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To all who oppose the war. To all who really call themselves 'progressives', now is the time to act.
We can see the course of this election. Obama and the Dems win in a landslide. That's the big course of things and its set and its already in motion. Even if it wasn't true, which it probably is, the corporate money would insist on it being so. The big money has clearly been behind Obama for some time now.
We are going to see an Obama administration with the Dems in control of Congress. We know that by default the Dems won't want to listen to us. That they'll still want to continue the wars. That they won't prosecute the Bush criminals. That they'll give our money to their rich friends on wall street. They'll want to call us 'idiot liberals' and barr us from the room. We know this from the Democrats.
So ok, how do we make an Obama administration respect us and do what we want? We keep hearing how we have to be the ones to 'pressure' an Obama administration. How do we do that?
The only language they understand is political power. We need to show it. We need to have every Democratic congress critter looking at the combined Nader\McKinney vote in their district or state and saying 'holy shit!'. The more votes we put on the board right now, the more we get their attention and the more respect we get. By putting votes on the board right now, we show political power.
Its a safe vote. Obama wins this in a landslide. The Dems win this in a landslide. The states 'in play' are traditional Republicans ones like Indiana, Virginia and North Carolina. To even think about winning, McCain has to sweep every state where he's even within shouting distance of Obama, and then maybe even one or two more. Obama and the Dems have this in a lock.
Spread the word. Now is the time. If there was ever a moment to vote your conscious and vote for an alternative to the corporate parties, it is this election. Its a safe vote. Obama wins big regardless. The key point for right now is actaully the closer we make it, the better for us. If the Democrats are holding their breath on election night saying 'holy shit!' watching the numbers roll in with state after state they thought was solidly in there win column instead becoming razor thin with big voters for Nader and McKinney, that's great for us. We want to give them a heart attack. That's the only way they'll take us seriously.
Do you want to really stop these wars Do you want to stop this and end it? Then vote your conscience. Register a political earthquake the Dems can't help but feel.
Do you really want to protect the environment? Do you really want to turn the tide seriously back against global warming? Then vote your conscience. Register a political earthquake the Dems can't help but feel.
Me, I'm personally in favor of kicking the Democrats as hard as I can where it hurts the most. I think of all the sell out votes on the war and impeachment and the bailout and I just want to kick them in the nuts. But, even when you admit Obama is marginally, just, but marginally better than McCain, then you have to admit the closer it is, the more strength we show right now, the better off we are.
We want every congressional dem looking ahead to the 2010 elections, seeing a strong Nader\McKinney vote in their districts, and shuddering at what the prospects of an angry progressive antiwar third party campaign in 2010 would do to their congressional careers. You want to stop these wars? That's how to do it.
If we don't do it. They'll continue to laugh at us. Big votes for Obama from progressives and the left, and they'll just laugh in our face at us and ignore us after the election. But big votes for Nader and McKinney will leave them quaking at our strength.
Now is the time. This is the election. This is the moment to strike.
