From indifference to dancing in the streets: My Obama Journey

After taking two days to let the news sink, I am now ready to write about my experiences with the Obama campaign. Here are a few of the key moments:

2/09/08

Leading up to this day - I made a pledge to myself to become more politically active. To stand up for my rights, to fight the powers that be, to let my voice be heard, to......you get the point.
going into today I had know idea what a caucass was. I am still a little hazy on what happened that day. All I remeber is being in a church basement and watching as hundreds of people stood around, and tried to figure out where to go. Once we figured out where to go, we split into groups: Obabma supporters, clinton suporters, and other. I started out in other, but eventually found myself in the Obama camp. The reason for this was simply because his supporters seemed to be more knowledgable on the issues. I learned more from them. One man asked me what was important to me. I replied: "Getting the troops home." He explained to me Obama's exit strategy. This abundence of knowledge was refreshing to me. From that point on I was for Obama all the way.


9/11/08

I was working in Philedelphia on this day. I really wanted to get out of my
hotel room. One of the challenges of being a traveling comedian is figuring out how to spend your day. I decided to do the Philly tourist thing. While reading about our founding fathers at Independence Hall something struck me: This Country was founded on the ideals that Obama was running on. I was struck with this sudden urge to volunteer for Obama, and that is exactly what I did. I found a field office, went in, and volunteered my time. I mostly answered phones and performed data entry, but for the first time in a long time I felt like I was doing something important.

10/24/08 - 10/29/08

For a few days my wife and I camaigned in Michigan. We stayed with her family while canvassing in very rural parts of the state. This state has probably been the most effected by the economic policies of the last eight years. We talked to people from both extremes of the spectrum. One gentelman offered us the opportunity to make an argument for Obama to his loaded smith and wessin, one person told us that he would vote for whoever got him his job back, and a nice lady with a house full of babies explained that she was poor and that meant Obama. It was a mixed bag of responses. The trip filled me with the confidence that America was ready to do the right thing

11/04/08

election night!

I don't remember too much from this night. I do remeber that I was sucked into an impromptu street parade, hugged complete strangers, and went hoarse screaming "YES WE DID!"

The amount of raw joy that was in the air filled me with an undeniable sense of what, now president elect, Barack Obama, was promising from the beginning of his camaign: Hope for the futureof this great nation.