Calling For Huckabee Part II

I decided I was being a little premature to retire from the political scene so early, so I dug out the microphone and head set and dialed up Skype. After calling the Skype people and being assured they could hear me, I fired up the call sheet for Huck's campaign. The first few calls went fine, mainly because none of them answered and I could just leave messages. Of the 15 people I called, only two answered the phone. The first lady was awesome! I asked her if I could take a moment to tell her why I supported Huckabee and she very sweetly said that I could, but that she was already on her way to vote for him and taking a caravan of her retirement home friends with her. We ended up talking for 10 minutes about where we were from and why we liked Huckabee and what we were doing today, and then I remembered that the calls are taped and that we're supposed to follow the script. Apparently, I'm not any good at following the script because the next live caller I got went nothing like the script. As soon as I introduced myself, she went into a minute long rant about how she would have voted for Huckabee, but now she wasn't voting for anyone because she was so sick of all the phone calls. Uh-oh. I told her that I was sorry for bothering her, that the system was supposed to be set up so that you were only called once by a Huckabee supporter. She then admitted that I was the first Huckabee caller and the only live political caller. Apparently, she'd been bombarded by recordings from Romney and McCain and getting angrier and angrier when there wasn't anyone live to tell off. That's when I called. I told her that I couldn't really apologize for their campaign tactics but that I was sorry I had upset her. She said it wasn't really my fault she guessed, and she was right across the street from the polling place, but she was not about to go over there. I told her that I understood the fallout from the political mudslinging and pressure tactics and that was one of the reasons I had caucused for Huck in Iowa and was making the phone calls, because I really feel Huckabee is different. She started talking about how surprised she was that he had won in Iowa. I told her it was because a lot of folks felt just like she did and that they were sick of the status quo politician too. I could tell she was starting to feel guilty, because she kept saying well, I would go vote if I weren't so mad, but I don't suppose that's your fault, I probably shouldn't have been so frustrated with you, I guess the Huckabee campaign hasn't really done anything that's upset me, I just hate politics.... I just said that I was really sorry she'd been upset by all the phone calls and that I hate that I had contributed to her distress and that I hoped she didn't let this darken her day. She said it was okay, and she really should go vote she guessed, but she wasn't saying for sure she'd go. I just said that we understand her reasons for being upset with the political arena and that if she changed her mind we would be grateful. What an emotional call! I felt like I needed to eat afterwards. If I blow my diet today, it is all Mike Huckabee's fault.