Good calls

This past week I had the satisfying experience of calling into Charlotte, North Carolina, with the national UniteHERE election phonebank.

(You too can do this. UniteHERE is the union of people who change beds and serve drinks in hotels. And they know BS when they see it. They are working predominantly in PA and NV, though this day they were supporting a People to the Polls canvass in NC.)

Interestingly, the North Carolina voters didn't much talk about Hurricane Helene, but they did know there was an upcoming election.

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank has been reporting from North Carolina:

As if the good people of North Carolina haven’t suffered enough lately, they also have to worry about this: a network of child traffickers and pedophiles that tortures and kills children to harvest their blood for an anti-aging elixir known as adrenochrome.

Or so believes the Republican candidate to be the state’s superintendent of public instruction, Michele Morrow.

“The evil, demon-possessed people who worship Satan have been using this to try to keep their youth,” Morrow said in a video she posted on Facebook in 2020. “They’ve been using it as a drug that is more powerful than street drugs. … It is gotten through children who are being tortured and know that they are about to die. Guys, this is deep, it is evil, and it is real. It is truly happening, and we have got to stop it.” Among those she has identified as adrenochrome users is the actor Jim Carrey.

And this is not the only shocking discovery made by Morrow. Just a couple of weeks ago, she informed the public that the plus sign in LGBTQ+ “includes PEDOPH*L*A!!” ...

And that's not all about Morrow:

But here’s the truly crazy thing: Morrow has an even chance to become the state’s top educator. A poll by Raleigh-based WRAL last month found that she is in a statistical tie with her Democratic opponent.

The voters I talked with in Charlotte knew about and supported Kamala Harris. They mostly knew about the crazy Mark Robinson, hate monger, proud "Black Nazi" and porn addict, who the Republicans are running for governor. But they didn't yet know about Morrow. "What's her name?"

Mo Green is a seasoned proponent of quality public education and the Democrat who is running against Morrow. Nobody had heard of him.

It felt a privilege to help at least a handful of North Carolina voters to "do their research" on this vital contest.

Phone banking isn't glamorous or even always fun, though often interesting. But when enough of us work together, we win.