Oh My Freakin' Goodness!
Yesterday was so not fun! Well, okay, yeah there were some interesting parts to it, but let me explain the parts that were so not fun. I stood...in the rain...for 4 hours! I was at the Lake Anne Elementary School precinct with the Republicans saying "Hi, would you like a sample Republican ballot?" to the voters walking in to go vote. So at first my Mom dropped me off but then it started to pour and I didn't bring an umbrella (like an idiot) and so she was mad that she had to drive me home to get one, but then she got over it. So then I met one of the coordinaters Jim who was in charge of the Republicans at this precinct plus the other one over at Cameron Glenn. Pretty nice guy, and very Republican. But OMG! You should have seen how PATHETIC the Republican table looked to the Democrats. If I was John McCain and I saw that table, I'd be in a corner crying. Seriously! It was just a plain old card table, with a McCain/Palin yard sign in front of it with two bags of sample ballots on it, and a HUGE water puddle on the top. I was like, are you kidding me? And the Democrats had a nice blue tarp thing to put over their table so they wouldn't get wet, not to mention the fact that there was like, 12 of them. After I was there for about two hours, Jim told me he had to check out the other precinct and so I stayed with the table.
And now, the tale of The Lone Republican (aka myself). I was all by myself, with the pathetic table. It was a little awkward, considering the army of Democrats next to me. As the rain began to slow down I decided to take some picture. Luckily, for The Lone Republican, there was a pretty cute guy over with the Democrats. I took a picture of their table and said to him "Wow, your table is so much better than ours." Because seriously, it was. They had some snacks, hot drinks. I was like, you people stink, but I didn't say that. If it was me, I would have a hired a D.J and gotten a lot of food. Lord knows McCain could have used the support.
So, anyway, back the cute guy. When I made the remark about his table he came over and told me that he was actually a Republican but his dad was making him volunteer for Obama. He told me that everytime someone took one of his Democrat sample ballots, he kinda felt bad. I was like OMG!
Now, I know you've been waiting to hear about the nut jobs I met, and there actually were some this time. The #1 nut job must of been this old dude. He rode up to the school with this super ugly bike that was all decked out Obama- Style. It was freakin' ugly. Funny thing was, I had seen this guy before riding along Elden Street a few weeks ago. So the dude, who, for some reason is wearing a Santa hat, rides up to the sidewalk. He looks at me and says, "I known who I'M voting for." I muttered to myself "Yeah, 'cause only an old dude in a freakin' Santa hat when it's not even X-mas would vote for Obama." What a loser.
Anyway, the rain was still pouring and slowly, I was turning into an ice cube. But still, the Lone Republican continued on. Surprisingly so, the Democrats were super nice to me. They knew my name somehow too. As I was chatting with them this guy was walking up and I asked him if he wanted a ballot and he had this African accent and he was like "NO! I'm voting for Obama!" I was like, whoa, okay then, have fun. Then this other guy was walking up to the guy and I asked him if he wanted one and he said "Only if you can get me a date with Cindy." Keep in mind, I had an IMPORTANT audition that morning, so my mind was gone. I said very loudly "Who's Cindy????" Then I rememberd (duh!) and I was like, "oh yeaaahhh..." The Democrats laughed at me. One said " You would have thought he would have said Sarah instead." I was like, "I know!"
So, regarding the significance of this experience, I would probably not do it again. Honestly, like all the people talked I said they already knew who they were voting for. The didn't need a sample ballot to help them. It was extremely frustrating because I knew McCain wasn't going to win and I that I was doing it all for nothing. Sorry to be so negative, but come on, we all knew Obama was going to win. Warner was going to win, and Wolf was going in (One Republican! Yay!). But I guess, like, McCain, you just have to stick it out and fight as hard as you can till the end. I told people to "Keep VA Red!" Did it help? Maybe. I just hope that Republicans maybe can get governor next year. We'll have to fight hard for that, just like McCain fought hard for this whole election. He truly showed strength, I still say he's an awesome possum. But seriously, people can be so mean and annoying that I don't really want to have any part of an election except the voting.
Because my sister is an idiot, she deleted all my picture. So I'm sorry I have nothing to show you. But hopefully I created a picture in your head of the Long Republican's day.
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