I have never been more convinced about the need for a concentrated and significant get out the vote effort than I am after Sarah Palin's speech. Wow. She is good; a lying hypocrite, but good. The ground game is critical now - even more so than before - because GOTV efforts are going to win or lose this election.
We will never convince Republicans to vote for Obama/Biden; truth, justice, compassion, and reason are just not part of their moral framework. Indeed, as candidate for Governor, Palin listed her top three ways to help families as: school choice (vouchers), banning gay marriage, and gun rights. Seriously. I'm not kidding. I couldn't make that shit up if I tried.
They have a new darling, or, as Kagro X over at Daily Kos noted, their "Gingrich in pearls."
What to do? Same as always, only this time it's more urgent and we have two months to do it. We need to get every Democrat and a whole slew of undecideds to vote for the Obama/Biden ticket. This is critical. The time is now. There is no time to waste. Here you go:
First, register to vote. Second, get out the vote. Third, vote. Fourth, make sure everyone you know is doing 1 ,2, and 3.
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First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.
Some of my most favorite quotes
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution. ~Emma Goldman
Most men worry about their own bellies, and other peoples' souls, when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other peoples' bellies. ~Rabbi Israel Salan
Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun. ~Florynce Kennedy
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps himself in the Constitution than someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps himself in the flag! ~Molly Ivins
If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution. ~Emma Goldman
Most men worry about their own bellies, and other peoples' souls, when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other peoples' bellies. ~Rabbi Israel Salan
Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun. ~Florynce Kennedy
I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps himself in the Constitution than someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps himself in the flag! ~Molly Ivins
I don't know much about religion beyond a cursory ability to take the lord's name in vain...~Bill in Portland Maine
I pledge allegiance to the Earth, and to the flora, fauna, and human life that it supports; one planet, indivisible, with safe air, water and soil, economic justice, equal rights and peace for all. ~Bella Abzug
The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. ~Pat Robertson, fundraising letter
The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians. ~Pat Robertson, fundraising letter
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