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Quote #1262 - For #LastVotingDay #FirstCountingDay
02 Nov, 2026
FOR LAST VOTING DAY, FIRST COUNTING DAY
"And he climbed with the lad up the Eiffelberg Tower.
'This,' cried the Mayor, 'is your town's darkest hour!
The time for all Whos who have blood that is red
To come to the aid of their country!' he said.
'We've got to make noises in greater amounts!
So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!'
Thus he spoke as he climbed. When they got to the top,
The lad cleared his throat and he shouted out, 'Yopp!'
And that Yopp ... That one small, extra Yopp put it over!
Finally, at last! From that speck on that clover
Their voices were heard!"
Dr. Seuss
(Theodore Geisel)
HORTON HEARS A WHO!
VOTE LIKE DEMOCRACY IS AT STAKE, BECAUSE IT IS!
by Shellen Lubin
Tomorrow's the last day that we all may vote
So now once again I will share Geisel's quote
And beg you to vote, like each election year--
But times just keep getting more dire, I fear.
It's always been vital; now two years and higher,
It's like our America's been set on fire.
This man and his minions are torching our land,
Democracy’s loopholes just lending a hand.
Republicans still are supporting his plan
That we have a dictator--this grotesque old man!
This racist, misogynist wanna-be king
Who's treating this country like his own plaything,
Destroying our government, hacked up in bits.
Whenever the courts push back, he’s throwing fits,
Starting wars, taking bribes, and much more heinous things,
Aligning with dictators, despots, and kings.
Our entire economy his piggy bank,
He’s sending the whole U.S.A. down the tank.
So although when I used to say "get to the polls
And make sure that you vote if you’re on voter rolls"
I’d also say "I don't care which one you choose" --
These times aren't normal: THE RED SLATE MUST LOSE!
We each have one vote. It's a vote we must make.
Not just for us all, for democracy's sake.
One 'yopp' will not do it this time I do fear;
We need so many 'yopps' that the mandate is clear.
Vote for the ones without voter i.d.
In jails or in districts without parity.
Vote for the idlers and cynics who wouldn't.
Vote for the persecuted ones who just couldn't!
Vote for our children whose futures we hold
In the hands of results that are still to unfold.
(Yes, one day of voting is left to our land
Then the treacherous task of the counting's at hand.
While the traitor screams "No" and denies half the votes.
With his minions proclaiming that we're the turncoats!)
Vote for your immigrant ancestors all;
They're pleading that you hear democracy's call.
Bring friends, bring your family. Get out and vote!
Keep our battered, beloved, young country afloat.
We must cast our ballots and so shout out clear:
"We are here! We are here! We are here! We are here!"
Shellen Lubin
November 2, 2026
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