"Hello, My name is Dave and I am a volunteer calling to remind you to vote for Republicans Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker for U.S. Senate. And just wanted to remind you that Tuesday, November 4th is election day and we hope you remember to go out and vote. Thanks!"









Hanging out at Michael's Night Club at the Best Western Motel. So sketch! But a great time. We had to wait for them to stop playing country music so that we could dance! We love our LNDP's!





Hands down this was the best costume of the night. We made several attemps at getting this picture before we got it right. But I am sure Borat loved every minute of it. Nice swimmer dude. Very nice.









Day one of door knocking and lit dropping, this is our grizzled verteran Dave showing us how it is done. On later trips, we were definitely chased by dogs and had some real winners open the door. Adam was especially fond of the lady in her panties. Tracy and i were afraid for our lives of the men who were stumbling home from the fishing hole with their nearly empty bottles of Wild Turkey. Yikes!


After working hard we decided that is was time to play. We had been trying for a while to go to a Maize Maze and alas....we found one!








Apparently I thought that it would be a good idea to order the large daiquiri (45 oz!!!) Kristen got one, too, and when we asked the waiter if there was any liquor in it, he came over with a couple glasses of rum that he poured right in...




While getting in cab...

Kristen: "What are you doing with that?"
Tracy: "Drinking it..."

Guess she hasn't heard of to-go cups.




Once Kristen hit the dance floor, there was no stopping her. Here she is trying to learn a line dance. She's in Mississippi, afterall.










This picture came about after we discussed Tracy's true blogging intentions, although specific dialogue/reasons for the pic have been forgotten.

Only one comment comes to mind...

Tracy: "Why are we flicking off Jarrett?"








Kristen has just won $65 and she's ready to buy everyone drinks. However, we may be having an A&E Intervention in the near future if she keeps gambling this way.

















Hmmm...Are we missing someone from this dance party?









The Mississippi crew enjoying the coast on a beautiful day. Jealous?






A few of us with the Senator. It was nice getting to meet the man we had worked so hard for the past few days. Now it's time to watch the results...hope he wins!!! Especially in the counties around Gulfport...

Once upon a time in methland...

Understanding the nature of the Republican position in 2008, we find ourselves in the last redoubt of Republicanism. During Day Two, we encountered a colorful cast of characters. From half-dressed housewives (yes, one lady did answer her door pantsless) to shit-happy dogs. (Story: as Trace and I were leaving one of the houses, this dog ran out in front of us and proceeded to look back, practically with a grin, and start pooping right in front of us. We imagined him saying, "F yo campaign!!!!")
Dave, Bry, Tracy, and I had split up from the others to do our door knocking (we hit 112 houses), but when we couldn't find anymore of the houses on our walk lists, we headed to the maize maze. They made it especially challenging this year, so only 77 people have conquered it...until we showed up. Say hello to numbers 78, 79, 80, and 81. We even completed the maze without taking any cheap shortcuts, thanks to Bryana and Dave's corn copping. We realized that we would only have been cheating ourselves.
In celebration of Kristen's 24th birthday, we all went to Los Tres Amigos for dinner, or in Bry and Kristen's case, a 45 oz daiquiri. We were impressed that they were still alive and ready for the casinos in Biloxi. All I can recall from that experience is that Kristen won $65, Hobart lost $25, and the rest of us had LNDP. Pictures to come back in DC.


Moving on to day three...

Attended an art festival to hand out lit and "Wicker Stickers" (people got a kick out of that one and even asked Tracy if she had come up with it all on her own...hmmm). The Senator (the real Senator) actually came out to the event, which was cool. I'm convinced we made a real difference here...
Then it was off to do some more door knocking. I don't know about you guys in Ohio, but it definitely seemed like the houses we would start off at would be decent, but then they would become more and more sketchy as we went along. Dave and I dropped Bry and Tracy off at one street where we probably should not have dropped them off...we all stuck together after that.

Taking it easy for the rest of the night. We are all exhausted. We head back tomorrow, but we're getting in a few more hours of dialing and sign waving. I've realized that 3 days of campaigning is plenty for me. It definitely sucks that you guys still have a couple more to go...hang in there. See you back in VA.