They Vote

[kpete]

They Vote
Trevor LaFauci July 1, 2014


The person who wishes to impose his or her religious views upon their company votes.

The person who believes the Earth is 6,000 years old votes.

The CEO whose salary is over 300 times that of his or her employees votes.

The person who thinks guns are a God-given right votes.

The person who doesn't believe in equal pay votes.

The person who thinks Sandy Hook was a false flag votes.

The person who thinks there are legitimate forms of rape votes.

The person who thinks all immigrants are drug-carrying mules or gang members votes.

The person who thinks the rich are "job creators" votes.

The person who thinks gays are an abomination votes.

The person who thinks government cannot help its citizens votes.

The person who thinks the United States has always been a Christian nation votes.

The person who thinks people are unemployed because they are lazy votes.

The person who thinks racism is over because we have a Black president votes.

The person who thinks cheating is okay as long as it's the man who does it votes.

The person who thinks labor unions are no longer necessary votes.

The person who thinks the minimum wage is either unnecessary or too high votes.

The person who thinks women who take contraceptives are sluts votes.

The person who thinks student loans should always be this expensive votes.

The person who thinks corporations are people votes.

The person who believes climate change is a hoax votes.

The person who thinks all Muslims are terrorists votes.

The person who thinks dinosaur bones were placed in the soil by Satan votes.

The person who thinks our president was born in Kenya votes.

The person who thinks affirmative action is no longer needed votes.

The person who thinks 47% of the population are moochers votes.

The person who thinks Jesus came to America and spoke to an angel votes.

The person who thinks non-English speakers should leave the country votes.

The person who thinks a woman should be seen and not heard votes.

The person who thinks Black people are all violent criminals votes.

The person who thinks all Latinos are Mexican gang bangers votes.

The person who thinks all Asians should go back to their country votes.

The person who thinks a Sikh is the same as a Muslim votes.

The person who takes his AK-47 into the local Wal-Mart votes.

The person who thinks universal pre-school doesn't matter votes.

The person who thinks all world conflicts should be ended with the bomb votes.

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So how does the progressive moment in this country move forward? By doing more than voting. By engaging in democracy. You're pissed off about the Hobby Lobby case? Me too. Now let's do something about it. Tell your apolitical friend that her employer can now deny her contraceptives. Tell your atheist friend that the Supreme Court just allowed a corporation's employers to dictate health choices based upon their version of Christianity. Tell your friend who thinks both political parties are the same that every single Conservative government official and talk show host has expressed delight in today's Supreme Court decision.

There are more of us then there are of them. There always will be. History has shown us that. Yet the movement doesn't work unless the people are engaged. If you are reading this today, then you are engaged. You are part of the movement. But reading this alone does nothing for the 2014 midterm election. You are here because you already know what is going on. You know that no matter what level of government (local, state, congressional, judicial) Conservatives reach, they always do whatever is in their power, legally and illegally, to maintain the status quo and that includes voting in droves. When the November elections come around, they will be out and they will vote. When people don't vote, the nation takes a step back like it did today.


It time to step forward in numbers and let Conservatives know their time is done.


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the rest:
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/6/30/they-vote

[Arkansas Granny]

1. K & R

[ReRe]

2. K&R

That's right. Get the lead out. That is a monstrous list you found there, kpete! And yes, we do need to work harder to get the vote out this fall and thereafter. Do we want our descendants to be born into a religious fundamentalist regressive society? Of course not. Our descendants alone should instill conviction in each and everyone of us to go above and beyond, to work our fingers to the bone, to return home with blisters on our feet. This idiocy has to stop once and for all!

[LibDemAlways]

3. The person who thinks George Zimmerman

performed a "valuable public service" (saw this on a suburban mom's FB page with plenty of likes) votes. Reason enough to get out there and overwhelm the forces of hate and intolerance.

[lark]

4. GOTV, GOTV

This is the most important thing we can do to have any chance of changing things for the better.

[rickyhall]

5. Again, if all those nonvoters voted the repugs wouldn't stand a chance.

[Scalded Nun]

6. This is EXACTLY what I have been (for many years) telling anyone who will listen

Most politicians do not care what you, as an individual, believe or have to say. They know they can usually count on your vote every 2-4-6 years as long as they know what buttons to push when the time is right. They know you pretty much feel like yours is a lonely voice in the wilderness.

Well, wake up to the reality cited in this thread. These folks on the right do an excellent job of keeping their own buttons pushed. Add to that the fact that RW Pols and RW media ensure those buttons remain pushed...if anything, they ratchet it up on a regular basis.

Mark my words, laziness will result in destruction. They have taken over so much at the local levels while the rest of the country has been sitting by. They have installed their philosophies where some of the REAL change takes place...Statehouses. RW Pols have done real damage to their own state's citizenry and have tried to make it nearly impossible to be replaced by redrawing districts so that they, in essence, cannot be removed. Those successes have also resulted in a US HOR majority for them where they can inflict more damage, either by passing dangerous legislation, or by strangling the forward progress of this country.

Our voices, and actions MUST be loud, united, consistent and sustained.

Yours may be a lone voice, but join together and the sound can become deafening.

But only if we take action.

[Jamaal510]

7. If we don't vote,

then those idiots win. Plain and simple.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. The person that thinks

Mermaids are real... I kid you not. Met him Sunday.

[Bandit]

9. If Democrats would get off their asses and advocate strongly for "Vote By Mail" a lot of problems

would be solved. Every state that has introduced "Vote By Mail" has outstanding "turn-out", Some of the highest in America.. Why won't Democrats grasp that very simple concept? If we want more voters to vote we must make it easier for them and standing in long lines does not do that...