was in line, I had to endure massive stomach cramps from a morning grumbler that I had mistakenly ignored. Can I get a hearty WONKY-HIDEY-HO FOR MY SACRIFICE?!?!!?1/1
If everyone would like to have this nice, wonderful, truly inspiring story washed from their memories and replaced by infuriating, wish-our-nation-would-be-destroyed-by-a-meteor-or-even-over-flouridation examples of good 'ol conservative hate, go to Twitter and search for the #votewhite hashtag.
We still have a long way to go, folks.
A long, long way …
Oh, I have to think this is a Poe's Law moment. HAS to be.
Looks like it's being used by one asshole, TheFunnyRacist, and all the other tweets are people complaining about it.
Pff. Figures she's not at work today.
I gave birth early and my office knew why I was out. However, one guy called me the morning after I gave birth(actually that morning as I gave birth at 2 AM) to ask me questions about work on my desk. I hung up and found a new job during maternity leave.
Galicia Malone is a Big F*cking Deal. ♡
All those suffragettes that made HUGE sacrifices so that women could vote, are smiling down upon Galicia.
Thank you and congratulations, sister!
Did she vote for the Labour party?
*facepalm*
I see what you did there.
Did the Wonkette Bazaar Mannequins vote today?
I don't know about them. They're white and lifeless. Probably Republicans. I hope they stay home and no one gives them a ride anywhere.
Voting = yay! Bears stocking cap = boo! There's something a little bit wrong with everything.
Cue: My husband complaining about his hangnail and why he can't take out trash.
Hangnails hurt!
This is true. Once, I had a hangnail on my big toe and I was wearing wool socks and then, I stubbed my toe on the coffee table and fell over an Ottoman. I didn't spill my drink though. No. No. No.
Why there was an Ottoman in my living room…I will never know.
Did you trip on the Persian, too?
Coulda been some other Oriental.
I didn't spill my drink though.
Sounds like a well-honed skill.
Read and breathe
Oh, the Heinlein Manuever?
Ouch.
Illinois moms are tough. Last year a pregnant lady finished day two of the Illinois Bar Exam while in labor.
I can sympathize with Galicia. I had to put 45 cents worth of stamps on my ballot, and then walk it all the way down to the mailbox.
More proof that women need to rule the world.
Galicia? She doesn't look Polish or Ukrainian…
Seriously, way to go new Mom/Voter! Somebody in town take her some flowers!
Or Spanish
I *knew* there was another one out there. I'm more into Prussian history than Spanish though.
Yay Galicia and baby! No excuses, people. Vote!
Who's shiftless and lazy now, bitch? BAM!
VOTER OF THE YEAR
I can't find a thing to snark about here, but have no doubt the Fucktards can and will.
Aww, I didn't mean to make you feel sorry, I am sorry. Totally completely life altering best thing ever, yes yes yes yes umm hmmm.
Love love love. With votes!
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