Let me tell you about one experience I had canvassing in rural MO today... [View All]

I canvassed in Carterville MO, population of under 2,000 people, in SWMO - GOP stronghold. I walked up to one man, who was not on my list but he was standing outside.

I told him why I was there (canvassing as a volunteer for the Obama campaign) and he said, "Well I am sorry to hear that." I told him that I was a social worker and my experiences working with the uninsured. He said that we should not provide health care to the poor. I said what happens then, "they don't just disappear." I helped him understand that many end up at the ER, he finally admitted it. The I asked him: "Who pays for that?" He admitted after a bit that he does (through higher medical costs passed to consumers). He then stated that: "Well a lot of them should just go to jail." I said: "And who pays for that?" He didn't know what to say because he realized the answer, he does.

So, I didn't have much luck today. I knocked in about 45 doors and found not one Obama supporter. But I located some undecideds and got some of these folks thinking.