I guess my dad fled back to Cape Cod because I haven’t seen him anywhere.
But in his absence, I did convince my New Zealander friend Lucy to phone bank for the Obama campaign with me this weekend.
Lucy can’t vote, but she wants to do something. And I figured, what undecided voter could resist that Kiwi accent? We called Ohio voters and no disrespect to Ohioans but the North Carolina voters I called last week were a bit more cordial. I guess it’s the southern way.
I remember at Tulane University in New Orleans, I’d hear southern guys get in an argument and one of them would say, “F-ck all, y’all.” Kind of a more pleasant sounding way to say F-ck you, don’t you think?
Anyway, back to my mission to change America… So one of my 90 calls on Saturday was to Ohio resident Bryan Runyon. Now, I really thought Bryan and I had something special, a bit of a connection.ย I was just feeling sort of a positive karmic energy even as the phone was ringing.
“Hello.”
“Hi. Is this Bryan? My name is Kelcey and I’m calling from the Obama campaign –”
“Oh, I don’t have time for this shit.”
Click.
That is not the first time I’ve seriously misjudged karmic energy.
I have futilely tried to convince my husband Rick to phone bank for the Obama campaign. But he keeps refusing, muttering something about being an Independent and needing to preserve his journalistic integrity.
Integrity?! Have you seen Rick’s Facebook page? He has 428 Facebook friends.
I mean, the guy will be friends with anyone. He’s so easy.ย Go ahead. Ask to be his friend.
Alright alright, maybe he’s just a super, friendly guy.
Um… what?
How many Facebook friends do I have?
Oh. Only 105.
And Bryan Runyan is so obviously not one of them.
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I am convinced that my making calls for Hillary is what cost her the primary, so I’m staying far away from this one. It’s too important an election for me to get involved.
Facebook integrity actually exists? Doh!
haha your husband is easy. I love it. Facebook slut, isn’t he?! haha
I couldn’t resist a kiwi accent either. Glad your friend helped out!
yea for you to get on the phone. that crazy bryan just didn’t know what he was missing out on….
I got one of those calls today — not from you, dammit — but it was a good one. Celia and I chatted and chatted. I loved it. Keep rockin that phone, girl.
Wow, I guess I need to thank your dad for helping me duck out of phone banking with you last weekend!LOL!
Time to be FB friends, chica!
One more week!! Just one more!! I’m so impressed with your New Zealander friend–that’s so great she made calls. I’m going to knock on doors for Obama next Saturday.
Well good for you…and boo for Byron!
Times will change…can you feel it?
You got a kiwi to make calls? Rock on!
I’m on it, got to turn this red state blue blue blue…(it looks like it might just happen too!)
Ohhh….its on!! I am going to send Rick a friend request right now and I won’t even tell him i know you. I actually got de-friended by an anchorer today (She is the girlfriend of a friend of mine and she just added me 2 days ago….i hope they didn’t break up!!), so I need to fill her place. HA HA.
It’s rough for the folks in the heavily contested states, you know. I must be fielding 6 phone calls a day. I’m nice to the live callers, though. I just hang up on the robo ones.
Good for you Kelcey!!! I had a really nice chat with a guy who was knocking on doors for Obama. Not sure why he knocked on our door…we do have a big old Obama sign in our yard so our vote isn’t in question.
The heck with him, I just added you as a friend, not that I use it much anymore.
I’ll be your fb friend. You need more than that!! But I’m not going to ask your husband. Although I have seen him on t.v., I don’t really feel like I know him. I’ve got fb integrity to protect.
Lets hope we get less wrong numbers this weekend! and bryans!
hehe, i’m almost tempted to friend your husband.
you’re a good egg for working the phone bank, kelcey.
still anxious, can’t wait until it’s over.
I can’t be friends with someone who is a member of the liberal media! ๐ (I haven’t seen him on TV but I’m sure he has a liberal bias!) hehehe
Oh Bryan! You don’t know what you’re missing!
I wanna be your Facebook friend but I couldn’t find you. Find ME!
I think that Bryan was my ex. Sounds like him. ๐
Do you think you felt a cosmic energy with Bryan Runyon because his name is very similiar to a Brian of the past…just a random thought. BTW, how funny would it be if Bryan Runyon hears of this post and somehow contacts you. 6 degrees or something!
totally off topic, but do you twitter?
Maybe you should give us Bryan’s phone number, and we can all start calling him.
Unfortunately in Ohio we have many Bryan Runyons that don’t want to hear about Obama ๐ If I get your call I’ll chat!
so, within the last week, you’ve doubled the number of kiwis you know!!!!!! bryan missed out on a sweet phone conversation. i guess he’s one of the many ambivalent ones. shame
LOL Wow he is a super-duper Facebook slut! Dare I say hore? Or is that spelled Hoar? And is it even applicable to men? Sorry that dude hung up on y’all… then again youd’a hung up on a McCain caller wouldn’t you have?
You should check out my latest post seeing that we are on the same political bandwagon… it’s a humorous entry that should not be taken too seriously… unless you happen to work for W… as in the magazine and NOT the prez!
You’re so right about the accent. A Kiwi could ask me to eat a Vegimite sandwich and I’d totally do it, despite the inherent grosseness of Vegimite. Wait, is that only an Aussie thing or is it a Kiwi thing, too? Regardless, the accent could woo me to do many ill-advised things.
I admit I generally HATE getting phone calls like this, but when Democrats Abroad called me to remind me about overseas voting deadlines, I was not only nice, but promised to remind other Americans I knew over here.
Go Dems!
“Fuck you” from a New Yorker is preferable to ‘Have a Nice Day’ from a Californian….when they REALLY want to say, ‘Fuck You’. I prefer ‘honesty’ to ‘politeness’. At least the guy was honest.
Bryan Runyon…let’s just dump him in the same catergory as Joe the Plumber!
Ok – I just checked Rick is up to 445. He does have a lot of friends. . . .Great post!