Just Talked to Huckabee
January 8th, 2008 at 7:40 pm | posted by Matthew Bartlett, ONE Regional OrganizerGov. Huckabee just popped into a voting site here in Manchester, NH, and ONE member Melissa Skinner was able to talk with him about her recent mission work in Africa and thank him for his strong endorsement of PEPFAR. She gave him a ONE band that he immediatly put on.
When I met Gov. for the first time back in February and I told him how I gave him a ONE band and told him about ONE. At the time, he looked at me and the ONE band with some skeptiscism, but then he asked if Pastor Rick Warren was involved with ONE. I had said yes and Gov. Huckabee told me to count him in.
Tonight Gov. Huckabee said that he remembered that moment and I was able to thank him for his ideas and for taping his plans for our On The Record microsite.
The polls are about to close in NH and ONE has been everywhere in the Granite State to make sure that all the candidaes know that saving lives around the world is a priority!
-Matthew Bartlett, ONE Regional Organizer
January 9th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
What an amazing year and what an amazing day to end it with here in NH! It is so inspiring to look back to when we first started talking to candidates here in NH and how far they have come with recognizing the ONE campaign! Hard work by volunteers and staffers all over the states have made the candidates aware of the fact that Americans will not rest when there are so many things we can do to help our neighbors, near or far. It just proves again that we are blessed to live in a country that can rally around issues and really make a difference! If you use your voice, they will listen!
Keep up the great work everyone!! Go ONE!