Posts Tagged ‘elections’

Urgent: Take Action Now to Stop Racist Voter Suppression

Sign the online petition at http://www.iacenter.org/stopvotersuppression
Online Petition Text:
To: President Bush, Senator McCain, Governor Palin, Attorney General Mukasey, Governors of Key States, Congressional and Republican Party leaders and members of the media
In the days leading up to a historic election, there has been a massive, illegal attempt to suppress votes, particularly among the poor, communities of … read more »

Change election

Rachel Maddow condemns “The New Poll Tax”

I agree — this has to be fixed before 2012.
But that’s only one of many problems our presidential elections have.
Close to home, Wayne Green of the Tulsa World wrote up his ideas on An agenda for election reform. A more expansive analysis and corrective is posted at monkeyinmymind.com: … read more »

One More Day

Change is coming! The future is waiting for us. Viva la revolution!

Sarah Palin punked

Well, better her than us, which is what it would be if she were to be elected VP. And the past 8 years have been one loooong prank call by George W. Bush, if you ask me.
She actually thought the president of France would call her to shoot the breeze and plan a hunting trip.
If … read more »

Young Democrats GOTV in Oklahoma

The Young Democrats of Oklahoma are hosting a phonebanking marathon this weekend to get out the vote (GOTV). I certainly don’t qualify, but very encouraged to see young folks working so hard for their party in a state where doing so can be pretty discouraging. But that’s probably why they keep the membership below a … read more »

Election watch: Protect your vote

This is a followup to my post “Following the elections online” from back in September.
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This video is from from Color of Change, an inspiring grassroots group based in New Orleans that grew out of the horrific injustices during and after Hurricane Katrina. They have come up with some great tips for making sure your … read more »

A new low in anti-intellectualism

Sarah Palin is a pathetic, mush-for-brains dolt. I used to think she was monumentally dumb and incurious, but had political instincts that could compensate enough for her to succeed in her corrupt career path for the foreseeable future (like George W. Bush did). She does have a special talent, all right, and is hereby awarded … read more »

GOTV videos get personal

Moveon.org has come up with a cool tool to get out the vote — videos than contain the viewer’s name as the deadbeat non-voter who caused McCain to win by one. It’s a horror movie come to life, your worst nightmare you can’t wake up from. Not the way you want to get your … read more »

Esquire makes endorsements, calls Inhofe “the worst” member of Congress in U.S.

Esquire Magazine got the civic bug two years ago and started endorsing political candidates. And they didn’t do it half-ass, either, they endorsed in every single congressional district, up or down. Ditto this year, and in Oklahoma, they didn’t pull any punches:
Inhofe believes that 9/11 was divine retribution. He believes that our Middle East policy … read more »