so you wanna be president, huh? and you tell me you’re gonna make it all better…
then tell me: when will you SHOW UP where we really really need to see you?
take the jump:::::::::::::::::::::>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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cross-posted at dKos
I’m a life-long Democrat. Been a county delegate, a local candidate, an ardent campaigner.
But, I’ve got to tell you all this: YOU.. and Congressional Dems, are losing me… losing my confidence, losing my heart… and you risk losing my vote.
I’m NOT going to renounce being a Democrat. I’m demanding that all of you… the mess of you.. start acting like Democrats.
A CALL TO ACTION: Candidates, put some edge, some risk-taking, some larger meaning, into your campaigns. Take control of the issues facing our country, and show up where it counts.
| SHOW UP in Washington, DC on September 15 to STAND UP with the rest of us on the Road2DC SPEAKING OUT in protest of the Iraq War.
SHOW UP on the steps of the Capitol Building when Congress opens its session. STAND UP to inertia and SPEAK OUT and demand that your colleagues in Congress stop Bush, make sure Iran doesn’t happen, deauthorize FISA, restore the Constitution, and deFUND the Iraq war. SHOW UP at the White House and STAND UP to Bush. SPEAK OUT to protest George W. Bush’s complete and utter lack of regard for our country, our values, our Constitution, our privacy and freedoms, and the military, which he has devastated. It’s time to stand and be seen in a place that leaves NO question about your willingnes to engage George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and the entire GOP machine just waiting to grind you up. For your hair cut, for your military service, for your name, for your sex. |
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A CALL TO ACTION: Congressonal Democrats, it’s time to start acting on the mandate you’ve been given. You know, that’s what November 2006 was, btw. And the polls after? That’s was a mandate too. And the low approval rating of Congress? Yup, yet another mandate and it goes something like this:
| STOP THE RUNAWAY TRAIN that has become our government. Take back control. DO IT.
STOP talking about about stopping George W. Bush. DO IT. STOP talking about defunding. DO IT. STOP writing letters to Karl and Harriet about showing up to testify. Find a way to make them DO IT. STOP talking about the tragedy of New Orleans and the malfeasence of the Bush Administration’s handling of it. LEGISLATE FUNDING (and, for the love of god, oversee the rebuilding) to restore one of America’s most important heritage and cultural cities. DO IT. STOP talking about how horrible the sub prime fiasco is. HELP people so they don’t LOSE their homes. And, as a bonus, just this one time, let the risk-taking predatory lenders absorb the bulk of the burden of this mess. DO IT. STOP being afraid to take the platform we’ve given you and USE IT…cause there are zillions of other things we need you to do. DO IT. |
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In short, we need to get those in our government BACK to the business of governing… not abdicating it to a president who has only one focus: giving more power to a small minority whose profit-driven depravity has just about bankrupted our country, our people, and the environment. The middle class belongs on the endangered species list.
We need the Democratic candidates to show up in the offices of all of their colleagues, both Democrat and Republican legislators, and bring the message in this mandate: AMERICANS WANT THEIR COUNTRY BACK.
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ps…would it have any impact if a bunch of “hey (your) candidate, it’s me, your screen name” diaries started showing up in the recent diary list or as comments in open threads? all asking for the candidates to SHOW UP… where you think we need them and why
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You’re good at this writing stuff!