We Do Not Beg

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Saturday October 20, 2012 · 8:30 PM PDT

2012/10/20 · 20:30

Of all the smarmy unbelievable things that Mitt and Ann say to and about about the "regular folks" on the trail, I have come to really be offended by one in particular. They have both often repeated some variation of a story that people come up to them on rope lines and grab their arm or their sleeve and ask something like, "Can you help us?" in some pathetic and pleading way. Although I've always found the idea that a supporter of a candidate would go out of their way to do that a bit ridiculous, it didn't really get to me in a personal way until this week. Mitt mentioned it in a discussion of "coal country" during the debate and Ann repeated it again on The View later in the week. Understanding that the candidates have really only focused on swing states for most of the campaign this means that these desperate people must be largely from either Appalachia or the MidWest. After being raised in the former and living a number of years in the latter I can tell you...We. Do. Not. Beg.

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Tuesday October 16, 2012 · 1:08 PM PDT

2012/10/16 · 13:08

In our yard we have several campaign signs. We live on a busy corner and after we put up the first one or two people asked if they could add a couple more issue and candidates signs. We've only been in the neighborhood for a year, so it was really wonderful when my husband and I canvassed our neighborhood a couple weeks ago and were greeted with smiles when we would say as introduction that, "We live in the house with all the signs." I usually don't think much about them as we have always put campaign signs in the yard, but the other day it really hit home what a couple have come to mean to me.

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