Notes from a bitch…

A bitch has been working on several campaigns and I am tired as hell!
I’ve canvassed…phone-banked…blogged…rallied…and there is still so much that needs to be done.
Pause…consider…continue.
Yep, ’tis time for a pre-election Bitchfirmation!
Ahem.
When we’re called un-American for doing what this nation’s founders did by calling out bullshit and questioning those elected to serve us…
When we’re called socialists by people who couldn’t define socialism without a Google search an the assistance of an online dictionary if their herd mentality-based lives depended on it…
When they drop dollops of hate in the comment section of my blog as if I’ve lived damn near 36 years…all of them black…and never been called that shit before…
When they hang up the phone, slam the door or walk away rather than listen and debate…
For all the drama that accompanies campaign volunteering and activism in general…
Go on, y’all!
Go on with your badass volunteer, activist and advocate self!
Because living your values is not copy-writed by any political party…valuing family and community is not the sole property of social conservatives…and patriotism doesn’t reside exclusively within the GOP.
Be vocal…because the blood, sweat and tears of millions were shed so that we can do just that.
Be proud…because part of being patriotic is the expectation that we the people speak truth to power.
And be fierce…because all that drama and more is why they call this a struggle.
Yes, I don’t know about y’all but I needed that.
And now?
Begin again…