The other week I went down to North Philadelphia and went door to door registering voters and verifying voter rolls for the big GOTV next week. Not that I'm some kind of hero or anything; I just wanted to be able to earn my ranting a tiny bit. It was a helluva an inspiring day. The urban blight was unlike anything I'd experienced first hand (on foot) but the people were extremely receptive, welcoming and motivated. A very surreal scene, with old abandoned mansions boarded up and left to rot. More photos.
One of our tasks was to ask residents if they'd decided whom they would vote for. This was usually greeted with laughter, but one elderly man with whiskey on his breath told us he was pretty sure he was going to vote for McCain and didn't trust Obama. At first we thought he was joking, but then he said he was in the Army and liked McCain's military background. Fair enough Then he admitted he hadn't decided and might end up voting for Hillary after all. Later, he told us he was a paranoid schizophrenic, which made sense.
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