Today I had the totally awesome experience of volunteering for Team Mitt at their local phone bank. Now, I have been doing calls from home, but this was different. I’m really hoping I’ll be able to go do more of the local phone bank work. There were a ton of people there, and lists and lists and lists of people to call. A couple friends of mine have been volunteering at the local call bank every Saturday, and really got me the hook-ups! (Thanks, guys!) So, they divided us into teams, all named after Mitt Romney’s sons and wife. We were on team Josh, which was apparently the favored team. See, the deal was, Mitt was going to be coming to the call bank after another event he had in town, and the team that made the most phone calls would get to meet with him personally. So, we called and called for like 5 hours. My back hurt, my head hurt, and my ear hurt. But, it really didn’t matter because they announced that we had won! (And there was much rejoicing in the land.) I was really excited, because all I wanted to do was shake the man’s hand. So, they took us into a smaller room, and while we waited for Mitt to come, we got to speak with his son, Josh, on the phone. He was very encouraging. Shortly thereafter, Mitt (and his entourage) came in. He shook all of our hands and took pictures. Then we all went into the big call bank room where he was introduced to everyone, took more pictures and gave a short little “thank you” speech. Thanks to my smart friend, Sarah, we were able to get his autograph. It was really exciting for me! I was in my element of politics. And I’ve got to say, the man just looks presidential, he really does. He’s got a sort of regal quality about him.
