9am-12 Sat 9/18: issue/message-based canvass training (Kerry)

[rodmant]

get trained and canvass for Kerry this weekend!

[faithnotgreed]

1. good for you rodmant. thanks for your hard work

[rodmant]

2. thanks for the kick, it helps morale, but - I'm having fun too..

Canvassed tonight rgt up to the packer game, but could no longer read the voter list so took a break and got an led flashlight, finishing about 830pm.

This canvassing thing is something you get better at over time. I got more undecideds tonight than usual,
and think it's partly technique - if you press gently passed
the "not interested" response you sometimes uncover an undecided -
I had thought the "not interesteds" were repubs.

I was very discouraged at first dealing with republicans (think I
was "hating them"). Although,
it's literally life/death, war/peace, ie very serious stuff,
your best off being polite with everyone, the opening
phrase is important - you want to gracefully, politely,
quickly disengage from decided republicans. Honestly I don't
quite understand why, but I had fun tonight, so please
consider canvassing - think of some of your heroes while doing it -
Scott Ritter, Hans Blix, Greg Palast.. Help me remember more
names pls.

Still the south side near Mitchell field is leaning Bush.

I'm encouraged/excited that we're seeing serious experienced
organizers from
out of state showing up - with a clear hunger to win, to learn about
the Milwaukee area and a readyness to refocus on different
parts of the city.

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good night