Organizing

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Saturday I went to the monthly Democratic meeting, it was good!  The question and answer segment that Gene has institued is great.  It opens up conversation between everyone. 

Monday I went to the Democratic Women meeting.  Also very informative.  I know I'm not a woman but what the heck.  I'm at ease with my feminine side.

Tuesday night I sat in on the Executive Committee meeting.  That's where I walked away with a ton of names and maps and e-mails and phone #'s and a sense of fired up enthusiasm.  I also learned we have a lot of work to do, to get this thing organized here in our neck of the woods.  Gene and Lisbeth and Judy Teller have supplied me with a ton of information and events that will enable the Fannin County Democrats to make huge strides this election.  But everyone has to pitch in a little bit for this to work.  All the precinct chairs are working on "Precinct Teams" to get this work done.  Gene has suggested that each precinct needs as many members on their team as they had delegates at the County Convention.  I then realized that my precicnt, #18, is the largest in the county, we had 22 delegates at the County Convention.  I told Doris, my precinct chair, not to worry I'd handle it.  SO HERE WE GO!  If everybody that reads this contacts their precinct chair and volunteers to be on that team that would save them a lot of headache.

My thinking is that Obama is going to win this hands down, minus any last minute screwups.  If screwups arrise it'll be a fight to the end.  I want us, Fannin County DFA, to really concentrate on hyping up Rick Noriega and Glenn Melancon.  These two races are doable, very doable.  But it's going to take lots of talking and doorknocking.  I've come to the conclusion that very few people actually like Ralph Hall; but everybody's use to him.  Kind of like that old T-shirt EVERYBODY has, that has holes in it and is as thin as a Kleenex.  It's not at all presentable in public, but it's been around so long and is so old you've just grown acustom to its shortcomings.  As my wife tells me, "IT'S TIME TO TRASH THAT OLD PIECE OF CRAP AND GET A NEW ONE".  She actually sets fire to them, but I don't think we need to go that far in this circumstance.  Can we really achieve all this?

YES WE CAN!!