What did you do today for the campaign? Check in!

[crispini]

'cause these threads make me smiiiiiiiiiiile. :D

Me: attended election judge training, then went and blockwalked for a couple of hours.

[FARAFIELD]

1. I KICKED A FREEPER IN THE CROTCH.... HARD

[5thGenDemocrat]

43. Hell, I did THAT two months ago

Andy the Right Wing Republican called me an "America-hating liberal" for the 500th time and, as a reward, I kicked him in the nuts -- forgetting, of course, that Right Wing Republicans don't HAVE nuts.
It was like kicking a floor safe. Fucking ankle was sore for a month.
John
Won't do that again before 2008.

[pinkpops]

2. I just sent my first $100 to the DNC

I figure they will need it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/politics/campaign/23vote.html?hp&ex=buzzflash

[xray s]

3. canvassed

things went pretty well too!

[sandnsea]

4. phone call canvassing

rural OR. Kerry Phone Corps calling. People seem like they're really getting excited to me!

[Zen Democrat]

5. I voted for John Kerry in Texas!

[PartyPooper]

6. I spent time reading posts on DU.

Sorry, but, I'm also taking care of some personal business which always seems to interfere with the current campaign. It NEVER fails!

:D

[symbolman]

7. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" I reworked the "Wolves" Bush Commercial

- with him sitting on his ass on 911

I couldn't stand this commercial being touted as THE big Bush Ad buy of the Century - so I created a Quicktime version that is more suitable - called "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" --

It's a pretty small file so it should load fine -- THIS ONE will take some of the swelling out of Chimpy's head..

it helps to bring up the fact that Bush sat on his ASS during 911 while the REAL WOLVES brought the world down.

Pass this around if you will please? I think a lot of people are going to like this one :)

http://web.takebackthemedia.com/geeklog/public_html/staticpages/index.php?page=20041024021444898

[mourningdove92]

8. Put up 2 new Freeway Blogger signs on Interstate 20, west of Fort Worth.

Pictures to follow. Will post them tomorrow after the sun comes up and I can get a good shot. Got 2 more to put out. Hope to do those tomorrow as well.

[missouri dem]

15. Please do. I love freeway bloggers.

I especially when they pop up in unexpected places.

[bleedingheart]

9. I canvassed for about 4 hours and then...

I took my kids to Kerry/Edwards and Kukovich headquarters and did some office work and my hubby helped with the computer...
Our kids made little Kerry/Edwards posters.

[NoPasaran]

10. Finished blockwalking my precinct

Made a sign to protest the American-Realestatesalesman endorsement tomorrow.

Spat on an SUV with B/C stickers in the HEB parking lot. Yeah, pretty childish, but I claim it was a crime of passion.

[crispini]

13. LOL...

ok, I thought *I* was the only one that surreptitiously did that.

[MassLiberal]

11. went to Dem headquarters

and got a Kerry-Edwards sign for my yard and asked about helping with GOTV on election day.

[MaggieSwanson]

12. Started with out GOTV training...

...then our Saturday anti-war protest, then a meeting with my lawyer.

(I was arrested with two others last Friday for an act of civil disobedience at a * rally, and our lawyer has moved our court date from November 2nd to Monday afternoon. We want our message about *'s use of fear as a campaign tool to reach as many people as possible before the elections.)

[crispini]

17. Oh, go you!

[byronm]

14. I went to the bar

to celebrate the funding of a new small business :)

I had to take a day to myself after months of working on both my political and small business passions

[missouri dem]

16. Worked at Democratic headquarters all day and then

went to a meeting to plan GOTV for next week.

[Maat]

18. Drove 4 hours with my kid from SoCal to Arizona..

spent over a hundred in hotel fees ... made packets up ... after traveling on, then canvassed the next day. Got yelled at by a Bush-Cheney zealot. Most people friendly. Majority voting for Kerry. In hotel room now with kid. Driving home tomorrow.

[fudge stripe cookays]

21. You GO, mom!

Awesome work!

:D
FSC

[Maat]

25. Thanks. Some people have made the trip over 10 times!

I met the greatest group of 40 people. Make the trek from San Diego every weekend. Leader is planning to stay from Friday until election day.

Right back at ya' What a great group of workers on DU!

[BiggJawn]

19. Wore my button and talked to people at the grocery...

...about why we can't have another 4 years of Chimp-Freedom.

The feed back was positive I imagine Indiana will be a "Battleground State" in '08....

[brooklynite]

20. I convinced an aquaintance to travel to PA for the election

to work as a poll monitor. (My wife and I will be flying down to Florida).

[Lorien]

26. Where in Florida?

All of us in the I-4 corridor can use some help!

[brooklynite]

45. We're assigned to Broward

No specific polling locations yet.

[mdguss]

22. Did visibility for a couple hours and knocked on 25 doors nt

[murielm99]

23. I worked in our Democratic headquarters from 9 to 1,

and passed out some literature for a local candidate.

Then, I went back to THREE people I had talked to on Thursday who thought Al Quaeda and Iran were connected, and who thought Saddam had something to do with 9/11. I brought them copies of articles that disproved the connection.

I don't know how those three will end up voting, but I did what I could. I still can't believe the ignorance of people.

[Lorien]

24. Spent the day at Kerry HQ

hunting down, calling and writing absentee ballot voters who had incorrectly filled out their forms and would not be getting their ballots in time, or at all (they need to vote early instead, if possible). Remember; name, address, phone number, AND signature!

[Maat]

27. What a great group!

I'm so inspired! I might telephone a bunch of people in swing states next week!

Then, after this election - then I'll find a job!

[demgrrrll]

28. Addressed post cards. Canvassing tomorrow. Obtained a promise

from my sister in law and nephew to work on election day.

[Jersey Devil]

29. Put up 20 lawn signs, canvassed a district

It is looking good in my town, a swing town in NE Bergen County.

[genius]

30. Made calls. Walked.

[leeroysphitz]

31. Sent in

a small (but dear)amount of money to the DNC, volunteered my wife and I to do some phone banking on Wednesday and made my die hard freak of a republican father in law SQUIRM (via a strategic email campaign) under the irresistible weight of undeniable truths...

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

32. Block walked for Martin Frost

Arranged a ride for a disabled woman without a voting history, who probably would not have voted otherwise.

[Sugarbleus]

33. Signed up with my local Kerry Campaign....maybe do

some phoning or table sitting or writing..

People in my blue state are organizing transportation to swing states and hot contest states to help other dems. if need be.

[burrowowl]

34. Wore down

tennis shoe rubber for 8 hours (I am geting too old for this, but I hate phones).
Will be an election judge on 2 Nov.
Have traing monday.
Been doing lots of stuff

[lady raven]

35. Pretty good day...

I'm less than 2 weeks out of minor surgery, so still not doing a lot, but I DID have a pretty good day today. Gave out about 20 K/E bumper stickers and 3 buttons and I phone banked to 8 volunteers in Ohio and Florida for canvassing. I also wrote 8 letters to undecideds in FL, which I will mail tomorrow.

I won't be canvassing tomorrow with the group here, but I will be making calls from home.

Still weak from the surgery, but truthfully, I am not sure I'd canvass for safety reasons. Besides, I think I'm better in writing and on the phone since I'm kind of shy.

Rebecca

[drfemoe]

39. Welcome

to DU :hi:

go get 'em! :D

[lady raven]

40. Was that welcome for me?

How sweet! Thank you! I don't post often *yet* but am enjoying reading all the posts. Wish I'd found this site a LOT sooner!

Rebecca

[Bozos for Bush]

36. Hi Crispini! Linked a 3rd scam to Liberty Alliance, Rutherford, and CNP

This Seniors Coalition scam (they only get 4.9% of donations LOL) is run out of Houston by Regency Communications, Inc.

Rutherford Institute supported Paula Jones.

Tis been a good day for the DU Investigators :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1146495

[lebkuchen]

37. Donated money

to the DNC, Richard Morrison (FL) and Betty Castor, so far.

[crispini]

44. There's another Richard Morrison?

One in Florida and one in Texas? Is he running for Rep too? wouldn't that be a pip, two Democratic Richard Morrisons in the house?

[drfemoe]

38. eeek

don't know if this counts, but just got off the phone with a (former) whoosh voter! She was soooo uninformed about issues.

A woman's right to choose!
The disgrace we are in the world's eyes as of now!
The war abomination!
The stolen election of 2000!
Martial law in Florida!
No clear skies!
No 'no child left behind'!
The medals vs. the abandoned service!
Much More!

She was feeding me sound bites, and I replied with facts.
Really think we got this one!

Excuse my excitement!

She kept saying, "maybe I won't even vote". I said, "No, vote John Kerry. We deserve to be respected in the world again ."
(We're in a pretty solid red state, but can still make a statement.)

Very nice conversation. Warm fuzzies.

Some people just need to hear some facts. They don't know. They don't come to DU.

[5thGenDemocrat]

41. I'm a precinct coordinator for MoveOn

Out to locate 150 Kerry voters in Precinct 14-1, Saginaw, Michigan, along with my intrepid crew.
It doesn't require much intrepidity -- the precinct's running at least 80 percent Kerry* among those who choose to respond. And Saginaw (believe it or not) is important enough that Ann Coultergeist is here Wednesday night and Dopey's coming in on Thursday.
We on the ground here in The Center of the Universe intend to give them both a warm, hearty Democratic Saginaw welcome.
John
* = I said AT LEAST. I don't have the exact figures yet from today's canvassing (I'm out getting wet -- someone else can do the damned spreadsheets), but I'd say it might even be (close to) 90 percent.

[Wind Dancer]

42. I have been working with MoveOn's,

"GOTV" campaign - as of today, we have hit 175 houses - tomorrow we will get another list and keep knocking until election day. I've been able to get quite a few new volunteers to help out this week - lots more to do, so little time.

We've also had lots of problems in my area with Kerry signs being stolen so we delivered new ones today, too.

[DallasTim]

46. What someone did to me

This isn't something I did to help Kerry, but what someone did to me. I live in a very conservative neighborhood, in a very conservative county, in a conservative state (Texas). I have a Kerry sign in my yard, which is a rare site around here. One of my neighbors placed a little gift box on my door handle last week with homemade cookies and a note that said "Thanks for having the guts to put up a Kerry sign in your yard!" It gave their names and address, so I know that they have a Kerry sign as well. That really made me feel good, and I know that I will not hesitate to place up signs in the future, even if my candidates aren't the popular choice for my neighbors. If you live in a conservative area, this is a great way to encourage your neighbors!