Today I was talking to my hair stylist about the importance of this election. She shared with me an inspiring story. Her husband has been talking to his 24-year old cousin and his friends about the election. They are currently not registered to vote and really were not truly motivated to get registered. He talked with them and stressed the historical significance of this election. As well as the need to elect a candidate that is committed to helping people who have been ignored this past 8 years. After several conversations he got them to agree to get registered, but he did not leave it there. This Monday he will be taking off from his job and driving his cousin and his friends to be registered, and on Election Day he will take them to the polls to vote. This is what we all have got to do. Get our young and old people registered. We need to make sure our relatives in nursing homes have absentee ballots. This election is too important. A few years ago Tom Joyner, syndicated radio host introduced the “Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day”, this has been successful program. We can take a page out of his book and on November 4th, “Take a Loved One to Vote Day”. Check the registration deadline in your state and talk to the people in your circle to make sure on November 4th they are ready and registered to make a difference.
Good for your stylist’s husband! I have truly come to believe it is the little things that regular people do that will finally effect change. When reading about the genesis of your blog, I find myself relating. I have become more involved in this election than any before. My son, a college student, will be voting for the first time; I know he and his friends as well as myself will all be voting for Obama…it gives me some hope for the future–and Obama has something going on if he can engage the likes of super-cynical 19 and 20 year olds. It’s funny, looking around the sea of faces at both conventions, I asked my husband…which crowd can you relate to more? Who represents us better? (FYI, we are both white, middle class teachers). But the sight of the androids and fembots at the RNC beaming as Sarah Pallin spouted her hateful rhetoric, and the cheers and the pumped fists (DRILL DRILL) by the Wall Street types made us both sick. Incidentally, I really had to laugh at the way the camera would pan and finally (!) settle on the face of a person of color! However, not to make this about race: it is about the polarization of the “entitled” (whether finacially, or in their mind morally) and the “elite” versus the regular and the moderate — those of us who want society to move forward, for people to get along, and for progression…I think my next blog will be about this. Anyway, I am going to add you to my blogroll…keep up the good work!
Comment by mtbmarmar — September 6, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
Please let me know the name of your blog so i can visit.
Comment by musesofamom — September 6, 2008 @ 3:41 pm