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I salute the people protesting in NYC this week. However, the question for my readers is quite simple: What are you doing to make sure Bush isn’t re-elected? Showing outrage doesn’t directly get votes for a candidate. Reading blogs feels like you are helping the cause, but doesn’t (beyond educating yourself, which is always a good thing). This is the week to volunteer with ACT, or donate to DNC, or sign up to get training for Election Protection or host a house party or whatever floats your boat.


The sad truth is very simple: Reading blogs does not constitute “political action”. Volunteer for something that takes you out of your house THIS WEEK.


[Poll #342857]
All week I’ll be spotlighting actions you can take. If you want me to spotlight your favorite cause, or have a reason you think you can’t volunteer, post a comment or email me.

Re: Query back to you

Date: 2004-08-30 07:30 am (UTC)
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Most people I meet are either firmly left or firmly right

That, to me, sounds like you haven't gone canvassing with ACT yet, so how about trying that? In my canvassing experience, the people who are already firmly on one side or the other, all put together, make up less than half the total. Most people are either uninterested, uninformed, undecided, or some combination, and you can have very interesting conversations with some of them. Sometimes it's just trying to convince them that voting is a worthwhile thing to do. Canvassing is very rarely about trying to change someone's mind who is already firmly opposed to your politics. It's about finding people who may support you, and helping an organization keep in contact with those people so they'll turn out to vote.

I feel iffy about giving money to any political organizations

Take a look at some of the links I posted above, in my comment about "places to give". You may feel comfortable giving money to some of those organizations. Or, wanna just give me money? :) Seriously, I'm just running down my savings while volunteering for political causes, but I sometimes limit what I spend and wish I didn't have to - like when I make copies of articles about issues that I feel are useful to hand out, I've spent a couple hundred on copies in the past couple of weeks, but that's just enough for me to give stuff out. If someone gave me a few hundred I'd make more copies to give small stacks to other people who want to hand them out. etc.

Speaking of which, here's an article I think is a great one to give to certain kinds of Republicans to help change their minds: Dividend Voodoo, by Warren Buffett
(I've got about 100 copies of that with me right now, that I'm about to take up to NH where Bush is speaking in a few hours. If nobody shows up with a Granny D sign for me to hold, I'll just wander the periphery of the protest and give them out to passersby)

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