The worst possibility is not Bush being re-elected; the worst possibility is Bush being re-elected and wondering if there was more you could have done. My Saturday: 1. Cramped schoolbus to and from Milwaukee, WI. 2. Gray skies, strong wind and 45 degree weather! 3....
Check out this ongoing international poll. Oh, if only the entire world could elect the next U.S. president...
It's on page 29 of this week's Chicago Reader (October 8, 2004): an article called "Foul-Weather Dems" by Ted McClelland. Since he shadowed me as I canvassed in Wisconsin last Saturday, I'm featured and, dammit, he wrote everything down. Unfortunately, that includes a...
This song is my current anthem. It rang in my head all day as I canvassed in Wisconsin. The band is Nice Peter and they're totally cool. Peter Shukoff, the lead singer, is my new friend. You can listen to "The Bush Song" or watch the video!
I love my country and I am willing to do whatever it takes to get George Bush out of office. This is how I loved my country today: 1. Nine a.m. meeting time to catch bus -- not enough sleep. 2. Spent 90 minutes on cramped school bus to southern Milwaukee (learned...
I asked each resident, "Are you supporting the Democratic ticket this year?" If they said, "Yes," then I talked to them about voting absentee. Voting absentee creates a better paper trail of your vote, makes SURE your vote is counted, and gets voting out of the way in...
I choose to remember this from the 2004 election season: Jon Stewart arguing to Rudy Guliani that in the debate tonight John Kerry showed consistency in voicing his support for the war while he criticized the way the war has been managed. When Guliani insisted that...
This is where I'll be this Saturday. Who's with me? Link to sign-up: http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/event/view/?id=20720 Saturday, Oct. 2 at 9:00 AM at: Kerry HQ 57 W Grand Ave Chicago and DPoE HQ 826 Custer Evanston [IllinoisforKerry.com Event:] Your help is needed!...
Registering takes just a few minutes -- register now at: http://moveonpac.org/vote/?id=3855-1235313-ThDFQolA5Nc6CjlRgJIsdw Once you've filled out the form, print it out, sign it, and be sure to mail it in. This is your LAST CHANCE to register in Illinois to vote in...
I hereby declare before all of Blog-dom that I am done whining. From here on out, I just keep on marching (canvassing, etc.). Michael Moore is totally right: the rightwingers NEVER give up, not even for a SECOND, not even to straighten their hypocrisy-dipped...
Dear Friends, Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK? Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous...
I spent Saturday going up to Wisconsin and canvassing for John Kerry. I have leftist friends who don't think Kerry is going to do much better than Bush, and my heart still belongs to Dennis Kucinich, but I can also face reality and do what needs to be done. To me the...
Thanks to everyone who responded to my S.O.S. message yesterday. I got plenty of responses here and in private emails. While it sounds like some of you share my doubt and fear, most of you seem to have a firm grip on the optimistic opinion that George's supposed...
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Is it all over? Is the double-digit lead George Bush attained after the Republican convention the beginning of the end? Is the American majority really going to re-elect one of the worst presidents in U.S. history because he seems more like someone they'd like to...