Happy November 1st! (Now get calling!!!)

With three days to go until the election, I decided (at the prodding of my Canadian husband (...yes it is still weird to use the H-word)) that I had to do something to try to help. So I started calling for Barack Obama! And it's very cool, they give you a list of real Americans (not the fake ones.... like in Canada who can't access Comedy Central links... sorry!) and give you their age, town, polling station and polling station hours so that you can try to get them to go out and vote (for change, of course). I was thinking for a while that I must have gotten the "108-year-old list" because it seemed that every other person I called was listed as 108-years-old. But after speaking with a few very sprite centenarians, I realized that 1900 was probably the default year in "the system" and I'm so glad I figured this out before asking, "Are you REALLY 108?! Because you don't sound nearly that old."

The first two people I got on the phone were totally and enthusiastically voting for Obama, which was so wonderful to hear! I got a lot of voicemails but did my best to very sweetly indicate where their polling station was and that they should get there before 8pm (or 7... it varies in New Hampshire) if they want to have a part in this historic election *cough* CHANGE *cough*. There was of course the odd "I'm-so-sick-of-your-calls" person. I can't even imagine the trials and tribulations of a resident of a contested state! Phonecalls, mailers, very long commercials and lots of speeches? It's rough. Oddly enough, we don't have that problem up here in Canada, eh? I have been seriously lacking in robo-calls.

Then the last person I got tonight asked, "Barack's got volunteers in Canada?" And then I realized I had better find a way to block my phone number before I single-handedly paint Obama as an un-American socialist of all things....

So, if you can, get calling!

Love,

Lady Liberty