One Tiny Ant Among Millions

[plumtreeblossom]

I've been giving a little bit of each paycheck to help the Obama campaign since this past spring. It's become a uplifting routine that I've come to think of as "giving Barack his allowance." He also got $47 on his 47th birthday.

After shelling out this morning, I looked at the calendar and realized that after today I have only one more payday between now and the election. It's weird to think I'm going to miss a regular outflow of cash, but I really am going to miss it. I'm nothing close to rich and in fact I struggle to stay in the middle class, but giving the small amount that I can has given me a feeling of empowerment that I hadn't experienced before. Elections always just happened without me. But this time, it feels like it can't happen without me, and people like me. The fund-raising slogan "own a piece of the campaign" really captures how I feel, and I do feel integrated and part of something monumental. Nothing political has ever meant this much to me in my entire life.

Comments

[smacaski.livejournal.com]

So, is Obama Sam? Or Aragorn?

Bush is of course Sauron, and Cheney is Wormtongue.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I think Obama is Frodo. But I only know the basics of the LoTR world, so someone else's guess might be better than mine. :-)

[smacaski.livejournal.com]

I would have thought Frodo, too, but he was too tempted by the One Ring ("preciousss"), so that wouldn't bode well for an Obama presidency. Whereas Sam went back to The Shire, was elected Mayor, and seemed to have a good long decent run of it.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Go you. :)

Still planning on coming to my fundraiser? If so, would you mind commenting over there? It'll help me keep track of numbers. And, of course, feel free to publicize it and to bring anyone you like. :)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Done! :-)

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Thankee :)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

That picture kills me every time!

Have you considered shifting the Obamallowance to another (perhaps related) cause once election day passes?