I find myself explaining democracy to a lot of small children. A 6 year old boy enthusiastically asked me today if a presidential election involves a swordfight. I regrettfully informed him that it did not. I contemplated explaining the historical significance of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, but I didn’t want to get his hopes [...]

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My crew headed out to Baltimore today to canvass. We each average about 100 doors a day. Typically, by the end of the night, half of the doors will have answered your knocks (this often requires several return visits).
I met 6 undecided voters tonight, which must be some sort of record. They might be 6 [...]

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The weakened need weekends.
It was a nice energizing boost. The Eastern Market flea market is pure dopeness. Once I figure out how to get my polaroids up on the Internet, this post will have some nice images, including one of a painting of Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame (aka Uhura).

I rode my bike all [...]

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I met a man today who said he works on the road construction outside of Pennsylvania Ave. Everybody in his union dislikes President Bush, so they’ve taken an absurd amount of time to complete the roadwork on purpose. In fact, he claims that his unit has “inadvertently” cut off the power and water supplies to [...]

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*Ding Dong*
“Oh! You must be here to fix the chandelier! Come right in.”
*I enter and look up at the ceiling at a chandelier with one light out*
“Ma’am. I have to admit something.”
“Yeess?”
“I don’t know a thing about chandeliers. In fact, I’m here with the DNC. We’re trying to defeat George Bush.”
“Oh dear, no. You should [...]

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Question: What is the white stuff in bird poop?
Answer: That is bird poop, too.
While riding on the metro back from work today…err… tomorrow… whatever, it was past midnight, I spotted a guy laughing out loud while he was reading a book. Sure enough, it was Mr. Vonnegut. While I was getting off at my stop, [...]

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One of my favorite childhood books involved a character named Cam Jansen, who had a photographic memory. She would say “*click*” out loud, and she would record the scene in front of her with her amazing mind. I would say that Cam is one of my role models, along with Maniac Magee and Encyclopedia Brown [...]

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“Hey, 98.6, It’s good to have you back again… I’m going door to door on behalf of the Democratic National Committee.”
My body temperature must be Republican.
I had a fever this morning but decided that I couldn’t call in sick for my first day of work as a grassroots campaigner for the presidential election. I thought [...]

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