Community Service Blog #2

The second day I volunteered, I did it for 7 hours STRAIGHT! it was the worst 7 hours of my life. The whole time I sat at the phone and called people. And they yelled at me. But i was able to get through it by the friendly conversations I had with the other people volunteering. A lot of them were REALLY nice...a little too nice almost. Like evangelical Christians or something; thats what they reminded me of haha. But yea they were really cool and made the whole thing a lot less boring and it was cool meeting all of the other volunteers.

Community Service Blog #1

So I volunteered at the McCain place last month (before I became an Obama fan) and it was quite an experience. The first day I volunteered, I spent three hours straight on the phone making phone calls asking people to vote for McCain, and I have to say more than 60 percent of the time, the person didnt answer the phone. But when they did, 90 percent of the time, I would get hung up on or cursed at, especially after I said "Hi my name is Tim and im calling to ask you to support John MCcain!!!" it suckeddd. I also spent an hour putting together the McCain signs that you see on the median while you drive down the street. I do have to say, the people I worked with were very nice, and there was lots of food there...haha. So I guess that was a positive aspect of the experience.

Election Post #6

Well, I think Obamas got this one in the bag. Especially with what the polls are saying...Some of the polls put him like 14 points ahead of McCain. I think the only way McCain could win is if he wins every swing state, like Ohio and Florida and Virginia, and i doubt he can win them all. Obama has such a big lead because he controls the states with the highest populations and highest electoral votes like New York and California. Mark Warner is going to win the senate seat, just because he has an enormous lead in the polls...like a 61 percent lead. This election is a huge victory for dems wahoooo!

Current Event Week#5

My current even is about the highly anticipated vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. What makes this debate so interesting is that nobody knows what to expect when these two candidates buck heads. Despite previous mishaps with the media, the most famous being on an interview with Katie Courrick, in which Palin couldn’t state specifics of John McCain’s economic plan, McCain has confidence in her knowledge and experience. Yet, the democratic vice president nominee plans on focusing on boosting Obama and bashing McCain, instead of focusing on Sarah Palin. I think Palin really needs to be prepared to defend her running mate. According to a reliable source, a.k.a my dad, in a newspaper article today, the democrats stated that they actually FEAR for Biden. Officials of the Obama campaign pulled out some old debate tapes from Sarah Palin’s file and found that she is actually an amazing debater. Im excited for the debate…it will definitely go down in history.

Election Post Week # 5

There are a quite a few pivotal swing states which will determine this election. Two of them being Virginia and Florida. The polls put Barrack Obama ahead of McCain in Virginia from as few as 5 points to as many as 14 points. Traditionally Virginia has gone Republican, but Obama has made strides in the densely populated region of Nothern Virginia, where the population base is more liberal. But in the past, the more rural areas of Virginia have come through for the Republican party however it looks as though that will not be the case this year. Florida is another state which is hotly contested, very similarly to the 2000 election, where Bush won the state. Florida is a contested state because in a race this tight, every electoral vote counts. Obama has been fighting hard for Florida and other states, making McCain fight very hard for states which have traditionally gone Republican in the past.