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trying this again with a more appropriate subj line. (mods if you must lock one, please lock the one with the 'attempt at humor' subj. thanks!)

My life has been long and grand, and I am about done with it, but I am determined to not say goodbye to all of this until I can go to my rest in the soil of a good democracy.

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In that regard, let me urge those who think Mr. Nader is a better candidate than Mr. Kerry not let their high opinions of their own political correctness cause the deaths of thousands of people in the world over the next four years and the loss of our civil liberties, which would be the real result of such selfish narcissism. According to Bruce Ackerman's wonderful editorial in the New York Times last week, Mr. Nader can avoid risking this outcome if he will name the same Electoral College electors as Mr. Kerry. Votes will register for Mr. Nader, but they will apply to Mr. Kerry if Mr. Nader has insufficient votes to win. It is a way Mr. Nader can, in this way, create a sort of Instant Runoff Voting system by a clever use of the system.

If he will not do this, I cannot vote for him, in good conscience. For I do not want to face the survivor of some family whose members were tortured and killed by our forces a few years from now and say, yes, I could have stopped it, but I was too selfish: I wanted the satisfaction of voting for the better candidate, and that satisfaction was more important to me than the lives of your children and your spouse. I cannot do that and call myself a progressive or even an American. I cannot become the kind of ideologue who lets other people die for my precious beliefs.

Yes, we have to be practical if we are to improve the real world. We All have work to do to get to November and to move into the years ahead. Let us make it joyful and selfless work.

Expect a landslide but do not stop a second in assuring it

http://truthout.org/docs_04/051604B.shtml

massive election reform. That'd get my vote in a heartbeat.

Why do you have an ABB symbol on your posts yet refuse to vote for the only Candidate who can get rid of Bush? Shouldn't it be "Anyone But Bush or Kerry" ? or "Anyone But Bush Or A Democrat" ?

for Kerry. Such is our stupid election system.

And I'd venture to say that most other Kerry voters are doing the same.

Then this won't drop too fast. You think?

it would be locked and transferred to I/P

;-)

For my part in this effort, today I went to the Rockwall Voter Office and got myself registered as a deputy voter registrar. MAN that felt good!

I'm going to try to get to the Dallas office next. It's a little further away and not as convenient to get to. I wish I'd done this months ago. After VolcanoJen's story the other day, I couldn't hold out another minute.

:-)

Let's all go kick some serious voter registry butt!

Damn... I have so much going on in my personal life that these things are slipping by me.

Thanks for posting this! Now I need to go try to find VolcanoJen's story... :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1623189

You're welcome! Here in the Metroplex we're so lucky to have multiple counties --it just gives us more work to do! :bounce:

We really should have a Metroplex meetup! the thread I posted about it a couple weeks ago died a sad lonely death.

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Thanks so much!

I love the idea of a Metroplex meetup! :)

Then again... are any of us in the Kerry meetups I wonder? I've been planning to join -- maybe we can meet up there!

but it just hasn't been the same for me since Howie dropped out. I was leading ours out here in Rockwall.

I'll check into a Kerry one and let you know! ;-)

those are ALL Granny D's words... not mine!

I woulda missed it otherwise.

Well said, Granny D; Well posted, nostamj.

Or something like that!

deserves another

a good choice of kick for your first post! Granny D rocks!

:hi:

i am not a real newbie, been lurking seems like forever. love your toon threads, they get me through some tough days. thank you for all the hard work.

i love granny D too. i read your thread yesterday and decided i better find out what my forgotten password was and post something.

in these trying times...

good for you! Granny D is a worthy reason to step up and post

thank you!

this was a great read - thanks for posting

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and get back up there!

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And yes, I have to agree, with all the newbies, GD, sucks (for the most part).

What really is important here? It begs the question.

but, very frustrating.

I'm ready to move TOONs back to the Meeting Room...

getting half the kicks they used to get only two weeks ago...

too much work to be nothing but archive sludge... <sigh>

It is frustrating though to see meaningful threads drop out of sight. ahhh, for the good old days, heh...0ldtimer? And by the way, Granny D is my be all, end all. If she can do it, how can we not?

"why when I first came to DU, EVERYBODY was on dial-up and you had to slap the monitor to get the gifs to animate.... grumble grumble grumble....."

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god bless and welcome Granny D!

(he knows most of GD couldn't have cared less)

Go Granny D!

She is a real hero!

Go Granny GO!!!!

A message to be printed out and distributed by the THOUSANDS!

I just don't have the words for how this woman moves me.

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I had an idea some time ago about DU-ers distributing 25 plus flyers a week in malls, Doctors offices, etc...

Here is what GD says.

You all get so many emails and read so many good columns and articles that are sent to you--Krugman, Dowd, Cronkite, Ivins, Hightower, Palast, Friedman and the few other heroes left in our otherwise silent news media. You read them and send them to other members of our little choir.

That is not enough; You must print them out and give them to your neighbors and family members. You must run them off by the hundreds and give them out at bus and train stations until they ask you to leave. Then you must come back with more. The masses of our neighbors are not getting the truth and we cannot expect them to vote wisely unless we wise them up ourselves. No one can do this for us. No presidential campaign can do more than spread around a few slogans and accusations. The news media will not do it for us, as they are no longer in the truth business. There is only you and me. We need to do a massive voter education project, starting right now. I will have many of these little fliers on my website soon for you to print off, or you can make your own from all the material that comes your way.

Remember that many of us lefties are authority-averse and we like to make our own political decisions. Many others, however-including many of our neighbors and friends-are authority-dependent and, before changing their opinions, need to hear the truth coming from the pens and mouths of people they trust. So when Walter Cronkite writes a good piece, put his picture on it and take it around to everyone who remembers him from his days as the most trusted television newsman in America.

Who's in? :hi:

to distribute at our performances.

all the KEY urls and other info as a program insert.

:)

:hi:

sad that it took TWO postings to even get to 30 replies though...

and kudos to WillPitt and truthout for posting it so I could FIND it!

Thanks, nostamj!

;)

;-)

:hi:

from all this kicking

:grr:

You started it, stick with it! No one better to stick with than Granny D!!

She is a real hero and an inspiration for us all!

This should be on the front page of DU. Paging Skinner.........

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Halliburton, Dallas,

Don't you know?

www.grannyd.com



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Granny D (right) helps a volunteer register voters.

not that it will make a difference today... <sigh>

on the home page of DU?

What do you all think?

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you'd go straight to hell.

this POSITIVE, MOTIVATIONAL message is going STRAIGHT to the top again!

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Help me out here, I am so sorry.

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We need his help! Heck we need all of DU's help! Can we please make this be a permanent placement. Can we all give GrannyD the respect she is due?

and YOU know WHO I WAS talking TO,

don't YOU????

Will it really work for Kerry and Nader to have the same electors?

Has someone checked this out? I know that when I vote for president I am really voting for a slate of electors to the electoral college. But are state laws written so as to add up all votes for these electors coming from more than one candidate? I can see a court challenge that would end up in the same corrupt court as last time.

i trust her.

I didn't think the candidate designated the electoral college voters. I thought they only designated the ones who went to the convention.

Sonething doesn't sound right here.

why should we?

trust your granny!

no sex, no violence...

feh. let it drop unnoticed!

we don't need no stinking inspiration!!!!

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It's up to us!

I would...

really I would.

but, 'brown substance-related-white house whores-activity-program's I'm just not responding...

and that's the truth, phhhffffttt....!

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gonna send this to Guy James...

maybe I'll read a quote on today's show if he doesn't....