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“Bow deeply so the Big Boss doesn’t see you laughing.”

– Overheard between two key Trump Campaign workers

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Can I share something that made me really happy? I coordinate getting yard signs out, here in our community, in the red-turning-purple Shenandoah Valley of VA. The VA Dem party could sure make this easier and this year, of course, I had a garage full of Biden-Harris signs that are now having to be swapped out for Harris-Walz signs (as we can get them). (If you've ever worked to assemble yard signs, you know it's a really dirty job. Don't wear your white t-shirt.)

Today, our email went out asking who'd like yard signs and, if so, which ones -- VA for Harris, Harris-Walz, Kaine, or Ken Mitchell. Wow! Big response, even bigger than in 2020. But one made me really happy.

One woman, who's a solid Dem but who's always demurred about putting up signs, emailed me and said, "This year, I'm letting my freak flag fly. Don't know if signs change any minds, but send me a Harris-Walz and a Kaine sign and we're putting them up." Hillary Clinton's walk-out song at the DNC was "I Just Want to See You Be Brave," which is an old favorite of mine, and this email made me break out singing it.

And signs do tell other Dems that, even here in this red area, it IS worth voting because they're not alone. Every year, our members have conversations w/ delivery drivers, plumbers, home health aides, etc. who say, "Wow, there are more Democrats here than I thought," and that's our chance to say, "Are you registered? Do you know where early voting is?" "Is your grandma on Social Security?" etc.

So I'm using up the jalapeños from the garden making pickles, singing "I Just Want to See You Be Brave," and hoping that, when we fight, we win.

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