Posted on 10/31/2004 7:14:13 PM PST by 1stFreedom
Just got back from PA GOTV effort. I'm tired, so excuse any mistakes and spelling errors. I'll post extraneous detains in my comment below this thread.
Fri: 26 Pro-Life New Yorkers drive down to Allentown (I wonder how many people were singing Billy Joel's "Allentown" on the way down.)
SAT: AM -- Saw VP Cheney Saturday morning in Nazareth, PA at a rally. Great motivator, got the crowd pumped up.
Mid Day -- Went door to door to visit Republican voters in Forks PA -- many receptive, only one rejection. This area is very spread out and we were not able to hit all the houses.
5:00 attended mass where one couldn't tell at all that an earthshattering election was about to take place. It did get a slight mention in the prayers requests however.
6 - 9:00pm -- Called a GAZILLION PA Republicans (for the gazallionth time -- been doing that from NY). I think some of them are actually starting to recognize my voice.
10:00pm + help create maps for Sunday's events.. MoveOn.Commies check in to the same hotel.
Sunday morning - noon - We drive to Philadelphia to target black Churches with literature.
Others groups target Catholic churches in the area.
Very organized effort, and some union people got confrontational with a few people (Surprised?). But for the most part, successful aside from an occassional priest who is more loyal to the Democratic party than the Catholic Church.
(According to DU, one priest took our lit off of cars and berated "single" issue voting even though the voter guides listed five or six issues. Seems he is willfully ignoring church teaching on the paramount issue of the sanctity of life).
Our black brothers and sisters were very receptive to the literature! Philly is FILLED with Churches -- you should see the yellow page section on them. We really could have used at least 100 more volunteers.
Sunday afternoon - 6:00: Radner PA: Once again, a gazillion phone calls. People are starting to threaten to vote for Kerry if they recieve one more call. I'm starting to threaten to vote for Kerry if I have to call another person! LOL
6:00 As we left I just had to talk to this beautiful dark skinned young woman (hispanic? Indian? I don't know) before leaving the Radner headquarters -- I got her e-mail address. ;-)
It means Soros is buying this election.
No offense to all my GOP comrades in arms, but...I count seven men in close proximity to the woman the union thug assaulted. How did he get out of there without having his butt whupped?
No, it means Soros is trying (and failing) to buy this election. We're going to win.
He was in a group of fans waiting to cross the street and after the punched the sign he hurriedly crossed.
Again, no offense to them, but i think I would have chased his sorry ass down. That was way over the line if the target had been a man, but a woman? We need to stand up against this sort of stuff or our civilization will continue to circle the bowl.
Good work. If you can pull PA to the Bush column, we might have a chance to turn CA.
I agree. I was just commenting on how it might be possible to effect larger numbers of "volunteers" in the trenches vs. those who were truly donating their time.
Prairie
Thanks for the hard work and you should be saluted for your effort!! Thank you!
I do have to call foul on your opening remark remark, though - the fact that nobody from the NY area responded to your call for help does not necessarily mean they were not doing other things to help the cause. So give them the benefit of the doubt!
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