Met My Match

by Angel Gober—Pennsylvania

I knocked on a door three times. No answer. I left to go to the next house when I heard people at the first home getting their mail. Naturally, I went back and I apologized for not giving them enough time to answer the door, and I proceeded into my rap. This man told me, “I’m a registered Conservative Republican!”.

I said, “Ok, that’s great. Well, I’m a registered Democrat, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t agree that our economy is a disaster. That’s what Working America is about. We’re a non-profit organization fighting for working people and reiterees!”

He invited me in, and I sat down with him and his wife. We talked about how our politicians are getting rich w/our tax dollars and have free healthcare. After a few minutes, I felt that they trusted me. The wife signed down and told me that she didn’t have $5 for dues. She told me, “Before you knocked on our door, we were making a list of all of the creditors that we owe.”

She said that her husband couldn’t find work for six months, and he finally landed a job, but their wages, combined are still not enough to cover their cost of living.

I felt this woman become very insecure and vulnerable. It was amazing to know that at first they were hard-core conservative, and they turned into your everyday struggling family worrying, like so many, how they were going to survive.

I left feeling very confident that this family had a real change of heart.

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