This is NOT one one of those times to be idle… Be Involved!

Posted by YWC!LI on October 13, 2010 at 11:01 am

There are times when it is useful to send a signal to Democrats (by
voting third party or sitting an election out) that they don’t have enough spine or have not done enough.

This is not one of those times.

Three reasons:
1) Mainstream Democrats managed to coax the Blue Dog Democrats (who hail from Republican districts and got elected only by being conservative on some issues) to pass some pretty sweeping legislation. Five years from now, the phrase “pre-existing condition” will be just a bad memory. The economy was rescued from a Great Depression. There was serious financial reform.

2) If those who voted for Democrats in 2008 sit this election out, this could be a wave election, leaving the Republicans in charge not just for one term, but for several. It is not impossible for them to win 100 seats in the House. And many of them are of the “privatize social security” mindset. Once they become incumbents, they get much harder to defeat.

3) If the Republicans take over the Congress, nothing will get done during this critical juncture in our history and the Obama presidency will be seriously or mortally wounded.

The Paladinos are at the door. Will you stand and fight or let us be overrun?

I am delighted to share with you that our list of phone-bankers continues to grow each day.

Please, if you have any intentions of supporting our effort, do not procrastinate any longer. Reaching this organization’s goal of 10,000 phone calls will be a lot easier as more people share the load.

Defining ‘load’: It’s not heavy lifting. It’ll take a few evening hours a week after dinner and before we annoy the people who share our values (We are calling soft-Dems).

Not a bad price for each of us to pay for saving a Democratic controlled Congress and our future.

Those who have been making calls report that it has been a more pleasant and gratifying experience than they had anticipated. Responses appear to be much the same for experienced phone-bankers as for novices.

I am waiting to hear from you: mkyankee@gmail.com

The Paladinos are at the door. Will you stand and fight or let us be overrun?

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