Cartoon: Tom Toles
Source: THe Washington Post
Published: Friday, November 28, 2008
With President Elect Barack Obama taking such a monstrous victory on November 4th of this year, it comes as no surprise that thousands upon thousands of his supporters will take over D.C. on the days leading up to January 20th (a.k.a. Inauguration Day). Because there are way more tourists coming to the District than hotels can hold, Washingtonians are renting out their basements and spare bedrooms to strangers for massive amounts of dough.
This cartoon by Tom Toles shows exactly that message. It also displays the fact that as Washingtonians are not known for their friendly natures, the only way to make a friend is to let an Obama supporter stay in your home.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/toles_main.html?name=Toles&date=11282008&type=c
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Week 6 - Election Post
I truly believe that McCain can win the election tomorrow. It is going to be an extremely close call if he manages to pull it off, however. My guess would be 270 to 268 for the electoral votes and that Obama will win the popular vote by a really close margin like 51% to 49%.
I believe that Mark Warner will win the Senate race over Jim Gilmore because of the humungous advantage that he has in the polls. Warner has consistently had a 30 point lead for a long time and it would have to be a miracle if Jim Gilmore won the election.
I have no doubt in my mind that Frank Wolf will take the House race in Virginia’s 10th District over Judy Feder. Wolf has a huge group of longtime supporters backing him up and I believe that Virginians know that his work in D.C. has benefited almost everyone.
While Virginia’s 11th district is a toss-up for the House race, I think that more than likely Keith Finnian (R) will win be over Gerry Connolley (D) because they are fighting to take the place of the Republican Representative, Tom Davis, who is retiring this year.
I believe that Mark Warner will win the Senate race over Jim Gilmore because of the humungous advantage that he has in the polls. Warner has consistently had a 30 point lead for a long time and it would have to be a miracle if Jim Gilmore won the election.
I have no doubt in my mind that Frank Wolf will take the House race in Virginia’s 10th District over Judy Feder. Wolf has a huge group of longtime supporters backing him up and I believe that Virginians know that his work in D.C. has benefited almost everyone.
While Virginia’s 11th district is a toss-up for the House race, I think that more than likely Keith Finnian (R) will win be over Gerry Connolley (D) because they are fighting to take the place of the Republican Representative, Tom Davis, who is retiring this year.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Volunteer Post #3
So today I completed three more hours of painfully boring phone calls for a total of eight hours of volunteering behind me! While it was fun at first, people are starting to be really mean and rude when I ask them to answer the survey questions. One guy today yelled at me that he had received 15 million calls from the same people, which is just ridiculous.
One funny thing that I learned today was that when we make phone calls, the caller id shows up as “Batman.” When one woman picked up the phone she asked me “Am I talking to Batman or Robin?” Since I am starting to get really bored with phone calls, I tried to entertain myself today by looking for funny names on the call sheet. I called people with the last names McCain, Ayers, Kerry, and Wolf. I also talked to a guy named James Brown. When you make a phone call it tells you that you are contacting “The NAME Household.” This was funny because when I called a man with the last name “Crack” the phone told me that I was contacting “The CRACK House!”
Tomorrow I am going back to the site to finish up my ten hours and I have to admit that I am going to be pretty sad to leave. All of the volunteers are really nice, helpful, and truly care about the cause. I am glad to say that I feel I have had a positive impact on the McCain campaign.
One funny thing that I learned today was that when we make phone calls, the caller id shows up as “Batman.” When one woman picked up the phone she asked me “Am I talking to Batman or Robin?” Since I am starting to get really bored with phone calls, I tried to entertain myself today by looking for funny names on the call sheet. I called people with the last names McCain, Ayers, Kerry, and Wolf. I also talked to a guy named James Brown. When you make a phone call it tells you that you are contacting “The NAME Household.” This was funny because when I called a man with the last name “Crack” the phone told me that I was contacting “The CRACK House!”
Tomorrow I am going back to the site to finish up my ten hours and I have to admit that I am going to be pretty sad to leave. All of the volunteers are really nice, helpful, and truly care about the cause. I am glad to say that I feel I have had a positive impact on the McCain campaign.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Volunteer Post #2
Tonight I went back to the Loudon Regional Victory Headquarters for McCain/Palin 2008 to volunteer for another two hours. There were so many people making phone calls tonight!! A group of about twenty or thirty Republican volunteers came in after a long day of going door-to-door to reach more voters. I was amazed how young some of them were. There was a little boy sitting next to me that was literally about eleven years old making phone calls. I really doubt that any undecided voters will decide to support McCain because a child asks them to.
While last week I called undecided voters in Loudon, today I was calling people from Winchester. They were so much ruder for some reason. One woman just yelled “EXCUSE ME!” into the phone and then hung up. Another man asked me if I had any idea what time it was and I said “It’s 8:38” and he screamed at me that it was way too late to be calling and hung up. No one forced him to answer the phone! I had to keep repeating my lines to one guy that was really hard of hearing and at the end of all of my trouble he shouted, “I will never tell you who I am voting for!!!” Some people are insane!
Another observation that I made tonight is that nearly all of the Obama voters that I spoke to had terrible English. One man said, “Nah man, this is an Obama house. Go Obama!” Another man said, “NO! We no vote for McCain!” I also noticed that the people in charge do very little to help the campaign. I understand that they are there much longer than the rest of us but they could be doing so much more be making calls than just talking to each other in the back.
One cool thing that happened to me tonight is that I saw my eighth grade English teacher Mrs. Waggoner there volunteering. She was really excited to see me and I was so much taller than her now! Overall, it was pretty fun (when I wasn’t being yelled at!)
While last week I called undecided voters in Loudon, today I was calling people from Winchester. They were so much ruder for some reason. One woman just yelled “EXCUSE ME!” into the phone and then hung up. Another man asked me if I had any idea what time it was and I said “It’s 8:38” and he screamed at me that it was way too late to be calling and hung up. No one forced him to answer the phone! I had to keep repeating my lines to one guy that was really hard of hearing and at the end of all of my trouble he shouted, “I will never tell you who I am voting for!!!” Some people are insane!
Another observation that I made tonight is that nearly all of the Obama voters that I spoke to had terrible English. One man said, “Nah man, this is an Obama house. Go Obama!” Another man said, “NO! We no vote for McCain!” I also noticed that the people in charge do very little to help the campaign. I understand that they are there much longer than the rest of us but they could be doing so much more be making calls than just talking to each other in the back.
One cool thing that happened to me tonight is that I saw my eighth grade English teacher Mrs. Waggoner there volunteering. She was really excited to see me and I was so much taller than her now! Overall, it was pretty fun (when I wasn’t being yelled at!)
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