While the wife slept in this morning, i woke to the alarm, made some pilsbury bisquits for the kids, then headed out the door. I attended a pollwatcher training program for 2 hours. On a saturday. before noon. getting the picture?  9 months ago, i was reading here, wonder how to engage. 6 months ago, i was on  my knees, praying, “show me the path you want me to walk” . 6 weeks ago, i walked into the local Republican County HQ and started to phonebank.  On Tuesday, I will take my place in the process. I will be a watcher. A silent sentry. A witness.  A presence at the polling station. And there are many just like me. This is on my watch. This is my vigil. Every valid vote is sacred. Every false ballot an assault on liberty. I am manning my station.    I was queried by my mentors how long i intend to be at my local polling station. ” From the time they audit the voting machines, to the time they certify my polling station’s results.” Long day? Yep. I am packing a lunch. and there will be 3 of us, for our side. 2 will be on watch at a time. I have been led down the line, to a breach in the line. And i now stick my finger, my hand, my body, in the breach until Tuesday nite. And longer. I am here for the duration, until He shows me it is time to serve another purpose.

  For the last month or so I have been sacrificing my weekends by assisting Robert Hurt’s campaign here in Albemarle County.  How much time? I finally dragged out my lawnmower and cut my yard. Granted, it has been dry lately, but in the backyard the dogs would be looking at me askance when i would throw a ball for them, only to have said tennis ball disappear into the thick spots.  My 11 year old son has been phone-banking too. In fact, he is up on me by about 60 calls. I have made about 550ish, he is just over 600. I have enjoyed meeting the other volunteers and staff on these few hours each weekend. I have experienced the thrill of being a force multiplier with just one phone call. I have calmed a caller or 2 by reinforcing the fact they are not alone in their concern for the well-being of our country.  I am reinforcing the point of the value of voting by pointing out the close marginof victory Perriello had over Virgil Goode (727 votes.)

  But all of this effort is not happening in a vacuum. Tom Perriello is getting massive aid from the SEIU, ACORN, the NEA, DNCC, and others ( my wife and I get to watch these ads nightly).  They are helping him as he continues to get increasingly negative as he tries to limp to the finishline. That is why I- a volunteer, a dad, a husband, a father, a worried citizen- am reaching out to you. Robert Hurt has a moneybomb from now until Wednesday. This weekend is the weekend I will be going door-to-door. the DTD has been underway since last week. ON election day, I will be a poll-watcher. The work is getting done. Boots are on the ground, but it is not in the bag. Helps out with a donation. Donate.

Robert Hurt is running against Tom Perriello in Va-05 district. As a refresher, Tom beat out Virgil Goode in 2008 with a margin of victory of only 727 votes.  VA-05 went for McCain in 2008 by 7512 votes.  I have raised up off my couch, got away from the keyboard, and have been helping out in the local county Republican office for the last 3 weeks. On the weekends I take my oldest (11) and one of my other 2 kids to help out, usually for about 2-4 hours per week. #1 has actually been participating in the polling of Va-05 and the other 2 have been helping out with such tasks as stacking and bounding door hangers, stacking stickers, moving stuff around, etc.  Coming up will be boots on the ground and GOTV portion of the campaign, leading up to 11-02. While sitting in the office at the phone bank table, I have been witness to seeing my neighbors and other like-minded residents come in and ask for yard signs, stickers, and even the 4′X8′ signs for their properties that front some of the major roadways around these parts of Va-05. We were asleep at the switch in 2008 and let a progressive get past us. My sense is that many of us are saying to ourselves, “not again. “  We could use some help down here, if you are so inclined.  Contribute  I am a firsttime, parttime, volunteer- a newbie to this whole process. I too am busy working and raising a family. I am not a schill for Hurt, but a conservative finding his voice and trying to fill the breach as best I can. Step 1, for me, is getting Perriello out of Congress, and getting Hurt up to DC as part of the army of 100.

  ” I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”

is it just me, or is it only conservatives that have been adhering to this standard ?