KERRY/EDWARDS DROP TEN POINTS IN THE POLLS!!!!!!!!!

[Walt Starr]

If you act any differently that the title of this thread, you are setting yourself up for a huge letdown!

Folks, we're close, but nowhere near close enough. We have to treat the next eighteen days as if we are down ten points in the polls.

Stop the BS about a landslide! If you want a landslide, work like we are ten points behind in the polls!

Stop the back slaps and the schadenfreude over the sweeping of four debates! If you want to win, treat the next eighteen days as if we are down ten points in the polls.

Now is not the time to get cocky! Now is the time to donate additional money to the DNC, to work for a Kerry/Edwards victory, and to work for Democratic candidates at all levels of government!

Don't go soft now! WORK WORK WORK!!! Anything less than being up ten points in the polls is too close and will be close enough for them to STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER US!!!!!

I now return you to your regularly scheduled DU experience.

[Claire Beth]

1. yeah...we have to work as if we are way behind....

using all our strength and energy to pull ahead to victory.

[shaolinmonkey]

2. Agreed. Dig in, people. DIG IN!

[cthrumatrix]

26. it's hand to hand combat for the next couple of weeks.... agreed

[txindy]

3. Good point

:thumbsup: Constant vigilance! We can't let up until after John Kerry's inauguration -- and probably not even then.

[Walt Starr]

5. Until Kerry is sworn in, we have not won

Remember that, even if it's a landslide on November 2, we still have seventy-nine days before it becomes a FACT!

[NewJeffCT]

29. agreed

I have no idea what sort of crap they'll pull out of their asses if they lose. Maybe do their own version of Operation Northwoods & use it as an excuse to declare marshall law.

[SilasSoule]

4. Here Here....Walt....Well Said..

[JohnnyCougar]

6. AMEN!!!

[DemsUnited]

7. Gotta agree, Mr. Starr...

as happy as I am with the debate knockouts, you're absolutely right. We gotta get out there and work our butts off. A close election can be cheated and twisted and contested and oh god none of us want to go through that again!

[Clinton Crusader]

8. can I get an amen?! KICK!

:kick:

[Minimus]

10. Amen

[greendeerslayer]

43. Amen!

18 more days of hell, push all the way.

[Selwynn]

9. This landslide talk is fucking ridiculous.

See you out there on the street, GETTIN ER DUN! :)

[Lorien]

15. Gore was ahead in the polls at this point too

and look at what happened! They'll try to steal it; the only way to come out even slightly ahead is to get a huge majority of the votes!

Sign up with your campaign office, talk to the Bush backers you know-now is not the time to be timid or hold our tongues! Hit the Sinclair activism threads, write letters to the Editors of your local papers, hold an F-9/11 party at your home, or donate a DVD to your library. Do it now!

[onehandle]

11. yeah, yeah.

reaching for my nitroglycerin.

[Valkyrie55]

12. You are absolutely right

It's been a long hard climb to get to where we are now but this is not the time to stop and enjoy the view. There will be time enough for that after the election. We must keep ourselves focused on the real goal which is not to be ahead in the polls right now but to be ahead in the only poll that means anything: election night. Just imagine how sweet it's going to be when we get to watch smirk's concession speech. Then imagine how much sweeter it's going to be as we watch Kerry take the oath of office.

[Gman]

13. Very well said, Walt

most people here are young and never been involved in a campaign. Regardless of what the polls say, you always run like you're down 10 points because the polls just might be wrong and you really are down 10 points.

No one really knows what's going to happen. No one can accurately predict how well evangelicals turn out to vote for Bush. Or, will all these new registered Democrats really go vote? And, there is ALWAYS the danger of Kerry voters not turning out because of the notion that "Kerry's going to win anyway". A classic example of that happened in San Antonio to Congressman Ciro Rodriguez who "lost" (and I put "lost" in quotes because that's another thread) in the primaries to Henry Cuellar, Bush's former Secretary of State in Texas. There was a very poor turnout for Ciro on the city's South side, Ciro's base, because of the notion that "Ciro always wins so I don't need to go vote."

People thinking Kerry's going to win may well be the biggest threat of all to Kerry right now. That thought breeds nonchalance. We need to assume Kerry's still behind because he just might still be.

[Supersedeas]

14. Wise Advice Walt...this is not time to relax

[saracat]

16. I couldn't agree more . But, as one that is NOT motivated

by loss, I can't help but be pleased by current conditions. It makes me want to work my butt off to put us over the top knowing that our effort is making a difference.That being said we should not overestimate our cahnces. A win is now a possibility but we must make it a certainty!

[sandnsea]

17. Work every day

Like your work and that voter is what is going to swing the election. No time to waste, and yes, I'm going to go back to my phone calling soon.

[jdots]

23. The real work begins now Well put Walt

We have these voting machines to contend with.The problem with being over confident is less people will vote,and we know so many people believe thier vote doesn't count.The swing voter may be media hype,we need to get those non voters out there to see thier vote does count and is very important.All this media poop has an effect on people that makes them feel that it has nothing to do with them.They believe in t.v. more than thier own feelings.

[liberal N proud]

18. 18 days in the trenches = a saved democracy for America

[unfrigginreal]

19. You're so right, Walt

If anyone has any doubt, they should just check out some video of the campaign rally that Bush was just holding. His supporters are as fired up as we are. It's hard to understand after the pummeling that he got last night but it played well for them.

[IIgnoreNobody]

20. Not every optimist is a pollyanna, you can be confident w/o being cocky

and I'm not gonna pretend I don't think Kerry will win big.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

21. God! You could have found it in yourself to be a little kinder!

:) Point well taken however and something I have been meaning to say myself...

[Catfight]

22. We will also need to work hard repair Bush's failures! We have

a lot of work ahead of us for the next four years.

[demokatgurrl]

34. Yes, Kerry will have a VERY hard job-

and if he doesn't get at least one Democratic legislative body he will have a very tough time. We must remember that in 4 years when the repugs accuse him of not doing anything. For me, just winning and kicking out the Shrub and Co. is enough to earn his pay for the next 4 years, because he will thereby prevent any further damage.

[MAlibdem]

24. As we say in the scrum.

TOGETHER!
NOW
2
3
4
NOW
2
3
4.

Pull tight together, get down low, and drive through.

[xxqqqzme]

25. At this point

it is GET OUT THE VOTE. Call your Democratic Party headquarters, volunteer to drive voters 2 the polls or baby-sit while a new mother votes or relieve that caregiver so they can vote. We have 2 GET OUT THE VOTE. When Dems vote - Dems WIN!

[Blue_Roses]

27. definitely

:kick: for that...

[lefty_WOHM]

28. I agree

but has anyone said "Oh, this is in the bag, I don't have to do that canvassing I was going to do this weekend. Cool!"?

Geez, give us some credit.

[CarlWoodward]

30. Very true

This thing is going to be razor-sharp, and Kerry is up against a vile opponent who is known for doing anything to hold onto power. We can't let up for even a moment, especially if we want to avoid a 2000-style "we won but we lose" scenario.

[Arkana]

31. Um....DUH!

No one's gonna stop until Kerry's hand is on that Bible in January...and even then we're gonna have to protect him from the wingnut impeachment squad.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

32. I'm still holding my breath for the October surprise....

The Bushistas are not going to go down this easily. They will pull out every trick in the book.

[demokatgurrl]

33. Thanks, we needed that. n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

35. Got K/E sign.I'm putting up my sign in the front yard today. Anyone else?

[Walt Starr]

36. I've had miune for some time now

:evilgrin:

[Free2BMe]

37. You are absolutely correct..sure made me sit up and take notice.

[juliagoolia]

38. It was a great night but...

Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world: "We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls." Prime Minister's Speech on the War Situation, House of Commons, September 9, 1941


Start moving them to the polls... early voting.. move them to the polls asap.. get them out early and in masses.

[NJmaverick]

39. Just sent the Dems another $100

Doing what I can to help ensure victory

[genius]

40. Yeah. But don't give the media ideas, please.

[Walt Starr]

42. LOL

This is for DUer consumption only!

[cmf]

41. You are absolutely right!

For us to win, we have to win by such an overwhelming margin that they can't steal using their usual tricks. We are 10 points behind, because that's how much we have to win by.

[Walt Starr]

44. Kick

:kick:

[Walt Starr]

45. One more time

:kick: