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Showing posts with label 2012 election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 election. Show all posts

Monday, August 1, 2011

What is my incentive to support you, Mr. President?

The 2012 election season is underway, and somehow you seem to think liberals and progressives will simply fall in line behind you.  I can hear the comments from your re-election staff now: “Who else is there to vote for?”

My response will be to stay home. 

Working class Americans are hurting, Mr. President, while you continue to “compromise” our future away.  Forget finding a “good paying” job in this economy, finding ANY job is increasingly harder.

And what good is health care reform, which was not much of a reform to begin with, when it is tied to employment?  No job, no health care.

Medicare and Medicaid coverage is diminishing, schools are underfunded, and our infrastructure is crumbling, while the wealthy among us pay less in taxes than do their secretaries.

Tea Party advocates have their heads so far up their asses that they don’t even realize they are working against their own best interests!  The Madison Avenue “party line” they’ve been fed by wealthy Republican’s is working!  Not for struggling average Americans . . . for the wealthy Republicans!

It’s past time for liberals and progressives to rise up and demand that our concerns be represented.  We need to use the only weapon we have – our vote!

How much longer are YOU willing to be the Democrat’s doormat?

There are a few Democrats willing to stand up for us, and they should be supported.

Those who are not should be replaced – by liberal candidates, with a spine.

It seems reasonable to think that after three years in office the President would realize that trying to “compromise” with Republicans is hopeless.  Doing the same thing repeatedly, expecting a different response IS pure insanity Mr. President.  And it’s killing us.

This voter has had enough. 

To paraphrase Susan B. Anthony, “no self respecting person should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores them.“

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Obama 2.0


The Washington Post reports:

President-elect Barack Obama announced the formation of a new group known as "Organizing for America" that aims to continue the grassroots advocacy that the former Illinois Senator began in his presidential campaign.

"As President, I will need the help of all Americans to meet the challenges that lie ahead," Obama said in a video message e-mailed to supporters (and reporters) this morning. "That's why I'm asking people like you who fought for change during the campaign to continue fighting for change in your communities."

The new group will be the flagship of "Obama 2.0" as many people have taken to calling the transformation of the political organization created during the 2008 campaign.
This is an excellent move by the candidate who perfected online political organizing.

It's clear that Obama recognizes the power that his email list, which boasts more than 13 million names, represents in American politics and is working to ensure it stays within the control of a small group who are charged with protecting the Obama brand.
The organization provides a community service, and launches his 2012 campaign all at the same time.