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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 12:02 PM
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What did we do?
WE canvassed
WE phonebanked
WE donated
WE data-entered
WE cooked for the volunteers
WE put together canvassing packages
WE brought supplies to campaign HQ so they wouldn't have to spend money
WE talked to our friends
WE pestered our families
WE door-hangered
WE made GOTV calls
WE worked the polls and poll-watched
WE voted
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Liberal Gramma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 12:05 PM
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1. Now that we know what it takes, we have to do it in every election forward
Whoever said that democracy is a verb, not a noun, had it right.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 12:11 PM
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2. God, I would LOVE that
At Obama HQ, which moved from its little upstairs office to the huge union hall downstairs, there was a sign-in sheet, a staging area, a phone bank, data-entry area - all perfectly organized.

I said (real loudly) "Are you guys SURE this is the Democrats - you're so ORGANIZED" and everyone laughed. One lady said "well, we could tip a table over, if it would make you feel more comfortable."

Our community has gone from a tiny, dis-heartened, out-numbered, rag-tag little disorganized group who couldn't even staff all our polls to a MAJORITY party where people are FIGHTING over who "gets" to work which poll!
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 12:12 PM
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3. We hoped.
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Aloha Spirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 12:14 PM
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4. We organized. Time to organize the rest of the country!
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Aloha Spirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 12:15 PM
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5. And thank you thank you for dedicating your resources and time to this.
Edited on Wed Nov-05-08 12:15 PM by beat tk
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-08 12:17 PM
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6. We're not finished yet
US troops are still in Iraq.
Osama is still dancing around the border regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Nuclear weapons are proliferating like rabbits.
The financial markets are broken.
Millions of Americans are without health care.
Millions of Americans are facing foreclosure.
Millions of Americans are without jobs or underpaid.

Can we fix it? Yes, we can.
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