I was just thinking of something that Blake might find interesting. The first political campaign
that Blake ever worked on was the 1972 presidential campaign.... he was part of the Pendleton office in support of George McGovern. In his stroller, he did lots of door to door campaigning, made calls and stuffed envelopes and served at the local fund raising dinner. It was kind of pathetic that the young democrats in Pendleton could only afford to put on a bean supper at one of the schools. We cleared 58 dollars, TOTAL.
On other occasions,we had baked sales and lots of campy stuff like that.
The same night as our bean dinner, the area republicans held a $100 a plate dinner--- they cleared more than $58 for each person that attended.
All the McGovern supporters were high school and young college kids. We housed a whole group that came from somewhere , Portland I suppose, that came one weekend to canvas the entire town. Blake was a part of it all - actually a very active part - he enjoyed it and helped a lot, even though he was only 15 months old.
The same night as our bean dinner, the area republicans held a $100 a plate dinner--- they cleared more than $58 for each person that attended.
All the McGovern supporters were high school and young college kids. We housed a whole group that came from somewhere , Portland I suppose, that came one weekend to canvas the entire town. Blake was a part of it all - actually a very active part - he enjoyed it and helped a lot, even though he was only 15 months old.
2 comments:
Whoa!! You're old enough to have campaigned for McGovern? Wow! I'm glad that I'm not that old. Although marching in Nixon's 2nd inaugural parade probably makes me pretty old, too, huh? :)
Earlene
I do not know if you are aware that one year I was a vice President in the Oregon Young Democrats so Blake got off to a good start.. A question How did you get from there fo being a Republican???? I failed somewhere along the line.
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