Action: Get President Obama to Wisconsin

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Friday June 01, 2012 · 6:48 PM PDT

2012/06/01 · 18:48

Mr. President,

We must send a message that we will not allow our states to be bought by the Koch brothers, or any private entity. We must send a message that the 1% cannot buy our democracy.

Our country is NOT for sale.

Wisconsin is our firewall against this insanity.

It perfectly encapsulates everything that is wrong with politics in this country. From union-busting laws, defunding of public service, privatization of public assets to dismantlement of democratic governing structures, turning towards authoritarian rule governed by wealthy, private elite.

Wisconsin is ground zero.

Insanity vs reason.

Democracy vs dictatorship.

You have no choice to go.

This is the moment.

Kossack, sign the petition here

Or pledge your support to President Obama's reelection campaign if he goes to Wisconsin. Either donate your time or your money. If you already planned to , just vote what you plan to do

Please recommend, tweet, facebook, email, or share the whitehouse link in every possible so we can elevate this and please pledge.

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I pledge support to the reelection campaign, if President Obama goes to Wisconsin

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I pledge support to the reelection campaign, if President Obama goes to Wisconsin

1 hour

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12 hours

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120 hours

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12 $

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120 $

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2012 $

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McCain suspends Romney's campaign

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Friday January 06, 2012 · 5:21 PM PST

2012/01/06 · 17:21

....please tell me I'm way behind on my kos

South Carolina Rally, January 5, 2012

~~Offered without comment~~ speaks for itself?

UPDATE: (extended version, via Perez)

I love the "hrmmph, hrmmph" sound McCain makes at the end. If someone could figure out how to loop just that over and over again, I'd love to post it here

Wave Good-Bye Empire

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Tuesday August 02, 2011 · 8:16 PM PDT

2011/08/02 · 20:16

Dear Government,

I'm afraid you've given up on this country.

We were great.

We educated the smartest people in the world, not just the wealthiest.

We kept most of the people healthy, not just the rich few.

People could eat, and I don't mean cat food.

We innovated and created new and wonderful things.

Take a good look around, what are we supposed to do now?

Who's going to buy all the stuff on the shelves of Walmart?

Who's left to take out the mortgage from the super big bank ?

What sucker will borrow 8% money from the same people you lend to at .75%?

What else do you have left to sell to us?

More war?

Expanding public education?

Oil subsidies?

Or safe, green energy?

Financial subsidies?

Or retirement?

Airline monopolies?

Not public transporation, science, engineering, research, arts, democracy, justice and human rights? And what of the next generation?

Public....feudalism?

Signed,
Confused.

P.S. People who love the people of this country wouldn't let this happen, would they?

President Obama: The End of the American Empire

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Sunday July 31, 2011 · 6:57 AM PDT

2011/07/31 · 06:57

An open letter to the President of the United States of America

Mr President,

The end of the American Empire is upon us. We face a threat pursued by extremist politicians hellbent on a self-interested and small-minded goal.

The President must step forward and make a choice with courage, faith and conviction. It is not a partisan, nor a particularly touch decision - its just the right thing to do.

We cannot be the first nation since the dawn of record-keeping, to choose to default.

Without a clean emergency bill, there is one responsible thing to do. Use the appropriate legal and Constitutional tools - minting platinum coin, the 14th Amendment, executive order - to protect our nation.

feel free to reprint here

Schumer dressed up as "The Public Option" for Halloween

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Monday March 22, 2010 · 8:48 AM PDT

2010/03/22 · 08:48

Dear Senator Schumer,

I walked with you in the Halloween Parade through the streets of Park Slope (Brooklyn, NY) where you roused the crowd by proclaiming "I am the public option." While I would have preferred to hear you say you are Single Payer, it was still encouraging to see someone of your rank and seniority in the Senate to support this.

This was only five short months ago and what I can't understand today is your lack of commitment to and support for the public option in reconciliation. I called in to your office to inquire about your position, and that is what they told me. Please tell us your Halloween costume wasn't the cruelest of "tricks".

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Friday January 25, 2008 · 8:23 PM PST

2008/01/25 · 20:23

Here's the New York Times editorial

My letter to editor below (tiny edits made).

To send your own
letters@nytimes.com
fax: (212)556-3622
public@nytimes.com

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Tuesday December 25, 2007 · 11:12 AM PST

2007/12/25 · 11:12

Diarists Note: This is an ongoing dollar for dollar match up to $2500 for John Edwards. Remember your first $250 should be directly to John Edwards to get federal matching dollars. Donate your $251st dollar and beyond through this Act Blue site and it will be matched as well.

As I stated in my original diary the matching funds are not just mine. On behalf of my friend, I am reprinting the reasons they have for joining this donor match here.

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If you believe the country is moving in a more progressive direction and that the next President will enjoy a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate, you’d have to agree that there is a real window of opportunity for change. Furthermore, when the Bush tax cuts expire and spending levels for the war begin to come down, there may also be resources available to fund this progressive agenda. These opportunities don’t come along everyday, so we should be particularly excited that the next President will inherit a historic opportunity to create a better country for all Americans.

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Sunday December 23, 2007 · 3:22 PM PST

2007/12/23 · 15:22

Diarist’s Note: As noted, this is a donor match. For those of you waiting for such an opportunity jump to the end and click on the donor links ::two ways to donate::

We have arrived at a unique place in our nation’s history. The true nature of our democracy and what we stand for has been directly challenged by forces that appear greater than us. We’ve all heard people variously blame the terrorists, China, immigrants, Walmart or Big Business. But at the core of the matter are our elected leaders, and what and whose interests they represent. And this moment, our Democratic primary, is our window of opportunity to determine who those leaders will be.

Politics in practice, even with the best intentions, gets mired down by its own inertia. Put off dealing with this and that difficult issue and continue to make money the old well-worn ways. But will that old, familiar way be enough to make the kind of changes we need to resist the challenges to democracy that we face? How do we take this opening before us and use it to make a profound difference through the candidate we nominate?

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Monday September 24, 2007 · 5:42 PM PDT

2007/09/24 · 17:42

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Original, unedited diary...

Look, I’m fairly new to all this, so take this as a newcomers perspective.

I’ve learned to appreciate a lot about Daily Kos in my time here: I see not only as information source, as rallying and funding progressive Democrats and Democratic causes, but also as stimulating political proving ground for new ideas, platforms, and responses. However, when it comes to the Democratic primary, and what passes for ‘dialogue’ about candidates, I’d argue certain exchanges have entered troll territory and haven’t looked back.

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Should Partisan Hacks Be Called Out as Trolls?

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Should Partisan Hacks Be Called Out as Trolls?

What's the point, itll just be another quagmire

4 votes

What is it with you and polls?

4 votes

Yes

21 votes

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Dear MOVEON – No, They Really, Really Don't Care! UPDATE

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Friday September 07, 2007 · 7:26 PM PDT

2007/09/07 · 19:26

UPDATE: Key Excerpt From NPR Report

Members of the president's party were getting tired of all the bad publicity surrounding these two Bush loyalists and were feeling less and less eager to defend them, especially as the president's job approval ratings fell. The same, by the way, would have been true of Idaho Senator Larry Craig, but he was convinced to leave within days of his scandal.

In any case, by allowing potential liabilities to fade into the sunset, Bush was making a strategic choice. He was trading political concessions for fiscal cooperation. More than anytime in his presidency, he will need as many Republican backers as he can find on Capitol Hill.

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The number of petitions signed and delivered; phone calls made, letters written, commercials aired on youtube: they don’t matter to this administration. I’m sick and tired of signing petitions that do nothing - not that it’s your fault.

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your opinion needed

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your opinion needed

Makes a Difference

8 votes

Doesn't make a Difference

23 votes

Stop adding needless polls to diaries

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The Day I Left Gore for Edwards

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Saturday August 04, 2007 · 5:02 AM PDT

2007/08/04 · 05:02

I've kinda felt it creeping up on me now for some time now and here it is. I'm no longer dividing my support. Its all Edwards and its a great feeling.

And allow me to quickly add, Gore fans, that I'm with you on this: the delicious thought of Gore summarily crushing the Bush-party candidate will always tickle me. He is a man engaged in his own fight, and if he only succeeds in that - then he will have achieved more than anyone can reasonably expect from someone else. So if he doesn't want this particular fight, thats his choice.

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Did you consider leaving Gore for another candidate?

124 votes Vote Now!

Did you consider leaving Gore for another candidate?

Yes, I already have and Its Edwards

52 votes

I'll never leave Gore - I say, never

43 votes

I've considered it but haven't done it

14 votes

I did it and chose Obama

3 votes

I did it and and chose Clinton

4 votes

I would prefer a less banal poll

8 votes

Show Them The Way: Updated

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Sunday July 29, 2007 · 7:37 PM PDT

2007/07/29 · 19:37

On one issue, the polls and 2006 elections arrive at an overwhelming majority consensus: Start to Get Out of Iraq. The differences that lie beyond this first step - how many troops and when to finish the withdrawal - does nothing to alter that we must take this non-controversial first step. That the President refuses to agree with the American people and is immovable on this is an accepted reality; but why Congress hasn't acted upon the will of the people, I can't fathom.

With the authority of the voting public behind the, the critical threshold reached, why does Congress act submissively, with an apparent inferiority complex with respect to the office of the Presidency on Iraq? (or any issue is another related matter) Congress is an equal branch to the Presidency. I think its high time to step up and represent the American people.

(The jump includes a bonus trip down Comical Ali memory lane!)

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