# Charlotte Dopers: Willing to Share Your Political Opinion to NPR? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898 "2008-10-07T20:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/1 "2008-10-07T20:47:09Z")
So this is not our typical group meeting thing - but I think it’s kind of cool! NPR (National Public Radio) is looking to interview some people from different ages and backgrounds about their political opinions. I got this email from a friend of a friend, and being an NPR buff, I responded. I ended up talking to Gisele Grayson directly on the phone, and she would love to sit down and buy us some coffees and ask a few questions. Here’s her original email: \* My name is Gisele Grayson and I work with Linda Wertheimer at National Public Radio in Washington. We are coming to Charlotte on Wednesday, and are looking for groups of voters to talk to. I was poking around the all-wise Google, and see that you have a dinner scheduled for Wednesday night. I was wondering if you might talk to me for a few minutes about the group, and possibly let me and Linda join - and then talk politics with us for a little while. 🙂 North Carolina is an interesting state - a lot of maps have it leaning red, though NPR calls it as a toss-up. We’re interested in hearing a variety of opinions from voters - are people still undecided? Has the economic news changed anything for people? \* If you want to come, and give your opinions for their national broadcast - here’s the 411: When: Wednesday, October 8 at 7 PM Where: Caribou Coffee (Carmel Village) 7510 Pineville Matthews Road Charlotte, NC 28226 (704) 752-7880 RSVP: Please let me know if you are planning to come, and if you are bringing any friends so I can grab enough tables. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/2 "2008-10-07T21:51:04Z")
Planning to be there. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/3 "2008-10-07T23:06:51Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Planning to be there. yay! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/4 "2008-10-07T23:36:04Z")
I may just be able to make this…I have to check when I get home. Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/5 "2008-10-07T23:49:20Z")
I wish I was still in the Charlotte area! I’m sorry to say I will not be able to attend. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/6 "2008-10-07T23:58:52Z")
> [@MissMossie](#): > > I wish I was still in the Charlotte area! I’m sorry to say I will not be able to attend. Aww tell the nuns you need a night off!! ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/7 "2008-10-08T01:44:29Z")
I might be able to make it. Is it going to be a live broadcast, or recorded? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/8 "2008-10-08T02:09:05Z")
Sorry, but I don’t think I’ll be able to get back home in time to get my beauty sleep. I have to be at a meeting on Thursday an hour earlier than I usually start work. Thanks again for thinking of me! I’ll try to catch the broadcast. (When will that be?) ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/9 "2008-10-08T03:07:49Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I might be able to make it. Is it going to be a live broadcast, or recorded? I believe it’s going to be recorded - they are doing 1 or 2 other meetings like this -(but none as cool as us) and then merging the information. I would love it if you could make it! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/10 "2008-10-08T03:08:50Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Sorry, but I don’t think I’ll be able to get back home in time to get my beauty sleep. I have to be at a meeting on Thursday an hour earlier than I usually start work. Thanks again for thinking of me! I’ll try to catch the broadcast. (When will that be?) Dude - this is NPR! You are choosing sleep over NPR? Actually - I would be surprised if it lasted more than an hour or so . . . I will post once I know when it airs - hopefully we’ll be able to get a podcast. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/11 "2008-10-08T03:49:06Z")
Yeah, but I’m 3 hours away. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/12 "2008-10-08T11:01:43Z")
Out of curiosity, what “scheduled dinner” did she find on Google? ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/13 "2008-10-08T11:55:11Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Out of curiosity, what “scheduled dinner” did she find on Google? The Charlotte Dinner meetup group - one of the groups of [meetup.com](http://meetup.com) I am a member of. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/14 "2008-10-08T12:20:17Z")
It looks like I’ll be able to make it. **melodyharmonius** , are you and **KneadToKnow** going to be there? I can recognize you all. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/15 "2008-10-08T12:26:24Z")
Oooh, sounds interesting! Fortunately, I’m off at 5pm tonight, so it looks like a go for me. Will see if I can get The Husband to come with. Thanks for the heads up, **melodyharmonius**! ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/16 "2008-10-08T12:29:34Z")
Ah, I see. It sounded a bit fishy there for a minute… ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/17 "2008-10-08T12:33:41Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It looks like I’ll be able to make it. **melodyharmonius** , are you and **KneadToKnow** going to be there? I can recognize you all. If I can make it, I’ll be the guy with the bandage on my left temple (having a cyst removed today.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/18 "2008-10-08T12:41:17Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It looks like I’ll be able to make it. **melodyharmonius** , are you and **KneadToKnow** going to be there? I can recognize you all. AFAIK, melody and I will both be there, Maus. Looking forward to seeing you again. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/19 "2008-10-08T18:17:00Z")
I’m so glad you guys can come - I’m bordering the geek phase of my excitement! I’ll be there around 6:30 to reserve tables and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898/20 "2008-10-08T20:51:56Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > If I can make it, I’ll be the guy with the bandage on my left temple (having a cyst removed today.) Ouch! Drug up and roll em out - it won’t be the same without you 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dopers-willing-to-share-your-political-opinion-to-npr/466898.md?page=2)