December 29th, 2011
Today was a much more efficient day in terms of the work-load in Iowa. After breakfast, as assigned by the campaign, I went with Evan, Tyler, and Colin to a required district in Daverport to subsequently go knocking on doors. Some notable encounters me and Tyler, my buddy (under the buddy system), saw included: a Vietnamese lady who didn’t know english (Who knew Viet people even lived in Iowa?), a bunch of people who were not home, a house that was completely vacant and taken over, and a conspiracy theorist who believed the Bush family ran everything behind the scenes (not quite…). What was very uplifting though was seeing 17 Ron Paul signs on the course of our journey, which was only roughly through visiting a few local streets. Evan and Colin picked us up near KFC so we could all go get lunch at a local Mexican joint (Azteca). We ate some pretty cheap but decent tasting food before migrating back to our respective neighborhoods to continue canvassing. When we were eventually done we all got picked up, and saw some random Ron Paul signs being bombed at a very busy intersection. Subsequently we all joined in voluntarily as I screamed from my top of lungs “RON PAUL” to a bunch of cars that supported him. My picture of the day my eyes closed in the process of holding up a sign enthusiastically. They beeped their horns and put their thumbs up as I gave some bumper stickers out to the supporters. The people there were really nice that we helped and made it aware to us that the economy is ultimately dependent on Ron Paul’s election. When it was all done we went to some cheap local grocery store to get groceries (I merely got a sandwich, candy, and some lasagna). We got back afterwards where I phonedbanked for roughly an hour while simultaneously eating a sandwich; I also let David and Nikhil use my phone afterwards so I could take a huge break. HOORAH. The night ended with me sucking the wifi juice from the lounge. THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES all week long. It was only today I started feeling like I was making a difference in the campaign, especially through door knocking, phone banking, and sign bombing. I had a LAN party and a deep intellectual conversation with David and Nikhil before calling it a night.
