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With what happened with the vote today, we need to think of 2014 and... (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 OP
2014 elleng Apr 2013 #1
2014 Tx4obama Apr 2013 #2
2014 first, but 2016 also. sheshe2 Apr 2013 #3
Fight all enemies of this goal. 2014! tridim Apr 2013 #4
To change the laws, change the lawmakers... freshwest Apr 2013 #5
But can we get the turnout? MaineLinePhilly Apr 2013 #6
Start with tlking to your friends and family. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #9
Or, if stranded in a teabagger hellhole like I am, IrishAyes Apr 2013 #13
Post removed Post removed Apr 2013 #7
Definitely Lady Freedom Returns.. Tweets about this found on Cha Apr 2013 #8
We had congress mwrguy Apr 2013 #10
We can not look at what could have. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #11
Yes, because today's vote against the overwhelming majority of the American People whathehell Apr 2013 #12
 

MaineLinePhilly

(72 posts)
6. But can we get the turnout?
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:58 PM
Apr 2013

You know how it works in the midterms. The Democratic coalition that comes out during presidential election years (particularly the last two presidential elections) just doesn't turn up for midterms, which is so damn frustrating because one can easily see that its more than just the President to pass the kind of agenda that needs to be passed. How do we get our side out in the midterms to combat the older and mostly Republican voting bloc that votes in the midterms?

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
9. Start with tlking to your friends and family.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:04 PM
Apr 2013

Get them to talk to their friends and families.

Then add to this find the Democratic meet-up in your area. Work with them to get the word out.

This fight starts in our own backyards to protect our own backyards!

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
13. Or, if stranded in a teabagger hellhole like I am,
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:02 PM
Apr 2013

Where there are few other declared Democrats around and none except me are willing to stick their neck out for a meet-up, write letters to the editors of every newspaper you can find that will publish them. That's the most widely read section of many papers, especially the ones that lack a comics page! Use social media, too, as much as you can. Subscribe to the newsletters of good Democrats and sign petitions for your causes until your fingers are ready to fall off.

Often it's hard to tell if you're changing any minds, and plenty of people will castigate if not outright threaten you, but I tend to take the latter result as encouragement. At least you know you're hitting sore spots.

For instance today I read this week's paper which carried a screeching response to what I wrote for last week's edition. The guy didn't call me by name, but he started off complaining about Democrats' alleged lies and then proceeded to shovel so much manure of his own that the very page stank to high heaven. I'm pleased to report that among his other infuriated 'rebuttals' to everything I'd written, he called everyone in our party LYING HYENAS OF SOCIALISM. Oh, and I almost forgot; he called us lazy and greedy, too.

Well! I guess that showed me! I'll run to cover right now and never spread my socialist lies around here again!

And people wonder why I stay home the day after elections! I AM afraid one of those pitched beer bottles might find their mark one day. And I'd probably strut a little with a smug grin on my face. So it's best to stay home the day after and celebrate in private. Heck, I don't even go to church the following Sunday for fear of setting off a riot. These people are touchy, touchy!

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Cha

(305,425 posts)
8. Definitely Lady Freedom Returns.. Tweets about this found on
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:04 PM
Apr 2013
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/17/we-are-going-to-get-this-right-the-memories-of-these-children-demand-it/#comments

Mark Knoller ✔ @markknoller

Giffords, shot in the head 2 years ago, says if Senate refuses to change gun laws "then we need to change the members of the Senate."


john miller @deaconmill

And let us not let the House GOP off the hook either. They could have come up with their own bill but didn't. Hang this on them too.

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
11. We can not look at what could have.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:40 PM
Apr 2013

We MUST look at what to do now.

And what must be done is to get a Congress that WILL pass the gun registration reform we need.

whathehell

(29,798 posts)
12. Yes, because today's vote against the overwhelming majority of the American People
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:46 PM
Apr 2013

is Totally Unacceptable...A brazen slap in the face.


May as well start to call this place The National Rifle States of America,

or just the "The Corporate States of America".


Gave a somewhat large donation today to "Move To Amend", an organization

completely dedicated to overturning Citizens United...They're being backed

by Common Cause, People for the American Way and others.

If you'd like to stop allowing Corporations to be "people",

You might want to go to their website.

movetoamend.org

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