{"id":309,"date":"2008-11-06T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=309"},"modified":"2008-11-06T02:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T02:24:00","slug":"happy-day-after-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/?p=309","title":{"rendered":"Happy Day After Election Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’d intended to take a picture with my voting receipt, but I lost the damn thing. Oh well. Trust me, I voted.<\/p>\n

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There are no newspapers available in the world today. It’s ludicrous. Everybody on the planet wants a newspaper that says “Obama Wins!” Should have printed my own paper today. That woulda been smart.<\/p>\n

So little writing got done today so far. Hope I can push through to a couple hundred more words. Totally uninspired in terms of making some sense of a story. Just writing bits and pieces that don’t go together very well. Gah.<\/p>\n

Realize I’ve been posting really long excerpts. Let’s try to keep it shorter today so that someone might actually read it.<\/p>\n

This is a silly scene between Lincoln and Mary. It’s fun writing them together — somehow Mary comes off as a fun-loving, clever girl. Everything I’ve read about her has her as paranoid and temperamental, but hey, it’s fiction for a reason.<\/p>\n

Lincoln returned to his own house, all but certain that he would accept Bell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s offer, or at the very least, participate in his plan. He was sure that Bell had not been entirely honest with him \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he was a politician after all, was he not? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but that did not overly concern him. He felt sure that with the help of his friends \u00e2\u20ac\u201c such as Jesse Dubois here in Springfield and Joshua Speed in Kentucky and his numerous other friends around the country, that whatever Bell had actually planned, he would be more than ready to see through it.
He entered the house, the nurse attending to the children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bedtime needs, Mary attending to her own in her bedroom. He entered without knocking, finding her in a state of half-undress.
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mr. Lincoln!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she shouted. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What is the meaning of this?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mrs. Lincoln, how would you like to be the First Lady of the United States?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure that President Buchanan is looking for a wife, but I suppose I would find it agreeable,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mary joked.
Lincoln laughed uproariously, nearly shaking the house. He suddenly took his wife into his arms and kissed her. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, Mary, that is why I love you!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Because I would leave you for the President of the United States if I thought that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d take me?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mary smiled and pressed her forehead against her husband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Honestly, Abe, what is this all about?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Would you be too upset if we had to move from here to Washington?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an awfully long journey,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mary said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure my constitution is strong enough for it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
Lincoln playfully swatted Mary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rear. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d say your constitution is plenty strong enough for that and more.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You are a naughty man, Mr. Lincoln,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mary said coquettishly. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But really, what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this all about? Stop beating around the bush.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do more than beat around\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Lincoln stopped at a look from his wife. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My apologies, lady. I ask you these questions because I would like to know your thoughts on my putting my hat in the ring for the presidency.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153For the coming election?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mary asked.
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Indeed, a mere fifteen months from now, the people will choose a new president. I would have them choose me.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
Mary smiled. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I could think of no better man for them to choose.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’d intended to take a picture with my voting receipt, but I lost the damn thing. Oh well. Trust me, I voted. There are no newspapers available in the world today. It’s ludicrous. Everybody on the planet wants a newspaper that says “Obama Wins!” Should have printed my own paper today. That woulda been smart. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.illinoir.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}