optimistic

[chelidon]

Here in Battleground New Hampshire (or what was supposed to be a battleground state), in the last few days we've now had about a dozen calls and three drive-by personal visits (in a very population-sparse, rural area) from Obama volunteers. There's been not a peep, even by phone, from anyone from the McCain campaign. I take this as a very good sign -- McCain can't even get enough people to man the phones, much less drive all over the place to canvas and get out the vote.

One of the Obama drive-bys yesterday had a rare supply of Obama signs (nobody can keep them "in stock," another good sign), so I was able to replace the one out front that someone stole last week (along with many of the other Obama signs in the area). Besides being extremely pissed about having some lowlife asshole come onto my land and steal my property, I was morally offended that someone would be so utterly unAmerican as to mess with both free expression and the democratic process. That kind of thing is also so VERY MUCH not typical, and not in the New England ethic (you may disagree with what someone does on their side of their rock wall, but you do NOT come over the wall and mess with them, and you do NOT mess with democracy).

So my new Obama sign is now being overseen by a battery-operated camouflaged motion-sensitive waterproof night vision camera (typically used around here to scout out possible game trails for naturalists and hunters). If someone snatches my new sign, night or day, the police will get color glossies, and in a small town, the local cops tend to have plenty of time to follow up on petty larceny.

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[kitten-goddess.livejournal.com]

Good for you! You are a past master at not letting people getting away with idiocy.