Why are you here????

[WolverineDG]

GET OUT & GET PEOPLE TO THE POLLS!!! Every little bit counts!!! I've been under the weather since July & it's been very hard to get up & at 'em, but today I got up at 5 a.m, went to Wal-Mart to get a poster board, reminded FIVE PEOPLE THERE THAT TODAY IS ELECTION DAY (seriously), and am now taking a short break before I go stand at my polling place with my "VOTE 4 HOPE HERE" sign. I'm in it for the long haul. If I can do it, anyone can! LET'S GO!! OBAMANOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dg

[liberal N proud]

1. Just checking in before my canvassers arrive.

[WolverineDG]

5. Great!

:patriot:

dg

[Vickers]

2. I'm yelling at my kids to get ready to go to the bus stop.

:P

[WolverineDG]

3. lol!!

:P

dg

[Vickers]

11. Tragically, "life" intrudes even on historic days like today.

:crazy:

I'll get my ass in gear in about 20 minutes...let's get to work.

:thumbsup:

[WolverineDG]

14. Yeah, I have to go feed the dogs first

spend some time messing around with the big goofs, then I'm outta here!

:patriot:

dg

[Bobcat]

4. Vote

I voted early - over a week ago.

[WolverineDG]

6. I voted too so I could spend all day working the polls!

It's easy--just make a sign & go stand outside your polling station directing traffic!

dg

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. voted THUR last week n/t

[WolverineDG]

8. Go work the polls!

Do what you can: remind everyone you see today to go vote!

dg

[ProdigalJunkMail]

13. i cannot work the polls due to travel

i am not even in the country... :-)

sP

[WolverineDG]

16. Oh well,

so much for telling people to vote. :rofl: Can you DU some online polls? :)

dg

[barbtries]

31. let us know how the election looks

from where you are. are the people paying attention? who do they want to see win? if you get a chance...thanks

[barbtries]

9. i already voted

long time ago. almost 2 weeks. i get to be here. until i have to be at work, but i'll still be here from work. it's election day!

[WolverineDG]

17. Remind folks to go vote!

I was shocked to find five people at the store who had no clue today was the Big Day!

:hi:

dg

[barbtries]

30. are you serious?

i guess we kinda hang out in our sort of bubble here on DU. amazing to realize that there are people who don't pay any attention, even though i was one of them for years after the first gulf war. even then i still voted.

[av8rdave]

10. I'm out of town at work, unfortunately....

Have to fly to Ca then Ut today...will watch the returns in Dem-friendly Salt Lake City :(

[WolverineDG]

12. Sorry to hear that

but at least you will be among Dems in SLC. :hug:

dg

[av8rdave]

20. I will...and I voted early last week!

GoBama!

[WolverineDG]

21. If you get a chance

look for meet ups on the Obama website so you can hang with Obama peeps instead of watching the results alone in your hotel room! :)

dg

[Delphinus]

15. Already voted,

and am waiting for my time to go work at the Election Board. When that's over, if there's time, I'll be going to the HQ and giving people rides.

[WolverineDG]

18. Great!!

:patriot:

dg

[gblady]

19. woke up at 4 am....

thinking about Barack and Toot and Ann, and Michelle and the girls...
tears started flowing....couldn't go back to sleep....
so checking the craziness here at DU before I go and check in at
Dem Hqtrs to see how I can help...
that's what!

[WolverineDG]

22. I'm crying too!!!

This is so historic!


:bounce:

dg

[ColbertWatcher]

23. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4367551&mesg_id=4367551

[WolverineDG]

25. k&r'd

Thanks! :patriot:

dg

[NEWWORLDPATRIOT]

24. VOTE

Let's go everybody!

[WolverineDG]

26. And if you've voted

get out there & get people to the polls!! :)

dg

[WolverineDG]

27. Okay, break's over!!

time to hit the streets!! :woohoo:

dg

[LisaL]

28. Oh for crying out loud. Lay off the coffee or something.

I am getting ready to vote, and the rest here might have already voted, or going to vote, etc.

[WolverineDG]

32. Okay then, go home & go to bed

stay home, don't do a thing to get voters to the polls or visibility for Obama.

dg

[RebelOne]

29. I'm at work, but I voted by absentee ballot 2 weeks ago.

[WolverineDG]

34. So did I, but the job's not done yet

Polls are open until 7 pm local time! Plenty of time to remind folks to vote!

dg

[csziggy]

33. My canvassers got switched to a more populated area

My assignment today is to sit next to the phone and relay info to the right people. I wish I could canvass but my knees won't let me.

[WolverineDG]

35. You're doing your part

I'm not bilingual, so I can't phone bank, but I've got my signs & right now I'm home printing up more phone bank lists to run down to Dem HQ.

Every little bit helps!! :patriot:

dg

[csziggy]

79. The good news is that the canvassers finished the other areas so now

We're hitting the more outlying ones.

The bad news is that Public Works decided to detour around and barricade one of our polling locations for a "routine" re-paving job. In a mostly black semi rural area. One of our people got pics and reported it to Obama HQ. AND she is sending it into CNN's election I-reporter site. A county commissioner has been contacted and the trucks are being pulled, but we don't know how long it was blocked off.

My husband was there at about 8 pm last night plastering the road side with Obama signs and there was no indication there was construction planned for today.

[Marrah_G]

36. I am here because I am at work.

[WolverineDG]

37. Remind people to go vote

Very easy:

"Have you voted yet?"

If "yes," say "Wonderful! Thanks for voting!"

If "no," say "The polls are open until (whatever time the polls are open in your area. Please take the time to go vote."

Easy-peasy.

dg

[Marrah_G]

40. Well THANK GOD you are here to tell me what to do.

Your intentions are good.

Your delivery sucks.

[WolverineDG]

41. You're a bright ray of sunshine yourself.

Bye.

dg

[Marrah_G]

50. Learn some social skills please- your nagging, self-righteous posts are a turn off.

[CC]

57. I didn't see it as nagging, more as

excitement. I guess you feel Obama has been nagging when he reminded people it wasn't over, to vote and to help him get out the vote since he has done it every time he has talked.

[Marrah_G]

58. Obama has never approached people like this guy does.

This isn't the first time.

If Obama approached people like that he would never have made it to the Senate.

[CC]

60. I talk to this "guy" pretty regular

and never have a problem with the approach. Maybe it is more how different people read different things. :shrug: Not a day to be down or argumentative though. At least not to me. I am trying to keep a smile that makes it through the phones and being happy I can do something for the campaign despite being house bound.

[Marrah_G]

62. You know- you are right.

perhaps it is the means of delivery. The internet doesn't show facial features or allow for tone of voice.

[KharmaTrain]

38. We're Taking A Dozen or So First Time Voters

We're going to have a party here today...or should I say my son is...most of these are his friends who are first time voters (many from formerly repugnican families) who will be voting in their first election and voting for Senator Obama. We did this in 2004 with 8 kids...this year we've contacted over 20 and will be happy if 15 show. We're going to the polls and then back here to watch the results and hopefully celebrate.

Cheers...

[WolverineDG]

45. Yay! Keep up the good work!!

:patriot:

dg

[bigtree]

39. I hate this nagging crap

The overwhelming odds are that everyone who bothers to show up here is already doing their part. Quit nagging.There are other ways to motivate folks.

[WolverineDG]

43. Well excuse me for being excited, Mr. Sunshine

Bye.

dg

[Marrah_G]

51. You are not portraying exciitement you are portraying obnoxiousness

Seriously dude. Just tone down the pushiness.

[NeedleCast]

42. Someone said there would be punch and pie

[WolverineDG]

46. Not sure about that, but

Starbucks says there will be free coffee! :)

dg

[Mad_Dem_X]

44. I'm at work, 8-5. I need my job.

Please don't nag people. Everyone's situation is different.

[WolverineDG]

48. Pardon me for being excited

for the first time in four years. Bye.

dg

[gollygee]

47. Not everyone has the health to do that

I'm having a difficult pregnancy and I'm glad I didn't have to stand up too long in line to vote this morning.

[WolverineDG]

49. Do what you can

and if all you can do because of your baby is vote, then you did your part! :)

dg

[MedleyMisty]

52. Why are you here?

And I have to work, because I'm not independently wealthy and don't own most of my time.

[WolverineDG]

54. Taking a break

I've already (1) done visibility (2) gone to HQ to get instructions (3) run around 4 precincts to get voting tallies (4) received a phone call to send an email out to the Obama list to get folks to their precincts later today to get numbers (5) will be heading back to HQ to help out there again.

And I have to work & don't own most of my time either. I'm taking annual leave for this.

dg

[grasswire]

53. thanks for the nudge

:-)

[WolverineDG]

55. Hey I'm excited!

The end of the NeoCon Rule is here! :bounce:

:)

dg

[Orsino]

56. Lunch break.

I'm gonna go be a runner, but if I'm not needed there, my phone is now recharged for more -banking.

[WolverineDG]

63. Yay!!

Every bit counts!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

dg

[CC]

59. I have been working the phones.

Luckily between the Obama campaign and Move On they let you make calls from home to remind people to vote. Pretty decent of both to make it possible to help out even with two broken feet.:)


An upside, had to go get x-rays yesterday and to get there had to travel through some red, red areas of PA. Obama signs out number McCain signs in one township 7 to 2 and were about equal in two others.

[WolverineDG]

64. Luv ya lots, CC!!

Thanks for doing your part & for the report on what you saw in super-red PA! Glad to hear you're feeling better too!

:bounce: :loveya:

dg

[Fattys Mom]

61. I voted absentee

But I still want to cry.
It is not that I don't want Obama to win. It is just that all we ever have to choose from for president is a man. The repugs trotting out caribou barbie is like a knife in my heart. Women have fought for so long to gain equal status but this sexist country can't see fit to even nominate (much less even vote for) a woman for the highest office in the land.
I know Obama is a historic first and will be a great president but his victory will still be bittersweet for me.:cry:

[WolverineDG]

65. Thanks for voting!

It will be great to have a President we can respect again & I'm fairly certain there are lots more women candidates waiting in the wings. We'll have a woman president in our lifetime!

dg

[Fattys Mom]

72. I hope so!

I am not getting any younger.:D

[boozepusher]

66. Voted

first thing this morning. Couldn't wait to do it.:toast:

[WolverineDG]

68. Felt good, didn't it!

:toast: :patriot:

dg

[OhioChick]

67. Went to vote as soon as I woke up. n/t

[WolverineDG]

69. Thanks! Were the lines long? nt

[CC]

70. For those stuck at home

it is not to late to phone bank.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGx3fF

[nonconformist]

71. I already voted and now I'm sitting with my feet up, being 9 months pregnant and all...

However, I did talk someone into voting for Obama, and I made sure they voted today, so yay me.

[WolverineDG]

74. Hey! That counts!!

:bounce: Thanks!! :bounce:

dg

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

73. Reading DU in between WORKING.

[WolverineDG]

75. Good for you!

Do what you can!

dg

[Hepburn]

76. I wish I could....

...I had MAJOR dental surgery yesterday and feel like shit today and am on vicodin. :cry:

[WolverineDG]

78. Ouch! That hurts!

Hope you feel better soon!

dg

[Hepburn]

80. Thanks....

...I hope so, too. Have to go back next week....:scared:

[BoneDaddy]

77. I am here to celebrate with my fellow dems