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FightingIrish

(2,716 posts)
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 02:47 PM Aug 2012

I don’t want to spend the next four years wishing we had done more.

I have nightmares about election night 2004, sitting is a surgery waiting room in San Francisco, waiting to see if they were able to put my son back together. I remember the silent faces of strangers who were dealing with personal tragedies and sharing a national one. I want another night like 2008 when friends from around the world called and emailed to congratulate us and thank us. If we lose this time, getting it back will be much more difficult if not impossible. The corporatists can’t afford and won’t allow another attempt at reviving the democracy they find so inconvenient.

I'm off to a Democratic fundraiser. I'm fired up and ready to go.

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I don’t want to spend the next four years wishing we had done more. (Original Post) FightingIrish Aug 2012 OP
I'm With You... global1 Aug 2012 #1
Just wait till next week Politicalboi Aug 2012 #2
K&R flamingdem Aug 2012 #3
wish we could make it easier for people to vote and Sunlei Aug 2012 #4
Me too! wildeyed Aug 2012 #5

global1

(25,242 posts)
1. I'm With You...
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 02:51 PM
Aug 2012

I remember how relieved I was when I heard Barack Obama won the Presidency. I was down in Grant Park and Downtown Chicago that night and I can't tell you how joyous it was.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
2. Just wait till next week
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 03:27 PM
Aug 2012

Before we start thinking about losing. The GOP convention is going to be a disaster. Who knows if Mitt will even be the nominee.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
4. wish we could make it easier for people to vote and
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 03:39 PM
Aug 2012

have online or by mail voting for every American using our Federal Gov. records.

Any American who receives, SS check, military benefits, Military service, college records, medicade, Fema, previous voting records,IRS filings or any Gov program where American citizenship has already been verified with Gov records.

Should be able to vote using Federal Gov records with no state hoops to jump through.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
5. Me too!
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 04:47 PM
Aug 2012

2004 suuuuucked! Don't want to go through that again. Did my first volunteer stint for the campaign this weekend. Will go back next week. Turning NC blue, one voter contact at a time

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