I was walking down the street on my way to the Obama headquaters when a lovely lady in a VW bug was requesting directions from a fellow Tampanian. I noticed the local was confused so I offered to help and the driver said said "dont tell me tell Senator Nelson over there!" Sure enough the gentleman to my left was indeed Sen Nelson.
* I proffer an apology in advance /fever= typos sorry*
He was making a surprise visit to the Ybor campaign office and just needed a guiding hand. Of course I have an nice trendy phone that takes great pictures and yes I was kind of out of it due to two brown recluse spider bites. (long story) So of course I did not take a photo of him and myself. Which is a bummer my neighbor has one of himself and Sen Obama...darn hard keeping up with the Joneses ya know.
He was very kind and cordial as can be expected and I was happy to assist, ofcourse it was somewhat un-needed for he was greeted by one of the campaign staffers who had advanced notice of the visit. It was evident when arriving at the office (80 + volunteers and 8 (?9?) staffers), that he was an energizing presence and was warmly greeted. I had the distinct pleasure of watching a pro work the room and folks the guy came off to me as very genuine and interested in what was being done there.
As an ordinary citizen it was a real treat to see something like this, to see the energy and the inspiration of Sen Obama's staff making each day count and to have a simple generous visit from someone who no doubt carries a full scheduel, was in it's self an inspiration. So I volunteered for four evenings this week to work the phone bank to help get out the vote early.
ALL of it ..all of it becausesome creep from the RNC stole ten Obama signs from our street Friday morning!!! The effort of suppression of free speech had me so infuriated Friday I thank God I had not seen the fool who perpetrated such an indecent act more common to banana republic thugocracy.such a cowardly act.
So now I have two Large VOTE! Obama posters I am putting up, two large sheets of multiple Obama stickers and two yard signs and I donated to Senator Obama's campaign. Lastly upon coming home I saw where my neighbors sign had been. She had replaced it with a hand painted sign:" (photo now posted. than ks for the kind words everyone so cool..!"
Amen brothers and sisters.