GOTV and E-day highlights
Four years ago, I woke up in shock, thining somehow, I was just having a really vivid dream and was going to wake up, it was going to be E-Day, and we'd have a chance at victory. The last couple of days, my body has woken up early, ready to get everything together, do trainings, make sure the walk packs are right, scout stuff, everything. And I still am waking up, thinking I'm dreaming. Thinking that this is all a vivid dream I'm going to wake up from any moment.
And yet, possibly my favorite moment of the night, and winner of the JEJ honorary best motivation communication for 2008 was a text from Zappy reminding me that we've got to organize for the Employee Free Choice Act. Not to be Baron von Buzzkill, but while it's absolutely amazing we helped elect Barack Obama president, we still have a ton of work to do to actually get the change we really need.
Here are some of the highlights of the last week:
Schedule1, WvonW, Kungfujew, and KS showing up, with bagels and s&s cheesecake, at 1230am Saturday... and then Schedule1, WvonW and KFJ labelled campaign literature (lit) with me till 3am.
Sitting at the Strange Brew, a place I spent many nights the last three months, with some of the most important people in the world over two nights.
SC, BZ, DD, ABW, and SL singing the election fight song to me.
One Purple vol with a bad foot getting a ridiculous amount of knocks.
MK and SC going from new canvassers to team leads and trainers in a matter of weeks.
One Purple Team staying out till last knock of 7:45 on Eday. Hardcore and as it should be. The AP had called NH for Obama and Shaheen BEFORE THEY GOT BACK FROM THE FIELD!
After a week or managing logistics and being absolutely furious, getting to canvass on E-day with two of my new favorite organizers.
Getting to sit across the room from some amazing sisters from PP.
A lot of it is a blur, especially b/c this is the third day in a row i'm up way before i want to be. Joyous chants of "SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP!" when we found out that not only had Obama taken New Hampshire, but all of our federal races were victorious!
Sobbing like a little kid for a half hour when the race was called.
more soon.
And yet, possibly my favorite moment of the night, and winner of the JEJ honorary best motivation communication for 2008 was a text from Zappy reminding me that we've got to organize for the Employee Free Choice Act. Not to be Baron von Buzzkill, but while it's absolutely amazing we helped elect Barack Obama president, we still have a ton of work to do to actually get the change we really need.
Here are some of the highlights of the last week:
Schedule1, WvonW, Kungfujew, and KS showing up, with bagels and s&s cheesecake, at 1230am Saturday... and then Schedule1, WvonW and KFJ labelled campaign literature (lit) with me till 3am.
Sitting at the Strange Brew, a place I spent many nights the last three months, with some of the most important people in the world over two nights.
SC, BZ, DD, ABW, and SL singing the election fight song to me.
One Purple vol with a bad foot getting a ridiculous amount of knocks.
MK and SC going from new canvassers to team leads and trainers in a matter of weeks.
One Purple Team staying out till last knock of 7:45 on Eday. Hardcore and as it should be. The AP had called NH for Obama and Shaheen BEFORE THEY GOT BACK FROM THE FIELD!
After a week or managing logistics and being absolutely furious, getting to canvass on E-day with two of my new favorite organizers.
Getting to sit across the room from some amazing sisters from PP.
A lot of it is a blur, especially b/c this is the third day in a row i'm up way before i want to be. Joyous chants of "SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP!" when we found out that not only had Obama taken New Hampshire, but all of our federal races were victorious!
Sobbing like a little kid for a half hour when the race was called.
more soon.
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