A Few Hours at Hill HQ

i've been good, my lovelies... no new political entries for nearly two weeks.

you've needed a break. i've needed a break.

things have not been looking good for my girl..... but today really upped my spirits.

i went down to hillary clinton's main houston headquarters today for an 11:00 precinct captain meeting. the training was packed.... made me feel great.

but afterwards.... i wanted to stick around and volunteer with the campaign.

everyone was heading downtown for the big hillary walking contingent for the rodeo parade. well... i don't support the rodeo in any way and i'm not big on large crowds... so i requested i stay behind. anything i could do to help...

i was thrown on the main phone for the headquarters.

yes... if you called hillary HQ today between noon and 5...you probably heard me say: "hillary clinton for president. how can i help you?"

and there was non-stop action throughout the day. people donating food and water to the campaign volunteers. people making calls on behalf of hillary. people picking up fliers and yard signs and just dropping in to wish everyone luck and to see what they could do.

several people just wanted us to know they were pulling for hillary. several talked about how much they have done.

i met the woman who impersonates elvis at the campaign rallies... (yes, sister epiphenita - i met her!)

and there were volunteers from all over the country. i worked closely with a woman from san francisco who worked with dolores huerta and the farm workers union for years out in california... she's promised to introduce me.

i met a young african american man from new jersey who came down to volunteer... he had just been in wisconsin. "barack obama is a good lookin' man," he said, "but hillary is sexy."

there was a guy from missouri who was a main volunteer. i spoke with a young man flying in from massachusetts to volunteer with the campaign and asked me for some help.

and i was overwhelmed by a dedicated flock of women from california.

i'm not gonna lie, my lovelies.... they were lesbians.

there was a busload of lesbians helping out today......... and they like to make calls....and they came all the way from fucking california! it was amazing.

after every new person i met i felt more and more energized.

even when i got phone calls from people wanting to talk to sheila jackson lee because she asked them to vote for hillary and they would never vote for hillary and they sure as hell didn't vote for sheila.

and i got calls from people who knew exactly how hillary should be running her campaign. and how she should run this commercial more and say this at every campaign stop.

i had people pissed about phone calls... or mad about the trees we'd killed for mailings.

but for every negative call i got.... i got five calls from a devout hillary supporter. how can i help? they asked. what can i do?

i told people about caucusing. i helped them find their voting location. i signed up people who needed assistance getting to the polling places because they can't drive or need help.

i carried in donations of food and water. i carried out signs for older women who couldn't carry them. or for a mother and daughter who wanted two large signs for their corner house. she has seven children - all seven voted for hillary.

i answered phones and stapled yard signs.

i listened to people pissed off about the media slant towards obama and how unfair all the coverage has been. people expressed their doubts in obama... how they like him but hillary... she's our girl, man!

and i promised one woman i would do something for her... and i'm fulfilling my promise.

i received a call from a 77 year old woman who was furious about the media's love affair with obama. she wanted hillary and she thought she might have a heart attack if hillary didn't win on tuesday.

and she kept posing the question: "who would you rather have the president wake up in bed next to at 3am? cindy mccain? michelle obama? or bill clinton?"

she said she would go downtown and sit in the middle of traffic if she could afford to pay the fine she'd get when arrested. she was so gung-ho for hillary... and she wished there was a way to get her message out there. she didn't have internet access. she knew the houston chronicle would never publish her letter.

she so desperately wanted people to know how much she wanted hillary president and why she wanted hillary in the oval office. she just didn't have a way to get her message out there.

and i told her i did... that i had a way to get her message out there.

she was so happy....she made me promise i would do it. to tell everyone a 77 year old woman wanted her message about hillary out there... and even if just a few people could read what i would post....she would be thrilled.

i want this woman to see hillary in the white house... and i want a lot of other women in their 70's and 80's who thought they would never see a woman in the white house see hillary as our president.

i promised i would post her message...

who would you rather have the president wake up next to in the white house? cindy mccain? michelle obama? or bill clinton?

this is for you, my new 77 year old friend.

this is for hillary.......

don't forget to vote! don't forget to caucus!

hillary '08!

e.