Don’t relax now – it’s not over yet. We have all worked hard on protecting the Court from Bush’s cronyism. It would feel really good to relax and recuperate for the next battle, but let’s not quit before the end. I couldn’t say this any better – this is from the People’s Email Network this morning.
NOT A Done Deal, NOT A Done Deal
NEW ACTION PAGE TO FILIBUSTER ALITO: here
CALL YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW at 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073.
NEWS FLASH: THE ALITO VOTE HAS BEEN DELAYED A WEEK. WE CAN WIN THIS!!!
We’ve noticed the most curious thing. Publically Alito’s supporters state
pronouncements that his confirmation is a “done” deal. And yet behind the scenes
they are stilly lobbying furiously for a vote as quickly as they can get it.
What do we make of this?
It’s con, folks. It’s a great big honking corporate media lie. There is only one
way the extreme right wing can win this one, and that is by discouraging the
rest of us from speaking out. We’d have to be pretty stupid to go for that one,
huh? We’d have to be total chumps, huh? Why else would anyone surrender a fight
when they had the numbers to win?
And we do have the numbers. We are the majority. The president is back down to
39% approval rating and dropping again. And even if the majority did NOT oppose
their radical dictator president agenda, and all we need are 41 votes to
filibuster. We HAVE 41 votes. We HAVE 41 votes. We HAVE 41 votes. All we need to
win is to exercise the power we have, the will to win!
We’ll make you a deal. For the next two weeks, we all repeat these words as a
mantra
ALITO IS NOT A DONE DEAL
If you just do that, ALL of you, repeat it in your minds until it drives out the
negativity, until it drives out the defeatism, until it drives out the despair,
until it drives out the insidious right wing talking point which the cable TV
propagandists have planted in our own minds. Just do that one thing, and we
promise that we will deliver the victory for you.
If you are listening to a progressive show, and you hear someone say that it is
not worth fighting anymore, IMMEDIATELY call them and chew them out. Demand that
they give out one of the toll free numbers over the air, 888-818-6641,
888-355-3588 or 800-426-8073. And to do it not in some “ain’t gonna work anyway”
tone of voice, but to do it with enthusiasm and the belief that it WILL work.
Demand that they make
WE CAN STOP ALITO
a recurring theme of every one of their shows for the next two weeks. If they
are not giving out the toll free numbers periodically, demand to find out why.
There are other good action pages besides our own but they should be giving out
something. For the purpose of something to be given out over the air it should
be something that is easy to say and remember like
If you visit a progressive blog and you do not see the toll-free numbers and
links to action pages RIGHT AT THE TOP of the page as prominently displayed as
possible, email them and demand to know why. We control an enormous amount of
page space on the internet and it is NOT being used effectively to advocate for
policy change. EVERY home page MUST have these toll free numbers and action
links FEATURED on them now without exception.
Send the emails to the bloggers, post messages. Ask them, are you activists or
are you not? Why are you not helping with the fight? Why are you not using your
media prominence to help save our Supreme Court? What are you not acting? Why
have you not dedicated space on your site to the cause? Why are you not
contributing to the mental energy of believing we can prevail? Do you want to
win or not?
If we all do just that, a magical thing will take place. People will begin to
believe that we can win. People will believe that we can make a difference.
People will believe that democracy can work. And it will work. And we will win.
We promise.
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be
ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.
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