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If Virginia makes you nervous, hit me up on PM (or post here with an email you don't mind sharing on SA) and I can hook you into a virtual phone bank to call union members to remind them to vote. The latest polls have been encouraging, honestly. Internally and externally, it's looking like an uncomfortable victory, but a victory nonetheless. I'm reserving a confetti wand specifically for Danica Roem beating Bob Marshall's bigoted rear end into the earth. We have an amazing goon squad of phone bankers, and a few people who have come out to Saturday voter walks, and they've been incredible. Enthusiasm is HIGH - we had 276 volunteers show up for the last one on Saturday, and that's just the labor side. I can't speak to the VA Dems, but I know they're in force and they walk Sundays. (We refuse to, on the basis of "drat it, we're going to have a day off, and we're not interrupting the football.") 30 hours until the polls close in the Old Dominion. Have a look at these beautiful people.
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1.3 million doors knocked amongst all Dem-aligned campaigns. At least 300,000 came this weekend alone. We're out of paper phone bank universes, and have had to switch to all virtual. (GET IN, GOON SQUAD.) Gonna be white knuckling for the next day and a half. But the job's getting done.
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Majorian posted:Glad to hear it. We'll see how it turns out for Northam, but if he doesn't win, it ain't gonna be because of lack of trying from you. So I'm a stagehand by trade, and we look at our job this way - we're here to make the talent look as good as possible. What the talent does from there is up to them. You and others have been downright kind. And everyone who's come out to help, either from their computer or out in the streets, has been loving incredible. We're all stressed beyond belief, because none of us know if it's enough. It's that PTSD from last year. None of us will ever trust a poll again. None of us will ever be comfortable. And maybe that's how it ought to be, you know? Maybe all of us - the GOTV people, the activists, the voters - all of us should feel this sense of stress and urgency. Maybe we should always feel like it's not enough, because then we'll do more. There's a world where 2016 never happens again. Know why I'm freaked out? The loving weather! It's forecasted to rain steadily from 1100 onward in NoVA. I think of Brexit on rainy election days now. Anything that depresses turnout in a state where half a dozen candidates can remember winning by less than a hundred votes (I think Danica Roem won her primary by less than 20) is a nightmare. There is every possibility that this will implode spectacularly.
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Arlington and Alexandria both with massive turnout reported. I needed more virtual phone bank logins, and now I have them. If you're feeling nervous, help Virginia! Hit me on PM or post an email in a way you feel comfortable. I'll hook you up and hook you in. It's gonna be a glooooooooooorious daaaaaaaaaaaaaay
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Latest update: Turnout is on track from 2016, and NoVA turnout is spinning at a MASSIVELY higher rate than 2013. It's looking good as poo poo.
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mcmagic posted:If you live in VA you should at least be excited to vote for Mark Herring even if Northam is a big nothing. Justin Fairfax too. He's a tremendous candidate, great energy, listens to everything you say intently. He's going to be a force. FAIRFAX FOR AMERICA.
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axeil posted:400,000 felons had their voting rights restored. A friend of mine who hosed up as a young guy just sent me a photo of him with his sticker. Dale City vote too, so it counts for a lot. It's his first vote since he was 18. Terry McAulliffe will never pay for a beer in my presence.
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axeil posted:NOVA Goon meet to drink beer and discuss German philosophy/politics. I am game for this. I'll DD your drunk asses home. :-P NoVA turnout still at a high clip, and we're running out of turf to walk.
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farraday posted:https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/927940619049291776 YES TO BOTH
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95 volunteers today. Three and a half hours left. Stress.
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theflyingorc posted:i am daring to hope, friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3djXcx2ewQ
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Update: since NoVA has gone as well as it has, we've pulled all phone bankers toward Petersburg. GOON SQUAD: SWITCH TO CENTRAL VA PHONE BANKS PLEASE. Two hours and twenty one minutes.
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Seven Hundred Bee posted:I have some free time, cna I phonebank from a cell phone? You can. About to PM you.
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We're winding down the phone operation. Doors knocked has gone past the 3-million mark as of 3 PM. And people are still knocking.
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Labor office is closed. We’ve done all we can. I feel nothing.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:here's your one chance fancy don't let me down lol
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Hey, no bullshit though, the Goon Squad got noticed. They wanted to know where the hell y’all came from, and they know you came from the Internet, and they are grateful as gently caress. You’re all good people. You made a difference and I’m genuinely humbled by y’all. Ten minutes.
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Petr posted:Wait, was he just trolling for that loving Jeb! picture? Take deep breaths tonight.
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Democrazy posted:Quit posting and start drinking damnit. Last year, Donald Trump couldn’t steal my sobriety. This year, nobody can steal my motherfucking sunshine. ALL BLUE EVERYTHING MOTHERFUCKERS
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Democrazy posted:That's Fancy rear end Ho? Greetings.
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I didn’t dare to dream for more than seven seats. Thirteen and rising?!
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Oxxidation posted:We're all still doomed but I'd like to give a quick thank-you to Fancy rear end Ho for introducing me to Everything Everything, these guys are jammin Ivory Tower has been my god damned war anthem since it dropped, just unreal live, pure fury live, I may have gone into a trance
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It’s time to loving dance. Play this without ceasing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua7S1M8C-w0
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gowb posted:Source? I forgot my harikari sword, friendo I hope you don’t mind.
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B B posted:I grew up in Fredericksburg! What’s up Fredericksburg friends. Stafford County ex-pat. We bout to do it.
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gowb posted:Can someone actually corroborate this or is it nonsenseo It’s very true. He mocked reporters who referred to Roem as “her.” Bob Marshall is the epitome of scum and his loss makes this world better.
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I think a Latino Victory Fund Guy just tried to rush the stage. It didn’t go well.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Fancy, please tell me youre at a post election party or something. What is the mood there? I want to live vicariously through you tonight! The labor folks all have prior obligations. Dogs to feed. Spouses to hug. We’ve been blitzing for weeks, stressed out of our minds. We need some sleep. I’m just sorta floating home to my home. My wife made Stromboli. I’m just gonna tell her I love her and smile a lot and maybe cry a little. I’m not proud. So true story: Spotify has been weird lately. It slipped this song into my classic prog / Steven Wilson mix. It didn’t fit. Y’all it drat fits tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adw772km7PQ Your Boy Fancy fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Nov 8, 2017 |
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Good night’s sleep and a Stromboli and a wife cuddle and waking up to Schrodinger’s House of Delegates. Gonna shred some paper voter data and dance all day. What a lovely world.
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Halloween Jack posted:That said, purely as a matter of anecdotal evidence: I saw far fewer signs, stickers, etc. for Hillary than I did for Trump. Big philosophical touchstone in our group is that Yard Signs Don’t Vote. We tend to put our money into volunteers and GOTV instead, since what we lack in money comparatively, we make up for in human power. So we don’t mind the signs.  2016 is looking like the end this country needed it to be. Youth turnout through the roof last night, a massively restocked bench that’s gonna grow into some amazing state/federal candidates in the near/medium term, and a road map.
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That analysis doesn’t bear out of the data at all. Turnout was up in the north and down in the south. Youth turnout was up by an order of magnitude. That’s all in this thread. Sheesh.
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Discovered: the keyhole to VA Dems’ spine. Let’s go to war
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I have faith. Hope means you still feel. Feeling is good in times like these. Put the booze down, put the kettle on, and accept the moment for what it is.
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The Monarch posted:Why are you advocating self harm? Heh. Said it last month, I’ll say it again: Donald Trump couldn’t have my sobriety, and neither can Roy Moore. and getting hot tea during stressful moments is phenomenal and I understand why the British do it now.
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Guys. It’s this close. In Alabama. Prepare yourself for a blue cataclysm.
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Koalas March posted:
Pinkies Up, tea friend
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Discendo Vox posted:For the record, folks, USE_JITTER = true works. BLUE JUSTICE. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ts7CdRpR8-Q
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Hey, remember how small rural counties come in first, like every other election in America? Yeah. Don’t be surprised when the big Jones spikes take him over the line. Tonight’s tea is a Cranberry Black tea from Harney & Sons. They do online delivery and seem to run like a mom & pop shop full of tea delivered in some glorious wooden boxes.
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Discendo Vox posted:What're your day to day favorites? Is it strictly ones with fruit? My favorite day to day is an orange cinnamon tea. Caffeine free, because I Don’t Need More Stimulation After Work. I’ve always been fond of peppermint or generic mint tea as well, if only because the smell is glorious.
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