Nov 02, 2008 14:45
I have finally gotten off my ass and gone to volunteer for the Obama campaign. Already, if we don't win I'll feel guilty for not having gotten more involved, but at least I'll have done something now. I knocked on doors for three hours yesterday and again today, and then will be volunteering for 3-6 hours on election day.
People weren't all nice, but they weren't all bad, either.
I'm here to urge all of you to contribute however you can in these final days. Make phone calls. Volunteer. Call up your local Obama office to ask how you can help out on election day, by standing at doors or entertaining people in line to discourage them from leaving.
If you can vote early, vote early.
If you can't: bring a book when you go to stand in line. Bring your iPod or your portable DVD player or a book of Sudoku puzzles. Bring a folding chair. Be prepared to wait for 2 or 3 hours. But above all, be sure that you VOTE.