Next Step? Defeat Bush

Now that John Kerry has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination for November's presidential election, it is time to move on to the next step: defeating Bush.

Many of us with anti-Bush sentiments feel strongly that he will be defeated in November. I caution you that we musn't let history repeat itself. If any of the states are close, you should count on the Supreme Court giving those states electoral votes to Bush.

We must work to ensure that each of our states are won by Kerry with a clear majority.

The Bush campaign has over three billion dollars to spend on this election, and their campaign will start very soon. That money will be spent mostly on television advertisements, because Americans mostly sit numbly in front of their televisions asking to be told what to do. They are going to be told that George Bush is a good president who has moved our country forward into a new era of prosperity. As you might know, this is a lie. Things have never been worse, and this president could make Herbert Hoover look like a god-send.

The economy has never been worse, the tax laws passed by this administration are crippling our nation, the wars we are involved in are endless and unwinnable, the social backlash against the disenfranchised is appalling, and Bush's friends are lining their pockets with the money from our Treasury. If there has been a darker time in American history, I do not know about it.

MoveOn.org has started a political action committee to help defeat Bush, and they are looking for help. I received this message from them:

On Thursday, President Bush will go on the air with his first campaign ads -- a $3.6 million blitz.

This is it, folks -- the fight is on. So today, we're launching the MoveOn PAC and our major campaign to beat President Bush in the fall election. We'd like to know if we can count on your help and how much time and energy you're willing to give to the cause.

As a member of the campaign to take back the White House, we'll send you special emails that identify ways in which you can help swing the election -- from writing post cards to voters in swing states to distributing flyers to holding house parties for the nominee. We're asking for a commitment of a certain number of hours per week on average -- if you don't have time to help out one week, you can make it up another.

We'll need MoveOn members to pledge over 1,000,000 hours between now and November 2nd to beat George Bush and take back our country. It's a big number, but if we each pledge just a few hours a week, we'll far exceed it. We've posted a running tally of the hours pledged on the page above.

President Bush has already raised hundreds of millions for his bid. Our great hope is in our collective power to get out the vote. We'll work via the Internet, the telephone, and face-to-face conversations with voters. And we'll take back our democracy, city by city, block by block, and voter by voter.

It's clear that our nation needs new leadership. We can make that a reality if we work together.

Sincerely,
--Adam, Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Laura, and Wes
The MoveOn PAC Team
March 2nd, 2004

President Bush has already raised hundreds of millions for his bid. Our great hope is in our collective power to get out the vote. We'll work via the Internet, the telephone, and face-to-face conversations with voters. And we'll take back our democracy, city by city, block by block, and voter by voter. Are you in? Sign the pledge:
"I pledge to help defeat George Bush and take our country back."

Those of us who live in states where we think Bush will be defeated must work just as hard as those in Republican stronghold states. Even Kerry's home state of Massachusetts (which elected that scumbag Mitt Romney as the Governor) must work to ensure that Bush does not steal another election.

Please consider becoming active in your community.

Peace.