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Judith Althouse wrote: Your mother is quite amazing. Did she mention if she had doors slammed in her face or were people mostly polite if not receptive? People were mostly polite. Some people were sick of hearing from the campaigns and I'm not sure exactly what happened but she said that some McCain supporters were rude. Because I live in NY the presidential campaigns basically don't bother with us, even though the area I live in is moderate Republican and can go either way in an election depending on circumstances, candidates, etc. (this year the area voted for Republicans for everything except president). I'd like to stick a firecracker up the butt of the electoral college system. But unlike your sister my mother was going door-to-door and people tend to engage a little more easily, I think. When candidates for local office stop by I always chat with them. Anyway, she spent a lot of time talking with a vet who'd been badly injured in Iraq and was very moved by his story. obDog: when candidates stop by the dogs are always a conversation starter. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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In article 2008110821380816807-montana@wildhackcominvalid,
montana wildhack wrote: Note to self - maybe we should move to NY. Not if you want your vote to count. I did get an invitation to the Biden/Clinton/Clinton rally in Scranton. I couldn't go, but at least it was something. The Obama campaign stopped sending yard signs to NY because there really wasn't any point to it for them. At least the people running for local office really want our votes and for the most part they work to try to get them. The national campaigns, pfft. This Ohioan fit into every desirable demographic known to mankind for elections. We were up to 24 calls a day. Plus Obama next to Cleveland Browns stadium on game day, plus Palin in our "back yard", a park one mile from our home. I would have gone to both. I think it's important to be there when historic stuff happens. Although I guess by the end the only people going to Palin rallies were the hard-core crazies, and that monkey/Muslim/terrorist garbage was pretty upsetting. But both Obama and Palin are going to end up in the history books. Maybe it's having grown up in Virginia or having grown up in the 1960s and having all those heroic public figures, but I just love that crap. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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On 2008-11-09 01:20:35 -0500, Kevin Michael Vail said:
Hey, if you think you've got it bad, try living in DC, where they throw in no Congressional representation for good measure. Sometimes having Congressional representation is exactly the same. |
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"(null)" wrote in message: I'm glad to hear it. I really AM good at standing off leg veins (trust me about that!) but even on my big dogs they're still SO small, and like to roll so much. Jugulars, OTOH... how can you possibly miss them?! This was kind of funny. For his first stick, they shaved a small spot around his jugular (as I mentioned before he's become inordinately hairy) to get the hair out of the way. The second time around, they kept poking about, without being able to find the shaved spot. 'I swear I just shaved a spot on this dog an hour ago', followed by more poking about. They eventually found it by finding the jugular first and following it, but I haven't been able to since. Suja |
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