I have caught myself doing several strange things to comfort myself about McCain's recent surge in the polls. I have guerrilla-tactics that involve facebook and posting things my students *just might* watch or read (heavy on the video clips). I have been wearing my Obama shirt non-stop over the weekend. And, in an attempt to feel better, I have found myself thinking, "well, at least McCain isn't as bad as Bush."
The last line of thinking shook me to my core. It was that moment of acquiescence, it was a moment of letting the system -- and all of its complex ways of maneuvering to favor McCain -- have its way with me. It was giving in to a sense of inevitability and powerless that I am not yet ready to concede. So, to counteract this I am doing a couple of things:
1 - talking to everyone I know about why I am supporting Obama (labor, Iraq, environment)
2 - donating money to support grass-roots campaigning in battleground states
3- taking the plunge and volunteering for the Obama office (yes, making calls and canvassing, ugh!)
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yeah! when i find myself imaging a JM/SP world, i get so depressed i think of moving to another country. (this is,incidentally, the subject of the quirky indie film *blue state,* except it's after the last election).
i'm thinking of hosting a "women for obama" gathering...no one around here's doing one, and i received the email from the campaign folks.
we must believe!
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