Monday, May 17. 2004
Go Big!
No, not a "Big new lifestyle" 
Al Gore lost the campaign because he was careful, cautious - and made himself vulnerable to Ralph Nader's charge that there was no difference in the Dems and Reps.
Kerry has shown in the past that he is willing to see a bold vision - but Democratic strategists are once again cautiously trying to find the middle.
MoveOn.org is starting a petition to tell Kerry to "Go Big!". To articulate a bold, progressive vision for America, to allow Bush to have Sept. 11 and the Politics of fear, but to claim Sept 12th, the unifying forces we all felt then, and the politics of hope for himself!
Tell Kerry to GO BIG!
MoveOn's Letter:
Al Gore lost the campaign because he was careful, cautious - and made himself vulnerable to Ralph Nader's charge that there was no difference in the Dems and Reps.
Kerry has shown in the past that he is willing to see a bold vision - but Democratic strategists are once again cautiously trying to find the middle.
MoveOn.org is starting a petition to tell Kerry to "Go Big!". To articulate a bold, progressive vision for America, to allow Bush to have Sept. 11 and the Politics of fear, but to claim Sept 12th, the unifying forces we all felt then, and the politics of hope for himself!
Tell Kerry to GO BIG!
MoveOn's Letter:
Subject: Ask John Kerry to "Go Big"
Dear friend,
As George Bush's poll numbers drop quickly, John Kerry is facing an
important choice -- perhaps the most important choice he'll make in
his campaign. He has to decide whether, as some consultants will
urge, he should be cautious and run toward the center, or whether he
should present a bold agenda for change and rally Americans around
a vision for our future.
Through his history, Kerry has made a practice of standing up for
bold initiatives to provide health care, protect the environment,
and safeguard the right to reproductive choice. Together, we need
to let him know that we want him to be his best, boldest self -- to
go big, ask more of us, and power his campaign on the politics of
hope.
Please join me in calling on John Kerry to "go big" at:
http://www.moveonpac.org/gobig/?id=
Thank you.
Dear friend,
As George Bush's poll numbers drop quickly, John Kerry is facing an
important choice -- perhaps the most important choice he'll make in
his campaign. He has to decide whether, as some consultants will
urge, he should be cautious and run toward the center, or whether he
should present a bold agenda for change and rally Americans around
a vision for our future.
Through his history, Kerry has made a practice of standing up for
bold initiatives to provide health care, protect the environment,
and safeguard the right to reproductive choice. Together, we need
to let him know that we want him to be his best, boldest self -- to
go big, ask more of us, and power his campaign on the politics of
hope.
Please join me in calling on John Kerry to "go big" at:
http://www.moveonpac.org/gobig/?id=
Thank you.
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Uhhhhhhh, didn't Al gore lose because of problematic voting in the state of Florida?
You know like voter roll wipes, and a court battle, and a funny supreme court decision?
Just mentioning.
You know like voter roll wipes, and a court battle, and a funny supreme court decision?
Just mentioning.
Would it have mattered if he had clearly distinguished himself from Bush? If Nader's supporters had seen that Gore would have been a much more progressive administration, he would have had enough votes that a recount wouldn't have been an issue -- and maybe he could have won his home state of Tennessee, or our wonderful, supposedly industrial/union state of Ohio.
It was Gore's election to lose, the point of the Florida debacle is that Bush needed to steal it EVEN AFTER Gore completely screwed up in the campaign.
It was Gore's election to lose, the point of the Florida debacle is that Bush needed to steal it EVEN AFTER Gore completely screwed up in the campaign.