Today we launched a campaign called “I’m comMITTed” (read the important introductory post here.) As part of this campaign we want to highlight the experiences that many of you are having while you are make phone calls, post signs, volunteer at campaign offices, etc.
We want to hear your story! Each day we will highlight a different Romney supporter and post their story on our blog. Tell us how you’ve been helping, any interesting experiences you’ve had, and of course send us your pictures and videos.
Persons whose story we select to feature will win a free t-shirt and sticker from our store! Send those submissions to contact@mittromneycentral.com. Be sure to include your name (we will only publish your first name), your city and state, and put “guest submission” in subject line. Please note: we may edit submissions for grammar, spelling, and length.
A local campaign office in Virginia
Today’s submission comes from the Commonwealth of Virginia! Since we hadn’t requested any submissions yet I asked my in-laws if they would tell a bit of their recent trip to the local campaign office. Here they are:
My husband and I hooked up with a GOTV group in Northern Virginia last weekend. We were a little scared at first as this was our first time being involved in politics and our first time door knocking. But we feel like the future of our country is at stake in this election.
What a great experience! First of all, we felt like we were finally making a difference. Even though we live fairly close to DC in a mostly blue area, the people we met were generally receptive. The best news – of the people we canvassed, Romney had a huge lead over Obama despite what the polls may say.
We are excited to try it again this weekend!
We’re comMITTed!
Linda, Fairfax, VAI went out knocking on doors with a gentleman from Texas who had traveled to Virginia to help recruit the undecided voters. He said, “Texas is in the bag, but you guys in Virginia need some help. So I’m here.” All of the doors we knocked were either pro-Romney or were truly undecided – in which case we left a pamphlet. It was a non-threatening approach, but it told me a lot about the percentage of undecided voters who are really in favor of Romney.
One interesting episode. As we walked down the street, a man was literally running towards us from behind. When he got to us, I noticed that he had an “Our Lady of Sorrows” T-shirt. He was a former FBI agent who said he was disappointed that only his wife got to express her opinions when we knocked on their door. He said he has mailed a letter to EVERY Catholic Bishop in the United States, telling them that every Priest should be telling their parishioners to vote for Romney. I asked him, as a former Justice department employee, to tell me how he feels about Eric Holder. Well, he got red-in-the-face and then explained to me in very clear language that he felt Holder is a disgrace to the Department.
My afternoon was a small sample, but it was very encouraging to me.
David, Fairfax, VA
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~Nate G.
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This isn’t very extraordinary, but every time I go out to get shopping done (Costco, Walmart, Target, anywhere), or go to a movie, or anywhere, I wear my navy blue Romney/Ryan 2012 T-shirt. I live in Irvine Ca. and have found many people have come up to me saying they are for Mitt and want to know where I got my shirt (online from Mitt Romney store). Or, they say, I’m so glad you’re for Mitt too, or we have to get Mitt in. I even had a whole table of people clap at Souplantation when I walked by. So, it’s been very positive especially in a blue state like Ca.. I’ve had a few Obama people come up and say they like Obama, and I tell tell to give Mitt a second look. He’ll make your life a lot better. If they have kids, I’ll tell them, their kids will be better off and not saddled with a huge debt, if Romney gets elected. So, if you do something as simple as wear a Mitt shirt, you’ll have many opportunities to put in a good word for Mitt and you may bring a few over to his side. I’m always extra nice when I get Obama comments because I want to engage people to get them talking and at least invite them to listen more carefully to Mitt’s message.
I’ve heard in a few places, that Mitt is very popular in Ca. and if we get enough people out to vote, there is a good possibility he could win in Ca. WOW, that would be a real dream come true. SO, tell all your friends to get out and vote no matter what state they are in, but especially the swing states. We all might be surprised at what we can accomplish if we rally the troops and make a HUGE effort.
Go Mitt and Paul, we need you, we want you, we have to have you!
Much Thanks goes out to the many who are extra giving of their time & effort in support of a comMITTed Romney!
Awesome! lots of love for the volunters.We need to help out anyway we can. We just had HISTORIC debate (Thank You! for Gov Romney’s superb debate performance), united together we can make historic landslide victory in this election! Get engaged!
When people see my Romney/Ryan car sticker in one side of th window, Bush/Cheney old sticker the other side, they think i’m “Driving Miss Daisy” hehehe so, 1st i get weird looks from strangers, then they’re looking for Miss Daisy inside my car, once they learned no miss Daisy inside the car, i get finger all the time.
Well, i survived from Bush/Cheney sticker, however in this election i noticed that there are so many haters out there. It feels like if you’re black, it is unconstitutional to support GOP ticket. The Dems are UN-democRatic! We MUST vote them out!
Romney/Ryan=Defend Individual Liberty! Defend Freedom!
I really loved reading Linda and David’s volunteer experience at their local campaign office in Virginia. I’m so glad they took a few moments to share their story!
The photo of the Romney volunteers is very touching; this is such a huge, grass-roots undertaking to save our country. Thank you, VOLUNTEERS and God bless you wherever you are! Keep up the good work and know that you are making it happen for Mitt and Paul.
How comMITTed are YOU? We want to hear your stories/experiences!