Election Day!

I woke up at 6 this morning so I could hold signs 100 feet away from a polling site for three hours. And as boring as it sounds, those three hours were far from boring. We ended up standing across from a church, and No on 4&8 signs probably weren't welcome to members of that church. In general, we got a lot of support. A lot of honks, thank yous for being present, and questions about 4 and 8.

On the other hand, we were flipped off a lot, shouted at, and called names. We had one guy come around about seven times telling us why we should vote Yes on 8, telling us a story of a little boy who was killed and therefore gays shouldn't marry. He drove by in his truck later, which had McCain/Palin and Yes on 8 posters duct-taped to it... classy. He put on his McCain mask and shouted, "Guess who the next President is going to be!" Were we really supposed to answer that? One of us did, and he shouted back, "He'll die twenty minutes after inauguration." And Yes-man replied,  "Good! Guess who's going to be President when he dies?" 

So our spokesman again shouted back, "Palin thought dinosaurs were around 5,000 years ago. People were around then." And our trusty Yes-man thoughtfully responded, "Guess where she got that from, the BIBLE!" We were dumbfounded, and had no comeback. Did he seriously just reference dinosaurs in the Bible?

I learned a lot today:

1. Don't park in front of people's driveways, even if you're voting. They will bitch about it in front of their kids, not hesitating to use a string of profanities. 

2. Lines are long, bring a book. 

3. Even if you think you're standing 100 feet away from a polling site, if someone complains, you'll probably have to move unless you have a measuring tape. 

4. Don't stop in the middle of the road with Yes-man trying to explain to a confused voter what Prop 4 and 8 say.

5. If you say good morning first, even people who flick you off will say good morning too.

6. Old women are either super liberal or super conservative; you can never be sure.