MANTRA---KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!

[Ruby Romaine]

Write this on post its- put up where ever you have an idle minute or 2

Say it out loud.say it silently- just say & think it then go out &
identify voters, persuade undecideds, GOTV, poll watch !!!

post on the bathroom mirror- while brushing teeth, steering wheel center, computer monitor while you are waiting for something to load-

KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
KERRY/EDWARDS LANDSLIDE!!!!!!
DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE!!!!!!

[IronLionZion]

1. Turnout can make it happen

all we need to do is get our people out there to vote. There are a lot more of us then of them.

[Walt Starr]

2. JINX!!

You'll jinx us with that shit!

[Ruby Romaine]

3. no way-positive thinking & hard work will help us win!

[TexasSissy]

4. Errrr....I believe in realism. This'll be a squeaker, whoever wins.

I HOPE and I PRAY it'll be Kerry. If it is, all evidence indicates that it'll be a squeaker. We best be prepared....I think the corrupt Bush campaign will challenge anything and everything if it's a squeaker.

Plus...I think Florida is already rigged.

Having said that....I'd LOVE to be wrong, and Kerry win by a landslide.

[shockingelk]

15. Kerry takes VA, NC

PA, FL and OH and you can stop watching the results roll in and celebrate the landslide.

[djg21]

5. This is a mantra - - -

that we need nothing to do with.

Whenever the word "landslide" is uttered, voter turnout is suppressed because people begin to think that their votes won't make a difference.

Don't kid yourself, the repukes will turn out in large numbers to vote for Shrub no matter what. This election will be a squeaker no matter how badly Bush continues to perform.

It will be close, and we neo get out the vote!

[Terran]

6. No, bad idea

I don't believe in jinxs, but it's going to be close, that's obvious. This kind of talk just makes you (us) look clueless, like the "folks" at FR.

[mvd]

7. I think we can win by a decent margin, but..

I'm less sure of a landslide. We should enjoy the debate win, but not get overconfident. On to the next debate!

[AP]

8. Dewey defeats Truman. Don't count your chickens...

...you don't want to discourage people from voting.

[mike from ri]

9. not a jinx -- it is possible

Of course, a number of assumptions and events have to come into play:

1. kerry was never really that far behind; the polling has been biased by a lull in enthusiasm for kerry pre-debate; there was never such a large lull in actual voter preference; maybe just 3 or 4 points among RV.

2. kerry has been doing better in swing states than nationally all along. the nation already knows about b*sh; only swing state voters have been exposed to kerry in relatively large doses.

3. nader (whose support is slim anyhow) will fade rapidly towards the end.

4. trun-out and field organiztion. need i say more?

5. a natural tnedency of dems to "come home" b4 the end.

6. the need for the dem base to be fired up (repubs seem not to need this factor as much) is now fulfilled.

7. kerry continues to do well in debates (not necessary for bush to continue to do quite so bad).

8. kerry goes thematic -- connects bush's anti-tax, anti-gov, anti-conservation rhetoric and attitutdes to long-term failures in war-on-terror.

10. kerry listens to the old clinton hands rather than the old dukakis and gore hands.

11. surrogates like Gneral Clark and John Glenn do their part.

12. a few lucky breaks.


result: 54-45-1. dems take sen. by two seats. take house, yes house, by same margin. not a a huge landslide; but sort of a landslide.

[Radio-Active]

10. I believe and hope it will happen, BUT

this shouldn't be our talking point. As others have warned, this will suppress voter turnout. It would be a nice surprise, but we can't turn our backs on these criminals, or get overconfident.

[Ruby Romaine]

13. a private visualization isn't the same as a talking point!

[Radical Activist]

11. No, people need to know that this will be close and that

their vote matters. Some people will stay home if they think the election is already decided. We can't afford that.

[Ruby Romaine]

12. Many of you miss the point- we must believe we'll win! is it better to get

depressed by skewed polls?
athletes see themselves winning & winning big, why can't we?
let's all think positively & also work hard to help John Kerry win & take the white house back & the senate & congress (after all Al Gore won-let's not forget)
I'm going offline to
do some work for John Kerry right now
and all of you should do so too!
:)

[AVID]

14. OK - How about just PRESIDENT KERRY!!!

[Ruby Romaine]

16. That sounds wonderful!

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