2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum100 doors yesterday + 78 today
great results today in canvassing (west end Richmond VA) of the 78 doors/names I had 9 #1's (that is us!) 3 #3's (undecided) and only 5 #5's (that is them).
BUT I actually got 17 face-to-face contacts. Of the #3's I am sure that at least 2 of them will come with us. This is the Tim Kaine campaign mind you so that is how I mark the results. I assume if you are voting for Kaine you are voting for The President.
Yesterday I had this exchange:
Woman answering the door : "Well I am going to vote for someone"
Me:" You can vote for Kaine" - as I hand her our campaign literature
Woman: "Okay I will"
Yesterday I actually had someone confront me (very rare).
He was on my list but I saw Romney-Allen-Cantor signs in his yard. He and his son/grandson were loading up a trailer with tree limbs.
I marked him down as a #5 - no need to waste time on him.
I finish my last house on the list and I am walking back down the quiet near-westend Richmond street.
Him "Kaine huh?"
Me: "Yes Sir"
Him: "He is going to lose you know"
Me: "Okay" (still walking)
Him: "And I GUARANTEE you that Obama is going to lose"
Me: "Okay" (still walking)
I am 30 feet by him and he says, "What do you do for a living?"
Me: "I am an accountant"
Him: "Where is this recovery?"
Me: "We are recovering. It didn't get broke overnight you know"
Him: "No we aren't!! It is taking too long"
Me: "The blondes on Fox News are lying to you"
turned and walked on to my car.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)Thanks for all you do.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)writes3000
(4,734 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)My new phrase for anyone who is BOOTS on the ground this campaign. AND I DO MEAN IT.
Thank you for all you are doing.
underpants
(182,806 posts)seeing that I marched against the War on Iraq on October 26, 2002 (with other DU'ers) and since I did serve in the Army (Cav Scout) I like that title better than any title I have ever had.
Thanks Tigress
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)I'm SO awful with dates and such, though. The files say 9/26/2005, but that may have been when I dumped them on Hubby's pc.
When we went to DC, and I'm assuming there was more than one year that the people marched on DC against the war in Iraq... it was surreal.
DC took that weekend to start "maintenance" on the bus line that went from the airport to the march. Some people grabbed cabs. We were late anyway, so we just got off and marched with our luggage!
There was practically NO news coverage. We had 1/2 a million people there by some estimates, and a St Bernard that swallowed a butcher knife and lived got more news coverage than we did.
It was the year that Cindy Sheehan brought Camp Casey to DC and got arrested at the back gate of the White House. It probably was 2005. We were fighting for the *ush Whitehouse to even ACKNOWLEDGE the number of soldiers dying over in Iraq. So there were flag draped coffins and crosses and I think boots out there representing the soldiers killed.
BUT at any rate HI!!
underpants
(182,806 posts)stinking St. Bernarnd!!!
Thanks Tigress for staying with it.
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)It's like one of my awesome memories, but the "when" has gotten bogged down with all the "what" that has gone on in my life since then.
calimary
(81,267 posts)The alternative is the guy who's being advised by PNAC has-beens from the dubya/cheney days, and friends like john mcsame who urge as many as FIVE wars to get started or cranked back up in the Arab world. Sounds like our side IS the Peace side.
Good work, underpants! True boots on the ground!
barbtries
(28,795 posts)i've done hardly anything compared to your herculean efforts. and i LOVE your response to that asshole!
underpants
(182,806 posts)You are in Cali right? Well there may be something you can do from the national OFA site or in Nevada - via your computer.
Remember this - at about 9:30 on Nov. 6th whatever number The O man has in electoral college votes add 78 (CA, OR, WA, HI) and add 3 to Romney (Alaska). The O man only has to get 192 east of the Rockies to win.
barbtries
(28,795 posts)very important place to be. i will be training to be a poll watcher for Common Cause tomorrow, and plan to be canvassing and/or otherwise helping to get out the vote next weekend.
but i can only do on weekends since i work all the time, and i just don't have your energy, i wish i did, but i have volunteered and will be volunteering more.
underpants
(182,806 posts)everything counts.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)yellerpup
(12,253 posts)Nice job on all knocks. Thanks for your hard work.
Maximumnegro
(1,134 posts)12AngryBorneoWildmen
(536 posts)Sure wish I had taken that damn Tae Kwan Do class.
underpants
(182,806 posts)he was old and had a knee brace - he will be on Medicare soon ......and still cussing at his TV.
we can do it
(12,185 posts)So you've pretty much had a positive experience with your canvassing I take it?
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)You have to always be the better person. Many neighbors will see and /or hear your exchanges so it can be a great opportunity to see the ugliness of the ones on the other side. Who wants to vote the same as an asshole! You do sometimes reach a point where it is just you and them. Just kill them with prepared facts, and when you can, do like this person! Yeah baby!
watercolors
(1,921 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)JackN415
(924 posts)Fringe
(175 posts)Thank you so much for your time!
Loudestlib
(980 posts)Cha
(297,240 posts)Thank you so much for canvassing and reporting, underpants!
blm
(113,061 posts).
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Beartracks
(12,814 posts)skeewee08
(1,983 posts)elleng
(130,908 posts)Notice any/more Powell signs/signals???
goclark
(30,404 posts)obxhead
(8,434 posts)the whole neighborhood was littered with signs. I gave away 2 kaine signs and the only (2) Obama-Kaine-Powell signs that I had.
There are more Powell signs than Obama signs.
obxhead
(8,434 posts)I'm seeing a few more Cantor signs pop up, but I'm HEARING people talk about Powell. District 7 is certainly a race that's close, regardless of what some people think.
Thanks so much for your hard work. This is what grass roots looks like!
elleng
(130,908 posts)elleng
(130,908 posts)Glad to hear there ARE Obama-Kaine-Powell signs!!!
AND that there are a lot of Powell signs!!!
Did Voter Protection training Friday, asked to be in 7th District.
HOW KEWL!!!
Kyad06
(127 posts)Bet those fools were the type that would benifit by "obamacare" etc
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)K&R. I love that line of yours. Perfect.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)Thanks for your ground work. Im a Washingtonian now, but still appreciated.
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)jimdeed
(14 posts)Your great efforts will be rewarded on Nov 6th!!
3 days left to donate tot he campaign!