I think Obama has had a pretty damn good week. He exceeded expectations on his trip overseas, and all I hear is the media and McC[ompl]ain being more critical of him. It's getting on my nerves. It is quite obvious to me that it's only going to get worse. It's only July and already McC[ompl]ain is spending all of his time stalking Obama's every move so he can make snide, rude, disrespectful, and hateful comments about them.
Well, it's time for me to do more than be angry and donate.
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During the primaries I would constantly say "I'm going to volunteer" or "I'm going to phonebank" but I never really got around to it. Of course, being in my second year of law school wasn't exactly conducive to running around the city for the primaries. I did donate faithfully every month (even when I said I wouldn't because Obama did something to piss me off), but that's not enough.
The one thing Obama will always have over McC[ompl]ain is a ground game. The ground game is what beat the Clinton Machine. Every week through all of the horrible publicity Obama would manage to hold his own in the polls, and the reason he did is because he had people on the ground who really believed in him that would talk to their friends with the passion that comes with volunteering for the Obama campaign. I would read the stories about phonebanking when someone would convince the person they called that Obama was not a Muslim, or that he did care about the average person, and that he's not a terrorist. I'm going to be honest, phonebanking scares the hell out of me. It's just the fact that you never know who you are going to get on the other line and how they will react (plus the script didn't feel that natural), but I'd read the stories from people who loved phonebanking and I really did want to get involved. I really want to do the door to door canvassing (I feel better talking to someone face to face as opposed to on the phone, ironic, isn't it?)
Well this fall, I pledge to get involved. If I can't find time to go to the office and volunteer, I pledge to phonebank (nothing to fear but fear itself, right?). I pledge to donate as much as I can sacrifice each month. I pledge to keep Obama and his family in my prayers (now that is something that I do manage to do often). I pledge to not let the media and their obvious envy/dislike of Obama kill my joy about this campaign. I pledge to not freak out about every poll that comes out where Obama isn't 50 points ahead, and not to get overconfident about every poll where he is. I pledge to do everything in my power (as long as it doesn't affect my studies) to get this man elected.
Right now a huge scam is being run for McC[ompl]ain. He's not a maverick. He's wrong on almost every issue. His central focus is on the war, and not on how he can make my life better. He IS a third Bush term. All he does is whine and complain about everything Obama is doing. I have no idea where the hell McC[ompl]ain stands on ANY issues because all he does is talk about Obama's stance (and he doesn't even get Obama's stance RIGHT).
Today's speech in Berlin brought tears to my eyes (and I'm not one of those supporters that cries at every Obama speech ~lol~). The fact that this man, as a mere CANDIDATE, can inspire people around the world to chant 'Yes We Can' in solidarity with the United States even after 8 long years of possibly the worst President in HISTORY, shows me that we really have selected someone special to be our nominee. We can't let our moment, the world's moment, pass right now. We can't afford to wait. So I'm going to get over my fears about getting involved beyond donating, and I hope anyone who hasn't gotten involved beyond donating will join me.
Today I was REALLY proud to be an American, and an Obama supporter, and I want that feeling to last for the next eight years.
Thanks for reading :o)