Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Rally Time!
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I have been volunteering for the Obama Campaign for the past 3 weeks. We’ve been doing GOTV (Get Out The Vote) big time over here in Northwest Indiana! I have been a part of it. I am also working all morning til the evening today, i’m a turf cutter and i have to print a boatload of data. So i got to do something new in Indiana this time around..VOTE EARLY! It was pretty cool. I voted 2 weeks ago and the line was short. Let’s just say i hadn’t felt THAT satisfied voting since i voted for the first time for Clinton in 1992.
Anyways, I went to the Rally that was held in Highland, Indiana. That is about 20 min away from where i live. I had a ticket cause i’m a volunteer and let’s just say that all of that volunteering paid off big time. I was no more than 75 feet away from the podium. I was standing right near the flags where everyone stood waiting to speak and Obama ran out from. You could see the motorcade, the bus (had the bulls game on) and police with canines and loads of secret service. On the ticket was the whole Democratic Ticket running in Indiana. I got to shake Jill Thompson’s hand (dem canadate for gov) and i was jumping up and down and calling my mom saying I GOT TO SHAKE THE HAND OF SOMEONE I FREAKIN’ VOTED FOR!!! It got better…after his speech i was right against the baracades and he went along and shook our hands. So i also got to shake Senator Obama’s hand and I said Thank you to him. He replied with a YOU’RE WELCOME! and i have to say one thing…that smile REALLY is ear to ear when he’s right in front of you and it’s infectious. You just smile for miles when he’s right in front of you. I was energized after heaing the whole Dem ticket speak on halloween! So yeah anyways..i’ve been bisy so long time no write..instead enjoy these pictures…
check out the frown
Just after he shook my hand
row one!
and since i went to the rally alone, these are the two awesome friends i made. Pam & Mary were loads of fun, i really enjoyed meeting them and i hope they like the pictures too!
Posted by Jennifer on 11/04 at 01:13 AM ♥ Comments (8)
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2. left this comment on 11/04 at 08:14 AM:
1992 was my first election. I don’t think I’ve had a voting quite like it since then. But I do today!!
Awesome pictures!
3. left this comment on 11/04 at 08:47 AM:
Yay for you! That’s so exciting and wonderful.
Having been raised in northern IN, I’ve been watching the events unfolding there. And pleasantly surprised at the support Barack has received because it has historically been such a strongly Republican state.
4. left this comment on 11/04 at 11:59 AM:
How fun is that?!?!?!
5. left this comment on 11/04 at 06:55 PM:
That’s awesome!
6. left this comment on 11/04 at 11:31 PM:
This is just awesome! I thought of you all night while watching the Chicago footage.
7. left this comment on 11/05 at 04:03 PM:
so awesome, jen, i thought you probably were working on the campaign, and i was right! thanks for sharing the pics. i agree about the smile. one of the PBS commentators last nite was saying that his grandmother used to tell him to smile more…it is an electric smile! also, did you hear new puppy in the white house! how can we encourage the obama family to get a beagle?!! :)
8. left this comment on 11/06 at 03:08 PM:
It’s so awesome that you got to be there!!!
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1. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) left this comment on 11/04 at 06:25 AM:
Hooray for voting! I have to wait until tomorrow (my time) to see the results. Ahhhhhhhhh!