I was out doorknocking in the Lake Braddock precinct of Fairfax County today, when I knocked on one house.
Immediately I heard thumping, running footsteps to the door, where I heard a toddler scream…
“MOMMY!! MOMMY!! THE CHINESE GUY IS HERE!! THE CHINESE GUY IS HERE!!”
My mind was reeling about what that meant…a family of Chinese-haters? What?
“THE CHINESE FOOD GUY!!! THE CHINESE FOOD GUY IS HERE!!”
I waited docilely for the woman to come out. She was about to give me a $20 when I calmly explained, as if some toddler hadn’t proclaimed I was Chinese to the entire neighborhood and some woman wasn’t waving $20 in my face, that, no, I wasn’t the Chinese food guy, and that I was a volunteer for the Marsden for Delegate campaign…
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Like baby racial profiling.
I’m a big person (big as in overweight), and whenever I go into a Burger King with somebody, they order and then its my turn, and when I order, I get “Do you want to make that a King size?”
LOL! Kenton, this was too funny
Haha! Christian, did you forget you knocked on the door of the infamous Bob Marshall?
Jim Dillard, incidentally, was on my walksheet. He wasn’t home.
I’m not a big “Dixie Dillard” fan.
Its an easy mistake to make. Classic liberalism at this blog.
My favorite story like that is when I was walking with a candidate who shall remain nameless. We will call him “Mr. X.” He knocked on one door, and it was answered by a small child. I’m no good at guessing ages, but I’d say he was about 7 or 8. Mr. X introduced himself, and was about to ask if the kid’s parents were home, when the kid turned and screamed back into the house: “Mom! Dad! That son of a b**** you were talking about last night is here!”
I don’t think we won any votes at that house….
Ex Lt. Gov. Don Beyer was also on my call sheet for Howard Dean. He was actually in the office at the time, so I just found him and went through the script. I got his autograph, too.
Hey Sam- did you have fun going door to door with Dave?
Actually, I haven’t gone door knocking for Dave Marsden yet, and I don’t think I’ve ever knocked on your door for anybody…..
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