I remember the phrase "Old enough to die but not to vote". We were still enmeshed in Vietnam Nam & had an active draft.
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Yes it was all about tossing a bone to the American kids we were killing in Vietnam. God we've been through some awful times.
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And I was 19....thrilled to vote in the next election!
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Drinking age dropped to 18 around same time in Texas. Carried draft card in wallet until it just disintegrated. B'day drew high number. Whew
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Think the idea was, if gov. was sending young ppl 2 war, they should have the right 2 vote.
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I actually talked about this in a flag raising at 4-H camp earlier this morning!
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Ha, love the VP of the US think crossed out.
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Well hell, I thought it was because Agnew had resigned already, but I'm off by a couple years.
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My first vote was for McGovern. Nixon won.
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Carl Albert was 62 when he signed that - I would have guessed closer to 92 based on his shaky hand.
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Voted for President for the 1st time as an 18 year old in 1972.
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And despite much lip service the youth vote largely fails to materialize.
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This needs to change. 18-20 yr olds today not mature enough, nor educated enough to be eligible to vote!
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