I'm going to do something I have never done

[kydo]

This is not my first election, I've voted since 1992. So I am kinda shocked I am doing this.

Since I already voted I'm not really busy on tuesday nov 6. I also know that tuesday is going to go by very slow. I don't work but that is not because I can't find work. I can, I just usually end up helping non profit groups instead. I am very lucky that my husband makes enough money that allows me to be able to do this.

But anyway, the other day I was stunned to see an Obama Office in Casselberry Fl. So one a whim just now I wanted to make sure I wasn't seeing things and checked on the Obama site to see if there really was one and yes there was. So I dialed the phone number and asked if they need help.

I have no idea what I just stepped into but I don't care. When I saw those people in south FL begging "Let us Vote," the lines in Ohio, the lies being told, the hate being spewed and all this mess we call an election happen I just can't sit by and do nothing. So I have no idea how I can help but I am going to go out and try.

So on election day I will doing what ever the people in the Obama Office in Casselberry want me to do to help make sure he gets re-elected.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. Good for you and have a great day tomorrow!

[Siwsan]

2. I expect to be phone banking in Flint, MI, tomorrow afternoon

I took the afternoon off, so after a quick lunch and change into campaign clothes, I'll go to headquarters and do what needs to be done.

[PoliticalBiker]

42. Fellow Michigander

I am working the polls as a precinct worker tomorrow (Ortonville - about 20mi from Flint).
I've been doing it for over a decade and I feel more proud about it now than ever!
I consider myself an independent, but I'll be damned if I ever vote for a republicrat ever again.
I don't care where the ideas come from as long as they are good ones and they pass the middle class test.
I just will never vote for a republican, no matter how good the ideas they come up with are. They have proven themselves untrustworthy and not interested in the good of the majority of the people.

[UCmeNdc]

3. Good Luck and thank you!

[snagglepuss]

4. Kudos.

[wicket]

5. Way to go Kydo!

[LeftofObama]

6. Good for you!

Anything you can do will help.

[lamp_shade]

7. Thank you for doing this and, believe me, they'll find something for you to do.

[CTyankee]

8. My plans for tomorrow: go vote then go phone bank and GOTV for Chris Murphy!

We will be calling from lists of people in my precinct who have not yet shown up at our polling place to vote.

[rivegauche]

9. Yay for you!! Hope it's a great day for us all.

[GETTINGTIRED]

10. Thank you

[calimary]

24. Welcome to DU, rivegauche!

Glad you're here - we need you! We MUST win this! As a woman, I'm concerned in the extreme that we win this!!! Let's make it happen together!!!





Now get to work.

[rivegauche]

30. Thanks for the welcome!

Darn right we must win this. I can't bear to even think about the alternative.

[JNelson6563]

11. Bravo to You!!

I remember well my first visit at a campaign office and my offer to help. It is kind of scary to take that step but very rewarding! Some of the finest people I have ever known, I met through politics.

None of the great political adventures I've had would have taken place if I had not done exactly what you are doing now.

Enjoy the excitement and the sense of satisfaction!

It will make our great victories all the more special tomorrow night. :

Julie

[Cha]

12. Thank you, kydo! You'll be a part of history..as in on the ground action during

this most Vital Election Day tomorrow.

[Skittles]

13. you're a good person, kydo

NOW GET TO IT!!

[Laochtine]

14. Thanks!

It'll make you feel so good

[calimary]

23. Welcome to DU, Laochtine!

It does indeed! Every time I've put my yard sign out, every time I've talked up our President to wavering people, every time I fact-check somebody, remind them that the whole "both sides" bullshit is just that - BULLSHIT - it does indeed feel GOOD!!!

We ALL have a role to play in this campaign! LET'S WIN THIS THING!!! AND DON'T GET COMPLACENT!!!!

[kydo]

15. I am so pumped

I'm going to go to the Obama office tonight right after dinner. They are open until 9pm. This way I can see where they need the most help. I don't care how small or big the job, if it gets more people to the polls I am there.

Let's get this done!

I am so sick of hearing that the rmoney people have more enthusiasm. I call their BS. I am more excited about Obama this year then I was in the last election. And I was pretty excited in 04.

So go vote and if you have voted go help others get to the polls

[freshwest]

16. Thank you, this means everything to all of us.

[heaven05]

17. I'm

giving people rides to the different polls tomorrow. Hope it helps.

[kydo]

19. Its a group effort

Every little thing matters! Together we can do this!

And everyone that is helping deserves more thanks then I could possibly give. This place DU rocks!

Now lets go win this!!

[meeshrox]

18. I'll be thinking of you tomorrow

while I poll-watch in a majority-african american precinct in the Tampa Bay area. I may have my work cut out for me and I'll need lots of patience if there are any True-the-Vote'ers present. My blood was boiling when I got home from sign-waving at an early voting site this Thurs/Fri/Sat.

I hope your story inspires more people to do the same!

and thank you!

[WheelWalker]

20. Power to the People: Right On !!

[calimary]

21. You are The Best, kydo!

THANK YOU for your efforts on behalf of our country, and our President!

[Liberal In Red State]

22. I wish I could be there with you! It is grass roots people like you that will beat back those that

seek to disenfranchise fellow citizens! As an American next to fighting for this great Country . . . It is the highest calling one can be asked to perform as a citizen. Safeguarding our individual rights is sacred, but safeguarding those of others is a beautiful thing! You go girl!

[tiredtoo]

25. Good for you kydo

Having already voted absentee my day tomorrow will be spent providing rides to the polls. Already signed up for this and any other needs of the local Dem headquarters. Have done this in the past and I am sure you will have an exciting day.

[handmade34]

26. ...

[LiberalElite]

27. Thank you!

I'm sure you won't regret it.

[Window]

28. Thank you for for your service.

[JohnnyRingo]

29. Thank you for your service.

I've been doing that for years, and while it's sometimes frustrating, it's at once also a very satisfying experience. It can be quite addicting, this making a difference thing.

Good luck.

[katmille]

31. Good for you. I've been calling people in Florida from Austin, Texas.

Many of the people have already voted but are worried about voter suppression. It is real and it is scary. You will feel good no matter what you do as you help get this president re-elected! GOTV!!

[gottavote]

52. Go GOTV GOTV. Work on it till the pols close. Post that you voted. Any problems? Report.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. WOW! A virgin to a campaign office! Yer gonna LOVE it. Trust me.

[Evil Wolf]

33. Well done!

Bravo

[reusrename]

34. You're gonna luvit.

[Mojorabbit]

35. You are not far from me

They called me and asked me to volunteer. I am having an MS flare so cannot and I was so bummed. Thanks for doing this for our part of FL

[Granny M]

36. Thank you. Nt

[JDPriestly]

37. You meet so many great people at Democratic HQs.

[Scuba]

38. Good on you!!!

[Cheviteau]

39. Ahhhh....

I thought you were going to say, "I'm going to hunt down Willard and kick his sorry ass".

[madmax]

40. {{{{{{{kydo}}}}}}}} n/t

[pismoclam]

41. Top 10 Reasons Romney Can't Release His Taxes

[steve2470]

43. good man ! :) nt

[kydo]

44. Just got back

And I signed up for any time anything - I'm free all day told them to use me. I'll be there in the morning right around 9am unless they call and say show up earlier.

I was kinda shocked that many people were coming in as I was leaving. I mean its dark, its kinda late, the area the head quarters is the road (sr 436) has construction and Seminole County is a red county. At least 10 more people came in as I was leaving.

Any way I am jazzed! Thank you to everyone that has put this together! Obama's ground game is organized!! The people that organized his headquarters all over the country deserve way more credit and thanks then they know! They make it easy for people like me to help!

I want to see Seminole County FL go Blue!!

[lupinella]

45. Hiya, neighbor!

O'do broad here - wishing you the best, & a BIG THANK YOU for helping out with the locals!
Let's keep Florida BLUE!

[denese]

46. good for you!

I'm from Altamonte Springs.....welcome to DU!

[tavalon]

47. I worked Kerry's office

It's fun and exhausting, and exhilarating and madding and just something great. Have fun!!!

[judesedit]

48. Thank you so much for your efforts in trying to protect us, the country, the world & the environment

My family also thanks you. Every little bit helps. Let's show them money cannot buy this election any more.

[BlueToTheBone]

49. This will be one of the most thrilling days of your life.

May it encourage you to work for our country and party through the political process every day...not just election day. In the party, elections are always right around the corner...every year there are elections.

[madmom]

50. I met my best friend working at a campaign office! You will love it!

[daleanime]

51. ......

[Left coast liberal]

53. Hat off to you, good citizen!

[kydo]

54. Taking a lunch break

I have been canvassing since 9am. So I am talking a lunch break. I'll be going back to the Obama Office in about an hour.

I'm glad I did this. I have all this normal nervous energy and well walking around canvassing and talking to people is so much better then sitting at home yelling at the tv while I wait for the election results to come in.

I think I will do this again for the next election