Comments on: In Search Of Single Women http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:04:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Malcolm http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-174794 Malcolm Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:45:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-174794 <p>Many thanks, OFG. I’m going to get my clipboard organized and go out there. I don’t think Maine matters much in the great scheme of things, but every little bit helps, no? </p> <p>Postscript: I was a single mom for many years and never felt like a group member, I was just me. I don’t think anything OFG has said contravenes that. Let’s just all go out and do what needs to be done, for everyone.</p> Many thanks, OFG. I’m going to get my clipboard organized and go out there. I don’t think Maine matters much in the great scheme of things, but every little bit helps, no?

Postscript: I was a single mom for many years and never felt like a group member, I was just me. I don’t think anything OFG has said contravenes that. Let’s just all go out and do what needs to be done, for everyone.

]]> By: paco and taco http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173880 paco and taco Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:41:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173880 <p>When we have a school bond or levy we have to squeak through, we stake out daycares - young mothers, some times single, with a definite stake in the election, but ARE NOT REGISTERED. 15 new voters per precinct helped us just get those things passed, plus, they’re usually guaranteed Democrat voters because you got them through school issues.</p> When we have a school bond or levy we have to squeak through, we stake out daycares – young mothers, some times single, with a definite stake in the election, but ARE NOT REGISTERED. 15 new voters per precinct helped us just get those things passed, plus, they’re usually guaranteed Democrat voters because you got them through school issues.

]]> By: k http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173785 k Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:44:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173785 <p>Nobody gives a rats behind about single women. Society’s lowest caste.</p> Nobody gives a rats behind about single women. Society’s lowest caste.

]]> By: chharriett http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173548 chharriett Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:41:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173548 <p>Every day, I ask EVERYONE if they are going to vote. I applaud your excellent post, and agree completely, but I’m not limiting my canvass in any way. The biggest problem I have (and this is true in all Red States) is that most Democrats honestly believe that it is uselss to vote because a Rethug will win every time. I counter that by telling them that if they don’t voice their choice, then they cannot complain about what is happening in the government (not very effective). Does ANYONE have a better counter? I sincerely wish we had a one person/ one vote, publicly funded elections.</p> Every day, I ask EVERYONE if they are going to vote. I applaud your excellent post, and agree completely, but I’m not limiting my canvass in any way. The biggest problem I have (and this is true in all Red States) is that most Democrats honestly believe that it is uselss to vote because a Rethug will win every time. I counter that by telling them that if they don’t voice their choice, then they cannot complain about what is happening in the government (not very effective). Does ANYONE have a better counter? I sincerely wish we had a one person/ one vote, publicly funded elections.

]]> By: Daryl http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173488 Daryl Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:40:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173488 <p>Yes the dems should be going after those votes but 20 million people not voting turns my stomach. And as things deteriorate it’s people like this who complain the loudest. </p> <p>The customer ain’t always right.</p> Yes the dems should be going after those votes but 20 million people not voting turns my stomach. And as things deteriorate it’s people like this who complain the loudest.

The customer ain’t always right.

]]> By: An Angry Old Broad http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173423 An Angry Old Broad Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:20:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173423 <p>I don’t know how it is in other areas,but in GA you can print out a voter registration form online.If it’s allowed where you are,print out a few forms(ours come with a “postage paid”stamp on them,just fold in half,tape or staple closed and put it in the mail)and take them with you.I keep a couple in my car,that way if I happen to talk to someone at the store or wherever who isn’t registered I have a form to hand right to them.</p> I don’t know how it is in other areas,but in GA you can print out a voter registration form online.If it’s allowed where you are,print out a few forms(ours come with a “postage paid”stamp on them,just fold in half,tape or staple closed and put it in the mail)and take them with you.I keep a couple in my car,that way if I happen to talk to someone at the store or wherever who isn’t registered I have a form to hand right to them.

]]> By: Ruthie http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173355 Ruthie Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:17:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173355 <p>LADIES: Want the names and addresses of dozens of single guys in YOUR neighborhood? BE A POLL WORKER! That’s right–GET PAID! to peruse the tight butts of every available man in your precinct from beneath the curtains of an election booth. And nothing is more appealing to a guy who votes in primaries than a female wearing an “I voted” sticker on her lapel. (Okay, maybe a rack of ribs on the 4th of July….)</p> LADIES: Want the names and addresses of dozens of single guys in YOUR neighborhood? BE A POLL WORKER! That’s right–GET PAID! to peruse the tight butts of every available man in your precinct from beneath the curtains of an election booth. And nothing is more appealing to a guy who votes in primaries than a female wearing an “I voted” sticker on her lapel. (Okay, maybe a rack of ribs on the 4th of July….)

]]> By: Rayne http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173271 Rayne Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:01:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173271 <p>Nice work, OFG. We will definitely be talking about your post and last night’s FDL posts about women and voting at the local DFA Meetup tomorrow night. Have already passed some emails around in the wake of a conversation tonight about AAUW and WVWV on the same issue.</p> <p>One of the gang will be having a chat with the salon owner/operator/hairdresser this week, too, to see what she thinks about organizing in the salons of this area.</p> Nice work, OFG. We will definitely be talking about your post and last night’s FDL posts about women and voting at the local DFA Meetup tomorrow night. Have already passed some emails around in the wake of a conversation tonight about AAUW and WVWV on the same issue.

One of the gang will be having a chat with the salon owner/operator/hairdresser this week, too, to see what she thinks about organizing in the salons of this area.

]]> By: Mickey http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173260 Mickey Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:48:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173260 <p>My guess would be that people who don’t vote are people who don’t think it matters who is in charge of the government. In the South of my childhood, poor people of all races didn’t vote - their poverty was a given no matter what. It seems naive to think that single women have a low voter registration/turnout just because the politicians haven’t targetted them with “programs.” I would think it would have more to do with a more global feeling of exclusion - an apathy of some sort. Lubarr is offended at being treated as an “outlier.” Maybe that’s how a lot of single women feel they are treated.</p> <p>Seems to me we ought to ask…</p> My guess would be that people who don’t vote are people who don’t think it matters who is in charge of the government. In the South of my childhood, poor people of all races didn’t vote – their poverty was a given no matter what. It seems naive to think that single women have a low voter registration/turnout just because the politicians haven’t targetted them with “programs.” I would think it would have more to do with a more global feeling of exclusion – an apathy of some sort. Lubarr is offended at being treated as an “outlier.” Maybe that’s how a lot of single women feel they are treated.

Seems to me we ought to ask…

]]> By: Redshift http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173253 Redshift Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:43:09 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/04/in-search-of-single-women/#comment-173253 <p>In Virginia, you can do more than tell them how to register — if they’re willing, you can hand them a form, wait while they fill it out, and take it to the registrar’s office yourself. (That’s what we’re encouraged to do as Democratic canvassers.) Your state may vary, but if it’s allowed, you can present this option as being for their convenience, rather than being pushy.</p> <p>Also, as those of you who met me at YKos know, I’m not terribly extroverted; if <i>I</i> can go knock on strangers’ doors, almost anyone can.</p> In Virginia, you can do more than tell them how to register — if they’re willing, you can hand them a form, wait while they fill it out, and take it to the registrar’s office yourself. (That’s what we’re encouraged to do as Democratic canvassers.) Your state may vary, but if it’s allowed, you can present this option as being for their convenience, rather than being pushy.

Also, as those of you who met me at YKos know, I’m not terribly extroverted; if I can go knock on strangers’ doors, almost anyone can.

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