I canvassed today. It made me feel better to be out doing something instead of focusing on

[StevieM]

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the disgusting possibility of the GOP stealing this election through the fake email scandal.

I met some nice people who assured me they were voting.

I met a young man who promised to take his 85 year old grandmother to vote.

I tried to persuade an undecided voter, whose roommate I was there to remind to vote, that she should vote for HRC too. My line was "a vote for third party is half a vote for Trump." Sometimes less is more and I think that phrasing it that way is a little more persuasive.

Of course, I wasn't really meeting with many undecideds so it is hard to know what they are thinking right now, since Comey decided to violate Justice Department guidelines and smear our fine former first lady.

I am terrified of losing this election. But it seems so unjust, unfair and immoral that it is almost destined to happen, if that makes any sense.

I am even paranoid about the Cleveland Indians beating the Chicago Cubs in the World Series. Cleveland is where the GOP Convention was and Chicago is Hillary's hometown. I am worried about what that victory might portend. I know it is ridiculous. 12 years ago I dismissed my Yankees fan cousin-in-law's intention to root for Boston in the ALCS as irrelevant to John Kerry's prospects for victory. But in this election I am cannot seem to help myself.

It was good to get out and do something constructive after 24 hours of freaking out over this manipulation, the first actual ethics violation of the email server story.

UPDATE: I went out canvassing again today. It went very well. I put up a post below describing my day. The post begins with the word "UPDATE."

[RBInMaine]

1. The canvassing is great. Please keep it up.

[underpants]

2. You are awesome

[ailsagirl]

3. Not going to happen, StevieM

But you rock anyway!!

[StevieM]

5. Thanks!! I take it you are an Indians fan? (eom)

[ailsagirl]

7. .....

I meant HRC is gonna make it.

My baseball team is the SF Giants (I'm in Calif)-- so, sorry-- not an Indians fan.

Hang in there, OK??

[StevieM]

11. OK, I was confused. I assumed that when you said "not gonna happen" you were talking about the Cubs

winning the World Series.

I am not an Indians fan either. I was saying that I am paranoid that if they win then it will bode well for Trump. I know it is crazy but like I said, this election is freaking me out.

But I am hanging in there. And the important thing about freaking out is that you not let it discourage you. It is OK to freak out as long as you turn it into something positive. And that is what I tried to do today.

[ailsagirl]

13. You certainly turned it into something positive by canvassing.

I know this election cycle has been nerve-wracking (to say the least), but I know for me, watching TV makes me more stressed-- unless I'm listening to Lawrence O'Donnell. He is passionate but remains calm.

[zenabby]

4. Thank you

I am going to be working the phones next week in all the battleground states. I've made too many excuses, but I've promised this time to be there every day. It's better to do something constructive.

[rurallib]

6. made calls today and saw no indication that the email thing did anything.

Boy was the office busy - tons of people all really upbeat all day and much good food.

[StevieM]

8. But who were you calling? Were you calling undecideds and people who were leaning towards Hillary?

Or were you calling solid Democrats to remind them to vote?

I hope you are right but I cannot help but be concerned. The Republicans have a long and successful record of deceiving the American people.

[rurallib]

15. yeah - you're right - I was calling Dems

Once I had a chance to think and hear some reports my optimism has been squished.

Damn it

[LeftInTX]

17. It's important that they vote

It's so easy for people to feel complacent.
Gosh, I almost felt like going home when I had to wait in the heat for several hours last week.

[grossproffit]

9. I've had success linking Trump to the son of perdition, the anti-Christ. Stumping bible thumpers 101

The son of perdition is the Antichrist, who is to appear in the end times before Christ’s return. In other words, electing Trump will lead to eternal damnation.

Yep, I've gone there.

Who knew that the bible would come in handy this election.

[still_one]

10. Exactly. Great Job. I phone banked today for Florida and North Carolina. Forgot the overpaid

talking head, and lets get the vote out.

The campaign and its surrogates will deal with the insanity

[Divine Discontent]

12. my thanks and Rec 5

[Coyotl]

14. I went climbing the mountain to pick mushrooms, felt great to get distracted.

That's what Trump said to Comey too, "felt great to get distracted."

Oct. 23. Porn star Jessica Drake claims Donald Trump offered her $10G, use of his private jet for sex

Donald Trump’s offer of $10,000 and the use of his private jet couldn’t turn a porn star into a prostitute.

Jessica Drake — whose credits include “Sex for Sale” and “Think Pink” — claims she rejected the billionaire’s crude come-ons during a 2006 golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Calif.

“This is not acceptable behavior for anyone — much less a presidential candidate,” the adult film star said ........

Oct. 25. Donald Trump hosted wild parties with sex, cocaine and underage models: report

..... Trump allowed the attendees to do whatever drugs they wanted, the photographer said. As guests partied hard on coke and top-shelf liquor, the mogul would stroll from room to room and hook up with girls.

“He'd wander off with a couple girls. I saw him. He was getting laid like crazy," the photographer said. "Trump was at the heart of it. He loved the attention and in private, he was a total f---ing beast.” .....

Oct. 28. Former Miss Finland is 12th woman to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault

Ninni Laaksonen, a former Miss Finland in the Miss Universe competition that Trump once owned, alleged that he ‘grabbed my butt’ during a photo shoot

A former beauty queen has become the 12th woman to openly accuse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump of sexual assault.
Jessica Drake: porn star is 11th woman to allege Trump sexual misconduct
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Ninni Laaksonen, a former Miss Finland in the Miss Universe competition that Trump once owned, alleged in an interview with the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat that Trump groped her before an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman in 2006.

“Before the show we were photographed outside the building,” Laaksonen said, according to a translation provided by The Telegraph. “Trump stood right next to me and suddenly he squeezed my butt. He really grabbed my butt.

“I don’t think anybody saw it but I flinched and thought: ‘What is happening?’”

Laaksonen said that she had been told at other events that year that Trump found her attractive because she reminded him of his wife, Melania, whom he had married the year before.

“Somebody told me there that Trump liked me because I looked like Melania when she was younger,” Laaksonen said. “It left me disgusted.”

..............

[StevieM]

16. UPDATE: I went out canvassing again today. It went very well.

A lot of voters are terrified of Trump and determined to go to the polls to stop him from becoming president.

But these are solid Dems and heavily minority. I don't think swing voters understand the threat he poses or the fictitious nature of James Comey's contrived October Surprise.

I spoke to a Jill Stein voter. Nothing I said could change her mind. And I said some pretty intelligent things IMO. But she is determined to vote for Stein, no matter what the consequences. I am glad that she took time to hear me out, however. Maybe she will change her mind at the last minute.